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Category: Sports

Sports Brief: Aquatic victories

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Staff

The Carrboro High School Jaguar swimmers and divers won their first meets of the season. Last Thursday, Jaguar swimmers defeated Cedar Ridge High School at the Triangle Sportsplex. The men won 178-63; the women, 180-78. Individual event winners included Shelby Banning-Arndt, Ty Fenton, Natalie Hoge, Abby May, Troy Morelli, A.J. Poole, Ken Ryan, Rosemary Scanga…

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Sports Brief: Booster meeting

Posted on December 6, 2007December 6, 2007 by Staff

The Carrboro High School Athletic Booster Club will meet December 17 at 6 p.m. The meetings will be held in the Carrboro High School Dining Commons. All members of the Carrboro High School community are welcome to attend.

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CHHS field hockey wins states

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Staff

(via Lew Borman) November 3 — For the Chapel Hill Tigers’ field hockey team, it was an unforgettable season that ended with a 2-0 victory over the Asheville Cougars to take the state public high school field hockey championship. The game was played at Wake Forest University’s Kentner Stadium. The game was fast paced and…

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Epitome of Competition

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Staff

By Frank Heath  The upcoming contest between UNC and NC State at Finley Stadium is going to be, quite simply, the “epitome of what football is about.” After the Tar Heels found a way to prevail last Saturday against Maryland, the table is immediately set for a brawl between two schools that (a) are close…

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Coaches’ Reports: 10/4/07

Posted on October 4, 2007October 4, 2007 by Staff

Photo by Maciek Krzysztoforski Team Captain Will Powell protects the ball from a Jordan-Matthews Jet. The Jaguars won their match Saturday 2-1. McDougle Middle Cross Country (via Danae Whitaker) Scoring for the Mustangs yesterday, Mitch McLeod placed first, Brendan Neville placed 5th, Connor Templeton placed 6th, Grant Cabell placed 10th and Taylor Wilt placed 11th.

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Coaches’ Reports: 9/27/07

Posted on September 27, 2007September 27, 2007 by Staff

Chapel Hill High Field Hockey (via Lew Borman) CHHS girls field hockey racked up another victory tonight. This time against the Mt. Tabor Spartans (Winston Salem.) Coached by Diego Caballero, the Lady Tigers won 2-0. Sophomore Alexis Hebert scored in the first half and senior Taylor Wahrenbrock knocked in a goal in the second half….

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Tar Heels looking for an Oompa Loompa stretch

Posted on September 20, 2007September 20, 2007 by Staff

By Frank Heath Sports Columnist Watching this evolving young UNC football team week by week reminds me slightly of a scene from Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, where Mike Teavee decides he is going to transport himself over the television airwaves to the (slight) protestations of Mr. Wonka. Each time Carolina’s red-shirt freshman quarterback T….

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Jaguars starting to score points, but defense struggling

Posted on September 13, 2007September 13, 2007 by Staff

Talbdeen McClain rounds the corner in a run against Orange High. Photo courtesy of Kim Ringeisen By Taylor Sisk and Kirk Ross Staff Sports Writers The Carrboro High School football Jaguars took a giant leap forward this past Friday night, scoring early and ending the first quarter tied with the Orange High School Panthers 13-13….

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Sports brief: 9/13/07

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Staff

Field Hockey The Chapel Hill High Lady Tigers defeated the East Chapel Hill Lady Wildcats at home Monday in a thrilling match. ECCHS scored in the first half and CHHS’s Taylor Wahrenbrock scored in the second. Two overtimes went scoreless before a penalty shootout. Liz Passannante scored the final goal while Tiger goalkeeper Alyssa Stefanadis…

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Eye on the ball

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Staff

  Above, first-seed Jaguar tennis player Julia Holt returns a backhand during the Jaguars’ match with Raleigh Charter High School last Thursday at Carrboro High School.  

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Pirates of the past

Posted on September 13, 2007September 13, 2007 by Staff

Frank Heath I was not present last Saturday for UNC’s thrill-a-minute 34-31 loss to East Carolina, but I can imagine Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville must have been a pretty loud and frenetic place, packed to the gills with 40,000 screaming Pirates fans. That’s because the last time North Carolina lost to ECU, I had the…

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She’s got game

Posted on June 7, 2007June 8, 2007 by Staff

Rec league’s only girl is a force to be reckoned with By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Out on the baseball diamonds of the Carrboro Recreation and Parks league, amid a sea of teenage boys, perhaps it will surprise you to see a blonde ponytail poking out of a pitcher’s cap. What certainly will surprise you…

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Dear Butch, Please bring back Tailback U

Posted on June 7, 2007June 7, 2007 by Staff

By Frank Heath Columnist Once upon a time, the North Carolina football team was known around the world for its running game. Year in and out, if the Tar Heels could depend upon doing one thing very well, it was rushing the football. During the 1970s and 1980s, and for parts of the ’90s, no…

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NBA Playoffs: Always Tar Heel rich

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Staff

By Frank Heath Sports Columnist It can be difficult for fans of college basketball — especially around these parts, where the natural rivalries are so entrenched — to warm up to pro hoops and the NBA. But when the playoffs are in swing, as now, some among us can’t help but try. Of course it…

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From the field, court and pitch

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Staff

By Frank Heath Sports Columnist The end of college basketball season often means that sports fans (especially the ones around here for whom sports = Carolina Basketball) go into hibernation or withdrawal. But this particular spring, there’s been almost enough going on to keep even the die-hardin’est of UNC fans distracted – and for late…

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