After an “individual with a connection to the school” tested positive for COVID-19, Chatham Charter paused all high school preseason workouts last week …
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10/28/20
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CHAPEL HILL — If you didn’t have a calendar handy at the Governors Club on Monday, you may not have realized anything was out of the ordinary.
The 32nd annual Chatham Chamber Golf …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Correspondent
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10/28/20
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CHAPEL HILL — This summer, Woods Charter got quite the aesthetic upgrade: a brand-new gym floor that made its sidelines and baselines and midcourt green and grey Wolves logo shine.
Now, …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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10/28/20
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GRAHAM — Nate Ortiz made Northwood’s varsity baseball team as a freshman, and when the coronavirus shortened his 2020 season to just three games, he tried to keep the momentum going on his own. …
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10/21/20
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Next weekend, runners from junior and community colleges across the southeast will flock to Martinsville, Virginia, for the Region 10 Championships and a chance to qualify for nationals.
But the …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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10/21/20
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Are you an elementary or middle school parent with a kid desperate to get on a court? Starting Nov. 7, Chatham Charter’s varsity basketball teams are hosting five camps at their home gym in Siler City.
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10/21/20
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With less than a month until the first official competitions of the 2020-21 athletic year, the NCHSAA on Thursday released its most comprehensive coronavirus guidelines and sports protocol to …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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10/15/20
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Siler City’s Jonathan Jackson finished in the top tier of a statewide tournament this weekend.
Competing with partner Matthew Crenshaw of …
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10/14/20
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From an outsider’s perspective, Chatham County Schools moved pretty rapidly last month as it decided to resume high school athletics after a nearly three-month “dead” period.
On Sept. 23, …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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10/14/20
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PITTSBORO — With Phase 2 comes greater flexibility.
For the Northwood volleyball team, it meant players could dig, set and hit with one another without sanitizing the ball every single time it …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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10/14/20
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By Jason Gibson’s standards, the bass he caught while fishing this weekend was small: 1.64 pounds, almost eight pounds lighter than the large-mouth he reeled in on Lake Wheeler three months …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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10/7/20
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PITTSBORO — Walking, running and biking their way across parks, trails and backroads, 100 local participants made last month’s inaugural Chatham County Challenge a success.
The county parks …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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10/7/20
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PITTSBORO — This week, high school sports are back. To some degree.
The volleyball and cross country teams at Northwood, Jordan-Matthews and Chatham Central are all resuming voluntary preseason …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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10/7/20
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Jason Gibson, a 17-year-old fisherman from Chatham County, will compete in the tournament of his life Saturday — and raise money for an important cause while he’s at it.
Gibson, who …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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10/2/20
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Northwood’s third-place finish led Chatham County’s five high schools in the final NCHSAA 2019-20 Wells Fargo Conference Cup final standings, which were announced Sept. 16 ...
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9/30/20
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RAMSEUR — Three weeks ago, an 11th-hour text sent Alec Allred on an impromptu 11-hour drive north.
He was relaxing at home that night, mostly resigned to the fact he wouldn’t play a third …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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9/30/20
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PITTSBORO — High school volleyball and cross country teams at Northwood, Jordan-Matthews and Chatham Central can resume voluntary preseason “skill session” workouts on Oct, 7, the …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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9/29/20
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PITTSBORO — He got his first scholarship offer as an 8th grader at Pollard Middle School. He earned three more from Power Five schools in the spring, months after a strong freshman year at …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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9/25/20
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The Chatham County Board of Education will decide when and if member high schools can resume preseason workouts this fall at a special meeting next Tuesday, the board decided this week.
At a …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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9/24/20
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CHAPEL HILL — This spring, Maddie Homovich was a fish out of water.
Swimming is a year-round sport, and Homovich has embraced its grind for a decade. Since age 10, the Woods Charter alum …
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BY CHAPEL FOWLER, News + Record Staff
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9/23/20
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