Swimming
Seaforth’s boys finished third with a score of 169 in the NCHSAA 1A/2A swimming state championship meet at Triangle Aquatic Center Saturday. The Hawks’ girls finished 10th with a score of 74. Northwood’s girls finished 14th with a score of 56. Woods Charter’s boys and girls both landed at 19th. Chatham Central’s boys finished 22nd.
Woods Charter sophomore Daisy Collins won state titles for the girls’ 200 free (made the All-American standard with a time of 1 minute, 47.92 seconds) and the 500 free with another All-American worthy time of 4:45.36.
Seaforth junior Sydney Burleigh won the girls’ 100 fly state title with a time of 56.97 seconds, and Seaforth senior Evan Hepburn won the boys’ 100-yard breaststroke title with a time of 56.17, which earned All-American consideration.
Northwood senior Abigail Emrich second-place time of 1:50.13 in the girls’ 200 free earned All-American consideration, the first of her times to reach that standard. Here are the county’s other top finishers from the state meet:
Boys: 200-yard medley relay and 400 free relay (Jackson Vaughn, Evan Hepburn, Benjamin Lajoie, Colton Roberts, Seaforth, second place in both events); 200 free (Colton Roberts, Seaforth, third place); 100 free (Evan Hepburn, Seaforth, second place); 500 free (Colton Roberts, Seaforth, third place)
Girls: 200-yard individual medley (Sydney Burleigh, Seaforth, third place); 100 back (Abigail Emrich, Northwood, second place)
Boys’ Basketball
Four Bears scored in double digits in Chatham Central’s 63-68 win over Cummings on Feb. 4. Senior Brennen Oldham led the way with 18 points, senior Reid Albright poured in 15, senior Luke Gaines scored 14 and junior Jeremiah Young contributed 12.
Oldham scored a career-high 31 points along with 13 rebounds to lift Chatham Central over South Davidson 82-47 on Feb. 5. In the 60-32 win over Falls Lake the next night, Oldham put up 25 points, nine rebounds, five assists and two blocks.
Seaforth junior Declan Lindquist scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Hawks to a 71-40 win over North Moore on Feb. 4.
Northwood extended its winning streak to 10 games with an 84-28 rout over Graham on Feb. 4 and a 52-35 win over Cummings on Feb. 6.
Woods Charter bounced back from an 81-35 loss to Southern Wake Academy with wins over Ascend Leadership (57-15) and Triangle Math and Science (44-35) on Feb. 4 and 7 respectively.
After beating Clover Garden School 50-39 on Feb. 4, Chatham Charter also fell to Southern Wake Academy 72-36, snapping its five-game win streak.
Week of Feb. 3 Power Rankings: 1. Northwood; 2. Chatham Central; 3. Seaforth; 4. Chatham Charter; 5. Woods Charter; 6. Jordan-Matthews
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday) (overall, conference): 1. Northwood (21-2, 15-0); 2. Chatham Central (18-2, 11-2); 3. Southeast Alamance (16-5, 10-3); 4. Seaforth (10-11, 7-6); 5. Jordan-Matthews (8-11, 6-7); 6. Cummings (6-14, 5-8); 7. Bartlett Yancey (5-12, 3-11); 8. North Moore (5-14, 2-11); 9. Graham (2-17, 1-12)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday) (overall, conference): 1. Southern Wake Academy (21-4, 11-0); 2. Woods Charter (12-6, 8-2); 3. Chatham Charter (16-9, 7-3); 4. Clover Garden School (8-11, 4-5); 5. Triangle Math and Science (4-16, 3-6); 6. Ascend Leadership (4-14, 1-9); 7. River Mill (2-22, 1-10)
Girls’ Basketball
Northwood defeated Graham 59-23 with the help of 14 points from senior forward Sydney Ballard, 13 points from junior forward Shaylah Glover and 11 points from her twin sister Mikaylah Glover. The Chargers also beat Cummings 60-12 on Feb. 6.
Woods Charter also had multiple scorers in double digits in a 51-30 win over Southern Wake Academy with junior guard Wesley Oliver scoring a team-high 16 points, freshman Valentina Podolyanskaya scoring 15 and junior Anna Robards scoring 12. The Wolves went on to win 42-32 over Ascend Leadership on Feb. 4 before losing to Triangle Math and Science 35-20 Friday.
Senior forward Karaleigh Dodson recorded her fifth straight double-double last week, putting up 15 points and 12 rebounds in Chatham Central’s 50-21 win over Cummings on Feb. 4 and 23 points and 17 rebounds in a 61-37 win over South Davidson the next night. The Bears lost to Falls Lake 58-26 on Feb. 6.
Chatham Charter bounced back from a 32-24 loss to Clover Garden School on Feb. 4 with a 36-29 win over Southern Wake Academy Friday.
Week of Feb. 3 Power Rankings: 1. Seaforth; 2. Northwood; 3. Chatham Central; 4. Chatham Charter; 5. Woods Charter; 6. Jordan-Matthews
Mid-Carolina1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Seaforth (19-2, 12-1); 2. Southeast Alamance (18-2, 11-1); 3. Northwood (14-6, 9-4); 4. Chatham Central (12-7, 7-5); 5. Cummings (5-11, 5-8); 6. Jordan-Matthews (4-16, 4-8); 7. Graham (5-13, 3-9); 8. North Moore (4-12, 2-10); 9. Bartlett Yancey (0-11, 0-7)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Triangle Math and Science (11-8, 7-1); 2. Chatham Charter (11-14, 8-2); 3. Clover Garden School (14-5, 7-2); 4. Woods Charter (10-6, 5-4); 5. Southern Wake Academy (6-10, 4-7); 6. River Mill (3-21, 2-9); 7. Ascend Leadership (3-17, 1-9)
Wrestling
After a dominant first two rounds, Seaforth’s Keira Rosenmarkle had to forfeit the rest of the girls' mideast regional over the weekend due to an injury.
Jordan-Matthews’ Alexandria Zumano (120) advanced to the second round of the regional after defeating Carrboro’s Avery Lackland by decision. After a second-round exit, Zumano once again wrestled Chatham Central’s Amani Carter and pinned her before being pinned herself in the following consolation round.