Baseball
Chatham Charter picked up the biggest win of the week with a 16-4 rout over South Stokes in its season opener Saturday. Luke Johnson and Jace Young combined for five hits and eight runs while Brandon Rives recorded a team-high four RBIs.
Northwood split the week against North Moore, winning the season opener 10-0 and losing Friday’s rematch 10-1.
Seaforth had a rough first week, losing its season opener to Wake Forest 8-0 and ending the week with a 10-2 loss to Orange Friday. The Hawks earned their first win over Southern Alamance 4-2 on Feb. 27.
Jordan-Matthews fell to Eastern Randolph 16-1 in its season opener. Eastern Randolph scored nine runs in the fourth inning.
Chatham Central struggled during the week with three straight losses (two to Southeast Alamance and one to Forbush), and the Bears were held to one run in each game.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday) (overall, conference): 1. Southeast Alamance (2-0, 2-0); T2. Northwood (1-1, 1-1); T2. North Moore (1-1, 1-1); 4. Chatham Central (0-3, 0-2); 5. Bartlett Yancey (1-0, 0-0); 6. Cummings (0-0, 0-0); 7. Graham (0-0, 0-0); 8. Jordan-Matthews (0-1, 0-0); 9. Seaforth (1-2, 0-0)
Softball
Chatham Central got off to a good start to the season with two wins over Eastern Randolph (12-2 on Feb. 24 and 8-5 Friday). In Friday’s win the Bears scored three runs in the fifth inning to overcome a 5-3 deficit. Sophomore Chloe Brewer went 3-3 from the plate with two RBIs Friday.
Jordan-Matthews won its season opener over Lee County 18-5 on Feb. 25.
Following a 14-3 loss to Apex Friendship in its first game, Seaforth dominated Graham in a double-header Friday (15-3 and 23-8). Blair Hill went 2-2 from the plate and recorded a team-high four RBIs in the second game Friday.
Northwood took two tough losses to start the year, falling to North Moore 16-0 on Feb. 25 and Southeast Alamance 16-2 Friday.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Seaforth (2-1, 2-0); T2. North Moore (3-0, 1-0); T2. Southeast Alamance (1-1, 1-0); T4. Northwood (0-2, 0-2); T4. Graham (0-2, 0-2); 6. Bartlett Yancey (0-0, 0-0); 7. Chatham Central (2-0, 0-0); 8. Cummings (0-0, 0-0); 9. Jordan-Matthews (1-0, 0-0)
Girls’ soccer
Northwood split its first week of the season with a 9-0 loss to Carrboro on Feb. 24 and a 9-0 win over Cummings on Feb. 27.
Jordan-Matthews also went 1-1 during the week, losing its season opener 9-0 on Feb. 24 and beating Phoenix Academy 6-1 on Feb. 27. Senior Alondra Arce scored a hat trick in the win.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Northwood (1-1, 1-0); 2. Cummings (0-2, 0-1); 3. Bartlett Yancey (0-0, 0-0); 4. Graham (0-0, 0-0); 5. Jordan-Matthews (1-1, 0-0); 6. North Moore (0-0, 0-0); 7. Seaforth (0-0, 0-0); 8. Southeast Alamance (0-2, 0-0)
Boys’ lacrosse
Northwood lost its season opener at Athens Drive 16-5 on Feb. 25, but the Chargers bounced back and beat Eastern Alamance 15-3 in its conference opener on Feb. 27.
Seaforth lost its season opener to East Chapel Hill 13-6.
Central/Mid-Carolina conference standings (as of Sunday); 1. Orange (3-0, 1-0); 2. Williams (2-1, 1-0); 3. Northwood (1-1, 1-0); 4. Eastern Alamance (0-1, 0-1); 5. Southeast Alamance (0-3, 0-2); 6. Cedar Ridge (0-1, 0-0); 7. Seaforth (0-1, 0-0); 8. Southern Alamance (1-0, 0-0); 9. Western Alamance (0-0, 0-0)
Girls’ lacrosse
Seaforth took two tough losses to start the season, losing to Pinecrest 19-8 on Feb. 24 and Apex 17-3 on Feb. 26.
Boys’ tennis
Seaforth beat Chatham Charter 9-0 on Feb. 24, but the Knights responded with a 7-0 victory over Jordan-Matthews the next day.
Northwood started the season on a good note, beating North Moore 5-1 and Southeast Alamance 6-0 during the week.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Northwood (2-0, 2-0); 2. Seaforth (1-0, 1-0); 3. North Moore (1-1, 0-1); 4. Bartlett Yancey (0-0, 0-0); 5. Chatham Central (0-0, 0-0); 6. Cummings (0-0, 0-0); 7. Graham (0-0, 0-0); 8. Jordan-Matthews (0-2, 0-0)
Boys’ golf
Seaforth won the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference match No. 1 on Feb. 27 by a score of 153. Here are the rest of the results from the meet (team score): 2. North Moore (165); 3. Southeast Alamance (182); 4. Chatham Central (184); 5. Northwood (191); 6. Graham (248); Jordan Matthews (only two golfers) (+28)
Track and Field
Jordan-Matthews, Woods Charter and Chatham Charter competed in Jordan-Matthews’ home meet on Feb. 27.
Here are the county’s first place finishers from the meet:
Boys
Jermaine White (Jordan-Matthews, 200 (25.88 seconds), long jump (18 feet, 4 inches)); Wyatt Webster (Woods Charter, 400 (53.66)); Torris Price (Chatham Charter, 800 (2:05.78))
Girls
Rachael Woods (Jordan-Matthews, 100 (13:58), long jump (15 feet, 4 inches)); Khamya Woods (Jordan-Matthews, 100 hurdles (19.15)); Molly Selleck (Woods Charter, 400 (1:14.54)); Anna Peeler (Woods Charter, 800 (2:41.23)); Dana Sudhir (Woods Charter, 1,600, (4:47)); Woods Charter (4x800-meter relay (12:02.42)); Kalayah Headen (Jordan-Matthews, shot put (26 feet, 7 inches)); Jordyn Garner (Chatham Charter, discus (79 feet, 11 inches))