Here are scores and schedules for Chatham County high school athletics from Monday, Nov. 30 to Sunday, Dec. 6. This story will be updated throughout the week.
Tuesday, Dec 1
Volleyball: Chatham Central swept North Rowan, 3-0, on the road (25-11, 25-19, 25-9). Junior Ivey Tillman had six kills in her season debut, Taylor Poe added seven kills on a 63.6 kill percentage and five Bears combined for 11 serving aces.
Volleyball: Northwood stayed above .500 with a 3-1 win over Southern Durham on the road. The Chargers’ JV team also beat the Spartans.
Wednesday, Dec 2
Cross country: Research Triangle swept a four-team meet against Chatham Charter, Woods Charter and Cornerstone Charter. Top local finishers included the Knights’ Brandon McKoy (second place in the men’s race) and Wolves’ Maddie Sparrow (third place in the women’s race). Read full coverage here.
Cross country: Northwood swept host school Southern Durham and Vance County in a road meet, logging perfect scores in both races. Ethan Becker finished first in the men’s five-kilometer race (20:34.00), while Tessa Yell finished first in the women’s five-kilometer race (21:00.00).
Volleyball: Jordan-Matthews swept T.W. Andrews 3-0 (25-17, 25-6, 25-8) in its home opener at Justice Gymnasium.
Thursday, Dec 3
Cross country: Jordan-Matthews’ Robert Train took first place (19:46) in the men’s race during a four-team road meet against host Providence Grove, Wheatmore and Eastern Randolph. Jasmine Basilio (26:44) was the top Jets finisher in the women’s race.
Volleyball: Woods Charter earned its first win of the season in a five-set thriller against Research Triangle (25-13, 25-16, 19-25, 13-25, 15-12). It was the Wolves’ home opener, too.
Volleyball: Chatham Central dropped to 3-3 on the season after a 3-1 home loss to Gray Stone Day (25-14, 14-25, 20-25, 21-25). Three players — Savannah Stilwell, Taylor Poe and Grace Jones — had six kills each.
Volleyball: East Chapel Hill swept Northwood 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-15) at home, dropping the Chargers to 2-3.
Saturday, Dec 5
Cross country: Northwood’s Caroline Murrell (second place, 19:57.22) and Malachi Levy (fifth place, 16:47.46) were the Chargers’ top finishers in a home tri-meet against Chapel Hill and Millbrook. As a team, Northwood finished third in both events behind the Wildcats and Tigers.
Reporter Chapel Fowler can be reached at cfowler@chathamnr.com or on Twitter at @chapelfowler.