Boys Basketball
Chatham Central, the third-place team in the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference, won a slow, ugly battle over second-place Southeast Alamance 32-31 Friday. Both teams recorded their lowest scoring outputs of the season. The Bears shot just 32% from the floor and went 1-for-15 from three, but senior Reid Albright still mustered a team-high 18 points (8-for-10 from the free throw line) to split the regular season series with the Stallions and bring Chatham Central closer to second place in the conference.
Chatham Charter, the third-place team in the Central Tar Heel 1A conference, fell to first-place Southern Wake Academy 65-37 in their first meeting of the year. The Knights haven’t beaten Southern Wake Academy since the 2022-23 season. In the Knights’ 73-25 bounce back win over River Mill Friday, senior Hunter Murphy led the team in scoring with 14 points.
Woods Charter won its second and third games in a row with a 59-35 win over Triangle Math and Science on Jan. 14 and a 46-33 victory over Clover Garden School Friday. Senior Bhuvanesh Senthil recorded a 20-point, 15-rebound double-double against Triangle Math and Science.
Seaforth beat Jordan-Matthews 63-48 on Jan. 16, snapping its two-game skid. That marked the Jets’ fourth loss in a span of five games, but they bounced back with a 55-47 win over Cummings Friday.
Week of Jan. 13 Power Rankings: 1. Northwood; 2. Chatham Central; 3. Seaforth; 4. Woods Charter: 5. Chatham Charter; 6. Jordan-Matthews
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday)(overall, conference): 1. Northwood (15-2, 9-0); 2. Southeast Alamance (12-3, 7-2); 3. Chatham Central (11-2, 6-2); 4. Seaforth (7-8, 4-3); T5. Cummings (4-10, 3-5); T5. Jordan-Matthews (4-9, 3-5); 7. Bartlett Yancey (3-6, 2-5); 8. Graham (2-10, 1-6); 9. North Moore (3-10, 0-7)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): T1. Southern Wake Academy (14-3, 4-0); T1. Woods Charter (7-4, 4-0); 3. Chatham Charter (12-8, 3-2); T4. Clover Garden School (5-7, 2-3); T4. Triangle Math and Science (3-12, 2-3); 6. River Mill (2-16, 1-4); 7. Ascend Leadership (3-8, 0-4)
Girls Basketball
Seaforth extended its win streak to 13 with a 63-17 blowout win over Jordan-Matthews on Jan. 16. The Hawks put on a stellar defensive team effort with senior Peyton Collins grabbing a team-high five steals to go along with her 11 points. Senior Gabby White led the scoring with 14 points and a team-high four assists.
Northwood junior Neah Henry led the Chargers in scoring for the second night in a row with 12 points in a 68-22 victory over North Moore Friday. Henry also grabbed a team-high nine of the Chargers’ 27 steals. Northwood won six of its last eight games prior to Tuesday.
Chatham Charter won its third and fourth games in a row, beating Southern Wake Academy 55-8 on Jan. 14 and River Mill 46-5 Friday to stay undefeated in conference play.
Woods Charter dropped two straight games during the week, losing to Triangle Math and Science 32-18 on Jan. 14 and Clover Garden School 50-23 Friday.
Things have been worse for Chatham Central as the Bears lost their third straight game at Southeast Alamance Friday 49-19.
Week of Jan. 13 Power Rankings: 1. Seaforth; 2. Northwood; 3. Chatham Central; 4. Chatham Charter; 5. Woods Charter; 6. Jordan-Matthews
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Seaforth (13-1, 7-0); 2. Southeast Alamance (13-2, 8-1); 3. Northwood (11-4, 6-2); 4. Chatham Central (8-5, 4-4); T5. Jordan-Matthews (3-11, 3-5); T5. Cummings (3-7, 3-5); 7. North Moore (4-7, 2-5); 8. Graham (3-10, 1-6); 9. Bartlett Yancey (0-10, 0-6)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Chatham Charter (8-12, 5-0); 2. Triangle Math and Science (8-7, 4-1); 3. Clover Garden School (8-4, 2-2); 4. River Mill (3-15, 2-3); 5. Woods Charter (5-4, 1-2); 6. Southern Wake Academy (3-6, 1-3); 7. Ascend Leadership (2-11, 0-4)
Wrestling
Boys
Jordan-Matthews hosted its first Jets Invitational Saturday with 16 other teams in attendance, including Chatham Central. The Jets had three wrestlers place with Nermiah Page finishing first in the 113-pound bracket, Kaleb Moffitt finishing second in the 285-pound bracket and Jakari Blue finishing third in the 190-pound group.
Chatham Central’s Stephen Silhan III defeated Blue by a 10-6 decision in the 190-pound championship semifinals match, and Silhan finished first in the tournament after a 7-4 decision victory Jackson Valentine from Central Davidson. Carson Williams also earned a first-place finish for the Bears after defeating Central Davidson’s Ethan Forrest by a 9-7 decision in the 150-pound division.
Seaforth had a successful showing at the Dash Classic hosted by Fuquay-Varina Friday and Saturday. The Hawks had eight wrestlers place, including Jordan Miller (first, 113 pounds), Gabe Rogers (first, 120), Layne Armstrong (first, 132), Harrison Compton (first, 190), Ethan Kuball (first, 215), Judge Lloyd (second, 175), Caden Brewer (second, 150) and Luke Ayers (third, 106).
Northwood went 3-3 at the Eagle Duals hosted by Western Harnett Saturday. The Chargers won over Triton twice (35-28 and 42-29) and beat Westover (45-36), but they fell to Gray’s Creek (42-36), Western Harnett (51-20) and defending 1A dual team state champions Uwharrie Charter (84-0).
Swimming
Woods Charter’s boys and girls fell short in team losses to East Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill in a multi-dual meet at the Orange County Sportsplex on Jan. 15.
Freshman Daisy Collins had a standout individual day for the Wolves, finishing first in the girls’ 100-yard butterfly (58.35 seconds) and the girls’ 500-yard freestyle (5:01.33).