Seaforth boys, girls take conference swimming titles

Winter Sports Roundup for Chatham County’s high schools

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Boys’ Basketball

Chatham County had a loaded night of basketball Friday.

Chatham Central senior Luke Gaines recorded a career-high 24 points in the Bears’ 72-57 win over Bartlett Yancey. Gaines knocked down four threes while shooting 80% from beyond the arc. Senior Reid Albright also had a good night with a 23-point, 10-rebound double-double.

Northwood extended its win streak to five after dominating Jordan-Matthews 64-22 and sweeping the regular season series over the Jets. Junior Cam Fowler led the way with 17 points, and junior Chad Graves scored 10 points. The Chargers haven’t let up on their rival in years as Jordan-Matthews hasn’t beat Northwood since 2016.

Seaforth beat Cummings 63-43 in a more convincing fashion than its eight-point win over the Cavaliers in December. In the Hawks second straight win, senior Noah Lewis and junior Campbell Meador led the team with 10 points each.

Woods Charter beat River Mill 55-12, picking up its fourth straight win (longest win streak since 2017) and its largest victory of the season. Sophomore Alden Phelps scored a team-high 14 points while also dishing out a team-high four assists. Sophomore Levi Haygood recorded 10 points and five rebounds.

Week of Jan. 20 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 (16-2, 10-0); T2. Southeast Alamance (12-3, 7-2); T2. Chatham Central (12-2, 7-2); 4. Seaforth (8-8, 5-3); 5. Cummings (4-11, 3-6); 6. Jordan-Matthews (5-10, 3-6); 7. Bartlett Yancey (4-7, 3-6); 8. Graham (2-12, 1-7); 9. North Moore (3-10, 0-7)

Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): T1. Southern Wake Academy (15-4, 5-0); T1. Woods Charter (8-4, 5-0); 3. Chatham Charter (12-8, 3-2); 4. Clover Garden School (6-7, 3-3); 5. Triangle Math & Science (3-13, 2-4); 6. River Mill (2-17, 1-5); 7. Ascend Leadership (3-9, 0-5)

 

Girls’ Basketball

Northwood picked up its largest win of the season in a 58-5 rout over Jordan-Matthews Friday. The Jets, who were without one of their best players in Jada Scott, had no answer for junior forward Shaylah Glover who scored a team-high 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds.

Seaforth demolished Cummings 63-28 Friday, extending its win streak to 15.

Woods Charter continued the trend of blowouts Friday with a 44-29 victory over River Mill Friday. The win snapped the Wolves’ two-game skid.

Week of Jan. 20 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 (15-1, 8-0); 2. Southeast Alamance (13-2, 8-1); 3. Northwood (12-4, 7-2); 4. Chatham Central (9-5, 5-4); T5. Jordan-Matthews (3-12, 3-6); T5. Cummings (3-8, 3-6); 7. North Moore (4-7, 2-5); 8. Graham (3-10, 1-6); 9. Bartlett Yancey (0-11, 0-7)

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 (9-4, 3-2); 4. Woods Charter (6-5, 2-3); 5. River Mill (3-16, 2-4); 6. Southern Wake Academy (3-6, 1-3); 7. Ascend Leadership (2-11, 0-4)

 

Swimming

Seaforth’s boys and girls won the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference titles in the conference championship meet Saturday. The girls won with a team score of 447 while the boys won with a team score of 418. Here are Chatham County’s individual champions from the meet:

Boys

200-yard medley relay (Jackson Vaughn, Evan Hepburn, Benjamin Lajoie, Colton Roberts, 1 minute, 43.90 seconds, Seaforth); 200 free (Colton Roberts, 1:51.50, Seaforth); 200-yard individual medley (Benjamin Lajoie, 2:12.10, Seaforth); 50 free (Jesse Eskelund, 22.91, Chatham Central); 100 fly (Benjamin Lajoie, 57.77, Seaforth); 100 free (Evan Hepburn, 49.50, Seaforth); 500 free (Colton Roberts, 5:07.16, Seaforth); 200 free relay (Ken Gatimu, Isaac Lindgren, Aden George, Mikel Kokas, 1:46.41, Seaforth); 100-yard backstroke (Jackson Vaughn, 1:01.92, Seaforth); 100-yard backstroke (Evan Hepburn, 1:00.02, Seaforth); 400 free relay (Benjamin Lajoie, Colton Roberts, Jackson Vaughn, Evan Hepburn, 3:34.23, Seaforth)

Girls

200-yard medley relay (Sydney Haire, Jade Brown, Sydney Burleigh, Eva Wahieb, 2:06.41, Seaforth); 200 yard free (Holly Thesing, 2:10.40, Northwood); 200-yard individual medley (Sydney Burleigh, 2:14.61, Seaforth); 50 free (Eva Wahieb, 27.07, Seaforth); 100 fly (Sydney Burleigh, 59.67, Seaforth); 100 free (Gillian Eriksen, 1:02.52, Seaforth); 500 free (Abigail Emrich, 5:20.72, Northwood); 200 free relay (Gillian Eriksen, Piper Bailey, Juliette Haire, Eva Wahieb, 1:59.23, Seaforth); 100-yard backstroke (Sydney Haire, 1:06.26, Seaforth); 100-yard breaststroke (Abigail Emrich, 1:11.95, Northwood); 400 free relay (Sydney Haire, Gillian Eriksen, Juliette Haire, Sydney Burleigh, 4:12.02, Seaforth)