In the second week of high school sports, more Chatham County teams joined in on the action and got their seasons underway.
For all of the fall sports outside of football, here’s a recap of the key moments, developments and conference standings in week two of high school sports in the county:
Volleyball
Northwood followed up a shaky first week with more favorable outcomes in week two, going 2-1 in its three-game slate and climbing back to .500. The Chargers picked up two more conference wins over Jordan-Matthews and Bartlett Yancey, moving to 3-1 in conference play.
Seaforth picked up a 3-0 win over Carrboro behind a combined 23 kills from junior Josie Valgus and sophomore Ally Forbes. Following a 3-1 win over Bartlett Yancey on Aug. 20, Chatham Central took its first loss of the season to Lee County the next night.
Yet, for Jordan-Matthews, Chatham Charter and Woods Charter, the start of the season continues to be a struggle as Woods Charter was the only team in the group to win a game last week (3-0 win over River Mill Thursday).
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday), (overall, conference): 1. Chatham Central (4-1, 3-0); 2. Seaforth (2-1, 1-0); 3. North Moore (3-0, 1-0); 4. Northwood (3-3, 3-1); 5. Bartlett Yancey (1-2, 1-2); 6. Jordan-Matthews (0-3, 0-2); 7. Graham (0-3, 0-2); 8. Southeast Alamance (1-3, 0-2)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Clover Garden School (5-0, 3-0); 2. Woods Charter (1-3, 1-0); 3. Southern Wake Academy (1-1, 1-1); 4. Ascend Leadership (0-1, 0-1); 5. Triangle Math & Science (0-6, 0-1); 6. River Mill (0-3, 0-2); 7. Chatham Charter (1-4, 0-0)
Boys’ Soccer
Seaforth achieved its largest varsity win in program history with a dominant 12-0 win over Rocky Mount Saturday. Three Hawks scored at least three goals in the win, including junior Nadir Martinez (four), senior Logan Sparrow (three) and junior Ryan Dibb (three).
After dropping its third straight game against Southwestern Randolph, 4-1, on Aug. 19, Jordan-Matthews won its first game of the season against Hobbton, 3-0, Friday. Northwood picked up a win (5-1 over Southern Alamance), loss (1-0 against New Hanover) and a tie (4-4 against North Johnston) in its opening week.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Cummings (2-0, 0-0); 2. Northwood (1-1-1, 0-0); 3. Seaforth (1-1, 0-0); 4. Southeast Alamance (2-2, 0-0); 5. Jordan-Matthews (1-3, 0-0); 6. North Moore (0-1, 0-0); 7. Graham (0-1-1, 0-0)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Ascend Leadership (1-1, 0-0); 2. Southern Wake Academy (1-1, 0-0); 3. Clover Garden School (1-2, 0-0); 4. River Mill (0-1, 0-0); 5. Triangle Math & Science (0-2-1, 0-0); 6. Chatham Charter (0-0, 0-0); 7. Woods Charter (0-0, 0-0)
Girls’ Tennis
Chatham Charter built on its hot start during the week, going 3-0 against Burlington Christian Academy, Cornerstone Charter and Montgomery Central.
Seaforth dominated Chatham Central, 9-0, in an intra-county matchup on Aug. 21. The Hawks only allowed the Bears one game across all of the singles and doubles matches.
Northwood and Jordan-Matthews’ meeting on Aug. 19 got rained out and was postponed to Tuesday. Both the Chargers and Jets took their first conference losses last week.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (from dual matches as of Sunday): 1. Bartlett Yancey (1-0, 1-0); 2. Seaforth (2-1, 1-0); 3. North Moore (1-1, 1-0); 4. Northwood (1-1, 1-1); 5. Chatham Central (0-1, 0-1); 6. Jordan-Matthews (0-2, 0-1); 7. Southeast Alamance (0-2, 0-1)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (from dual matches as of Sunday): 1. Chatham Charter (4-0, 0-0); 2. Triangle Math & Science (0-3, 0-0); 3. Southern Wake Academy (0-0, 0-0)