Here’s a recap of the key results, developments and conference standings from week five of the high school fall sports season in Chatham County:
Volleyball
Have a week and a season, Seaforth. After a 3-0 win over Bartlett Yancey on Sept. 10, the Hawks went outside the 2A classification and swept 3A opponents Union Pines and Orange, expanding their winning streak to 10. Maris Huneycutt and Josie Valgus combined for 105 assists in the three victories, and as of Sunday, Huneycutt leads the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference in assists.
Woods Charter continued its dominance against Central Tar Heel 1A opponents, picking up two 3-0 conference wins over Clover Garden School and Southern Wake Academy. Freshman Cecilia Brignati has been an excellent setter for the Wolves as she combined for 95 assists in their three games last week. As of Sunday, she has the second-most assists in the 1A East classification.
Dealing with health issues, Chatham Central had its worst week of the season with two losses to North Moore and Eastern Randolph.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Seaforth (10-1, 7-0); 2. North Moore (8-1, 4-1); 3. Chatham Central (6-5, 5-2); 4. Northwood (4-7, 4-3); 5. Bartlett Yancey (6-4, 3-4); 6. Southeast Alamance (3-6, 2-4); 7. Jordan-Matthews (1-8, 1-5); 8. Graham (0-10, 0-7)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Woods Charter (7-5, 6-0); 2. Chatham Charter (5-6, 4-1); 3. Clover Garden School (7-3, 4-2); 4. Southern Wake Academy (5-4, 3-3); 5. River Mill (5-6, 2-4); 6. Ascend Leadership (1-5, 1-4); 7. Triangle Math and Science (1-9, 0-6)
Boys’ Soccer
Jordan-Matthews has shaken off its rough 0-3 start and is now rolling with conference play underway. With a 3-1 win over Northwood and a 2-1 victory over North Moore last week, the Jets won five out of their last six games prior to Monday’s bout with Southeast Alamance.
Seaforth picked up a big 3-2 over Cummings, but it was generally a rough week for the rest of the county. Chatham County teams went 3-8 during the week with Northwood, Woods Charter and Chatham Charter going winless.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Jordan-Matthews (5-4, 3-0); 2. Southeast Alamance (5-5, 2-0); 3. Graham (4-1-2, 1-0); 4. Seaforth (3-3-1, 1-0); 5. Northwood (3-4-1, 1-2); 6. Cummings (3-3, 0-3); 7. North Moore (0-4, 0-3)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Clover Garden School (5-4, 4-0); 2. Triangle Math and Science (3-3-1, 3-0); 3. Ascend Leadership (3-3, 2-1); 4. Woods Charter (1-3-1, 1-1); 5. River Mill (1-4-1, 1-2); 6. Southern Wake Academy (2-6, 0-4); 7. Chatham Charter (0-6, 0-3)
Girls’ Tennis
For Chatham Charter it was a new week with the same results.
The Knights defeated Southern Wake Academy, Triangle Math and Science and Cornerstone Charter to move to 10-0 and match last season’s win total.
Seaforth couldn’t keep its win streak going, though. The Hawks lost their first game since the season opener (Aug. 14) with a 5-4 defeat to Chapel Hill on Sept. 10. All five of Chapel Hill’s wins were in the singles matches.
Jordan-Matthews prevailed over rival Chatham Central, 8-1, on Sept. 11. Chatham Central is still looking for its first win of the season as of Sunday.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A standings (from dual matches as of Sunday); 1. Seaforth (6-2, 5-0); 2. Bartlett Yancey (5-1, 5-1); 3. North Moore (2-3, 2-1); 4. Northwood (3-4, 3-3); 5. Jordan-Matthews (3-5, 3-4); 6. Southeast Alamance (3-6, 3-4); 7. Chatham Central (0-8, 0-8)
Central Tar Heel 1A standings (from dual matches as of Sunday); 1. Chatham Charter (10-0, 3-0); 2. Triangle Math and Science (1-4, 1-1); 3. Southern Wake Academy (0-4, 0-3)
Cross Country
Seaforth hosted Northwood and North Moore in a Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference meet on Sept. 10. The Hawks finished first in the boys’ race with a team score of 19, and senior Jack Anstrom led the way with a first-place 17-minute, 38.08-second performance. Anstrom crossed the finish line 22 seconds ahead of Northwood’s Jordan Wiley who came in second place. Northwood finished second as a team in the boys’ results.
The Chargers won the girls’ race as a team, though, behind a first-place finish from Julia Hall (21:23.08) and a second-place effort from Sydney Gray (21:25.64). Seaforth wasn’t too far behind the Chargers as a team as it had six runners finish in the top 10.
In the Pfeiffer University Cross Country Invitational Saturday, Woods Charter senior Anna Peeler finished 46th out of 210 runners in the varsity girls’ 5,000 meter run with a time of 22:30.90.