Here’s a recap of the key results, developments and conference standings from week four of the high school fall sports season in Chatham County:
Volleyball
Woods Charter and Chatham Charter established themselves as the two best teams in the Central Tar Heel 1A conference last week. The first-place Wolves dominated Ascend Leadership and Triangle Math & Science, winning both games by a score of 3-0. The second-place Knights also picked up two more conference wins over Clover Garden School (3-2) and Southern Wake Academy (3-0). Chatham Charter’s Aaliyah Walden and Kynzie Jordan combined for 22 kills in the win over Clover Garden School.
Chatham Central avoided dropping its second conference game of the year with a narrow, 3-2, win over Northwood on Sept. 5.
For Seaforth, last week was business as usual as the Hawks smothered both Southeast Alamance and Jordan-Matthews, 3-0. Senior Maris Huneycutt recorded 20 assists in the win over the Stallions, her second-most in a game this season.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Seaforth (7-1, 6-0); 2. Chatham Central (6-3, 5-1); 3. North Moore (6-1, 3-1); 4. Northwood (4-6, 4-3); 5. Bartlett Yancey (5-3, 3-3); 6. Southeast Alamance (2-6, 1-4); 7. Jordan-Matthews (0-8, 0-5); 8. Graham (0-7, 0-5)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Woods Charter (5-4, 4-0); 2. Chatham Charter (4-6, 3-1); 3. Clover Garden School (5-2, 3-1); 4. Southern Wake Academy (3-3, 2-2); 5. River Mill (3-4, 1-2); 6. Ascend Leadership (0-3, 0-2); 7. Triangle Math & Science (0-6, 0-3)
Boys’ Soccer
Last week didn’t bring the best outcomes for Chatham County’s boys’ soccer teams.
Outside of Jordan-Matthews’ 7-2 win over Eastern Randolph on Sept. 4, Woods Charter was the only other team to pull out a victory as it dominated Chatham Charter, 9-0, also on Sept. 4.
Seaforth found itself in a stalemate with Graham as the game ended in a 0-0 tie after two overtimes.
Northwood lost its only game of the week to Southeast Alamance, 6-0, which was its worst defeat since losing to Jordan-Matthews by the same score in October.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Southeast Alamance (4-4, 1-0); 2. Jordan-Matthews (3-4, 1-0); 3. Northwood (3-2-1, 1-1); 4. Graham (2-1-2, 0-0); 5. Seaforth (2-2-1, 0-0-1); 6. North Moore (0-2, 0-1); 7. Cummings (3-1, 0-1)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Triangle Math & Science (2-3-1, 2-0); 2. Clover Garden School (2-3, 1-0); 3. Woods Charter (1-1-1, 1-0); 4. River Mill (0-2-1, 0-1); 5. Chatham Charter (0-3, 0-1); 6. Southern Wake Academy (2-4, 0-2); 7. Ascend Leadership (1-2, 0-0)
Girls’ Tennis
Chatham Charter remained unbeaten after last week’s slate of matches.
The Knights put up back-to-back 9-0 wins over Southern Wake Academy and North Moore. Against Southern Wake Academy, Chatham Charter senior Sasha Blackmon didn’t lose a single game in both her singles and doubles matches.
Seaforth continued to dominate conference competition with two more 9-0 wins over Southeast Alamance and Jordan-Matthews. The win over the Jets on Sept. 4 was the Hawks’ fifth straight win as of Sunday.
Northwood won its second conference game in a row over Chatham Central, 9-0, and moved back over .500.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (from dual matches as of Sunday) : 1. Bartlett Yancey (5-0, 5-0); 2. Seaforth (5-1, 4-0); 3. Northwood (3-2, 3-2); 4. North Moore (1-3, 1-1); 5. Jordan-Matthews (2-5, 2-4); 6. Southeast Alamance (1-6, 1-4); 7. Chatham Central (0-5, 0-5)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (from dual matches as of Sunday): 1. Chatham Charter (7-0, 1-0); 2. Triangle Math & Science (1-3, 1-0); 3. Southern Wake Academy (0-2, 0-2)
Cross Country
Seaforth and Northwood raced in the Friday Night Lights XC Festival Friday.
In the boys’ invitational team standings, Seaforth finished 12th with 418 points, and Northwood finished 30th out of 36 teams with 719 points. Northwood junior Jordan Wiley was the quickest Charger, finishing in 22nd place with a time of 16 minutes and 53.1 seconds. Seaforth freshman Samuel Neil was the first Hawk to cross the finish line with a 26th-best time of 17:00.6.
Seaforth earned 12th place in the girls’ invitational team standings with 392 points while Northwood finished 20th out of 34 teams with 497 points. Northwood senior Julia Hall led the Chargers with a 26th-best time of 20:18.3, and her teammate Sydney Gray finished 13 spots behind with a time of 20:48.9.
Senior Claire Morgan finished first for the Hawks, crossing the finish line with a 52nd-best time of 21:16.1.