Here’s a roundup of the key results, developments and conference standings from week eight of the high school fall sports season in Chatham County:
Volleyball
Things weren’t as smooth for Seaforth last week as it’s been for most of the season. The Hawks needed all five sets to come from behind and edge North Moore, 3-2, on Oct. 1 in their first five-set game all year. Josie Valgus, Keira Rosenmarkle and Ally Forbes combined for 42 kills, but the Mustangs were the ones who took a 2-1 lead after winning the second and third sets.
After falling to East Chapel Hill 3-1 the next day, Seaforth bounced back with a 3-0 win over Southeast Alamance on Oct. 3.
Last week was business as usual for Woods Charter, though. Woods Charter senior Maya Sheridan’s 12 kills and freshman Cecilia Brignati’s 30 assists led the Wolves to a 3-0 victory over Triangle Math and Science on Oct. 1. The Wolves moved to 11-0 in conference play with a sweep over Clover Garden School the next day.
Chatham Charter held to its second-place spot in the Central Tar Heel 1A conference despite splitting the week with a loss to Southern Wake Academy and a win over River Mill.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Seaforth (15-3, 12-0); 2. North Moore (16-2, 10-2); 3. Chatham Central (8-9, 6-5); 4. Northwood (8-11, 7-6); 5. Bartlett Yancey (12-6, 7-6); 6. Southeast Alamance (7-11, 5-7); 7. Jordan-Matthews (1-15, 1-11); 8. Graham (0-15, 0-11)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Woods Charter (12-5, 11-0); 2. Chatham Charter (9-9, 8-3); 3. Clover Garden School (10-7, 6-4); 4. Southern Wake Academy (8-9, 6-6); 5. River Mill (8-11, 5-7); 6. Ascend Leadership (2-8, 1-7); 7. Triangle Math and Science (1-13, 0-10)
Boys’ Soccer
Jordan-Matthews picked up its second-largest win of the season with a dominant 8-0 victory over Cummings on Oct. 3. As of Sunday, the Jets are still undefeated in conference play and haven’t lost a game since Aug. 29.
Woods Charter recorded another big win over Chatham Charter, 8-0, in a cross-county conference matchup on Oct. 2. After a rough start to the season, the Wolves have won three out of their last four prior to the new week starting Monday, carrying newfound momentum into the final weeks of the regular season.
Things have been less than ideal for Seaforth this season as it hasn’t won a game since beating Cummings on Sept. 9, however the Hawks got a positive out of last week when they tied East Chapel Hill, 1-1, on Oct. 2.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Jordan-Matthews (10-4, 6-0); 2. Southeast Alamance (8-6, 5-1); 3. Graham (8-2-2, 3-1-1); 4. Northwood (4-5-1, 2-3); 5. Seaforth (3-6-2, 1-2-1); 6. Cummings (4-6, 1-6); 7. North Moore (0-6, 0-4)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Triangle Math and Science (6-3-2, 6-0-1); 2. Clover Garden School (6-8, 5-2); 3. River Mill (4-5-2, 3-2-2); 4. Ascend Leadership (5-5-1, 3-3); 5. Woods Charter (4-5-1, 3-3-1); 6. Southern Wake Academy (3-7, 1-5); 7. Chatham Charter (0-10, 0-6)
Girls’ Tennis
The girls’ tennis regular season came to an end last week for most of the county’s teams as they made their final pushes towards the dual team state playoffs.
Seaforth capped off its fourth consecutive Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference title with a 9-0 win over Bartlett Yancey and a 5-4 win over Carrboro.
Northwood also finished strong with a 7-2 win over Jordan-Matthews on Oct. 2.
Final Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (from dual matches): 1. Seaforth (12-3, 10-0); 2. North Moore (7-4, 7-2); 3. Bartlett Yancey (7-5, 7-4); 4. Northwood (7-6, 7-5); 5. Southeast Alamance (4-9, 4-7); 6. Jordan-Mathews (3-11, 3-9); 7. Chatham Central (0-14, 0-11)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (from dual matches as of Sunday): 1. Chatham Charter (11-0, 3-0); 2. Triangle Math and Science (3-4, 2-1); 3. Southern Wake Academy (0-6, 0-4)
Cross Country
Here are the top performances from races involving county runners last week:
Boys
Samuel Neil (Seaforth, 16 minutes, 29.20 seconds, 31st out of 417 in Great American XC Festival Boys Blue 5K); Will Cuicchi (Seaforth, 16:48.20, 60th in Great American XC Festival Boys Blue 5K); Jordan Wiley (Northwood, 16:40.33, 17th out of 169 in Wendy’s Invitational)
Girls
Emily Jump (Seaforth, 20:55, 76th out of 338 in Great American XC Festival Girls Blue 5K); Sasha Helmer (Seaforth, 20:57.20, 79th in Great American XC Festival Girls Blue 5K); Julia Hall (Northwood, 20:19.35, 38th out of 148 in Wendy’s Invitational); Sydney Gray (Northwood, 20.38.52, 42nd in Wendy’s Invitational)
Girls’ Golf
Results from the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference match No. 4 on Sept. 30:
North Moore (161); 2. Southeast Alamance (163); 3. Seaforth (171); 4. Chatham Central (172); 5. Northwood (173); 6. Graham (187)