PITTSBORO — After a wild first half that saw four lead changes, the Kinston women’s basketball team shaved Seaforth’s lead to a single point 2 ½ minutes into the final … more

SANFORD — Central Carolina Community College golf coach Jonathan Hockaday looks forward to coaching the 2022 spring edition of the CCCC golf team. more

I almost decided to not write about what happened with Juwan Howard this past weekend. It’s been overblown and way over discussed. However, I did feel like I had something to add. In case you … more

You can’t spell “NCHSAA basketball” without C-H-A-T-H-A-M. Actually, you can, but you surely can’t tell the story of this year’s state basketball playoffs without mentioning one of North Carolina’s most well-represented counties. more

PITTSBORO — In one fell swoop last Friday, the Northwood Chargers completed a 3-0 season sweep of the Person Rockets and won the Central 3A conference title in what was a very physical battle on both sides. more

Five Chatham County wrestlers got knocked off in the opening round and dropped down into the consolation bracket: Andrew Kimbrel (138 lbs.) and Ethan Kuball (160 lbs.) for the Chargers; Lockard Bowen (120 lbs.), Chance Cody (126 lbs.) and Judge Lloyd (152 lbs.) for the Hawks. more

By the end of the night, the Bears were headed to the conference title game in both brackets, a feat achieved by two other Chatham schools last week: Northwood in the Central 3A tournament (both Chargers teams won title) and Chatham Charter in the Central Tar Heel 1A tournament (both Knights teams won title). more

You can’t spell “NCHSAA basketball” without C-H-A-T-H-A-M. Actually, you can, but you surely can’t tell the story of this year’s state basketball playoffs without … more

Here are scores and schedules for Chatham County high school athletics from Monday, Feb. 21 to Sunday, Feb. 27. This story will be updated throughout the week. Monday, February 21 Tuesday, … more

It was the Northwood basketball team’s “Pink Game,” an annual opportunity to support cancer research and to show up in pink to raise awareness of the disease. This year’s edition, on Feb. 8, honored the memory of Karen Sbrollini Heilman, a longtime coach and teacher at Perry Harrison Elementary School who succumbed to an aggressive form of the illness last September. more

Tamaya Walden was on the brink of history. And everyone knew it. Entering last Tuesday’s showdown with conference foe Woods Charter — which Chatham Charter won, 71-32 — the Knights’ junior guard needed just 12 points to secure a spot in the record books. She hit that mark before the game’s first foul was called. more

The Cincinnati Bengals’ magical run — which included the Super Bowl journey of a lifetime after downing the AFC’s top two seeds and overcoming the largest of preseason odds — finally came to an end on Sunday in sunny Los Angeles. more

CARY — No, Abby Emrich said with confidence and a little giggle at the conclusion of the NCHSAA 3A Swimming and Diving State Championships at Triangle Aquatic Center last Friday. Webbed feet don’t run in the family. more

Hobbs, a sophomore shooting guard, fired up a game-high 18 points last Tuesday to help the Chargers smother the Eagles, 79-35. It was bombs away for Hobbs, who pumped in five 3-pointers in his season-high tally. more

The Seaforth Hawks (12-9, 9-3 conference) came into this feud looking to capitalize on already having beaten the Chatham Central Bears (7-10, 6-5 conference) earlier in the season. But Chatham Central was hoping to even the score against Seaforth and try to improve on their conference record to inch closer to a playoff spot. more

The Chargers proved they belong among the state’s elite swimming circles, claiming a 3rd-place team finish to go along with a pile of individual and relay hardware. more

Northwood 220-pounder Jake Dunning weathered a brutal onslaught by his Orange High School nemesis Elijah Acosta to drive him to his back in the semifinal bout at the 2022 NCHSAA 3A Mideast Wrestling Regionals, hosted by Union Pines. His 5-2 victory was an electrifying moment of redemption. more

Here are scores and schedules for Chatham County high school athletics from Monday, Feb. 14 to Sunday, Feb. 20. This story will be updated throughout the week. Monday, February 14 Tuesday, … more

When you’re playing your storied rival in front of a packed gym, there’s bound to be some noise. Add in senior night festivities — equipped with flowers, amateur iPhone photography and tissue-rich grandparents — and the lights, sounds and emotions grow even larger. more

It’s strange to think that a game-defining moment could happen as early as the first quarter, much less within the contest’s first four minutes. But the Chatham Central women’s basketball team is proof that it can. more