Boys’ Soccer
With no Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference teams on last week’s slate, Jordan-Matthews didn’t get a chance to reclaim the conference’s first place spot. The Jets did pick up their sixth shutout victory of the season, though, with an 8-0 win over American Leadership Academy-Johnston on Oct. 21. Francisco Ibarra once again led the charge with five goals in the win.
Against Southern Lee on Oct. 24, Jordan-Matthews fell 2-1, moving to 5-5 against non-conference opponents.
Seaforth, which as of Sunday is still pushing towards its goal of third place in the conference, didn’t help themselves with a 1-0 loss to North Moore on Oct. 12 and a 6-0 loss to Southeast Alamance on Oct. 23. Fortunately for the Hawks, third-place Graham lost to North Moore on Oct. 23, keeping them alive through last week. They could’ve gotten extra help from Northwood, but the Chargers fell 2-1 to Graham in double overtime on Oct. 21. One more conference win from the Red Devils this week will close the door on Seaforth’s aspirations.
Woods Charter, fighting to hold onto the fourth spot in the Central Tar Heel 1A conference, lost a double-overtime thriller to Triangle Math and Science on Oct. 21, 3-1, and it lost to Southern Wake Academy on Oct. 24, 1-0. However, three goals from junior Daniel Horil led the Wolves to their sixth win of the season in a 4-2 victory over Clover Garden School on Oct. 23.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Southeast Alamance (13-6, 9-1); 2. Jordan-Matthews (13-7, 8-2); 3. Graham (14-4-2, 6-3-1); 4. Seaforth (6-9-3, 4-4-2); 5. North Moore (4-8, 3-6); 6. Northwood (4-10-2, 2-8-1); 7. Cummings (5-10, 2-9)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Triangle Math and Science (10-5-2, 10-0-1); 2. Clover Garden School (10-9, 8-3); 3. River Mill (9-7-2, 7-3-2); 4. Woods Charter (6-9-1, 4-6-1); 5. Ascend Leadership (6-9-1, 4-7); 6. Southern Wake Academy (6-9, 4-7); 7. Chatham Charter (0-17, 0-11)
1A East RPI standings (as of Sunday): Woods Charter (No. 25), Chatham Charter (No. 38)
2A East RPI standings (as of Sunday): Jordan-Matthews (No. 14), Seaforth (No. 27), Northwood (No. 35)
Girls’ Tennis
Individual (singles and doubles)
Seaforth’s Lillian McFall fell just short of the 2A girls’ tennis singles state title after losing to Pine Lake Prep’s Mallory Aull in the championship match Saturday.
McFall lost in two games in the championship match by scores of 6-0 and 6-4 in that order. On the way to the state final, McFall beat Ayden-Grifton’s Kaitlyn Wood in the first round without losing a game, Community School of Davidson’s Jadan Rounds in the second round after two close 7-6 games and Shelby’s Anna Schweppe in the third round.
Seaforth’s Ella Gentel fell to Northeastern’s Jada Simpson in the first round of the singles tournament.
In the doubles tournament, Seaforth’s Bailey Shadoan and Claire Coady fell to Salisbury’s Lucy Barr and Meredith Williams in the second round. Shadoan and Coady beat Addie Gibbs and Avery Thomas of Washington in the first round. On the 1A side, Chatham Charter’s doubles team of Mak Allen and Maggie Moody fell to NCSSM-Morganton’s Ananya Sriram and Will Levine in the first round.
Dual team
In the 1A playoffs, No. 2 Chatham Charter advanced to the regional final after needing four tie breakers to beat No. 3 Rosewood in the third round Wednesday. The Knights made it to the third round due to a forfeit from No. 10 Triangle Math and Science Monday.
On the 2A side, No. 6 Seaforth fell to No. 14 NCSSM (Durham) in the third round Monday.
Girls’ Golf
None of the county’s athletes or teams qualified for the girls’ golf state championships after last week’s regionals.
Cross Country
Seaforth senior Jack Anstrom won his third straight 2A Mideast regional title Saturday with a first-place time of 16:08.90. With senior Will Cuicchi, freshman Samuel Neil and senior Henry McFall all finishing in the top 10, the Hawks won their second consecutive boys’ regional championship.
Here’s where the rest of the county’s teams fell in the 1A and 2A Mideast regionals and the county’s state championship qualifiers:
1A Boys
Team standings: Fifth place – Woods Charter (qualified for state); Ninth place – Chatham Charter (failed to qualify for state)
State qualifiers: Torris Price (Chatham Charter), Adam Reese (Chatham Charter)
1A Girls
Team standings: Second place – Woods Charter (qualified for state)
State qualifiers: Sydney Batey (Woods Charter), Grace Murphy (Woods Charter), Anna Peeler (Woods Charter), Sofia Rodriguez (Woods Charter), Dara Sudhir (Woods Charter), Dana Sudhir (Woods Charter), Michaela Valentine (Woods Charter)
2A Boys
Team standings: First place – Seaforth (qualified for state); Fifth place – Northwood (failed to qualify for state)
State qualifiers: Brian Krebs (Northwood), Jordan Wiley (Northwood), Jack Anstrom (Seaforth), London Crowling (Seaforth), Will Cuicchi (Seaforth), Will Lippers (Seaforth), Henry McFall (Seaforth), Samuel Neil (Seaforth), Waylon Vose (Seaforth)
2A Girls
Team standings: Second place – Seaforth (qualified for state); Third place – Northwood (qualified for state)
State qualifiers: Andrea Angeles-Morales (Northwood), Adina Campbell (Northwood), Penelope Faris (Northwood), Gabby Ghita (Northwood), Sydney Gray (Northwood), Julia Hall (Northwood), Ashley Perry (Northwood), Caidence Bazemore (Seaforth), Natalia Davis (Seaforth), Sasha Helmer (Seaforth), Juana Jimenez (Seaforth), Emily Jump (Seaforth), Katherine Leonard (Seaforth), Claire Morgan (Seaforth)