Boys’ Basketball
Chatham Charter went 2-0 during the week with an 82-36 win over Triangle Math and Science on Jan. 7 and a 67-24 win over Clover Garden School on Jan. 9. Four different Knights scored in double-digits against Triangle Math and Science as senior Brennan LaVelle recorded team-highs of 18 points and 14 rebounds.
Across the Central Tar Heel 1A conference, Woods Charter edged Carolina Friends 53-51 on Jan. 7. Sophomore Alden Phelps led the Wolves with 16 points and eight rebounds, and senior Bhuvanesh Senthil scored a season-high 15 points.
Chatham Central won its seventh game in a row with a 56-41 victory over Cedar Ridge on Jan. 8. Senior Reid Albright recorded his second straight double-double with team highs of 16 points and 10 rebounds, and senior Brennen Oldham poured in 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
Jordan-Matthews snapped its three-game losing streak with a 46-35 win over Bartlett Yancey on Jan. 8.
Before falling to Northwood, Seaforth lost to Southeast Alamance 56-43 on Jan. 7. The Hawks were tied with the Stallions 18-18 at halftime, but couldn’t keep up with the Southeast Alamance’s pace in the second half.
Northwood started its week with a 63-32 win over Cummings on Jan. 7. Junior guard Cam Fowler led the team with 20 points, his eighth 20-point game of the season.
Week of Jan. 6 Power Rankings: 1. Northwood; 2. Chatham Central; 3. Seaforth; 4. Woods Charter; 5. Chatham Charter; 6. Jordan-Matthews
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday) (overall, conference): 1. Northwood (13-2, 7-0); 2. Southeast Alamance (11-2, 6-1); 3. Chatham Central (10-1, 5-1); T4. Seaforth (6-8, 3-3); T4. Cummings (4-8, 3-3); 6. Jordan-Matthews (3-8, 2-4); 7. Graham (2-10, 1-6); 8. North Moore (3-8, 0-5)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Southern Wake Academy (13-3, 3-0); 2. Woods Charter (5-4, 2-0); 3. Chatham Charter (11-7, 2-1); T4. Clover Garden School (3-6, 1-2); T4. Triangle Math and Science (2-11, 1-2); T6. River Mill (1-14, 0-2); T6. Ascend Leadership (3-6, 0-2)
Girls’ Basketball
Seaforth took down Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference foe Southeast Alamance 51-48 on Jan. 7. Senior Gabby White led the team with 26 points and 11 rebounds, and junior Katie Leonard came up huge for the Hawks with six made three pointers.
Chatham Charter snapped its six-game losing streak with a 41-30 win over Triangle Math and Science on Jan. 7 and a 43-31 win over Clover Garden School on Jan. 9.
Woods Charter extended its win streak to four with a 43-7 demolition of Carolina Friends. Junior Wesley Oliver led the team with 19 points and 10 steals. Prior to last week, the Wolves last won four games in a row during the 2021-22 season.
Northwood started its week with a 49-12 victory over Cummings on Jan. 7.
Chatham Central was held to its third-lowest scoring output in a 36-33 loss to Cedar Ridge on Jan. 8.
Week of Jan 6. Power Rankings: 1. Seaforth; 2. Northwood; 3. Chatham Central; 4. Chatham Charter; 5. Woods Charter; 6. Jordan-Matthews
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Seaforth (12-1, 6-0); 2. Southeast Alamance (11-2, 6-1); T3. Northwood (9-4, 4-2); T3. Chatham Central (8-3, 4-2); 5. Jordan-Matthews (3-9, 3-3); 6. Cummings (2-6, 2-4); 7. Graham (4-9, 2-5); T8. Bartlett Yancey (0-9, 0-5); T8. North Moore (1-7, 0-5)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Chatham Charter (6-12, 3-0); T2. Triangle Math and Science (6-7, 2-1); T2. Clover Garden School (7-3, 2-1); 4. Woods Charter (5-3, 1-1); 5. Southern Wake Academy (3-5, 1-2); T6. River Mill (1-14, 0-2); T6. Ascend Leadership (2-9, 0-2)
Wrestling
Boys
Seaforth continued its dominant run against conference opponents with a 72-6 win over Graham and a 77-0 win over Cummings in a tri meet on Jan. 8.
Jordan-Matthews lost two conference matches in a tri meet at Bartlett Yancey on Jan. 9, falling to Southeast Alamance 66-18 and Bartlett Yancey 42-41.
Girls
Jordan-Matthews got to actually wrestle Southeast Alamance without every match being decided by forfeit (due to a lack of wrestlers for each weight class) on Jan. 9, but the Jets lost 42-6. Despite the team loss, Alexandria Zumano got the only win for the Jets after pinning Southeast Alamance’s Layorah Jamison. Jordan-Matthews lost to Bartlett Yancey the same day 19-18 after all the matches were decided by forfeit.
Chatham Central beat Northwood 24-12 on Jan. 8 in another dual decided fully by forfeits.
Swimming
Northwood, Chatham Central and Southeast Alamance competed in a tri meet at the Burlington YMCA on Jan. 9. Northwood senior Abigail Emrich had herself a day, finishing first in the girls’ 200-yard freestyle (2 minutes, 02.10 seconds) and girls’ 100 backstroke (1:03.14). She was also part of the Chargers’ girls’ 200 medley relay and girls’ 200 free relay teams that finished first. Northwood senior Holly Thesing was part of the two first-place relay teams while also finishing first in the girls’ 200 individual medley (2:25.64) and the girls 100 free (1:02.06).
Chatham Central’s Jesse Esklund finished first in the boys’ 50 free (23.75) and the boys’ 100 free (52.81). Northwood senior Christian Smith Pumalpa earned first place times for the boys’ 200 free (2:32.34) and the boys’ 100 backstroke (1:08.78), and he contributed to first-place wins for the boys’ 200 medley relay and the boys’ 200 free relay.
Woods Charter competed alongside five other teams in a meet on Jan. 6 with junior Derek White earning first place finishes for the boys’ 50 free (22.85) and the boys 100 free (53.91). Sophomore Drew White won both the boys’ 200 free (2:01.65) and 500 free (5:24.43) while sophomore Daisy Collins won both the girls’ 200 free (1:58.70) and the 500 free (5:12.53).