State Champions
Chatham County had a successful showing at the NCHSAA 1A/2A Swimming and Diving and Indoor Track State Championships over the weekend.
Regarding swimming, Northwood junior Abby Emrich took home two state titles in the girls 200 yard freestyle (1 minute, 50.5 seconds) and the 100 yard backstroke (57.60). She now has three state titles in her career after winning the 3A girls 200 yard freestyle in 2023.
Seaforth’s Sydney Burleigh won her school’s first state championship in a girls sport, winning the girls 100 yard butterfly with a time of 57.42 seconds.
In indoor track, Seaforth junior Will Cuicchi won the state title for the boys 1,000 meter run for the second year in a row with a time of 2:36.20. His teammate, junior Jack Anstrom, won the 3,200 meter run state title with a time of 9:30.33.
Northwood’s Laney Bobo won the girls pole vault state championship with a personal-best vault of 10 feet, 6 inches.
Boys Basketball
Northwood took care of Graham on Feb. 6, 100-49, and the Chargers beat Cummings Friday, 72-18.
Seaforth split the week, beating North Moore, 83-61, on Feb. 6 and losing to Southeast Alamance, 76-65, Friday.
Chatham Central started the week with a 71-58 win over Cummings on Feb. 6. The Bears won over Western Harnett, 53-39, Thursday, and beat Jordan-Matthews, 63-50, Monday.
Jordan-Matthews made up for the loss with a 52-44 win over Bartlett Yancey Friday.
Chatham Charter won its sixth straight game with a 72-51 win over Clover Garden School on Feb. 6, but the winning streak was broken Friday with 62-50 loss to Southern Wake Academy.
Woods Charter went 2-1 during the week, beating Ascend Leadership, 59-32, and Triangle Math and Science, 62-38, but the Wolves lost to Carolina Friends, 47-43, Thursday.
Week of Feb. 5 Power Rankings
Girls Basketball
Seaforth dominated during the week, beating North Moore, 59-8, Bartlett Yancey, 56-19, and Southeast Alamance, 54-39.
Northwood won over Graham on Feb. 6, 58-17, and the Chargers beat Cummings Friday, 57-17.
Chatham Central went undefeated during the week, winning over Jordan-Matthews, 63-40, Cummings, 56-34, and Western Harnett, 56-33.
Jordan-Matthews lost to Bartlett Yancey Friday, 67-47.
Chatham Charter continued its dominant run through the regular season with a 56-35 win over Clover Garden School on Feb. 6 and a 77-6 win over Southern Wake Academy Friday.
Woods Charter beat Ascend Leadership, 39-25, on Feb. 6 but lost to Triangle Math and Science, 67-29, Friday.
Week of Feb. 5 Power Rankings
2. Northwood
3. Chatham Charter
4. Chatham Central
5. Jordan-Matthews
6. Woods Charter
Wrestling
Seaforth’s boys won the 2A Mideast Regional Saturday with a team score of 231.
Here are Chatham County’s boys wrestlers that qualified for their respective individual state tournaments starting Thursday.
Seaforth – Gabe Rogers (106 pounds, first place), Jordan Miller (113, second), Josh Miller (120, first), Layne Armstrong (126, first), Maddock Cody (132, third), Caden Brewer (144, second), William Bass (150, fourth), Alex Hinchman (165, fourth), Judge Lloyd (175, first), Harrison Compton (190, second), Ethan Kuball (215, first)
Northwood – Elijah Farrow (165, third)
Jordan-Matthews – Jakari Blue (190, fourth)