Cross Country
In the 2A cross country state championship meet, Seaforth’s boys’ and girls’ teams both finished in second place.
The Hawks’ boys finished as state runner ups for the second year in a row behind senior Jack Anstrom’s third straight cross-country state title (15 minutes, 52.89 seconds) and top 30 finishes from senior Will Cuicchi (fifth place, 16:33.06, All-State), senior Henry McFall (17th place, 17:05.20) and freshman Samuel Neil (26th place, 17:19.93).
Based on the results from last year’s returners, Seaforth’s girls were expected to finish in sixth place in the state this season, but they far exceeded that mark. Senior Juana Jimenez beat her personal-best time by over a minute to be the first Hawk to cross the finish line (sixth place, 19:58.89, All-State). Sophomore Emily Jump finished right behind Jimenez in seventh place with a time of 20:08.03 while junior Katie Leonard (25th place, 21:04.22) and Claire Morgan (27th place, 21:10.42) also finished in the top 30.
Northwood senior Julia Hall (9th place, 20:28.64, All-State) and junior Sydney Gray (17th place, 20:45.72) anchored the Chargers’ ninth-place finish in the 2A girls’ results.
In the 1A state championship, Woods Charter’s boys finished 13th in the team results while the girls finished in sixth place.
Here’s how the rest of the county’s runners fared in the state championship meets:
1A Boys: Torris Price (Chatham Charter, 18:07.38, 35th place); Holton Moody (Woods Charter, 18:51.92, 50th place); Coen Figge (Woods Charter, 19:02.21, 58th place); Adam Reese (Chatham Charter, 19:24.04, 67th place); Ben Valentine (Woods Charter, 20:11.95, 95th place); Baird Ritter (Woods Charter, 21:14.24, 118th place); Sachir Sindhwani (Woods Charter, 21:25.32, 121st place); Aaron Peeler (Woods Charter, 22:26.01, 137th place); Conner Cole (Woods Charter, 22:26.62, 138th place)
1A Girls: Anna Peeler (Woods Charter, 22:08.23, 33rd place); Dana Sudhir (Woods Charter, 22:42.51, 45th place); Dara Sudhir (Woods Charter, 22:42.69, 46th place); Grace Murphy (Woods Charter, 23:06.32, 53rd place); Michaela Valentine (Woods Charter, 23:21.45, 60th place); Sofia Rodriguez (Woods Charter, 23:54.73, 71st place); Sydney Batey (Woods Charter, 24:02.54, 75th place)
2A Boys: Jordan Wiley (Northwood, 16:56.01, 11th place); Will Lippers (Seaforth, 18:27.92, 66th place); London Crowling (Seaforth, 18:40.21, 72nd place); Brian Krebs (Northwood, 18:42.78, 75th place); Waylon Vose (Seaforth, 18:58.74, 90th place)
2A Girls: Sasha Helmer (Seaforth, 21:16.70, 32nd place); Natalia Davis (Seaforth, 22:13.32, 55th place); Caidence Bazemore (Seaforth, 22:42.75, 70th place)
Girls' Tennis
No. 2 Chatham Charter fell to No. 1 Roxboro Community School, 6-1, in the 1A East regional final Tuesday.
Boys Soccer
For the first time in the history of the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference, Jordan-Matthews didn’t take the crown.
The Jets finished the season strong with a 4-2 win over Seaforth on Oct. 28 and a 3-1 win over Graham on Oct. 30, however, it wasn’t enough to surmount the now first-time conference champion Southeast Alamance. The Stallions won their final two conference games during the week to put the race for first away.
Seaforth, going into the week with aspirations of moving into third place, got exactly what it needed out of Graham, but the Hawks didn’t hold up their end of the deal.
Third-place Graham lost its last two conference games, opening an opportunity for Seaforth to take its spot with two conference wins during the week. However, the Hawks’ loss to Jordan-Matthews ended their hopes. Seaforth still finished the regular season on a positive note with a 5-1 win over North Moore on Oct. 30, though. Senior Logan Sparrow scored two goals in the victory.
Woods Charter held on to its fourth-place spot in the Central Tar Heel 1A conference with a 3-1 win over Southern Wake Academy on Oct. 28. Sophomore Grant Richardson and juniors Daniel Horil and Ezra Roebuck each pitched in a goal in the win.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Southeast Alamance (15-6, 11-1); 2. Jordan-Matthews (15-7, 10-2); 3. Graham (15-6-2, 6-5-1); 4. Seaforth (7-10-3, 5-5-2); 5. Northwood (5-10-2, 3-8-1); 6. North Moore (4-10, 3-8); 7. Cummings (4-11, 1-10)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Triangle Math and Science (11-5-2, 11-0-1); 2. Clover Garden School (10-10, 8-4); 3. River Mill (9-7-2, 7-3-2); 4. Woods Charter (7-9-1, 5-6-1); 5. Ascend Leadership (7-9-1, 5-7); 6. Southern Wake Academy (6-10, 4-8); 7. Chatham Charter (0-18, 0-12)