Here’s a roundup of the key results, developments and conference standings from week 10 of the high school fall sports season in Chatham County:
Volleyball
At this point, it’s safe to say the Central Tar Heel 1A conference belongs to Woods Charter.
The Wolves capped off their second straight undefeated conference record with their fourth consecutive conference tournament title after beating Chatham Charter, 3-0, on Oct. 16.
Woods Charter won each set by an average of about 12 points. Senior Maya Sheridan led the way with 14 kills, and freshman Cecilia Brignati recorded 30 assists and five service aces.
And, what’s said about Woods Charter can be said about Seaforth in the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference, too.
Back-to-back undefeated conference records led to back-to-back conference tournament titles for the Hawks after sweeping North Moore on Oct. 16.
In a game in which every set was decided by at most eight points, Seaforth got big performances from sophomore Ally Forbes, who led the team with 13 kills, junior Josie Valgus and senior Maris Huneycutt, who both contributed 17 assists each.
Boys’ Soccer
There’s been some chaos in the boys’ soccer landscape as the final stretch of the regular season approaches.
After beating North Moore, 7-2, on Oct. 14, Jordan-Matthews fell from the top spot in the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference with 5-3 loss to Southeast Alamance on Oct. 16. Southeast Alamance’s Elio Anguiano recorded a hat trick against the Jets, and goalkeeper Justin Whitfield finished the game with 14 saves.
The Jets haven’t lost two conference games in a season since 2019.
Seaforth inched closer to the third-place spot with a 3-1 win over Northwood.
As of Sunday, Jordan-Matthews, Seaforth and Woods Charter are the only county teams in position to make their respective playoffs based on the RPI standings. Woods Charter’s consecutive losses to Franklin Academy and Ascend Leadership during the week didn’t help its potential playoff seeding, though.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Southeast Alamance (12-6, 8-1); 2. Jordan-Matthews (12-6, 8-2); 3. Graham (12-3-2, 4-2-1); 4. Seaforth (6-7-3, 4-2-2); 5. Northwood (4-8-2, 2-6-1); 6. North Moore (2-8, 1-6); 7. Cummings (4-8, 1-8)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Triangle Math and Science (8-5-2, 8-0-1); 2. Clover Garden School (9-8, 7-2); 3. River Mill (7-7-2, 5-3-2); 4. Ascend Leadership (6-6-1, 4-4); 5. Woods Charter (5-7-1, 3-4-1); 6. Southern Wake Academy (4-9, 2-7); 7. Chatham Charter (0-15, 0-9)
1A East RPI standings (as of Sunday): 25. Woods Charter; 39. Chatham Charter
2A East RPI standings (as of Sunday): 14. Jordan-Matthews; 22. Seaforth; 34. Northwood
Girls’ Tennis
Chatham County’s qualifiers for the state singles and doubles tournaments:
1A doubles: Mak Allen and Maggie Moody (Chatham Charter)
2A singles: Lily McFall (Seaforth, first place finish in 2A Mideast regional tournament), Ella Gentel (Seaforth)
2A doubles: Bailey Shadoan and Claire Coady (Seaforth)
Girls’ Golf
Results from the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference tournament on Oct 15:
North Moore (320); 2. Southeast Alamance (328); 3. Seaforth (336); 4. Northwood (352); 5. Chatham Central (353); 6. Graham (366)
Cross Country
Seaforth’s boys and girls cross country teams won their fourth straight Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference titles at the conference championship meet hosted by North Moore on Oct. 15.
On the boys’ side, Seaforth senior Jack Anstrom won his fourth consecutive individual conference title with a time of 17 minutes, eight seconds. Northwood senior Julia Hall took the girls’ title with a time of 20:39.
Woods Charter’s girls won their fourth straight Central Tar Heel 1A conference title at the championship meet hosted by Southern Wake Academy on Oct. 14. Woods Charter senior Anna Peeler won her second consecutive conference championship with a time of 22:05.10.
Full team results from the conference championship meets:
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A
Boys: 1. Seaforth; 2. Northwood; 3. Southeast Alamance; 4. North Moore; 5. Jordan-Matthews
Girls: 1. Seaforth; 2. Northwood; 3. Southeast Alamance; 4. North Moore; 5. Jordan-Matthews
Central Tar Heel 1A
Boys: 1. Triangle Math and Science; 2. Woods Charter; 3. Chatham Charter; 4. Southern Wake Academy; 5. Ascend Leadership; 6. Clover Garden School
Girls: 1. Woods Charter; 2. Triangle Math and Science