Boys Basketball
Northwood went undefeated during the week, beating Southeast Alamance on Jan. 23, 74-36, and Jordan-Matthews, 66-37, Friday. Jake Leighton scored a team-high 18 points in the Chargers’ win over the Stallions.
Seaforth started the week with a 72-61 win over Graham on Jan. 23. Senior Kooper Jones led the way with 18 points.
The Hawks suffered back-to-back losses, falling to Southeast Alamance, 52-70, Thursday and Cummings, 67-80, Friday. Junior Nate Emerson scored a season-high 26 points against the Cavaliers.
Jordan-Matthews started the week with a 74-70 win over Graham. Junior Brennan Oldham scored his 1,000th point on the way to scoring a career-high 26 points in the win.
Chatham Central won its only game of the week, beating Bartlett Yancey Friday, 74-55. Junior Reid Albright scored a season-high 35 points while grabbing 11 rebounds in the win.
Chatham Charter picked up two big wins, beating Ascend Leadership, 53-17, on Jan 23. and Triangle Math and Science, 60-39, on Jan. 24. Senior Jonah Ridgill recorded an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double against the Aviators and dropped 28 points on the Tigers.
Woods Charter lost to Southern Wake Academy, 21-64, on Jan. 23. The Wolves followed that with a 50-46 win over River Mill Friday.
Week of Jan. 22 Power Rankings
Girls Basketball
Northwood suffered its third loss of the season on Jan 23., losing to Southeast Alamance, 43-33. The Chargers responded with a 61-18 win over Jordan-Matthews Friday in which junior Natalia Whitaker scored a team-high 14 points.
Seaforth picked up three wins during the week, beating Graham, 63-15, Southeast Alamance, 44-29, and Cummings, 64-15. Junior Gabby White scored 15 points in the crucial conference win over the second-place Stallions.
Jordan-Matthews lost back-to-back games, falling to Graham, 33-47, on Jan. 24.
Chatham Central won a tight battle over Bartlett Yancey, 48-45, Friday. Junior Karaleigh Dodson recorded a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double in the win.
Chatham Charter continued to roll through conference play with a 75-16 win over Ascend Leadership on Jan. 23 and a 65-30 win over Triangle Math and Science on Jan. 24. Freshman Hannah Headen and senior Meah Brooks combined for 43 points in the win over the Tigers.
Woods Charter broke a six-game losing streak with a 36-10 win over Southern Wake Academy on Jan. 23. The Wolves lost to River Mill, 29-37, Friday.
Week of Jan. 22 Power Rankings
Wrestling
In the 2A dual team wrestling playoffs, No. 1 Seaforth defeated No. 16 Bartlett Yancey, 84-0, and No. 9 Ayden-Grifton, 59-15, in the first and second rounds, respectively.
No. 13 Northwood lost to No. 4 Southwest Onslow, 60-21.
Swimming
Seaforth’s boys and girls swim teams each won their third consecutive conference titles after finishing first at the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference meet on Jan. 24.
Here are the individual conference champions from Chatham County.
Girls 200 meters medley relay - Charley Howard, Jade Brown, Sydney Burleigh, Sydney Haire (Seaforth, 2:21.20), Boys 200 meters medley relay - Jackson Vaughn, Evan Hepburn, Benjamin Lajoie, Colton Roberts (Seaforth, 1:58.56), Girls 200 meters freestyle - Holly Thesing (Northwood, 2:22.50), Boys 200 meters freestyle – Colton Roberts (Seaforth, 2:05.98), Girls 200 meters individual medley – Sydney Burleigh (Seaforth, 2:35.71), Boys 200 meters individual medley - Benjamin Lajoie (Seaforth, 2:20.97), Girls 50 meters freestyle – Eva Wahieb (Seaforth, 30.95), Boys 50 meters freestyle - Jesse Eskelund (Chatham Central, 25.67), Girls 100 meters butterfly – Abigail Emrich (Northwood, 1:09.65), Boys 100 meters butterfly – Benjamin Lajoie (Seaforth, 1:03.93), Girls 100 meters freestyle – Charlie Ann George (Seaforth, 1:15.42), Boys 100 meters freestyle – Jesse Eskelund (Chatham Central, 57.16), Girls 400 meters freestyle - Abigail Emrich (Northwood, 4:49.99), Boys 400 meters freestyle – Colton Roberts (Seaforth, 4:23.47), Girls 200 meters freestyle relay – Holly Thesing, Rokia Sissoko, Chiara Battista, Abigail Emrich (Northwood, 2:10.47), Boys 200 meters freestyle relay – Christian Smith Pumalpa, JJ Bacheler, Morgan Turner, Jesse Sikes (Northwood, 1:57.16), Girls 100 meters backstroke – Sydney Haire (Seaforth, 1:14.26), Boys 100 meters backstroke – Jackson Vaughn (Seaforth, 1:10.11), Girls 100 meters breaststroke – Sydney Burleigh (Seaforth, 1:27.25), Boys 100 meters breaststroke – Evan Hepburn (Seaforth, 1:07.82), Girls 400 meters freestyle relay – Charley Howard, Sydney Haire, Jade Brown, Sydney Burleigh (Seaforth, 4:58.45), Boys 400 meters freestyle relay – Benjamin Lajoie, Colton Roberts, Jackson Vaughn, Evan Hepburn – (Seaforth, 4:00.85)
Indoor Track
Here are Chatham County’s individual top 10 finishers from Saturday’s East Chapel Hill Meet No. 5.
Boys 300 meter dash – Lucas Smith (Chatham Charter, third place, 35.62), Boys 500 meter dash - Lucas Smith (Chatham Charter, first place, 1:04.95), William Cuicchi (Seaforth, sixth place, 1:09.37), Boys 1600 meter run – William Cuicchi (Seaforth, first place, 4:37.15), Henry McFall (Seaforth, sixth place, 4:50.48), Alexander Serrone (Woods Charter, 10th place, 4:53.82), Boys 3200 meter run – Holton Mody (Woods Charter, ninth place, 11:35.72), Boys 55 meter hurdles – Asher Aldridge (Seaforth, fifth place, 9.03), Boys high jump – Kaleb Herring (Seaforth, third place, 5-00.00), Boys long jump – Matthew Washington (Seaforth, eighth place, 15-00.15), Boys triple jump – Jason Antley (Seaforth, seventh place, 29-08.50), Boys shot put – Broden Jones (Seaforth, ninth place, 35-00.00), Girls 300 meter dash – Laurin Jackson (Seaforth, ninth place, 46.79), Girls 1000 meter run – Anna Peeler (Woods Charter, third place, 3:24.41), Samantha Scott (Chatham Charter, fourth place, 3:24.59), Emily Jump (Seaforth, sixth place, 3:27.06), Claire Morgan (Seaforth, seventh place, 3:28.01), Elizabeth Platt (Seaforth, ninth place, 3:36.31), Girls 3200 meter run – Grace Murphy (Woods Charter, seventh place, 14:03.13), Michaela Valentine (Woods Charter, eighth place, 14:05.76), Girls 55 meter hurdles – Lillian Williams (Seaforth, sixth place, 11.92), Ella Davis (Seaforth, seventh place, 12.52), Girls shot put – Lily McFall (Seaforth, fifth place, 25-01.00)