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Friday Night Fight Between Cedar Ridge and Riverside Could Mean No Playoffs
Two local high school football teams are awaiting their playoff fate, even though the season is still in its early stages. The News & Observer was first to report on Monday that Riverside and Cedar Ridge High Schools were going to be ruled ineligible for the state playoffs after the two teams got into a […]
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Local High School Football Games Postponed Due to Hermine
All local high school football has been postponed this week as Tropical Storm Hermine is making its way through the southeastern United States. The storm made landfall in Florida early Friday morning as a hurricane and could bring heavy rainfall to central North Carolina late Friday night and into Saturday morning. Friday’s slate of games […]
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Chapel Hill High Golfer Gina Kim Qualifies for Junior Ryder Cup
The legend of Gina Kim continues to grow. After winning the NCHSAA 3A Women’s Golf State Championship as a sophomore last season, the Chapel Hill High School prodigy began this year by finding out she’ll be one of six girls on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team this fall. Announced Tuesday morning by the PGA […]
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New Athletic Director Named at East Chapel Hill High School
Randy Trumbower is the new athletic director at East Chapel Hill High School. The position was approved by the Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School Board of Education on Thursday night. Trumbower has been a special education teacher and case manager at Chapel Hill High School since 2007, according to the district, and he has […]
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Three Local Baseball Standouts Make All-State Team
When the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association released its list of All-State teams recently, a trio of local stars stood out. Orange High School’s pitcher-catcher combo of Bryse Wilson and Brad Debo were each named to the 3A roster, while Chapel Hill High School’s all-around star Nick Hebert also made the cut. Wilson, who was […]
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Chapel Hill High School Golfer Qualifies for US Amateur
A Chapel Hill High School golfer has qualified for the 2016 US Women’s Amateur Tournament. A birdie and an eagle over the final five holes of play at the Sectional Qualifier at Walnut Grove Country Club in Dayton, Ohio brought 16-year-old rising junior Gina Kim into a playoff for a chance to advance. Three spots […]
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Carrboro Jaguars Win 2nd Straight Women’s Soccer Title
The Carrboro Jaguars won the 2A state championship on Saturday for the second time in as many years. Carrboro knocked off Forbush in the championship game, just as the Jaguars did last season. The game was scoreless through regulation. Freshman Alexa Wojnovich scored the state title-winning goal with three minutes left in the first overtime […]
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Orange High Advances to State Baseball Quarterfinals
Orange High School advanced to the fourth round of the 3A state playoffs on Wednesday night with a 6-3 victory over South Johnston High School. The Panthers scored six runs, four of them unearned, on four Trojan errors to take a 6-3 lead into the third inning and South Johnston was never able to bounce back. […]
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Chapel Hill High Baseball Makes Most of Rain Delay
The Chapel Hill High School baseball team was forced to postpone their game against Northwood Thursday night. The Tigers and the Charges will now play on Friday. Despite the rain, the Diamond Tigers made the most of the rain and the tarp covering their field. Watch and enjoy below. #RunningManChallenge pic.twitter.com/obYpmWCEjU — Diamond Tigers (@chtigersbsb) […]
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CHHS Runners Break School Record
Chapel Hill High School runners broke the school record in the 4×1 mile race in New York over the weekend. Anna Passannante, Clare McNamara, Marija Crook and Katherine Dokholyan each ran one leg of the race and finished with a time of 21:14, breaking their own school record by 44 seconds. The time was good enough […]
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Thunderous Dunk at Orange High Gets National Attention
Orange High School basketball fans were treated to an impressive slam dunk that is now getting attention from some major sports media outlets. Connor Crabtree took a pass from around half court Tuesday night for the Orange High Panthers. The 6’5″ junior picked up his dribble around the three-point line, took two steps, and launched into […]
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Chapel Hill High School’s Sherry Norris Named Girl’s Basketball Coach of the Year
Sherry Norris has been named the 2015 National Federation of State High School Associations Girl’s Basketball Coach of the Year at the state level. The recognition came in a letter to Norris dated January 8. The letter from the NFHS says, “Your contributions on behalf of high school athletics are deserving of our appreciation.” The […]
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Brandon-Dean rushes for 107 yards, 2 TDs as Orange crushes Riverside 34-0
Three weeks ago, Orange coach Pat Moser’s plan for star linebacker Bryse Wilson was simple. During his first three years on the varsity level, Wilson has played six different positions. For Wilson’s senior year, Moser wanted to start him slowly. Keep him at his customary linebacker position only for the first few games. Then, gradually, […]
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High School Football Preview: Week 3
This week WCHL will be at Chapel Hill High School cover the game between CHHS and Carrboro. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 o’clock. Last year Chapel Hill beat Carrboro 41-19. The Tigers got their first win of the season last week against South Granville 46-29. They were led by QB Conner Stough, who showed off […]
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Orange Wins Thriller Over Northern Durham 20-13
It was only fitting that Bryse Wilson caught the game-winning touchdown pass for Orange on Friday night. He did everything else. He played his customary linebacker role. He played safety, quarterback, running back, wide receiver. Even placekicker, leading to Orange’s only two touchbacks of the night. Wilson’s 44-yard reception from quarterback Jackson Schmid with 52 […]
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Weekend Sports Roundup
While the UNC football team has to wait until Thursday to get its season started, several other Carolina teams were in action over the weekend. On the soccer pitch, the Carolina women’s soccer team continued its impressive stretch to start the season with two more victories over the weekend. The Tar Heels knocked off the […]
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High School Football Preview: Week 2
Football is back across our community again tonight. WCHL will broadcast the game Friday night between Carrboro High School and East Chapel Hill High School. The game will start at 7:30 East is looking to avenge a 42-12 loss to the Jaguars last year. Both East and Carrboro are coming off of a loss in […]
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Football Season Is Back!
It’s that time of the year again! As we close out the month of August and kids head back to school that can only mean one thing – high school football season is here. Check in regularly to WCHL and Chapelboro for all of your local coverage. For a complete schedule for all local high […]
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Carrboro Girls Soccer Wins State Title
The Carrboro Jaguars Girl’s Soccer team is the 2015 2-A State Champion. The Jaguars knocked off Forbush High School by a score of 2-1 in an overtime thriller on Saturday afternoon on NC State’s campus. As regulation play concluded with the score still knotted at zero, the Jaguars and Falcons went into a relative goal-scoring […]
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Hickory Tops Chapel Hill Girls 71-57 to Win 3-A State Title
This time, Hickory’s speed against the Chapel Hill girls’ basketball team was too much for the Tigers. The Tornadoes claimed the 3-A state championship, besting the Tigers 71-57 at Carmichael Arena on Saturday afternoon. It was a rematch of last year’s state title game, which Chapel Hill won. Coach Sherry Norris says Hickory’s frantic pace […]
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