Isaiah Hicks shines with 31-point, 6-rebound, 4-steals effort in opening round of Chick-fil-A Invitational ... Carrboro, Trinity/Durham boys also win ... East Chapel Hill sweeps swim meet with rival Chapel Hill.
Chicago prep phenom Jabari Parker’s announcement Thursday that he will play at Duke next season sets up an intriguing head-to-head scenario for the 2013-14 season with Oxford Webb’s Isaiah Hicks, North Carolina’s top recruit.
Brock Oakley opened a string of three straight pins for Jordan to lead the Falcons to a 42-25 win over Southern in wrestling.
Chapel Hill took advantage of outmanned Union Pines using all 17 available players Wednesday in a 65-40 runaway that Coach Tod Morgan admitted was as much about developing depth as anything else.
Carrboro capped its 15-1 state 2-AA runner-up football season this week by placing 12 of its 26 regular players on the Carolina 12 all-conference first team.
Talent, depth, execution and tenacious defense wins basketball games, and Hillside showed all four in abundance Tuesday night as the Hornets ran away from rival Southern 57-36 before a crowd estimated at 1,000 spectators.
Shawn Lipscomb fired in 24 points and Sherwood Young added 15 to lead Cresset to a 55-51 win over Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill in boys’ basketball action Tuesday night.
At 6-8, Jordan senior power forward Jerod Hendryx is an imposing sight under the basket.
Hillside senior defensive back Korrin Wiggins was the only area player chosen to the 2012 all-state football team for North Carolina, which was announced Monday by The Associated Press.
Jamella Smith fired in 16 points to lead Chapel Hill to a 76-21 victory over Franklinton in girls’ basketball action Monday night.
Collins last season as a Southern senior was one of the best points guards in the PAC-6, averaging around 18 points per game. Yet scholarship offers didn’t come pouring in
Forward Malik Evans converted an old-fashioned three-point play with 33 seconds left to snap a 65-all tie and lift visiting Hillside to a 68-65 win over E.E. Smith. In the girls' game, Mylea McKennith scored 17 points as Hillside also beat Smith.