Orange placed 13 of its 14 wrestlers in the top six places of their weight classes in the 22-team tournament hosted by Eastern Alamance to win the team championship.
Orange High point guard Sean Motley — who doubles as the Panthers’ quarterback in football — almost singlehandedly erased a late Cedar Ridge lead in regulation then saw teammate Gerell Satterwhite score seven straight points in overtime as homestanding Orange nipped its crosstown non-conference rival 60-57 Saturday.
The Beast was back at Chapel Hill High on Friday. He arrived just in time to help the Tigers avenge an earlier loss to non-conference rival East Chapel Hill.
Undefeated Oxford Webb has seen enough of Tyrone Outlaw Jr. to last a lifetime. Ditto Roxboro Person of Webb star Isaiah Hicks.
Carrboro’s fast start was the difference Friday night in a 75-70 win over a Northwood team that came on strong in the second half and had a chance to steal one in the Jaguars’ den.
Former South Granville pitcher Curt Watkins will dig in to see what kind of traction he gets in the proverbial cleats of the guy who nurtured his game there. Watkins replaces longtime Vikings skipper Kevin Ferrell, who stepped to become an assistant principal at Wake Forest’s Heritage High School.
Area football fans watching Saturday’s NCAA Division II national championship game between Winston-Salem State and Valdosta State (1 p.m., ESPN2) will be familiar with many faces on the field.
Nyquan Wortham posted 19 points to lead Granville Central to a 64-47 win over Roxboro Community School in Carolina 12 Conference boys’ basketball action Wednesday night.
Peyton Pappas fired in 16 points and Fred Villines added 14 to lead Cedar Ridge to an 80-48 victory over N.C. School of Science and Math in boys’ basketball.
Point guard DeShon Self scored a game-high 23 points, including 7-of-8 from the line in the final 2:48 Tuesday, as Hillside caught Chapel Hill late in the third quarter and held on late for a 60-56 road win.
Northern coach Ronnie Russell used a five-point flurry from a freshman he recently plucked from the junior varsity squad to help put away previously unbeaten Garner 73-67 on Tuesday night.
Winston-Salem Quality Education Academy, whose roster features eight players 6-foot-7 or taller — six between 6-8 and 6-10 — ruled the glass and the paint Saturday at Hillside, and eventually rained in shots from the outside as well to win going away 66-44.