CHAPEL HILL - Before this season, East Chapel Hill hadn't defeated its cross-town rival in soccer in five years.
The Wildcats broke that streak on Sept. 4 with a 2-1 win at home over Chapel Hill. Then, to top everything so far this season, ECHHS swept the Tigers with a superb defensive 2-0 victory on a misty Friday night at Chapel Hill High. (full story)
East Chapel Hill High School: Welcome
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| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Tue 12/15 |
Riverside vs. JV Men's Basketball
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5:30 PM | Riverside |
| Tue 12/15 |
JV Women's Basketball vs. Riverside
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5:30 PM | Home |
| Tue 12/15 |
Riverside vs. Wildcat Men's Basketball
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7:00 PM | Riverside |
| Tue 12/15 |
Wildcat Women's Basketball vs. Riverside
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7:00 PM | Home |
| Thu 12/17 |
Swim Meet vs JHS
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5:00 PM | Homestead Aquatic Center |
| Thu 12/17 |
JV Women's Basketball vs. Chapel Hill
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5:30 PM | Home |
| Thu 12/17 |
JV Men's Basketball vs. Chapel Hill
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7:00 PM | Home |
| Fri 12/18 |
Eagle Invitational
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5:00 PM | Eastern Alamance |
| Fri 12/18 |
Wildcat Women's Basketball vs. Chapel Hill
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6:00 PM | Home |
| Fri 12/18 |
Wildcat Men's Basketball vs. Chapel Hill
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7:30 PM | Home |
| Sat 12/19 |
Eagle Invitational
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8:00 AM | Eastern Alamance |
| Sat 12/19 |
The OC Meet
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1:00 PM | Kourey Natatorium- UNC CH |
| Recent Games | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Tue 12/8 |
Chapel Hill: 24 - Wildcat Women's Basketball: 47
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6:00 PM | Chapel Hill HS |
| Tue 12/8 |
Chapel Hill: 54 - Wildcat Men's Basketball: 61
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7:30 PM | Chapel Hill HS |
| Wed 12/9 |
Wildcat Wrestling: 30 - Chapel Hill: 39
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6:00 PM | Home |
| Fri 12/11 |
Jordan 64, East 60 (OT)
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5:30 PM | Home |
| Fri 12/11 |
Jordan vs. JV Women's Basketball
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5:30 PM | Jordan |
| Fri 12/11 |
Wildcat Men's Basketball: 59 - Jordan: 50
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7:00 PM | Home |
| Fri 12/11 |
Jordan: 67 - Wildcat Women's Basketball: 43
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7:00 PM | Jordan |
| Sat 12/12 |
Matthew Griffin Duals
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8:00 AM | Broughton |
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| Mon 12/14 |
Booster Club Meeting
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7:00 PM | Media Center |
| Mon 1/11 |
Booster Club Meeting
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Soccer - Women: Scholar honors for Walter
East Chapel Hill soccer midfielder Katie Walter became the only player from an NCHSAA school named last week to the 2009 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School Scholar All-America Team, as announced by the National Soccer Coaches Association. Walter also played on East Chapel Hill's last two state championship teams in field hockey.
CHN Photo by Leslie Barbour (full story)
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Basketball - Men: Wildcats down Jordan to start PAC-6 play
With an earlier win over CHHS, Wildcats are now 6-1 overall
"This is a big win for us,"said Hartsfield, whose team defeated Chapel Hill 61-54 on Friday night in their final nonconference tune-up. "Any time you win your first conference game, it's important. The first six games of the nonconference season are meant to prepare you for tonight, and I think we were ready." (full story)
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Basketball - Women: Lyon leads Jordan past ECH in PAC-6 opener
BY JOE JOHNSON
DURHAM -- East Chapel Hill entered Friday night's game undefeated, while Jordan had struggled through its first five games.
Yet it was the Falcons who were on top of their game, handing the Wildcats their first loss in a 67-43 drubbing. (full story)
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Basketball: Wildcats sweep Tigers
BY JOE JOHNSON
CHAPEL HILL -- The Chapel Hill-East Chapel Hill rivalry meant playoff positioning a year ago.
This season, it's just for fun.
East Chapel Hill, led by Aaron Law's 16 points, jumped out to a big lead and then had to hold off a second-half Chapel Hill rally for a 61-54 victory on the Tigers' home court Tuesday night.
In the girls' game, East Chapel Hill took a 47-24 victory as Hannah Elledge led the way with 16 points. (full story)
Sunday, December 6
Women's Soccer Alumni: Sterling Smith, '05, and UNC capture NCAA Championship
Carolina Blanks Stanford To Claim Its 21st Women's Soccer Title
The Tarheels celebrate their 2009 NCAA Championship
Sterling Smith - ECHHS Class of 2005
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - It never gets old.
That was the feeling of North Carolina head coach Anson Dorrance and his senior-laden team after the third-ranked Tar Heels pitched a shutout at top-ranked Stanford Sunday afternoon, prevailing 1-0 in the 2009 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament championship game at Aggie Soccer Stadium before a stadium record crowd of 8,536.
The victory, powered by a goal by junior forward Jessica McDonald in the third minute of play, gave the Tar Heels their 20th NCAA title in the 28-yard history of the NCAA Tournament, and Carolina's 21st championship in the sport overall when the 1981 AIAW title is included in the mix. UNC finished the season 23-3-1 overall and won the NCAA title with the fewest wins since the 2000 team won the title with a 21-3 mark.
In the process, Carolina, the only school to have won a national championship while going unbeaten and untied, denied Stanford the opportunity of joining that elite club as the Cardinal saw its season end at 25-1. Ironically, a year ago in the national championship game, the Tar Heels did the exact same thing, beating an unbeaten and untied Notre Dame team 2-1 in the national title game in Cary, N.C.
The title was the third for a nine-member group of UNC seniors who were also on title teams in 2006, 2008 and now 2009. It was also the third title for UNC redshirt junior Ali Hawkins who missed the 2007 campaign with an ACL tear. The nine-member UNC senior class includes Ashley Moore, Tobin Heath, Ashlyn Harris, Sterling Smith, Nikki Washington, Caroline Boneparth, Whitney Engen, Casey Nogueira and Kristi Eveland.
(full story & stats)
UNC's nine seniors, a class that includes former East Chapel Hill star Sterling Smith, were the winningest senior class in the country over their four years at 94-9-4.
Saturday, December 5
Basketball: East Wildcats overpower West Johnston Wildcats
In the opening game the East Women blasted out to a first period 20-4 lead and didn't look back, winning 56-30.
(see all photos from Women's game)
The Men's game was much tighter early on as West Johnston was ahead after the first period 16-14 but East rallied and kept the pressure on coming out on top 60-40.
(see all photos from Men's game) photos by Phil Stapleton
EastSide costume party at game
Saturday, December 5
Football: All-Conference Awards announced
All-Conference Offense
Running Back
Thomas Moore, East Chapel Hill
Wide Receiver
Honorable Mention: Aquez Willis, East Chapel Hill
All-Conference Defense
Defensive Backs
Aquez Willis, East Chapel Hill
Linebackers
Thomas Moore, East Chapel Hill
Justin Taylor, East Chapel Hill
Ends
Honorable Mention: Jonte Armstrong, East Chapel Hill
All-Conference Special Teams
Kickers
Thomas Moore, East Chapel Hill
Punters
Ethan Keyserling, East Chapel Hill
see full list of PAC-6 All-Conference Award winners
East Chapel Hill football players Thomas Moore (22) and Ethan Keyserling (1).
CHN PHOTO BY JIM KENNY
see The Chapel Hill News profile of Ethan & Thomas; "Very Special Specialists"
Thursday, December 3
A Message from Senior Class President to all East Sports Fans
Wednesday, December 2
East E-Blast Nov 29 Edition
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Giving Thanks: East thrice mentioned in Thursday's News & Observer's "A Decade of Champions"
A decade of champions: A look back at 10 years of area sports titles.
High school champions
Wednesday, November 25
Wildcat Football: Putting it into perspective
As we pause to give thanks this holiday a couple of recent articles about the relative merits of victory off and on the gridiron.
Nov 12, 2009
If there is one universal truth in sports, it is that no one likes to lose. Great athletes accept defeat because they must, but they never enjoy it. Losing can be downright miserable; especially when it comes in bunches.
Losing a game here and there is one thing. Losing streaks are on another level entirely. Going an entire season without a victory? I cannot begin to imagine what that feels like. The Detroit Lions finished 0-16 in the NFL last year, but at least the players got rich just for showing up every week.
It has happened to a number of high school football teams in the Triangle in recent years. One of those local grid-iron squads to endure a winless season was the Wildcats of East Chapel Hill. In fact, until October 16, 2009, the Wildcats had dropped 24 consecutive games. (full story)
Alums recall losing at Harnett Central
- Staff writer
Harnett Central, which plays Middle Creek in the third round of the NCHSAA 4-A football playoffs Friday, is building a reputation for exceptional football.
The Trojans are 13-0 after beating Southeast Raleigh 27-21 in overtime last week and have gone 55-9 during the past five seasons.
But Central was once known for something else. In the Oct. 7, 1985 edition of Sports Illustrated, the Trojans gained national attention for losing.
Todd Taylor, a junior lineman that year, had written what it was like to play for a team that had lost 36 straight games and had managed to score only one touchdown during the 1984 season. (full story)
- Staff writer
Harnett Central, which plays Middle Creek in the third round of the NCHSAA 4-A football playoffs Friday, is building a reputation for exceptional football.
The Trojans are 13-0 after beating Southeast Raleigh 27-21 in overtime last week and have gone 55-9 during the past five seasons.
But Central was once known for something else. In the Oct. 7, 1985 edition of Sports Illustrated, the Trojans gained national attention for losing.
Todd Taylor, a junior lineman that year, had written what it was like to play for a team that had lost 36 straight games and had managed to score only one touchdown during the 1984 season. (full story)
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Basketball: East basketball wins to open regular season
photo by Phil Stapleton (see all the shots)
BY JEFF HAMLIN, Correspondent
CHAPEL HILL - As he begins his 14th season as East Chapel Hill boys' basketball coach, Ray Hartsfield won't have to worry about rebuilding.
He's gone about assembling his new team through the standard junior varsity route, with some unique measures thrown in --- like getting players off the golf team.
Regardless, there's no arguing with the results of the season opener, where the Wildcats used a 29-8 second half run to blow out Cedar Ridge 76-53 Friday night. The East girls also easily won against Cedar Ridge 54-35. (full story) (girls' game photos)
Sunday, November 22
Fall Sports Banquet
All Conference Wildcats - Fall 2009
Kaori honored as Field Hockey Eastern Conference "Goalie of the Year"
photos courtesy Michael Sanford, sanfordcreative
Friday, November 20
Swim Meet Results: CHHS vs ECHHS
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Field Hockey: 'Cats repeat as field hockey champs
East's Wildcats flock around the
state championship trophy after edging arch-rival CHHS.
state championship trophy after edging arch-rival CHHS.
Photo by Phil Stapleton
East Chapel Hill (19-2) and Chapel Hill (17-3), which had split their regular-season matches, appeared destined for penalty strokes as time wound down in their second overtime. But, as Chapel Hill failed to clear from its own circle, forward Helen Newton got off a shot from just inside the circle, and Sophie Laas-Nesbitt scored on the rebound off the CHHS goalkeeper's stick. (full story)
East Chapel Hill (19-2) and Chapel Hill (17-3), which had split their regular-season matches, appeared destined for penalty strokes as time wound down in their second overtime. But, as Chapel Hill failed to clear from its own circle, forward Helen Newton got off a shot from just inside the circle, and Sophie Laas-Nesbitt scored on the rebound off the CHHS goalkeeper's stick. (full story)
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Cheerleading: Video & photos from NCHSAA Invitational Championships
click here to view Stacey Blalock's video or here for her photos
Monday, November 9
JV Basketball: Holiday Tournament Date Changes
Saturday, November 7
FIELD HOCKEY DEFENDS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WINS 1-0 OVER CHAPEL HILL
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Field Hockey Championship: Laas-Nesbitt nets winner for Wildcats
photo by Phil Stapleton for ECHAA
BY JOE JOHNSON
CARY -- East Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill battled almost to the end before Sophie Laas-Nesbitt scored with two minutes left in the second sudden-death overtime period to lift the Wildcats to a 1-0 win and their second straight N.C. Field Hockey Association state championship at Cary Academy Field on Saturday. (full story)
Saturday, November 7
Fall Post-Season Tournaments Recap
Field Hockey
East defeated Chapel Hill in 2nd overtime, 1-0, for back-to-back championships
Womne's Cross Country
Carolyn Baskir finished 2nd and the Women's team came in 9th at states
Women's Golf
First team entry in state championships
Men's Soccer
Fell in the 2nd round to Broughton
Women's Tennis
Fell in the 2nd round to Green Hope
Doubles teams Hill & Huang and Flynn & Johnson both fell
to Broughton's doubles teams in the state semi-finals
Cheerleading
Performed in NCHSAA Invitational Cheerleading Championships
Sunday, November 8
Diving Alumni: Nick McCrory sets new Duke record, earns ACC Diving Performer of the Week Honor
(from theacc.com) The Chapel Hill, N.C. native’s victories in each event kept him undefeated for the young 2009-10 season. (full story)
(from goduke.com) Some early season accomplishments for McCrory include an undefeated record on both the one and three-meter boards and two school records. The record he broke on the one-meter board was previously held by Clinton Brush, who set the mark 48 years ago in 1961. (full story)
Sunday, November 1
Alumni - Basketball: Daaleman Leaving Team - Freshman to remain at Lafayette
Sunday, November 1
Tennis: Dual Team run ends in 2nd round, Doubles teams fall in semis
Wildcats out - The Chapel Hill News
Last week's dual team matches presented a real reversal of fortune for perennial state finalist East Chapel Hill. The Wildcats (21-3 and ranked second in the state) lost to Green Hope (20-2) by a 5-4 score in the second round of the NCHSAA 4-A tennis playoffs.
Falcons advance in tennis - The News & Observer - by Jeff Hamlin
Green Hope, which lost to East 6-3 on October 7, carried four of the six singles matches on the way to an upset over the PAC-6 champion.
Monday, October 26
Field Hockey: Wildcats get even with Tigers, 1-0, JV finishes UNDEFEATED SEASON
Both teams played a great, hard fought, sixty minute game Monday night.
Fortunately for Wildcat fans, East scored 1:41 into the game and made the score stand.
(above, Sophie Laas-Nesbitt scores the sole goal of the game.) photos by Phil Stapleton
Now it's on to regionals for a pumped up East hockey squad.
JV won too, 2-0
JV celebrates their victory over Chapel Hill.
They finish the season 16-0, with 56 goals made and only 2 goals allowed.
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A clean sweep for East soccer
Wildcats top CHHS for the second time this season
Elated East Chapel Hill High School students and players rush the soccer field
after the 2-0 win at Chapel Hill High School.
after the 2-0 win at Chapel Hill High School.
Chapel Hill's Kiki Brandewie (13) contends with East's Chris Jaques (4)
for possession during Friday's match at CHHS.
for possession during Friday's match at CHHS.
Photos by Jenny Tenney
Wednesday, October 21
NCHSAA: Lacrosse conferences set
Sunday, October 18
Wildcats make a memory
Sunday, October 18
Homecoming 2009: Video: THE KICK!
Saturday, October 17
Homecoming 2009
WILDCATS WIN HOMECOMING
photos by Phil Stapleton
photos by Phil Stapleton
Eastside joins the team on the field to celebrate the Homecoming victory
Mark Farrish (#24) scored the tying touchdown
The biggest 3rd down stop of the season gave the 'Cats one more possession
Roughing-the-kicker penalty allowed Thomas Moore another shot
with 15 seconds on the clock, and from 50 yards out, this one was good, final score 24-21
Down 21-7 the Wildcats' rally began with Aquez Willis' 2nd touchdown (photo courtesy Diana Palmer)
from the Durham Herald-Sun
CHAPEL HILL -- East Chapel Hill rallied from 14-point second half deficit to beat Northern 24-21 on a 50-yard field goal by Thomas Moore with 15 seconds left in the game.
CHAPEL HILL -- East Chapel Hill rallied from 14-point second half deficit to beat Northern 24-21 on a 50-yard field goal by Thomas Moore with 15 seconds left in the game.
Thursday, October 15
Field Hockey - Senior Night: 'Cats whip Jags 4-1
Field Hockey's Class of 2010: (l-r) Victoria Beja-Glasser, Cristina Freiberger,Rachel Henke,
Sam Anscher, Helen Newton, Katie Walter, Chelsea Woodfin, Nambi Ndugga
Coaches always worry about Senior Night performances, worried that the emotion of the moment will interfere with the performance of the team. That might have been the case on Thursday as Carrboro scored quickly. But on that soggy and drizzly night, it was just the wake up call the Wildcats needed as they then dominated the action with fifteen corners, scoring 4 times.
In the end it was another hair raising experience for an East field hockey opponent
photos by Phil Stapleton
Tuesday, October 13
Wildcat passings: Peter Curtin, Saber Benson
Sunday, October 18
ECH loses former stars
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Cross Country: ECH's Baskir wins Festival
- Correspondent
East Chapel Hill's Carolyn Baskir showed she had the stuff to compete with some of the nation's best high school cross country runners on Saturday.
Baskir recorded the second-fastest time ever run on the WakeMed Soccer Park course, winning the girls Race of Champions in The Great American Cross Country Festival.
Baskir set a personal best with a time of 17:14 on the 5K course (full story)
From NC Runners (a MileSplit.us affilitate): Carolyn Baskir wins the Race of Champions in a blazing 17:14. This is 10 seconds faster than she ran a couple weeks ago at Wolfpack. Green Hope girls 6th, East Chapel Hill in 8th. (full Girls ROC results)
Tuesday, October 6
Field Hockey: JV squad wins Greensboro Tournament
East topped Mt. Tabor in the championship game to take the trophy. (full story)
And published in the Oct 7th edition of The Chapel Hill News
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Women's Golf: Pretty important in pink
Left to Right: scoring leaders Caroline Jones (CHHS), Mackie Kennihan (ECH) and Emily Brooks (Northwood) make the long walk down the 16th fairway at Chapel Ridge Golf Club on Thursday. Each finished in the top five, with Brooks winning medalist honors.
Staff photos by Harry Lynch
Members of the Central Carolina Golf Conference decked out in pink for their last regular-season match of the fall, held Thursday at Chapel Ridge Golf Course to show their support for Beast Cancer Awareness Month (full story)
Members of the Central Carolina Golf Conference decked out in pink for their last regular-season match of the fall, held Thursday at Chapel Ridge Golf Course to show their support for Beast Cancer Awareness Month (full story)
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Wildcat tennis off to another great start
Tamara Hill has been playing at No. 1 singles for ECH this semester.
Photo by Phil Stapleton
by Tim Stevens
RALEIGH - East Chapel Hill fall tennis improved to an impressive 11-1 Friday as the Wildcats prep for the start of their conference season.
Coach Lindsey Linker's club has won nine its 11 victories by a 9-0 score, except for 7-2 over rival Chapel Hill and Friday's 7-2 win over a solid Charlotte Country Day team in the East-West Tennis Challenge in Raleigh. (full story)
Wednesday, September 2
CHCCS Coaches Handbook
Tuesday, June 23
Wildcats capture '08-'09 "Top Of The Hill Cup"
Tuesday, August 18
Why should you become a member of East Chapel Hill's Athletics Booster Club
Sunday, June 14
East wins PAC-6 2008-2009 Wachovia Conference Cup
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