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thanks to Abriana Johnson for the photo

Monday, June 15

Survey says nearly 400,000 high school cheerleaders in US

By NFHS Press Release

Jun 13, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — Almost 400,000 individuals are participating in high school cheerleading, according to a new survey conducted this spring by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). (full story)

Monday, June 15

FOOTBALL: East to appear in inaugural HighSchoolOT.com Jamboree

Join HighSchoolOT.com, WRAL-TV, 99.9 FM The Fan ESPN Radio, and VYPE High School Sports Magazine at the 1st Annual HighSchoolOT.com Jamboree at Southeast Raleigh.

The jamboree will feature four game-like scrimmages between four Wake County teams and four non-Wake County teams.

Here is the schedule:

5:00 - Panther Creek vs. West Johnston
6:15 - Middle Creek vs. East Chapel Hill
7:30 - Broughton vs. Northern Durham
8:45 - Southeast Raleigh vs. Southern Durham
Facebook pages:  Jamboree   HighSchoolOT.com
and HighSchoolOT.com itself on WRAL's site

Monday, June 15

East Chapel Hill seniors, principal say goodbye

Senior Class Co-Presidents Kelly Yahner (l) & Claire Williamson
make presentation of the class of 2009's gift to Principal David J.Thaden
photo by Phil Stapleton

By Jonathan Tuttle : The Herald-Sun
The morning's ceremonies were colored by the retirement of East Chapel Hill High School Principal David J. Thaden. What he called the "retirement hoopla" was evidenced long before he rose to speak, when the senior class presidents' speech was interrupted with a standing ovation at the first mention of Thaden's name.

As a parting gift, the senior class raised money and laid out plans for an outdoor classroom that will be dedicated to Thaden. Building East Chapel Hill High School's reputation as its first principal, Thaden was lauded specifically by the senior class presidents for "constructing a community." (full story)

Monday, June 15
FOOTBALL: SUMMER CONDITIONING PROGRAM

Monday, June 15
East E-Blast June 14 Edition

Monday, June 15

FIELD HOCKEY: Kiddoo named to USA Field Hockey's Region 8 Under-19 team

Chapel Hill High School's Jessica Barfield, Kerry Kiddoo of East Chapel Hill and Carrboro High's Neela Mahanty have been named to USA Field Hockey's National Futures Championship. They will head to Virginia Beach, Va., June 24-30 for the national tournament, where coaches will select players for the U.S. Junior Olympics.

Kiddoo was chosen for the Under-19 Region 8 team, while Barfield and Mahanty were chosen for the U16s. They were the only three players from North Carolina selected for the nationals. (full story)

Sunday, June 14

From The Chapel Hill News

 

East Chapel Hill principal Dave Thaden, who will retire at the end of this month, holds the Top Of The Hill Cup awarded to the school by Scott Maitland, recognizing East as the top athletic program in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools district. ECH also won the Wachovia Conference Cup as the top program among Piedmont Athletic Conference members.

Photo by Phil Stapleton

Wildcats win Conference Cup
With the Top of the Hill Cup already in hand, signifying the town's top high school athletic program, East Chapel Hill has now won the Wachovia Conference Cup for the PAC-6, NCHSAA officials announced last week.

East took the Cup with championships in women's cross country, field hockey, women's tennis, men's tennis, men's and women's swimming and women's soccer, plus second-place finishes in lacrosse and softball, and third places in baseball, golf, and women's track.

CHHS led after fall and winter sports, winning men's cross country and tying for first in football, plus finishing second in women's cross country, field hockey, men's soccer, and women's tennis. Despite winning men's lacrosse and a runner-up finish in men's tennis in the spring, the Tigers ended up second (114.5 points) behind East (121). (full story)

From NCHSAA:  PAC Six 4-A: East Chapel Hill is the Cup winner, thanks to a spring season that included championships in women’s soccer and men’s tennis, second place finishes in lacrosse and softball, and third place finishes in baseball, golf, and women’s track.  (full story)
From the Raleigh N&O: Wachovia honors go to 4 Triangle schools - The Wildcats topped second-place Chapel Hill 121-114.5. (full story)

 

Sunday, June 14

Girls:  Jennifer Huang, tennis; Carolyn Baskir, cross country
Boys:  Nick McCrory, swimming


In honor of Dave Thaden's career in the CHCCS and at East, the booster club
is facilitating the much needed renovation to the track in Wildcat Stadium.

A separate account has been set up at SunTrust.
The account name is:
ECHAA - David J Thaden Track Fund
and donations can be made at any SunTrust location. 

Amanda Burrill is the branch manager at the SunTrust inside
the Harris Teeter at Chapel Hill North (Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd & Weaver Dairy Rd). 
She set up the account and is available to answer any questions:  
919-932-4204 or amanda.burrill@suntrust.com

Wednesday, June 3

Kadleick named 4-A coach of the year

Coach K shown with his 2009 Women's Soccer PAC Coach of the Year award
East Chapel Hill's Mark Kadlecik has been named 4-A Women's Soccer Coach of the Year by his peers in the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association. The Wildcats (22-2-2) won the PAC-6 league, going undefeated against conference opponents, and went three rounds into the state playoffs before losing 1-0 to eventual state champion Leesville Road. (full story)

Monday, June 1

Wildcats will miss their 'consummate professional'

Dave Thaden stepping down after 13 excellent years as principal

Principal Thaden enjoying the Top of the Hill Cup presentation.

W.E. Warnock, Correspondent
Amid the awards, varsity letters and league honors distributed last week at East Chapel Hill High School's spring sports dinner, one somber moment managed to insert itself into the festivities. 

It dawned on many people, slowly to some and suddenly on others, that this would the last time Dave Thaden would be handling these awards in his role as principal. (full story)

Sunday, May 24

 
Baskir shows rookie can run away with 1,600 title

Medal ceremony for women's 1600 with East's Carolyn Baskir on top
l-r, Margaret Leak-Mount Tabor, Carolyn Baskir-East Chapel Hill, Kimberly Spano-North Mecklenburg
PHOTO BY SHARON HOGAN
BY BRIANA GORMAN : The Herald-Sun
GREENSBORO -- East Chapel Hill's Carolyn Baskir didn't have a strategy for the 1,600-meter race at the state 4-A track and field championships at N.C. A&T on Saturday.

All the junior knew is she wanted to get the lead and then hold on for the win. 

Top seeds line up for start of women's 1600
l-r, Margaret Leak-Mount Tabor, Kimberly Spano-North Mecklenburg,Carolyn Baskir-East Chapel Hill,
PHOTO BY SHARON HOGAN

And the first-year track runner did just that.

Baskir never trailed on her way to winning the 1,600 in 4:56.87,
beating North Mecklenburg's Kimberly Spano by four seconds
to be the only local girl to win an event at the state meet. (full story)

Down the home stretch, Baskir leads Spano coming to the finish line
PHOTO BY CLAIRE GILDARD


Spano set a new women's state record @ Tanglewood
and finished 20 seconds ahead of Baskir, who's time ranks 3rd @ Tanglewood,
in November's Cross-country state championships.
PHOTO BY STEVE GRATHWOHL

The Chapel Hill News
Prepsters excel at state track championships
A Personal Best For Baskir

East Chapel Hill junior Carolyn Baskir, a conference champion in cross country, showed she can run just as well on hard surfaces last weekend. (full story)

Sunday, May 24

New high school principals named

photo courtesy CHCCS
Eileen Tully, principal of Phillips Middle School, was named principal of East Chapel Hill High School. Tully joined the district in 2004 as the principal of Phillips. Before moving to North Carolina, Tully served as an assistant principal of two middle schools in Roanoke, Va., and as the program coordinator of an International Baccalaureate Program. (full story)
Read the district's news release here.

Friday, April 17

East principal Dave Thaden announces retirement

By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

After three decades as an educator in Chapel Hill, much of that as the first and only principal at East Chapel Hill High, Dave Thaden announced this week that he’s stepping down.

 
                                Dave Thaden - The Man

Thaden cited his 30-year mark and a need to focus on his health as the reasons for this decision.

He attributed both his longevity as an educator and his success as a principal to a love for his students and sincere interest in seeing them learn and develop as people.

              Dave Thaden - The Paper Mache

 “It’s what gets me out of bed in the morning,” he said. He called being a high school principal engaging and demanding, but at times downright silly. (full story)

Tuesday, May 5
Links from "So you want to play a sport in college?" seminar

Sunday, February 1
Your Booster Club Dollars At Work

Saturday, November 8
WILDCAT FIELD HOCKEY TAKES STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Friday, December 5
East is #77 - U.S. News & World Report's Best High Schools 2009

Friday, November 7
WILDCAT WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

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