East Chapel Hill Wildcats

The Wildcats topped the Falcons 14-9 on a cold and blustery night to retain The Battle For I-40 Trophy. Congrats ‘Cats! photos by Kimberly Atkins (full album here)

A great opening day match-up between teams that both reached the 3rd round last spring. Wildcats held even through the first half, tying it up 6-6 just before the break, but the Cougars doubled East’s goals in the second half to win. Final score Apex 16, East 11. photos by Phil Stapleton (full album here)

The Wildcats began the defense of their 3A title with a 4-0 win over the Pirates. photos by Phil Stapleton (full album here) EAST CHAPEL HILL WILDCATS WILDCAT CAPTAINS              

Mar 02 Boys Varsity Golf vs. 9 Holes – East Chapel Hill Host 2:00 pm | Chapel Hill Country Club Mar 02 Boys Varsity Tennis at Orange High 4:30 pm | Orange High Mar 02 Girls Junior Varsity Soccer vs. Riverside High Riverside High 5:00 pm | East Chapel Hill High School Mar 02 Girls

Feb 25 Boys Varsity Baseball at Panther Creek High Scrimmage 4:00 pm | Panther Creek High Feb 29 Girls Junior Varsity Soccer at Page High Scrimmage day 9:30 am | Page High

First Round #5 Chapel Hill at #4 East Chapel Hill East opened with five consecutive 3-pointers to pull out to an early 6 point lead. Chapel Hill rallied and went into the break ahead by a dozen. Both teams went into zone defenses that slowed the scoring, only 12 total points were added as the

The first meeting this season was a white-knuckled one-point thriller so there was all indications that the second meeting would be equally entertaining. That was the correct assumption. The ‘Cats were ahead after the first period by a single point but was able to stretch it into an 8 point lead at the half. In

Feb 18 Girls Varsity Basketball at Vance County Big 8 Conference Tournament 6:00 pm | Vance County Feb 18 Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Chapel Hill High Big 8 Conference Tournament 7:00 pm | East Chapel Hill High School Feb 20 Boys Varsity Basketball at Open Big 8 Conference Tournament TBA   Feb 20 Girls Varsity

East celebrated its Class of 2020 Cheerleaders and Men’s Basketball players prior to the beginning of the varsity game versus Chapel Hill on Friday. The Tiger seniors were also introduced. photos by Phil Stapleton full album here                    

East split the back-to-back outings, caused by Friday’s game postponement due to severe weather. In Hillsborough on Monday the Wildcats topped the Red Wolves 66-47. Back home on Tuesday the ‘Cats gave the Chargers just about everything they could handle with a tied-up game after 3 periods, but couldn’t stop the conference leader, falling 59-56.