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
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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.
Senior Night! (the one that was postponed from Friday due to the severe weather that caused school closings) Wildcats celebrated their four seniors and then had cause to celebrate anew as Kayla Characklis scored her 1000th career point. In the basketball game East ran away from the Red Wolves with the final score 54-13. The
The battle for the Big-8 Conference crown continued to be a 3-way race as Southern Durham defeated East Chapel Hill 81-58 Friday night. Southern moved to 8-2 on the season, tied with Vance County for 2nd place, both only a game behind the 9-1 Northwood Chargers. The Wildcats fell to 4-6 and is tied with
Senior Night against the perennial wrestling powerhouse Tigers. Final Score: Chapel Hill 78, East 3 photos by Phil Stapleton full album here
Final Score: East 50, Northern 31 With the win the Wildcats move to 4-4 and remain half a game behind the 4th place, 4-3 Vipers. photos by Phil Stapleton full album link
The Wildcats moved to 4-5 to remain tied for 4th with Chapel Hill. The Knights fell to 2-7 and is tied for 7th with Orange. Final Score: East 62, Northern 47 Photos by Jon Meltzer link to full album
The Wildcats went 3-4 since New Year’s Day including a one-point come-from-behind thriller at Chapel Hill on Tuesday. Then on Friday the ‘Cats avenged a December drubbing on the Panthers’ home court with a decisive win at home. 1/3 v. Northern L 58-56 1/7 @ Southern L 74-59 1/10 v. Vance Co. L58-49 1/14 v.
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