Undefeated Panther Creek did not suffer a letdown on Friday against Apex, but a Catamount player did post a record-breaking performance.
Panther Creek senior running back Jonathan Douglas rushed for 209 yards and a touchdown to help lead the Catamounts past Apex 35-7 in a Tri-Nine 4A conference matchup.
The latest edition of the nearly century-old rivalry between Apex and Cary started bitterly and ended sweetly for Deandre Henry.
The Cary junior running back sat out most of the first quarter as a disciplinary measure, but three-plus quarters was enough for him to carry 18 times for 281 yards and two touchdowns to lead the No. 7-ranked Imps to a 35-21 win over Apex Friday night at Cooper Field.
Austin Berrios had plenty of incentives for making the game-changing play in the second half of Leesville Road’s 34-14 over Apex.
The Pride struggled early as they were tied with the Cougars at halftime on Thursday night. Berrios didn’t have much to show at that point. Plus, Apex’s Quincy Mangum had returned a kickoff for a 95-yard touchdown.
Wake County schools, plus West Johnston, will open cross country season with 6,000-meter relay.
While many of the rest of us were keeping to air-conditioned spaces, more than 800 athletes age 50 to 80-plus were braving the heat and humidity over the past week to compete in the Senior Softball-USA Eastern National Championships at the Walnut Creek Softball Complex in Raleigh.
Fifty-six teams of 15 players each from east of the Mississippi River competed in 15 divisions and earned the opportunity to compete in the Oct. 15-24 World Championships in Phoenix, said Senior Softball CEO Terry Hennessy of Sacramento, Calif., who was in Raleigh helping conduct the event.
North Carolina was represented by two of the nine women's teams and 11 of the 47 men's teams in age groups ranging from Women's 40 to Men's 80. The Carolina Cardinals of Apex won the Men's 70 Silver title in a showdown of N.C. teams, defeating the Burlington 70s 20-11, and the Carolina Cobras of Chapel Hill finished second in the Men's 55 AAA Division, losing 21-8 to Eagle Tile of Stevensville, Md., in the event's final game Sunday evening. Code Electric of Wake Forest finished fourth in the Men's 60 AAA.
The Lochmere swim team overcame an 80-point deficit after the morning 10-and-Under session and surged past runner-up Shepherd's Vineyard of Apex to win the fifth-annual South Wake Invitational Meet at the Lochmere Swim and Tennis Club in Cary on Sunday.
The S.W.I.M., hosted by the Marlins of Raleigh Swim Team year-round club, drew 10 teams and almost 500 swimmers who compete in Wake County's Tarheel Swimming Association summer league. (Top finishers and record-setters are below.)
The meet was one of four championship-style meets being conducted for TSA teams by area year-round competitive clubs and community clubs. Greater Raleigh Swim Meet also was held this past Saturday, hosted by the New Wave Swim Team at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary.
Good test scores, among other features, helped rank Cary among CNN/Money magazine's 2010 Best Places to Live in America list.
Cary ranked No. 23 on the list of 100 places that was released today and will be in the magazine's August issue. The magazine looked at figures such as median family income, job growth, school test scores and crime rates.
One drawback, the magazine noted, is that fast growth has resulted in school overcrowding in Cary.
Garner Post 232 and Apex Post 124 both kept their seasons alive for at least another night on Saturday, forcing deciding Game 3s in their American Legion Baseball playoff series.
Garner took an 10-5 victory over Cary Post 67, earning a deciding game tonight at Cary High School. Apex beat Johnston County-based Post 71 9-6 to earn another shot at the Sabres. Game 3 of that series is tonight at Smithfield-Selma High School.
Both games tonight start at 7.
The winners of each of these series meet in the Area I West Championship Series, starting Tuesday night. The winner of that series is guaranteed a spot in the state championship tournament.
Apex Post 124 moved a win away from advancing to the second round of the Area I West American Legion Baseball playoffs Monday night with a 16-9 victory over Durham Post 7. Post 124 goes for the series sweep tonight at Apex High School at 7 p.m.
The series winner faces Clayton Post 71 starting Friday night. If Game 3 is needed in the Apex-Durham series, it will be played Wednesday night in Durham.
Raleigh's William Everett shot a 2-under-par 70 on Tuesday to take
medalist honors and lead a contingent of 63 qualifiers for the 25th
North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship.
The cut line fell at 9-over par-81 in the sectional qualifying tournament at the Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run.
Terry Heath of Apex, Don Detweiler of Raleigh, James Dill of Cary,
Michael Broadway of Chapel Hill and Phillip Allen of Roxboro also were
among the qualifiers.
