The junior varsity football game between Cedar Ridge and Cardinal Gibbons, which was scheduled originally for Hillsborough, will be played instead at the Raleigh school's campus. Kickoff is now set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cardinal Gibbons field.
Cedar Ridge High School is renovating its track, making use of the Red Wolves' field impractical.
The junior varsity football game between Cedar Ridge and Cardinal Gibbons, which was scheduled originally for Hillsborough, will be played instead at the Raleigh school's campus. Kickoff is now set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cardinal Gibbons field.
East Chapel Hill quarterback Drew Davis, the son of former University of North Carolina coach Butch Davis, has set a state high school record for completions in a single game.
The Chapel Hill Tennis Club will be among the 11 sites this weekend hosting the USTA League Mixed Doubles State Championships.
Chapel Hill Transit will provide shuttle service on its "Tar Heel Express" to and from the North Carolina-Virginia football game this Saturday.
All of Tuesday's athletic events in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system were cancelled or postponed due to the threatening weather across the district.
That includes four varsity events for Carrboro, three of which have been rescheduled for Wednesday.
Carrboro's cross-country team and tennis teams both will host conference events at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, and the Jaguar volleyball team will host Raleigh Charter at 6 p.m.
Tuesday's non-conference soccer match between Jordan and Chapel Hill has been moved to Oct. 20. School officials also opted to switch the site of a match next Monday with Cedar Ridge to Chapel Hill's home field.
A field hockey match between Carrboro and East Chapel Hill has not been rescheduled at this time.
Other events already scheduled for Wednesday — like Carrboro's soccer match at East Chapel Hill High School — are set to go on as planned.
The Homestead Aquatic Center will open at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, Aug. 27) after a morning closure due to a power failure. The power failure was caused by downed power line during the high winds. The power issue has since been resolved, and the facility is operational.
Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation staff are prepared to reopen the facility and resume its normal schedule. For pool schedules, visit http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=1123
Third-ranked North Carolina hosts top-ranked and defending NCAA champion Notre Dame in a women's soccer match at 7 p.m. Friday at Fetzer Field. It's one of the four matches slated for the 2011 Carolina Nike Classic, to be held Friday and Saturday at Fetzer.
The schedule of games is as follows:
Friday, August 26
5 p.m. -- Duke vs. Houston
7 p.m. - North Carolina vs. Notre Dame
Sunday, August 28
1 p.m. - Duke vs. Notre Dame
3 p.m. - North Carolina vs. Houston
North Carolina will be seeking only its second victory ever over the Fighting Irish at Fetzer Field. Although the Tar Heels are 12-5-2 all-time against the Fighting Irish UNC is only 1-4 in games played at Fetzer Field. The only win came in 1998 by a 5-1 score.
Tickets are now on sale at the Ticket Center at TarHeelBlue.com. Fans are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance to avoid potentially long lines Friday.
Among the casualties of Hurricane Irene even before it hits North Carolina will be The Brittany Soccer Showcase. That means Carrboro's boys soccer match with a talented Swansboro team, originally scheduled for Friday night in Wilson, is cancelled.
Most Triangle high school football teams are still scheduled to play Friday night, but many of those playing farther east or south are opting to play Thursday night or postponing for a later date to avoid the heavy rainfall expected along the I-95 corridor over the weekend.
For example, Durham Hillside at Fayetteville E.E. Smith has been moved to Thursday.
The Brittany for the Boys soccer showcase in Wilson, which was scheduled for Friday and Saturday, was also canceled. It's traditionally been a major draw for prep soccer, bringing in scores of teams every year.
Mike Petty, a spokesman for The Brittany organizing committee, said the decision to cancel was made so that traveling teams would be able to change their motel reservations, chartered buses and dining plans.
“To allow them to make their cancellations in time to avoid charges, it is necessary to make our ‘go, no go’ decision now rather than waiting for later weather updates and the right decision is to cancel,” Petty told the News & Observer. “If we err, we choose to err on the side of caution.”
The Chapel Hill News and the News & Observer's Preps Now blog will update you on changes to high school schedules as they are received.
Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill will stage an earlier than usual version of their intense soccer rivalry Thursday night in the finals of The O.C. invitational tournament.
The cross-town rivals will play at 8 p.m. Thursday on the campus of Carrboro High School in The O.C.'s championship game. That match will be preceded by Carrboro hosting Jordan-Matthews in the third-place consolation final at 6 p.m.
Over at Culbreth Middle School, Cedar Ridge will play Cary Academy at 5 p.m. Thursday, and Northwood will face Western Alamance at 7 p.m.
The O.C. junior varsity championship will be played tonight at 6 p.m. at Culbreth, featuring Carrboro against Chapel Hill.
In Tuesday's championship semifinals for the varsities, Chapel Hill fought off the talented and still under-rated visitors from Jordan-Matthews for a 4-3 win, and East Chapel Hill advanced to the title game after winning a penalty kick shootout with Carrboro.
The Wildcats and Jaguars were tied 1-1 after regulation and overtime, and then were still tied through one round of penalty kicks before East won the shootout in sudden death, 7-6.
