If you plan to attend Saturday’s high school championships at the Smith Center, you should know that the University of North Carolina basketball museum will have extended hours to accommodate fans.
The museum will be open from 9 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Saturday. It is located in the Ernie Williamson Athletic Center, adjacent to the Koury Natatorium and the Smith Center.
Admission is free. The museum features memorabilia highlighting Tar Heel basketball and a number of interactive video displays.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association state basketball championships in Chapel Hill begin at noon Saturday with the girls’ 2-A game. The boys’ 2-A game — with Northwood (28-4) against East Rutherford (26-1) — begins at 2:30 p.m.
The 4-A finals, both of them featuring Raleigh Millbrook, follow at 5 p.m. (girls) and 7:30 p.m. (boys).

Friday is a big day for sports in Chapel Hill, and not just because Carolina opens play in the ACC Tournament at noon.

This Friday marks the first round of the traditional rivalry games between Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools.

The softball teams meet at Chapel Hill at 4:15 p.m. Friday, and the soccer teams play each other at 6:45 p.m. at the CHHS field.

In boys lacrosse, CHHS plays at East Chapel Hill's Wildcat Stadium at 7 p.m. The baseball teams play at Chapel Hill's Tiger Stadium at the same time, 7 p.m. (The baseball JVs play at East Chapel Hill at 4:15 p.m.)

All of the teams are scheduled to play each other again at the opposite sites within a month.

Orange is in first place as the second day of the NCHSAA state wrestling championships gets underway in Greensboro. Two CHHS wrestlers also won their first matches in the championships.

The N.C. High School Athletic Association's annual state wrestling championships start tonight and run all day Friday and Saturday, bringing together over 600 of the state's best prep grapplers in the Greensboro Coliseum. Orange High School is sending 11 Panthers to the individual championships. Chapel Hill High School’s Peter Dreher (135 pounds) will lead a contingent of four CHHS Tigers into the Coliseum. In the 4-A, East Chapel Hill's Sam Nahins will compete in the 119-pound division.

East Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill and Northwood each won Wednesday night in the NCHSAA boys basketball tournament and will play in sectional finals at 7 p.m. Friday.
East Chapel Hill (22-7) will play at Cap-8 champion Raleigh Wakefield (24-3) in a 4-A section final.
Chapel Hill (20-4) will host North Forsyth (19-8) in a 3-A game.
In a 2-A match-up of Chatham County rivals, Carolina-10 champion Northwood (23-4) will host Siler City’s Jordan Matthews (25-4) Friday in Pittsboro.
Each of the hosts will be playing on their home court for the last time this year. The winners from Friday’s games will advance to the NCHSAA East Regionals, to be contested March 1-5 at the Crown Center’s arena and coliseum in Fayetteville.

Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill both won their opening games in the NCHSAA boys’ basketball state tournament and will play second-round games Wednesday. Orange and Northwood also won.
East Chapel Hill (21-7), a 68-46 winner Monday over Apex, will play at Middle Creek (23-4) Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Champions of the Tri-9 4-A Conference, the Mustangs eliminated Sanderson 78-56 in the first round.
Chapel Hill (19-4), which beat Mayodan McMichael 82-51 on Monday, will host Fayetteville Westover (20-3) at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Westover’s Wolverines burned Asheboro 56-42 in the NCHSAA 3-A’s first round.
Orange (11-12) will also be on the road Wednesday, playing a second-round 3-A game at Cape fear Valley champion Southern Lee (19-4). The Panthers advanced Monday with a 71-59, come-from-behind win at Eastern Guilford, thanks to a career-high 43 points by Devantay Jones.
In 2-A action, Northwood (23-4) got by Franklinton 54-47 on Monday and will host a surprising St. Paul’s team (9-14) Wednesday. Despite its lackluster record, St. Paul’s defeated 17-7 Northwest Halifax by a 50-36 score in the first round.
Carrboro (15-11) bowed out of the 2-A first round with a 64-58 loss at Bunn.
Northwood had the only local girls to survive the NCHSAA first round. The Chargers (17-9) easily handled North Johnston, 72-52 on Monday, and will travel to Winston-Salem Carver (18-7) for Wednesday’s second round.
All four Carolina-6 girls’ teams were eliminated from the 3-A tournament by the four Mid-State Conference teams — Northern Guilford, Eastern Guilford, Burlington Williams and Rockingham.
Chapel Hill (12-12), three nights after winning the Carolina-6 Conference tournament, fell 52-35 to Williams (24-3). Orange’s girls (11-11) lost 54-42 at Eastern Guilford (22-5); Cardinal Gibbons (17-7) was upset 64-62 by Mid-State No. 4 seed Rockingham (14-12), and Webb (6-14) lost 70-42 to Northern Guilford (23-4).

The CHHS girls won their first-round game in the Carolina-Six Conference basketball tournament and will play at Orange tonight at 7 p.m. in a semifinal game.
Chapel Hill’s girls had a big fourth quarter Monday, including an 18-6 run, to down Northern Vance, 59-51, in the Carolina-Six’s first round. Ninth-graders Jamella Smith and Catherine Romaine both recorded double-doubles. Smith had game highs of 18 points and 22 rebounds, while Romaine had 12 points and 21 rebounds.
The CHHS boys’ team hosts Northern Vance at 7 p.m. tonight in their tournament’s semifinals. Orange plays at Southern Vance in the boys’ other semifinal.
In the Carolina-10, River Mill's girls play Cedar Ridge at 6 p.m. tonight, followed by a boys semifinal between Northwood and Granville Central at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Northwood's girls play Granville Central at 6 p.m., followed by the boys’ semifinal between Carrboro and Cedar Ridge at 7:30 p.m.
East Chapel Hill is hosting the semifinals and finals of the PAC-6. The Wildcat boys play Riverside at 8 p.m. Thursday. The chanpionship finals are Friday, with games at 6 p.m. (girls) and 8 p.m. (boys).
For all the scores, see the News & Observer or check out Preps Now.

Looking at the results from the highly-competitive PAC-6 championship meet, nobody would have ever guessed Wednesday night that East Chapel Hill was missing several swimmers due to illness. The Wildcats easily won both the boys' and girls' titles at the competition in Hillsborough's Triangle Sportsplex.
In typical fashion, East Chapel Hill ran away with the competition early on, and with 743 points, the lady Wildcats beat second place Jordan High by 224 points. Riverside High came in third with 388 points, and Northern finished with 306 points.
On the boys’ side, the Wildcats took home a substantial victory, scoring 712 points compared to second-place Jordan’s 559. Riverside and Northern brought up the rear with 354 and 219 points respectively.
See correspondent Kelly Parson's story in Sunday's Chapel Hill News for more.
 

With Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools closed Wednesday due to lingering icy conditions, the evening’s sports activities have been called off.
Chapel Hill High moved quickly to reschedule its conference-opening basketball games with Cardinal Gibbons to Saturday. The JV (2 p.m.) and varsity (3:30 p.m.) play at CHHS Gym; the JV and varsity girls play at the same times at Cardinal Gibbons’ gym on Saturday.
Also, the wrestling match between CHHS and East Chapel Hill has been re-scheduled for the CHHS Lower Gym on Friday. That’s going to make for a busy 18 hours for the wrestlers; CHHS already is scheduled to be at the Northwood Duals at 9 a.m. Saturday along with Carrboro; East Chapel Hill is scheduled to be at the DSA Duals in Durham at 9 a.m. Saturday.
No word yet on when the East Chapel Hill basketball game at Carrboro High School will be played.

With Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools closed Wednesday due to lingering icy conditions, the evening’s sports activities have been called off.
Chapel Hill High moved quickly to reschedule its conference-opening basketball games with Cardinal Gibbons to Saturday. The JV (2 p.m.) and varsity (3:30 p.m.) play at CHHS Gym; the JV and varsity girls play at the same times at Cardinal Gibbons’ gym in Raleigh.
Also, the wrestling match between CHHS and East Chapel Hill has been re-scheduled for the CHHS Lower Gym on Friday. That’s going to make for a busy 18 hours for the wrestlers; CHHS already is scheduled to be at the Northwood Duals at 9 a.m. Saturday along with Carrboro; East Chapel Hill is scheduled to be at the DSA Duals in Durham at 9 a.m. Saturday.
No word yet on when the East Chapel Hill basketball game at Carrboro High School will be played.