By Gene Galin
Pittsboro, NC – Two Chatham county high school basketball teams are headed to the NCHSAA basketball championship games next Saturday.
The #2 seed Northwood girls (30-1) are scheduled to play against the West region’s #19 seed Enka (30-0) in the 3A Women’s NCHSAA championship game. They handed #1 seed Terry Sanford (30-1) their first loss of the season, 51-50 at Southern Lee high school. The Enka Jets defeated #4 seed North Davidson, 51-49 on their way to Saturday’s championship game. The Jets started the playoffs 11-14 before piling up five straight upsets.
2022 3A Women’s Eastern Regional Finals
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ Southern Lee HS
Northwood (30-1) 51, Terry Sanford (30-1) 50
1 2 3 4 – T
Northwood 6 18 12 15 – 51
Terry Sanford 2 16 16 16 – 50
Northwood: G. McManaman – 5 pts.; N. Bell – 11 pts.; T. Bland – 6 pts.; S. Adams – 8 pts.; O. Porter – 16 pts.; M. Marve – 3 pts.
Terry Sanford: Z. Gerald – 10 pts.; M. Giles-Jones – 9 pts.; J. Locke – 4 pts.; T. Morris – 12 pts.; B. Roof – 7 pts.
2022 3A Women’s Western Regional Finals
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ Freedom HS
Enka (16-14) 51, North Davidson (25-3) 49
1 2 3 4 – T
Enka 19 13 8 11 – 51
North Davidson 16 11 13 9 – 49
The #1 seed Chatham Charter boys (31-1) will play the West region’s #1 seed Hayesville (22-5) in the 1A Men’s NCHSAA championship game. The Knights defeated Wilson, 59-42 at J.H. Rose high school. Hayesville defeated #2 seed Winston-Salem Prep, 72-66.
2022 1A Men’s Eastern Regional Finals
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ J.H. Rose HS
Chatham Charter (33-1) 59, Wilson Prep (22-6) 42
1 2 3 4 – T
Wilson Prep 7 5 13 17 – 42
Chatham Charter 18 19 8 14 – 59
Wilson Prep: J. Jones – 3 pts.; A. Land – 2 pts.; C. Battle – 12 pts.; B. Anderson – 9 pts.; D. Sutton – 7 pts.; D. Ellis – 6 pts.; L. Minter – 3 pts.
Chatham Charter – A. Allred – 4 pts.; J. Brown – 8 pts.; A. Harvey – 20 pts.; B. Harvey – 7 pts.; A. Mapp – 11 pts.; B. Oldham – 9 pts.