By Gene Galin
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County has two high schools playing in the NCHSAA basketball championship games on Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum on the campus of NC State. The Chatham Charter Knights will face Hayesville at 5 pm. The Northwood Lady Chargers will face Enka at 7:30 pm.
On Monday, NCHSAA hosted a video conference featuring all sixteen coaches whose teams will play in the championship games. The Chatham Journal participated in asking questions of the Chatham County coaches as well as their opponents.
Northwood Lady Chargers basketball coach Kerri Snipes
NORTHWOOD CHARGERS
Location: Pittsboro, NC
Conference: Central 3A
Colors: Green & Gold
Principal: Dr. Bradford Walston
Athletic Director: Cameron Vernon
Head Coach: Kerri Snipes
Assistant Coach: Kevin Forster, Jazmine Atkins, Jazanae Billings, Thomas Snipes, Gerald Lux
Team Record: 30-1 (12-0)
Date Opponent Result
11/23 @ Seaforth 67 – 24 (W)
11/30 Wakefield 68 – 32 (W)
12/1 @ Jordan-Matthews 61 – 21 (W)
12/4 Orange 74 – 27 (W)
12/7 @ Chapel Hill 63 – 42 (W)
12/8 East Chapel Hill 57 – 11 (W)
12/11 Jordan-Matthews 76 – 16 (W)
12/14 @ Williams 68 – 29 (W)
12/17 Cedar Ridge 69 – 26 (W)
12/18 Millbrook 53 – 57 (L)
12/29 Southern Durham 68 – 42 (W)
12/30 Southern Alamance 55 – 40 (W)
1/4 @ Person 68 – 13 (W)
1/5 Panther Creek 59 – 47 (W)
1/8 Seaforth 59 – 32 (W)
1/14 @ Eastern Alamance 41 – 33 (W)
1/25 @ Cedar Ridge 68 – 24 (W)
1/26 Western Alamance 54 – 17 (W)
1/28 Person 76 – 32 (W)
2/2 Williams 55 – 38 (W)
2/4 @ Orange 64 – 30 (W)
2/8 Eastern Alamance 53 – 27 (W)
2/11 @ Western Alamance 59 – 30 (W)
2/16 Orange 66 – 36 (W)
2/18 Eastern Alamance 50 – 28 (W)
2/22 Swansboro 64 – 7 (W)
2/22 Swansboro 64 – 7 (W)
2/24 Triton 67 – 44 (W)
2/26 West Carteret 67 – 14 (W)
3/1 Williams 66 – 52 (W)
3/5 Terry Sanford 51 – 50 (W)
Enka coach Kyle Reagan
ENKA JETS
Location: Enka, NC
Conference: The Mountain 3A/4A
Colors: Blue, Black, & Gray
Principal: Jeff Burleson
Athletic Director: Brian Carver
Head Coach: Kyle Reagan
Assistant Coach: Ciara Suggs, & Katie Parham
Team Record: 16-4 (5-7)
Date Opponent Result
11/23 @ Pisgah (Canton, NC) 44 – 59 (L)
11/27 Kings Mountain (NC) 60 – 40 (W)
11/29 Mountain Heritage (Burnsville, NC) 50 – 55 (L)
12/3 Pisgah (Canton, NC) 68 – 42 (W)
12/4 Hough (Cornelius, NC) 65 – 52 (W)
12/7 @ Smoky Mountain (Sylva, NC) 51 – 66 (L)
12/8 @ Murphy (NC) 31 – 52 (L)
12/14 @ Erwin (Asheville, NC) 58 – 66 (L)
12/17 A.C. Reynolds (Asheville, NC) 42 – 66 (L)
12/27 Berry (Charlotte, NC) 44 – 25 (W)
12/28 Hibriten (Lenoir, NC) 42 – 50 (L)
12/29 Forbush (East Bend, NC) 72 – 65 (W)
1/4 T.C. Roberson (Asheville, NC) 55 – 46 (W)
1/7 @ McDowell (Marion, NC) 49 – 45 (W)
1/14 Murphy (NC) 62 – 71 (L)
1/19 @ North Buncombe 39 – 55 (L)
1/24 Erwin (Asheville, NC) 58 – 54 (W)
1/25 @ A.C. Reynolds (Asheville, NC) 48 – 61 (L)
1/31 Asheville (NC) 59 – 51 (W)
2/1 McDowell (Marion, NC) 69 – 44 (W)
2/4 North Buncombe 56 – 58 (L)
2/7 @ West Henderson 80 – 51 (W)
2/9 @ T.C. Roberson 46 – 50 (L)
2/11 @ Asheville (NC) 72 – 81 (L)
2/14 T.C. Roberson (Asheville, NC) 39 – 44 (L)
2/22 @ Hickory (NC) 63 – 57 (W)
2/24 @ Freedom (Morganton, NC) 48 – 39 (W)
2/26 Ben L. Smith (Greensboro, NC) 56 – 54 (W)
3/1 @ Parkwood (Monroe, NC) 46 – 42 (W)
3/5 North Davidson (Lexington, NC) 51 – 49 (W)
Chatham Charter basketball coach Jason Messier
CHATHAM CHARTER KNIGHTS
Location: Siler City, NC
Conference: Central Tar Heel 1A
Colors: Purple, White & Silver
Principal: Dr. John Eldridge
Athletic Director: Clint Fields
Head Coach: Jason Messier
Assistant Coach: Jordan Hamilton, Mark Murphy, & Bill Slaughter
Team Record: 33-1 (10-0)
Date Opponent Result
11/9 @ Vandalia Christian (NC) 70 – 38 (W)
11/11 @ Research Triangle 58 – 45 (W)
11/12 N.C. School of Science & Math 57 – 32 (W)
11/16 Faith Christian (NC) 72 – 58 (W)
11/18 Vandalia Christian (NC) 77 – 36 (W)
11/19 Uwharrie Charter 50 – 46 (W)
11/23 Leadership Academy 67 – 31 (W)
12/1 @ Eno River 64 – 15 (W)
12/3 @ Uwharrie Charter 56 – 57 (L)
12/10 Chatham Central 61 – 35 (W)
12/17 @ Chatham Central 58 – 36 (W)
12/20 Neuse Charter 62 – 39 (W)
12/21 Cornerstone Charter 83 – 51 (W)
12/22 Research Triangle 60 – 59 (W)
1/4 Research Triangle 65 – 43 (W)
1/11 @ Clover Garden School* 63 – 22 (W)
1/14 Southern Wake Academy* 88 – 15 (W)
1/19 Triangle Math & Science* 69 – 34 (W)
1/25 @ River Mill* 66 – 27 (W)
1/26 Southern Alamance 62 – 24 (W)
1/28 Clover Garden School* 70 – 14 (W)
2/1 @ Southern Wake Academy* 83 – 17 (W)
2/2 @ Woods Charter* 87 – 17 (W)
2/4 @ Triangle Math & Science* 67 – 24 (W)
2/8 Woods Charter* 78 – 22 (W)
2/10 River Mill* 74 – 27 (W)
2/12 Seaforth 44 – 23 (W)
2/16 Woods Charter** 77 – 29 (W)
2/18 River Mill** 75 – 34 (W)
2/22 Gates County# 63 – 40 (W)
2/24 Northwest Halifax# 60 – 56 (W)
2/26 Neuse Charter# 68 – 36 (W)
3/1 KIPP Pride# 57 – 49 (W)
3/5 Wilson Prep# 59 – 42 (W)
Hayesville basketball coach Michael Cottrell
HAYESVILLE YELLOW JACKETS
Location: Hayesville, NC
Conference: Smoky Mountain 1A
Colors: Black & Gold
Principal: Stacey Overlin
Athletic Director: Michael Cottrell
Head Coach: Michael Cottrell
Assistant Coach: Keith Thompson, Justin Ashe, Zach Cottrell, & Will Penland
Team Record: 27-0 (10-0)
Date Opponent Result
11/22 Blue Ridge Early College 74 – 24 (W)
12/3 @ Tallulah Falls (GA) 53 – 49 (W)
12/10 @ Highlands (NC) 59 – 26 (W)
12/13 Hiwassee Dam 81 – 41 (W)
12/14 Andrews 59 – 35 (W)
12/17 @ Murphy 58 – 55 (W)
12/20 Blue Ridge Early College 68 – 18 (W)
12/21 Swain County 68 – 57 (W)
12/28 Mountain Heritage 75 – 37 (W)
12/29 @ Swain County 86 – 58 (W)
12/30 Hiwassee Dam 76 – 44 (W)
1/7 @ Robbinsville 51 – 44 (W)
1/11 @ Hiwassee Dam 95 – 54 (W)
1/24 Highlands 75 – 35 (W)
1/25 @ Andrews 53 – 42 (W)
1/28 Murphy 77 – 50 (W)
2/1 @ Swain County 80 – 55 (W)
2/4 @ Cherokee 64 – 36 (W)
2/7 Cherokee 70 – 46 (W)
2/8 Robbinsville 61 – 39 (W)
2/14 Andrews 66 – 53 (W)
2/18 @ Swain County 77 – 54 (W)
2/22 Starmount 85 – 47 (W)
2/24 Corvian Community 84 – 59 (W)
2/26 Carolina International 83 – 47 (W)
3/1 Thomasville 81 – 62 (W)
3/5 Winston-Salem Prep 72 – 66 (W)