The Parent-Teacher-Student Associations of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools will sponsor a Parenting Healthy Teenagers Forum on February 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Chapel Hill High School Hanes Auditorium. More »

PAGE-CHCCS, a parent advocacy group for academically gifted students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, will meet January 24 at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library. More »

Omni Lester (15) of the varsity Carrboro Lady Jaguars lets fly a shot at the basket during a game against the North Carolina School of Science and Math on Tuesday, Jan. 15 in Carrboro. The Lady Jags won, 43-39. The Varsity Boys team also won against Science and Math Tuesday, 74-56.

Culbreth Middle Boys’ Basketball
(via Mike Harris, Tuesday 1/15)

Culbreth’s Boys Varsity Basketball team improved their overall record to 5-3 with a nail-biting win over a much improved Gravelly Hills team. Culbreth exploded out of the gate, pushing the ball up the court with their preferred fastbreaking offense and opened a 10-2 lead. Gravelly fought back to take the lead at halftime, 27-23, and maintained a lead for most of the second half until Keenan van Name’s 3-pointer with about a minute left in the game broke a 40-40 tie and put the Cougars up by three. Gravelly had a final opportunity to pull out the win with 13 seconds to go and down by one point.  However, a smothering Culbreth defense forced a turnover and Denzel Ingram picked up the loose ball to run the clock out and seal the win.  Ingram led Culbreth with 17 points, although the win would not have been possible without outstanding aggressive play from Drew Davis, Dylan Arant and Jacob Junker.

By Frank Heath
Sports Columnist

Will this UNC basketball team go down in history as one of the Tar Heels’ best-ever?
The Tar Heels, whose 93-62 skunking of ACC rival NC State on Saturday was their seventeenth win without a defeat, are certainly positioning themselves to be “in the conversation.” More »