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Northwood is 10-0 against Chapel Hill since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Northwood Chargers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Chapel Hill Tigers at 6:00 p.m.

Northwood lost a close one when they played on Wednesday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on on Tuesday was a bit more commanding. They suffered a tough 12-1 defeat at the hands of Chatham Central. Northwood has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Northwood saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kara Thomas, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

Meanwhile, Chapel Hill can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. They put the hurt on Carrboro with a sharp 20-5 win. The victory was just what Chapel Hill needed coming off of a 24-7 loss in their prior match.

Alexandra (Kes) Duncan made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). Duncan was even better at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances.

In other batting news, Chapel Hill got a massive performance out of Silvia Tellez-Flores, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. Channing Clark was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.

Northwood's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Chapel Hill, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.

Northwood took their victory against Chapel Hill in their previous matchup back in April of 2021 by a conclusive 18-1. Will Northwood repeat their success, or does Chapel Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) – Many commuters rely on the Carolina blue buses to get to and from their destinations nearly every day.

That’s the case for one Chapel Hill woman, but she said the wait times are getting worse.

“One time we waited for like 45 minutes,” Jessica, a Chapel Hill resident, said.

Earlier this month, nearly $140 million was recommended in the upcoming federal budget to help Chapel Hill construct its North-South Bus Rapid Transit plan. That includes over five miles of dedicated bus lanes.

Congress still needs to approve the funding.

“It’s a heavily used corridor already today for transit,” Chapel Hill Transit Director Brian Litchfield said. “It’s a heavily used corridor for folks using their personal vehicles.”

The Bus Rapid Transit will go from the north end of town, down Martin Luther King Boulevard through downtown Chapel Hill and the UNC campus.

Then, it will move south to the Southern Village Park and Ride.

“Ultimately, what all that means to the customer is buses are going to come more frequently,” Litchfield said. “They’re going to be more reliable, so it’s going to be easier to use.”

Chapel Hill Transit leaders hope to begin construction within the next three years, and NSBRT will officially kick off in 2029 at the earliest.

“That means a lot,” said a bus user who claims she’s missed appointments due to wait times.

Some parts of the route, where dedicated bus lanes won’t be placed, would implement a signal priority system to keep those vehicles moving. The goal is to have buses coming every six minutes.

The project also includes pedestrian safety improvements. The plan is to build a multiuse path, and sidewalks in some of the areas that don’t currently have the infrastructure.

In December 1979, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, the founding director of the Southern Oral History Program, sat down to interview Nell Sigmon about her life in western North Carolina. As Hall explained the value of the retired hosiery worker’s story for understanding the early 20th century industrialization of the South, Sigmon interrupted her to say, “Well, of course, you don’t have to be famous for your life to be history.”

Sigmon’s words became an unofficial motto for the program founded in 1973-74 to collect the stories of people from across North Carolina and the South to better understand the history of the state, region and nation.

“Having an institution like UNC sending people out to talk to the people of the state about their lives and affirming their historical significance is an important form of outreach for the University,” said Hall, now Julia Cherry Spruill Professor Emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences’ history department.

On April 5 and 6, the Center for the Study of the American South will hold a celebration to commemorate its 30-year anniversary and the 50-year anniversary of the Southern Oral History Program, which joined the center 20 years after its founding.

The mission of the Southern Oral History Program, according to director Seth Kotch, is to include the stories of ordinary Southerners alongside those of prominent figures in our understanding of history.

“When we hear a story about a general, we want to know what his foot soldiers thought about him. Or when we hear a story about a president, we want to know what his interns thought,” Kotch said. “We’re the ones who talk to the interns and the foot soldiers.”

The interviews conducted by students in the program illuminate topics such as the Civil Rights Movement, the women’s rights movement, and the history of Southern medicine. Interviews are archived within the Southern Historical Collection in the Wilson Special Collections Library and available digitally for scholars across the world to draw on for research and teaching. The recordings are also available to the public, some of whom search for interviews with their own family members. Students have gone on to apply the skills they learned in the program in their careers as scholars, journalists, public historians, and leaders of their own oral history efforts.

“It’s important for a public university to be outward facing, to engage with our state, and to be curious about how local history can inform us about the history of the nation,” said Hooper Schultz, a Carolina doctoral candidate and SOHP field scholar. “As the flagship public university in North Carolina, it’s our mandate to tell the story of the state and to provide research that is going to matter to the majority of people in our state.”

After 50 years, the mission of the SOHP remains focused on elevating the voices of both ordinary Southerners and of prominent individuals and incorporating both perspectives into our understanding of history.

“Every interview we do is evidence that our history is a great ocean made up of little drops,” said Kotch. “There might be huge warships sailing on top of it that are catching our eye, but what’s actually meaningful about the ocean is the water.”

Chapel Hill has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Northwood Chargers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Chapel Hill is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 13 runs per game this season.

Chapel Hill has not done well against Carrboro recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Chapel Hill was the clear victor by a 20-5 margin over Carrboro. Chapel Hill might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five contests by eight runs or more this season.

Alexandra (Kes) Duncan made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). Duncan was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring four runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances.

In other batting news, Chapel Hill got a massive performance out of Silvia Tellez-Flores, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Channing Clark, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.

Northwood lost a close one when they played on Wednesday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on on Tuesday was a bit more commanding. They suffered a tough 12-1 defeat at the hands of Chatham Central. Northwood has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Northwood saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kara Thomas, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

Chapel Hill's record now sits at 7-3. As for Northwood, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.

Chapel Hill might still be hurting after the 18-1 defeat they got from Northwood when the teams last played back in April of 2021. Thankfully for Chapel Hill, Caroline Garner (who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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Van entered their tilt with Chapel Hill with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Chapel Hill Bulldogs 8-7. That's more bragging rights for Van, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Colten Grier made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Grier was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with three RBI and a double.

In other pitching news, Rawly Hinch looked comfortable as he pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (he also didn't allow any walks).

Back at the plate, Landon Smith was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Asher Hawkins, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.

On Chapel Hill's side, Chandler Lawson was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Jesus Samaniego was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with two RBI.

Van has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6-2 record this season. As for Chapel Hill, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-11-1.

Van will have a chance to go back-to-back against Chapel Hill: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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