Panther Creek will participate in the Burlington Coat Factory’s “Warm Coats and Warm Hearts Drive” on Tuesday for its boys’ basketball game against Green Hope. Each fan that brings a “gently-worn” coat to donate to the game will be able to enter the game for just $3. Ticket prices are usually $5. The team will deliver all the collected coats on Wednesday. Also partnering in the coat drive is Good Morning America and the Raleigh Rescue Mission. 

RSA swimmers break state, team records

The Raleigh Swimming Association competed at the RSA Reindeer Meet on Dec. 5-7.  At the meet, RSA swimmers broke four North Carolina Swimming Records and 10 RSA Team Records. North Carolina swimming records were broken by Henriette Stenkvist in the 13-14 women’s 200 backstroke and Sarah Henry in the 15-16 women’s 200 freestyle, open women’s 200 freestyle and the 15-16 women’s 200 IM.  RSA team records were broken by Stenkvist also broke RSA team records in in the 13-14 women’s 200 freestyle, 13-14 women’s 500 freestyle, 13-14 women’s 100 backstroke and the open women’s 200 backstroke. In addition to her state records, Henry broke team records in the 15-16 women’s 1,000 freestyle and open women’s 1,000 freestyle. Jose Chavez broke the 13-14 men’s 200 IM team record.  If you are interested in joining RSA you can either e-mail kit.raulerson@swimrsa.org, call 859-4881 or visit swimrsa.org for more information.

Tri-Eight team, awards announced for volleyball

After leading the conference for the greater part of the season, it’s no surprise that Apex and Green Hope were honored more than any other Tri-Eight team when the conference announced its postseason awards. Apex coach Nikki O’Connell was tabbed Coach of the Year after leading the Cougars to the East Regional final, while Green Hope’s Jennifer Hindman was named player of the year. The Falcons, who had four players named to the All-Conference team, ended their year in the East Regional semifinal. Apex had the next highest amount of members on the All-Conference team with three. To view all those awarded by the Tri-Eight for volleyball, click herefor the SWakeSports Blog.