Varsity Girls Basketball from Joe Gaughan:

This year varsity woman’s basketball team returned to the top of the state

ladder and the first game of the season was a capsule of the year to come.

Trailing to the #2 team in the State, Covenant Day School, CFA came back

from 8 points down in the final 4 minutes to pull off the upset and

advance to the High Point Christian Invitational Championship game were we

would beat Gaston Christian School to be the unlikely champions of the Tip

off Tourney. 

Raphaela Jochimczyk was named the Tourney MVP. During the

season,  CFA would make second half comebacks in 9 of their 22 wins. After

finishing conference (CFIC) play in second place with a 6-2 record, both

loses to conference champion Fayetteville Academy, CFA was rewarded with

the #7 seed in the State tournament. After a first round home win over #10

Gaston Christian it was on to Raleigh for the remainder of the State

playoffs. In the quarterfinal vs. #2 O’Neal, a team CFA lost to by 24

points in December, an early 10 point lead become a 6 point deficit with 4

minutes to play. Key baskets and free throws after  getting the lead back

from Anna Barry secured the upset and a slot in the Final Four. In the

semi final CFA would play St. David’s, a team CFA lost to by 1 point

during the regular season. St. David;s was led by Campbell signee and

NCISAA All-State performer Lindsay Bass. St. David’s took a 17- 6 lead

after the first quarter. CFA Defense would hold them to just 13 points the

rest of the game, taking the lead once again with under 2 minutes to play

and winning a trip to the State Championship. CFA would lose that game to

Victory Christian led by Candice Wood, a UNC-Chapel Hill signee. CFA

Varsity Girls Basketball finished 22-6 overall, 6-2 in the CFIC Conference

and #2 in the NCISAA. The Hurricanes were led by First Team All-State

(NCISAA) member Raphaela Jochimczyk who along three Division I signees

made the first team.

 

 

Varsity Boys Basketball 07-08 from Loren Baysden:

The Hurricanes of Cape Fear Academy had an up and down year this year, but

finished the season playing their best basketball.  The season started off

well, starting 8-4 and winning the Cape Fear Invitational with a win over

Waccamaw Academy to enter the Winter Break.  The Canes then got off to a

slow start, in what was soon to be recognized as one of the toughest

conferences in the state at any level.  Going 1-7 in the regular season in

conference could have kept this team down, but once the playoffs arrived,

this team, led by Juniors Alex Smith and Tautvydas Kairys, and Seniors

Jake Sigler, Zach Phares, Ben Currin and Matt Jernigan, picked it up

another notch and made a run that ended in the Quarterfinals of the State

Playoffs to the defending State Champion Victory Christian of Charlotte.

The Hurricanes lost 80-76, led by Jake Sigler’s 27 points off of 7 threes.

 The Hurricanes hit a total of 15 threes in the game.  Victory went on to

win their next two games by an average of 15 points, and won their second

straight State Championship.

 

The North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) is

becoming known for it’s superb talent.  With 6 of the top 10 rated players

in the state playing at independent schools, and players being recruited

by the top colleges in the nation, the NCISAA is quickly being recognized

as a very tough and competitive level of high school basketball. Cape Fear

Academy faced during the regular season Texas Tech signee and conference

rival Village Christian point guard Tyree Graham and then in the state

tournament - faced George Mason signee Andre Cornelius.

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