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Leading up to their appearance at the WRAL Invitational in Knightdale this past weekend, the Cedar Ridge High School wrestling team challenged Eastern Alamance in a home Central Conference dual team match the evening of Tuesday, December 14 in Mebane. The Red Wolves put it all together for a…
There’s good news and more good news coming out of local high school softball. Orange High standout Carson Bradsher has committed to attend and play for Appalachian State University, which is good news for the Mountaineers. Bradsher is a junior, so she still has two more seasons at Orange, w…
Cedar Ridge High School’s volleyball squad headed to Raleigh Saturday for the NCHSAA 3A state championship match against North Iredell looking to bring home the school’s first-ever state title. Mission accomplished, as the Red Wolves won a thrilling four set match against the Raiders to comp…
Cedar Ridge High School’s volleyball team justified its No. 1 ranking in the NCHSAA 3A East Regional playoffs Tuesday evening by sweeping No. 2 seed Greenville Rose on its home court in Hillsborough, securing the Red Wolves’ place in the NCHSAA 3A state championship match.
Orange High School’s varsity football team concluded its 2021 football season Friday night with a home game in Auman Stadium against Eastern Alamance. The Eagles had clinched the Central Conference regular season championship the week before with a victory over Northwood, and came to Hillsbo…
Orange High School’s women’s tennis squad made its way to Fayetteville the afternoon of Tuesday, October 26 for a second round state playoff matchup at Cape Fear. The Panthers stunned Wilson Fike on October 22 in the first round of this year’s NCHSAA 3A state playoffs, and headed to Fayettev…
The Orange Panthers (2-7 overall, 1-4 in conference play) traveled down Interstate 40-85 to Burlington on Friday night and suffered a 43-7 setback against the Walter Williams Bulldogs (5-4, 4-1 in league play).
The Cedar Ridge High volleyball squad swept a pair of matches October 19 and 20 over Orange and Person County in the Central Conference Tournament, completing a perfect 14-0 run through Central Conference play this fall and earning the Red Wolves the first-ever Central Conference regular sea…
Dig, set, kill. Dig, set, kill. On its way to a (so far) undefeated season, the Cedar Ridge High School volleyball team has mastered the three-step play of dig, set, kill.
The Orange County School Board met Monday evening to discuss potential changes and challenges facing the district and students as a result of the pandemic. It also received recommendations from the Orange County Health Department and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on whethe…
Hillsborough has seen some fantastic high school sports teams roll through the area. This year, one group has stood out from the rest. The Cedar Ridge Volleyball team has been a dominant force, generating interest in the program’s varsity team. The squad, which is 7-0 so far this season, has…
More than 100 Orange County Schools parents and students gathered at the old Orange County Courthouse to rally against proposed mandated Covid-19 vaccines for employees and middle and high school students who plan to participate in athletics, cheerleading, chorus, theater, and band activities.
About five years ago, Karen MacAulay and Mary Ann Peter were talking over lunch, and MacAulay mentioned she was having back issues, and that she wanted to take up a sport that would be easier on her back. Peter suggested swimming.
Hillsborough native and Orange High School graduate Bryse Wilson was traded Friday to the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Atlanta Braves, in a three-player deal. Wilson, 23, was drafted by the Braves in the fourth round in 2016. He is 2-3 with a 4.83 ERA and 21 strikeouts in seven starts this se…
There must be something in the water. Legendary Duke University men's basketball coach Mike 'Coach K' Krzyzewski, will reportedly retire after the upcoming 2021-22 NCAA basketball season, according to Stadium’s Jeff Goodman. Krzyzewski’s announcement comes just months after UNC Tar Heels men…
On the afternoon of Oct. 16, 2020, Atlanta Braves pitcher Bryse Wilson was trying to stay calm as the minutes before game time ticked away like the popping of a fastball hitting a catcher’s mitt. It was Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. He was facing the Los Angeles Dodgers.…
A few teachers in Hillsborough who are outstanding in their field were presented with gifts from two people who are outstanding on the field.
It is not in dispute that The University of North Carolina has one of the top-five traditions in the history of college basketball. For over 40 years, no man had a more interesting, direct and emotional tie to the legendary program of Dean Edwards Smith than Matt Doherty.
Synchronized ice-skating teams Carolina Ice Synchro (CIS) and Triangle Formation (TF) will lace up their skates together this season. The newly merged Carolina Formation brings together two of North Carolina’s most accomplished synchro groups. “Both CIS and TF have earned trips to Nationals …
One year after Covid-19 put it in park, the Orange County Speedway is getting rolling again. Track announcer and Chaplain Dennis McDonald is hoping fans eager to watch something from some place other than their couch will return to races and other events planned for the speedway.
Legendary basketball coach Roy Williams announced his retirement on Thursday after 18 years with the UNC Tar Heels. Williams led North Carolina to three national championships. He steps down after 48 seasons of coaching and 903 wins as a college basketball coach. The UNC team finished the 20…
On Wednesday, March 10, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Board of Directors concluded a special called meeting for the purpose of finalizing the 2021-2025 Realignment Plan and implementing the 2021-2022 sports calendar. The Board also altered playoff qualification…
The Hillsborough Youth Athletic Association (HYAA) is ready for local kids to trade sitting around on the couch for running around on ballfields outdoors. But the zero-budget organization is struggling to reach pre-pandemic registration and volunteer levels.
Hillsborough Cheer and Dance Co. has found its groove. The local small business recently took a group of girls ranging in ages from 5-years-old to 14-years-old, to Fort Mill, S.C., to participate in a competitive dance event. To say they rocked the dance floor is an understatement.
The Carolina Ice Synchro (CIS) is celebrating 20 years of skating. Bringing their passion to the ice, former skaters Jayme Gaster and Paula McKinley created Orange County’s first synchronized ice skating team in 2001.
Last Wednesday, the Cedar Ridge High School Red Wolves and Orange High School Panthers took to the rolling Northwood cross country course in the challenging Conference meet. Unlike previous years, where teams were automatically entered the Regional race, the Conference meet is a qualifier fo…
The Cedar Ridge High School volleyball team finished its season undefeated at 8-0, and is the Big 8 Conference Champions. Let’s never mind that eight games is about 15 fewer games than a normal season. COVID-19 is to blame for that. The playoff-bound Fighting Red Wolves, like each other high…
Orange County has something to rally around this week as Cedar Ridge High School’s Varsity volleyball team will play today in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A playoffs. The Fighting Red Wolves finished their season undefeated at 8-0, and was the Big 8 Conferenc…
There’s a familiar saying about the grass not always being greener on the other side of the fence, but Amanda Jones is finding out if the water looks any different on the other side of the pool.
Meridian Community Foundation, a recently formed nonprofit, has announced plans to convert a 38-acre tract of land near the corner of West 10 and Bushy Cook roads into an athletic facility and park, potentially with baseball/softball fields, a gymnasium and walking trails. There is no set st…
If you’re sad about COVID-19 affecting football season this year, here is something that might cheer you up.
Hillsborough native, Orange High alum, and Atlanta Braves pitcher Bryse Wilson pitched the game of his life Thursday night. Wilson pitched six strong innings against a dangerous Los Angeles Dodgers lineup to earn the win and push the Braves to one win shy of the World Series. Not bad for a 2…
While two presidential candidates were holding dueling town halls Wednesday night, a rookie Atlanta Braves pitcher from Hillsborough was putting on a pitching clinic. That he was outshining a future first-ballot Hall of Fame superstar was even more impressive and unexpected.
The Atlanta Braves will seek to extend their series lead in the National League Championship Series game after a lopsided loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. And when the Braves take to the field Thursday night, Orange High School graduate Bryse Wilson will be on the pitcher’s mound.
The scene opens with a middle-age couple sitting in their car in the driveway at the home of a former basketball legend. In hushed, confident tones, the woman convinces her husband to drive away for a few minutes while she carries out her plan.
It was a call Phillip Walker wasn’t expecting.
Her next big stop will still be the softball fields at UNC-Greensboro. However, when she is able to participate with the Spartans softball team has been delayed.
Hillsborough has something to cheer and dance about. Literally.
When she was in the seventh grade, Emma Williamson fell in love with the sport of Ultimate Frisbee. She absorbed it and became very good at the game. Unfortunately for Emma, the feeling was not mutual among many of her schoolmates. In her eighth grade year, there wasn’t enough interest in th…
In a matter of weeks, Tori Dalehite will hang up her shoes after another standout season of high school basketball. She will then lace up her cleats to begin practicing for her senior year of softball, one that will no doubt put the exclamation point on a remarkable career at Cedar Ridge Hig…
Former Orange High football and wrestling standout Payton Wilson was arrested in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 14 in Raleigh, where he currently attends N.C. State University on a football scholarship.
Although Orange wasn’t quite able to get over the hump to win its host Jim King Invitational this past weekend, the youthful Panthers squad put up some competition amidst some of the best competition in the state. OHS placed second overall in the team competition among 19 schools - behind on…
Ever since she was in eighth grade, Jaden Hurdle has dreamed of playing softball at the collegiate level.
On Thursday afternoon at noon, parents, students and faculty members gathered in the Orange High School gymnasium to celebrate four athletes signing their National Letters of Intent.
After knee injuries derailed Payton Wilson during his senior season at Orange High School and his 2018 season at N.C. State, head coach Dave Doeren told reporters in July that no player on his team was more excited for the start of football season than his redshirt freshman linebacker.
For Cedar Ridge High School’s senior night, spirits were high but results did not go accordingly. Right from the start the Red Wolves had to deal with an aggressive offense from their cross-town rivals. Just four and a half miles separates Orange High and Cedar Ridge, and fans of both sides …
Coming off a season that saw the Orange High School varsity wrestling team cap off a successful season with a 10th-place finish in the 3A division at the North Carolina state competition, the Panthers and head coach Spenser Poteat are facing an uphill battle for the 2019-2020 season.
Scott Metcalf has been around successful high school wrestling squads before. As an assistant coach at Orange High School he watched the Panthers win the state championship three times.
After Michael Mulligan completed his first year as Orange High School boy’s cross country head coach in the fall of 2018, he pushed his runners to continue working hard in the winter, spring and summer to come in as an improved group for 2019.
On a chilly Homecoming night at East Chapel Hill High School, the Cedar Ridge Red Wolves experienced a humbling loss following the squad’s first win of the 2019 season a week before. Despite another 100-yard rushing performance by sophomore running back Isaiah McCambry, the Red Wolves were p…
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