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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…
Coming off a campaign where the Orange High girl’s tennis team finished with an 11-8 record (5-7 Big-8), the team’s first season finishing above .500 in years, one can understand why head coach Justin Webb called 2019 one of the greatest seasons the program has had in recent memory.
The Northern Durham Knights defeated the Orange Panthers, 31-14, Friday night at Auman Stadium in a game the Knights lead 17-0 at the end of the first half. But football is a game of momentum, and in the second half it looked as if Orange might come away with a victory.
The Cedar Ridge Red Wolves put up a fight with the Northern Durham Knights throughout the entire game in a 47-12 loss. Even with such a defeat, head coach Torrean Hinton felt that the Red Wolves had given a good fight.
Coming off a successful race at the Greensboro Invitational on Sept. 28, the Cedar Ridge girl’s cross country team solidified its claim as a top-10 team in the state at the 3A level.
Auman Stadium welcomed the East Chapel Hill Wildcats Friday night as the Orange Panthers pulled out a 40-7 win over their guests. Right from the start, the game appeared to be in favor of the victorious Panthers.
An excited crowd cheered on the Orange Panthers on the road as they made their way onto Tommy Blalock Field at Riverside High School Friday night. Although the Panthers ultimately lost the game 28-26, the team had much to be thankful about. Head Coach Van Smith felt extremely proud of the wo…
With the feeling of fall weather finally arriving, Cedar Ridge High School took on Orange High School at home Wednesday night. The Red Wolves ( decked out in their red jerseys were enthusiastic about taking on the rival Panthers (4-4, 1-2 Big 8) as fans filled up the stadium. The home fans w…
HILLSBOROUGH — Cameron Lloyd’s Cedar Ridge volleyball career has been nothing short of excellent. And each time she made a play Thursday night against Orange High, the Red Wolves’ student section let everyone know.
With Walter Williams High School in Orange territory to start the game, three plays after a third-down conversion, senior defensive back Jake Defranco made a play that changed the momentum of the game, and ignited the start of a defensive showcase that led his team to a 21-13 victory.
The Bartlett Yancey Buccaneers (3-0) defeated the Cedar Ridge Red Wolves, 42-0. The Red Wolves (0-2) dug an early deficit behind three fumbled kickoff returns in the second quarter that allowed Bartlett Yancey to pull away Friday in Hillsborough.
Cedar Ridge continued its winning ways in volleyball Thursday evening by traveling to Mebane and defeating Eastern Alamance in three sets.
HILLSBOROUGH — Senior quarterback Wyatt Jones looked right, scrambled left and threw a pass toward the corner of the end zone Friday night at Auman Stadium.
Molly Helmuth began racing go karts when she was 11 years old. Her passion for racing quickly grew; by the time she was 14 she had become the youngest driver to ever compete in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Mini-Stock Division at Evergreen Speedway while winning rookie of the year ho…
The Cedar Ridge boy’s basketball program has turned over a new leaf with the addition of Jaison Brooks as head basketball coach. Although talks began over the summer between Brooks and the school, the news did not become official until next week that the AVID and personal finance teacher at …
In the rafters and on the walls of Cedar Ridge’s gym hang several banners with accolades of past volleyball teams ranging from conference championships to names of All-Conference players.
Eastern Alamance’s varsity and junior varsity football teams provided a glimpse of the season ahead Friday night, as the Eagles hosted nearby Orange High School for a scrimmage at Fred Brady Stadium.
In his 24 years of coaching, Chris Walker has seen just about every kind of roster combination there is. He’s no stranger to coaching experienced, veteran squads, or young, up-and-coming ones.
According to a source with Orange County Schools, Cedar Ridge head football coach Antonio King vacated the position in a move that was announced via a letter to parents Wednesday night.
When speaking to Van Smith and Marty Scotten about the Orange High School football team’s upcoming season, there was a common theme in the responses from the two coaches—that is, the Panthers will employ the physical style of a power running attack.
Van Smith was still looking for a new offensive coordinator when he got a notification from a friend one Monday morning in the middle of the exam period at Orange High School. The friend alerted the head football coach of the Panthers that Marty Scotten was possibly looking for a coaching change.
Just in time, before the academic year ended, Cedar Ridge Football Coach Antonio King delivered a statement that will provide some joy for Red Wolves faithful going into the summer.
The spring sports season in Hillsborough will be remembered for Orange and Cedar Ridge battling for first place in the Big 8 softball standings. There was also Orange’s pursuit of East Chapel Hill for Big 8 baseball supremacy, Emma Talley running up impressive goal numbers for the Cedar Ridg…
This year, Allen Byrd slept the night Cedar Ridge’s season ended.
Mia Davidson: As a sophomore, the 2017 Orange High graduate has broken the Mississippi State softball record for career home runs. On Saturday night, Davidson set the Southeastern Conference single-season home run record with her 26th homer as the Bulldogs defeated Seattle University 7-3 in …
The final high school athletic event for the 2018- 19 academic year involving Hillsborough teams unfolded during a lengthy day in Greensboro.
Four Orange Panthers and two Cedar Ridge Red Wolves have been named to the 2019 All-Conference 7 team.
The final Orange Panther of the Week for the 2018-19 academic year is sophomore sprinter Keanu Mims.
The final Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week for the 2018-19 academic year is freshman pole vaulter Caroline Fowlkes.
The Orange softball team didn’t need any more incentive going into Friday night.
After leading the team in five offensive categories this season, Orange junior shortstop Joey Berini has been named the Big 8 Conference Player of the Year.
This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is sprinter Zach Crane.
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