Day: February 21, 2026

Orange Panther of the Week: Piper White

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior swimmer Piper White. Last week, White ended her swimming career by finishing second in the 200 yard freestyle at the 5A State Championships inside the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary. It was the best individual finish of her career at the state championships. White also earned…

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Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Kennedi Fearrington

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is sophomore women’s basketball guard Kennedi Fearrington. This season, the Red Wolves had to deal with departures and injuries, but Fearrington remained the pillar of the team. It paid off for Cedar Ridge in the final week of the regular season when they defeated J.F. Webb…

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Cedar Ridge’s Dual State Tournament Wrestling Run Ends Against Person; West Rowan Claims 5A State Championship

The stakes were never higher for a night of wrestling inside Red Wolf Gymnasium. Through the quirk of winter weather and reclassification, the 5A State Dual Team Wrestling Eastern Regional semifinals, regional championship and the state championship would all be determined in one night in Hillsborough. It all happened last Wednesday and the result was…

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Seaforth Sweep; Hawks’ Leonard scores 26 points to push Seaforth past Orange 58-33 to win Big 7 Title; Meador scores 36 in OT thriller over S. Granville

PITTSBORO–Natalie Roberson didn’t think twice about diving on the floor for a loose ball. Maura McMurtry still tried to create as many loose balls as possible. Kassidy Tolliver remained a consistent presence in the low post. All the familiar ingredients to its success were still readily apparent for the Orange women’s basketball team in the…

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Cedar Ridge’s Favio Jaramillo discusses winning the 113-pound 5A Eastern Regional Wrestling Championship

It has been quite a year for Cedar Ridge senior wrestler Favio Jaramillo. In the quad meet of the year, he reached his 100th career victory against Eastern Alamance on November 13. On December 3, Jaramillo defeated Seaforth’s Luke Ayers 15-10, which led to the Red Wolves defeating the Hawks 54-24 in a dual match….

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Cedar Ridge men’s basketball’s Jack Kelsey and James Faubert discuss win over J.F. Webb

While the season is over for the Cedar Ridge men’s basketball team, they did close the season strong. During a draining final week to the regular season, the Red Wolves had a four-game winning streak. It was the longest winning streak for Cedar Ridge basketball since the 2015-2016 season. The most surprising win of all…

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Orange men’s basketball forward J.T. Gray talks win over Cedar Ridge

For someone who had just one season as a rotation player for the Orange men’s basketball team, senior J.T. Gray made the most of it. In his final home game on Monday night, Gray scored a career-high 31 points as the Panthers defeated Cedar Ridge 69-46 in the Big 7 Men’s Tournament quarterfinals in Hillsborough….

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Cedar Ridge junior wrestler Thalia Paterno discusses 2nd place finish at 5A East Regionals

Cedar Ridge sophomore Thalia Paterno was an instrumental part of a season that put Red Wolves wrestling in the record books. For starters, the Cedar Ridge women’s program became the first Big 7 Conference champions, going undefeated against league competition. They are the first team to claim a women’s conference wrestling championship locally. Along with…

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