Cedar Ridge Men’s Soccer

Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Erik Galunas

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is senior men’s soccer goalkeeper Erik Galunas. From the very beginning of the season when Cedar Ridge won on a muddy, humid day against Southern Alamance at Red Wolf Stadium in mid-August, Galunas has been the leader for a Cedar Ridge soccer team that reached the…

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Martinez’s goal pushes Southern Wayne past Cedar Ridge men’s soccer 3-1 in 5A State Playoffs; Ashton scores final goal of season

Photo by Kareem Brown DUDLEY–Emiliano Chirigliano faced the most difficult part of his season at the very end. To conclude his first year as Cedar Ridge head men’s soccer coach, he pulled his six seniors together for a final, private discussion. On a blustery, chilly night at the Doyle Whitfield Athletic Complex in Dudley, Chirigliano…

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Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Tyler Baker

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is junior men’s soccer midfielder Tyler Baker. Last Monday, Baker scored the game-winning goal as Cedar Ridge defeated Durham School of the Arts 4-3 at Red Wolves Stadium. It was the second time this season that Baker has scored the game-winning goal against the Bulldogs. Last…

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Cedar Ridge men’s soccer’s Sawyer Smith & Kai Miller discuss preparing for 5A state playoffs

The Cedar Ridge men’s soccer team has completed the season with a two-win improvement from 2024. On Monday, Cedar Ridge got two goals fro Tyler Baker to defeat Durham School of the Arts amid a torrential rainfall at Red Wolves Stadium. Luke Atkinson and Alex Bettger added goals for the Red Wolves. On October 20,…

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Soccer Notebook: Cedar Ridge’s Ashton scores two goals in win at South Granville; Atkinson scores game-winner as Seaforth edges Orange

Midway through the Big 7 Conference men’s soccer race, the championship is very much up for grabs. Five days after assisting on the game-winning goal at Durham School of the Arts, Cedar Ridge junior Julian Ashton scored two goals as the Red Wolves scored a season-high six goals in a 6-3 win at South Granville…

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Cedar Ridge men’s soccer’s Tyler Baker and Noah Koehler discuss over win at Durham School of the Arts

For the first time in his career, Cedar Ridge soccer midfielder Tyler Baker has scored two goals in a game. On Wednesday night, Baker scored the game-winning goal in the opening session of overtime off a free kick as the Red Wolves defeated Durham School of the Arts 3-1. It was Cedar Ridge’s first Big…

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Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Niko James

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is junior men’s soccer midfielder Niko James. Last week, James scored the game-winning goal as the Red Wolves defeated Eastern Alamance 4-0 at Red Wolves Stadium. James launched a shot from 30 yards into the net to start a four-goal second half for Cedar Ridge. So…

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Cedar Ridge men’s soccer Ben Stephenson and Erik Galunas discuss win over Northern Durham

Three weeks ago, Northern Durham handily defeated Cedar Ridge 4-1 at Ken Browning Stadium. On Wednesday night, the Red Wolves responded with an inspired effort with a 1-0 win in Hillsborough. Senior goalkeeper Erik Galunas made seven saves, six in the second half, to earn the clean sheet as the Red Wolves won its final…

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Cedar Ridge men’s soccer Niko James, Andy Tarija, Aaron Morales and Ben Stephenson discuss win over Eastern Alamance

Cedar Ridge used the long ball to defeat Eastern Alamance for its third win of the season on Tuesday night. Niko James launched a shot from roughly 28 yards for the game-winning goal in the 44th minute, his third goal of the season. Shortly afterwards, Andy Traija would add to the total with a shot…

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Soccer Notebook: James, Morales power Cedar Ridge past Eastern Alamance 4-0; Southern Durham blanks Orange 1-0

From the very beginning of a difficult 2024, the Cedar Ridge men’s soccer team never got above .500 at any point in the season. On Tuesday night, several precise shots from distance led to a four-goal second half as the Red Wolves improved to 3-2 on the season with a 4-0 win over Eastern Alamance…

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