Photo by Jennifer Regan A special group of Cedar Ridge softball seniors ended their careers in the second round of the 5A State Playoffs on Friday night. C.B. Aycock, the #8 seed in the 5A Eastern Regional, defeated the Red Wolves 15-0 in three innings in Pikeville. Brooklyn Davis hit a three-run home run in…
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Mia Best has saved some of her best performances for her final home games for Cedar Ridge softball. On Tuesday, in likely her final home game, Best tossed a one-hit shutout as Cedar Ridge defeated Wilson Fike 14-0 in five innings to advance to the second round of the 5A State Playoffs. At the plate,…
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Photo by Jacques Morin The Cedar Ridge softball team was just a eyelash away from earning a bye into the second round of the 5A State Playoffs After C.B. Aycock closed out its season with eight consecutive wins, including three games in the final four days of the regular season, they inched out the Red…
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This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is senior Laci Sykes. Over the past four years, Sykes has been a two-sport athlete. She has played softball for head coach Allan Byrd. This season, Sykes hit .269 with two home runs and 15 RBIs for a Cedar Ridge team that finished second in the…
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Back in the fall, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association reorganized itself from a four-classification standard to an alleged “expanded”, eight-classification approach. And yet,the Association had an opportunity to rectify a wrong it has been committed for many years. That wrong was that there were too many teams making the state playoffs when…
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This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is senior catcher Brittani Goodard. This season, Goddard is hitting .346 with nine doubles for a Cedar Ridge softball team that is second in the Big 7 Conference. On March 23, Goddard hit her first home run of the season in a win over the Durham…
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