Our first Orange Panther of the Week for the 2025-2026 academic year is senior soccer and tennis player Molly Kruse. Through three dual matches, Kruse has already won six overall matches this season. Earlier this week, Kruse captured a singles match against Western Alamance’s Fiona Dang 6-1, 6-1. Later, she teamed with Kalynn Mason to…
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Photo by Justin Webb The list of accolades that Orange tennis coach Justin Webb has brought to the men’s and women’s programs continues to grow. Even before classes have officially started for the 2025-2026 academic year, Webb has already another item to his lengthy list of coaching milestones. On a sultry Monday night in Elon,…
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The Orange women’s tennis team will be the first local team in action for the 2025-2026 academic year. On Monday, the Lady Panthers will face Eno River Academy at the Walker Tennis Complex in Mebane. Orange is filled with experience with five starters returning from a squad that finished second in the Central Conference last…
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If you work locally, there’s a good chance you’ll pass by the Orange women’s tennis team bus on your way home sometime soon. Just let like year, they’ll be a barnstorming to open their season. The court at Orange High was replaced last year leaving Orange without a home court for the opening month of…
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Photo by Shannon Murphy Women’s golf: Orange senior Shannon Murphy is going to the 3A State Golf Championships next week. Lady Panthers sophomore Gianni Burnette will join her. On Monday at the Central Regional championships, Murphy finished 15h overall with a 92, including shooting a 44 on the front nine at the Valley Golf Course in…
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Decades in the making, the Orange women’s tennis team made its own bit of history on Monday night. The Lady Panthers defeated Northern Nash 5-2 to win the first-ever state playoff dual match at Orange High Tennis Courts. Orange, which received the #13 seed, advanced to the round of 32 to face Terry Sanford in…
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In fall sports, if a team wins when it starts getting cold, they’re doing something right. The Orange women’s tennis team did something unprecedented on Monday night. They won the first-ever state dual playoff match at Orange Tennis Courts. Adelyn Alvis and Casey Robinson each won singles and d0ubles matches as the Lady Panthers defeated…
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This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is sophomore tennis player Ellie Wilson. Last week at the Central Conference Tennis Championships at the Burlington Tennis Center, Wilson qualified for the Mideast Regionals in singles play. Wilson had to win two matches in order to reach Regionals for the first time in her career. In the…
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Orange 5, Cedar Ridge 4: It was a night of tiebreakers between Orange and Cedar Ridge on September 18. Three of the six singles matches wound up going to third set, 10-point tiebreakers. Unlike the matchup in August, Cedar Ridge was able to split the singles matches. Orange would take two out of three doubles fixtures…
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Over the past few years, the Orange women’s tennis team has prided itself on having multi-sport athletes up and down its roster. This year, the Lady Panthers are in second place in the Central Conference. On October 7, the Lady Panthers will face Williams with a chance to tie for first place in the regular…
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