As anticipated, the loss by Cedar Ridge in the Big 7 Conference Tournament turned out to be expensive. Instead of being the #1 seed in the Eastern Region for the 5A State Playoffs, the Red Wolves will have to be content with a #2 seed. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released the field…
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There’s a different flavor to this year’s Orange Middle School football team. In 2023 and 2024, they won the Orange Person Athletic Conference championship behind big play threats like Jameson Torain, Jakiah Rawles, Beckett Kinlaw and Kyleed Royster. The 2025 team that reached the OPAC title game was filled with 8th graders, some of whom…
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For the fourth year in a row, the Orange Middle School Chargers are headed to the Orange Person Athletic Conference Championship game. Another dominant defensive performance pushed the Chargers past defending OPAC Champions Culbreth 14-0 at Charger Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Orange held the Cougars to 39 yards total offense and two first downs. Frank…
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Leave it to Lucy Frank to spontaneously create a victory celebration in possibly her final match at Orange Tennis Courts. Playing alongside Samantha Gover, the doubles partners would jump and tag each other’s racquets in the final points of their match-clinching victory at #3 doubles over Cedar Ridge’s Lucinda Smylie and Ivaree Eads 8-3. Frank,…
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Usually, the second round of the state dual team tennis playoffs is contested with players wearing warm-up pants and the fans bundled up in sweatshirts and blankets outside the cages of the courts. On Wednesday at Fairview Tennis Courts in Hillsborough, the weather felt closer to the conference opener in September. Highs hovered near 90…
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Photo by Cam Armitage Better late than never. A season filled with narrow losses against the state’s top teams now has a signature victory for the Orange volleyball team. Best of all for them, it came in October, when champions are crowned, wins feel bigger and upsets are more memorable. Wins don’t come much more…
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After a season’s worth of near-misses against top teams, the Orange volleyball squad pulled a stunner in the Big 7 Conference Tournament semifinals on Tuesday night. The Lady Panthers surprised Cedar Ridge 3-2 in a thrilling match at Red Wolves Gymnasium. It was Orange first win over Cedar Ridge since October 26, 2024, which was…
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Jakiah Rawles, Beckett Kinlaw and Luca Van Praag won Orange Person Athletic Conference championships together at Orange Middle School. Last week, they won a Big 7 Conference championship in junior varsity football. The Panthers defeated J.F. Webb 44-20 at Auman Stadium in Hillsborough to secure the conference championship. Rawls, a running back, scored a touchdown….
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