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Brown scores game-winning run off walkoff error as Orange baseball wins season-opener over Riverside; McGuffey earns win as Cedar Ridge tops Voyager

Cam Brown saw his third base coach, Jason Knapp, waving him around to score. He just wasn’t sure why. With J.P. Rodio ahead of him about the score the game-tying run in the seventh inning against Riverside, Brown didn’t have time to wonder. As he made his way around third, what Brown didn’t see was…

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Softball Alumni Update: Lowry earns first pitching save at Lees-McRae

Charlotte Lowry: The former Cedar Ridge pitcher has made her first appearances inside the circle at Division II Lees-McRae. Lowry earned her first save in a 12-1 win over Shaw University on February 14 in Raleigh. Lowry tossed two scoreless innings, allowing only two hits with two strikeouts. Lowry earned another save in Lees-McRae’s 21-9 win…

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Odds and Sods: Clark scores 7 goals in Orange lacrosse’s season-opening win over Pinecrest; Cole & Condon push Panther tennis past Cedar Ridge

Men’s Lacrosse: Orange 15, Pinecrest 14: For the second time in three years, the Orange lacrosse team played a one-goal game against the Pinecrest Patriots. In 2024 in Moore County, an overtime goal by Brandon Williams lifted the Panthers to a victory. Last Wednesday in the season-opener at Auman Stadium in Hillsborough, it was a defensive…

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Baseball Alumni Update: Clayton opens year with three wins at Gaston College

Photo by Jacques Morin Cross Clayton: The last 20-game winner to pitch in Hillsborough, Clayton has started his second season with Gaston College. He has pitched in six games for the Rhinos, amassing a 3-1 record with a 3.74 ERA. On January 23, Clayton threw three shutout innings to earn the win as Gaston defeated Patrick…

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Cedar Ridge’s Jaramillo finishes second, ends career with 143 wins; Briones 3rd, Angel 4th at State Wrestling Championships

After 24 years as a wrestling program, Cedar Ridge was one win away from crowning its first individual state champion. In a season filled with championships and milestones, senior Favio Jaramillo just missed out on a storybook finish. At the 5A State Championships at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro on February 21, Jaramill0 became the…

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Orange women’s basketball ends season against Rockingham County in 2nd round of 5A State Playoffs

It is fitting that the final points scored by a Hillsborough basketball team this season was a 3-pointer by Orange’s Natalie Roberson off an assist from Payton Borland. It was two seniors from a team that has won 36 games over the past two years connecting one final time on a night that didn’t go…

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Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Ella-Grace Reed

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is freshman wrestler Ella-Grace Reed. On February 14, Reed became the first Hillsborough woman to win a regional wrestling championship. At Seaforth High School in Pittsboro, Reed pinned Maliyah Jackson of South Brunswick in 1:23 in the championship match at 138 pounds. It has been a…

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