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…
Read MoreCharlotte 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…
Read MoreMen’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…
Read MorePhoto 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…
Read MoreAfter 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…
Read MoreIt 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…
Read MoreThis 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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