Month: September 2016

With a vital match against Chapel Hill on the horizon, Orange volleyball took care of business against Southern Durham.

The Panthers swept the Spartans 3-0 on Tuesday night at Spartans Gymnasium on scores of 25-9, 25-15 & 25-11. Macy Hughes had six aces and six kills. Emma Clements has four aces, four kills and 5 digs. Julia Fish added five kills and four blocks. Julia Lovingood had 2 kills and 15 assists.

Orange has won three in a row and are now 4-5. They are tied with Webb for 2nd place in the Big 8 with a 2-1 record, one game behind undefeated Chapel Hill. The Tigers visit Jim King Gymnasium in Hillsborough on Thursday night at 6:30.

As Cedar Ridge girls tennis reaches the midway point in the season, there’s no question they’ve established themselves as the team to beat in the Big 8 Conference.

A week after sweeping Chapel Hill and Northwood in road matches, the Red Wolves captured its eighth straight victory over Webb 7-2 in Hillsborough on Monday afternoon.

Olivia Ward won at #2 singles over Anna Freuler in three sets,  capturing the 10-point tiebreaker 10-7. Ward is now 7-3.

From there, Cedar Ridge dominated singles play, dropping only three games in the final four matches.

Leah Thompson defeated Sarah Monte 6-1, 6-1 to bolster her record to 7-1. Serena Sauters dispatched of Erin Bostic 6-1, 6-0 to remain undefeated at 10-0. Alana Lutz swept Emily Burns 6-0, 6-0. Hannah Spear wrapped up the victory wth a 6-0, 6-0 golden bagel of Anna Currin.

Spear is also undefeated at 8-0.

Thompson & Lutz won its doubles match 8-1. Emma Wilson and Sauers swept its doubles match over Burns and Currin 8-0. Lutz & Thompson improved to 6-1 as a tandem in 2006. Sauers & Wilson improved to 4-1.

Cedar Ridge is now 9-1, 5-0 in the Big 8 Conference. They travel to the Rock Quarry on Thursday to face Voyager Academy before venturing back into conference play next week.

It’s a full week for volleyball, girls tennis and soccer in Hillsborough. The shape of the Big 8 Conference Volleyball race will start to take form as Cedar Ridge at Orange both have matches against Chapel Hill. The Red Wolves play three road games in four days, including a trip to CHHS on Tuesday. Orange hosts the Tigers on Thursday.

The Cedar Ridge girls tennis team will look to remain atop the Big 8 when they host Webb this afternoon at 4:30. It’s the Red Wolves only conference match this week. The Orange girls tennis team hosts Northwood this afternoon and Webb on Wednesday.

Here’s this week’s slate:

Monday:

Boys Soccer:  Cedar Ridge at Northern Vance 5:00; Orange at Carrboro 6:00.

Volleyball: Cedar Ridge at Eastern Alamance 6;30 (V); 5:00 (JV)

Girls Tennis: J.F. Webb at Cedar Ridge 4:30; Northwood at Orange 4:30.

Tuesday: 

Volleyball: Cedar Ridge at Chapel Hill 6:30 (V); 5:00 (JV); Orange at Southern Durham 6:30 (V) 5:00 (JV)

Wednesday: 

Boys Soccer: Southern Durham at Cedar Ridge 6;30 (V) 4:45 (JV); Northern Vance at Orange 6:30 (V) 4:45 (JV).

Girls Tennis: Orange at J.F. Webb 4:30

Thursday: 

Football: Orange JV at Western Guilford 

Volleyball: Cedar Ridge at Northwood 6:30 (JV) 5:00 (JV); Chapel Hill at Orange 6:30 (V) 5:00 (JV)

Girls Tennis: Cedar Ridge vs. Voyager Academy (at the Rock Quarry) 4:30; Person at Orange 4:30.

Friday: 

Football: Cedar Ridge at Cardinal Gibbons 7:00; Western Guilford at Orange 7:00 (Coverage on HillsboroughSports.com starts at 6:45.)

It was a classic battle of ground game vs. air game on Auman Stadium on Thursday night, but some good old fashioned defense turned out to be the biggest play that earned the Orange JV football team its second win of the season.

Cameron White recovered a Cummings fumble at the 15-yard line with 2:35 remaining to keep the Cavaliers from scoring the go-ahead touchdown as Orange held on to defeat Cummings 34-32.

It was a strong night for the Orange running game. Colin Guentensberger scored three touchdowns. Eryk Mercado added two scored. Vital runs on the final drive by sophomore Jett Satterfield helped run the clock out as the Panthers continue its dominance in the JV ranks.

Orange bolted out to a 24-6 lead before Cummings scored touchdowns on five consecutive possessions. The game ran nearly three hours because a Cummings player had to be stretchered off the field by Orange County EMS after a frantic scramble for a fumble on a 2-point conversion. The player was breathing on his own and moving his legs as he was stretchered into the awaiting ambulance.

The Orange JV squad is slated to travel to Western Guilford in Greensboro next Thursday for its final nonconference game.

Senior Mileah Shriner had a strong night as Orange earned its 3rd win of the season on Thursday over Northern Vance. Meanwhile, junior Bailey Lucas is just getting used to North Carolina after moving from Illinois during the summer.

Coming off a disappointing loss to Cedar Ridge last week, the Orange volleyball team went into the week searching for salvation. And they got it.

After sweeping Graham on Tuesday, the Panthers earned its first Big 8 Conference win of the season by sweeping Northern Vance at Jim King Gymnasium on Thursday night on scores of 25-23, 27-25 & 26-24.

Macy Hughes had a solid all-around game for the Panthers, finishing with eight kills, three aces, 2 digs and 2 blocks. Mileah Shriner had seven kills, 1 block and 1 ace. Bailey Lucas had two kills, 15 assists and five digs.

Orange improves to 3-5, 1-1 in the Big 8. On Tuesday, they travel to Southern Durham. Next Thursday, they host Chapel Hill.

Another week comes to an end, and another week ends with Cedar Ridge girls tennis atop the Big 8 Conference.

On a week that started with two large tasks on the road, the Red Wolves came away with victories at Chapel Hill on Tuesday and at Northwood on Thursday.

Cedar Ridge defeated the Chargers 8-1 on Thursday in Pittsboro to improve to 8-1 overall, 4-0 in the Big 8. Senior Tess Johnson got things going with a straight sets victory over Sam Sparrow 6-3, 6-2. Leah Thompson was stretched to three sets by Rachel Yanders before prevailing 6-7 (7-4), 6-1, 10-6. Thompson is now 6-1 on the season.

Seneca Sauers improved her unblemished record to 9-0 with a 6-1, 6-2 sweep of Natlia Huggins. Hannah Spear also remained undefeated with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Korinne Fuller. Spear is now 7-0.

Kate Milner insured the victory for the Red Wolves with a. 6-0, 6-0 triumph over Sophie Cook.

The Red Wolves captured all three doubles matches. Johnson and Ward teamed for an 8-2 victory over Sparrow and Faith People’s. Thompson and Alana Lutz won 8-1 over Yaneers and Natalie Huggins. Sauers and Emma Watson defeated Fuller and Cook 8-3.

Thompson & Lutz are now 5-1 this season.

Cedar Ridge hosts J.F. Webb in Hillsborough on Monday. They have a nonconference match against Voyager Academy at the Rock Quarry next Thursday.

Tonight, both Cedar Ridge and Orange High football games will be available for everyone to hear.

The Red Wolves will try to go 4-0 for the first time in school history against Riverside in Hillsborough. That game can be heard on 97.9 FM WCHL, as well as Chapelboro.com. Plus, there’s the new pregame show Prep Sports Tonight, hosted by Jeff Hamlin. That airs at 6:30, featuring interviews with Cedar Ridge’s Shemar Miles, Kevin Wright and London Saunders, along with Orange coach Pat Moser.

As always, Orange football can be heard here on HillsboroughSports.com starting at 6:45.

The Prep Sports Tonight show will be available for download tomorrow night here on HillsboroughSports.com.

A vital part of Cedar Ridge’s 2015 Big 8 Conference Championship team has returned.

Libero Lily Henry underwent ACL surgery earlier this year, forcing her to miss the Red Wolves opening seven games. On Thursday night, she returned to the lineup as Cedar Ridge defeated Southern Durham 3-0 on scores of 25-18, 25-7 and 25-10.

Upon her return, Henry was back to dong what she does best: setting up kills and serving aces. She finished with ten assists and five aces. Alexis Dumann had 12 kills with a hitting percentage of .364 and added four digs. Meg Anderson had nine digs and 3 aces. Macy Henry registered 11 assists.

Cedar Ridge is 3-6, 2-1 in the Big 8 Conference. Next week, they face three road games in four days, starting with Eastern Alamance in Mebane on Monday. On Tuesday, there’s a vital game at Chapel Hill.