On Friday night, Kristina Givens threw 230 pitches over the course of two games. It was worth it. In her final games at Orange Softball field, Givens earned her 19th and 20th wins of the season as the Panthers captured the Eastern Regional Championship, beating West Brunswick 7-4 and 5-1 in games two and three….
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Only a freshman, Jaden Hurdle will do something next weekend that many Orange softball players never did: play for a state championship. The Panthers defeated West Brunswick 2-games-to-1 for the Eastern Regional Championship on Friday night. Hurdle hit .333 in the series, including a 3-run homer in game 1.
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Alisha Pettiford hit one home run during the regular season for Orange. On Saturday night, she hit her 2nd, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. West Brunswick trailed 5-4 in the fifth after falling behind 5-0 at the end of one inning. In the bottom of the sixth, Pettiford laced a two-run…
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Entering Friday’s game against West Brunswick, Orange sophomore Olivia Ruff had never hit a home run. Not in a regular season game, not in a summer league game, not even in practice. Yet in game 2 against the Trojans, the 3rd baseman changed the shape of the series with a grand slam in the 1st…
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In his 2nd year at the helm, Orange coach Eddie Davidson has led the Panthers to its first-ever Regional Championship. The Panthers defeated West Brunswick 5-1 to win the best-of-3 Eastern Regional Championship series on Friday night in Hillsborough. Orange will play Piedmont for the 3A State Championship in another best-of-3 series.
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Though she didn’t start in either of Orange’s two games against West Brunswick on Friday night, Enzyah Holt made an impact. She scored three runs as a courtesy runner. In the third and deciding game against the Trojans, she scored the Panthers’ final two runs running for pitcher Kristina Givens as Orange won 5-1, earning…
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