The Cedar Ridge men’s tennis team will reach the state playoffs under first-year head coach Mike Rogers. The Red Wolves have gone 11-2, 10-1 in the Central Conference. On Friday, the Red Wolves will face Western Alamance with a chance to tie for the Central Conference championship. This season, the Red Wolves have been led by Fionn Kuo, a junior who is in his first year at Cedar Ridge. Kuo has replaced Josh Mayhew, the first player in the history of Hillsborough to reach the state singles final four times, as the Red Wolves #1 singles player. There have also been singles players like Lev Bearman, Joe Garbee, Griffin Thomas, Jackson Baker and Charles Dean. Bearman, who played for the 2022 Cedar Ridge team that won the Central Conference championship, went 10-1 this year for the Red Wolves in singles play. Garbee went 9-2. On Wednesday at the Central Conference Men’s Tennis championships at the Burlington Tennis Center, Kuo and Bearman qualified for the Mideast Regionals as a doubles team, receiving the #1 seed. Cedar Ridge will end the regular season against Western Alamance in Elon on Friday, then prepare for the 3A State Dual Team Playoffs. The Mideast Regionals and the 3A State Championships will be held at the Burlington Tennis Center.