Month: October 2024
Orange Panther of the Week: Kingston Purefoy-Farrington; Defensive Player of the Week: Hunter Albert
This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior wide receiver Kingston Purefoy-Farrington. This season, Purefoy-Farrington has scored six touchdowns, including three against Walter Williams in Burlington last month. He finished with 200 yards receiving against the Bulldogs, his second 200-yard receiving game of the season. In the season opener against Southeast Alamance, Purefoy-Farrington had…
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Orange volleyball seniors Abby Silinski, Karleigh Johnson and Peyton Sigmon discuss their championship season
The past two years have brought the longest sustained success for the Orange volleyball program. They have won two Central Conference regular season championships, a Central Conference Tournament championship, eight state playoff victories and the 2023 3A Eastern Regional championship. They have a combined record of 45-14. On Tuesday night, the Panthers took J.H. Rose,…
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Middle School Review: Torain, Robbins help Orange Middle get past Culbreth; Stanback volleyball wins division championship
Photo by Abigail Pfeiffenberger Orange Middle 28, Northern Roxboro 20: It was expected that the showdown between Orange Middle and Northern Roxboro on October 23 in Person County would be the biggest threat to the Chargers unbeaten streak to start the year. Indeed, the Raiders and the Chargers were tied 20-20 with 1:30 remaining in the…
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The first in line–Dyreng, Taylor-Hall propel Cedar Ridge women’s cross country to Mideast Regional Championship
Under the definition of unlikely champions, the Cedar Ridge women’s cross country team would likely fit the description. Not because of talent, but due to circumstances. Yet that didn’t stop the Red Wolves from winning the 3A Mideast Regional championship at Owens Recreation Park in Louisburg on Saturday. Senior Naomi Dyreng, the individual Central Conference…
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Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Kayla Stoll
This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is junior volleyball outside hitter Kayla Stoll. This season, Stoll was second on the team in kills with 230 kills as the Red Wolves won a share of the Central Conference regular season championship. Stoll also played middle blocker and led the team with 46 blocks…
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Orange football’s Devore, Bradsher, Purefoy-Farrington and Albert discuss Homecoming win
The Orange football team will end not only its season, but its stint in the Central Conference this Friday night against Eastern Alamance in Mebane. In the four years since the league was created from realignment, Orange has never defeated a team from Alamance County. Unlike previous years, the Panthers have been competitive against Central…
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Rosebud: Rose rallies past Orange 3-2 in state quarterfinals behind Evans’ 41 kills in classic match
Photo courtesy of 252Buzz GREENVILLE–The crowd had long filtered out of Rose High School’s gymnasium as Rampants athletic director Clay Medlin talked with an observer about the volleyball match that had just finished an hour earlier. “That was one of the greatest matches I’ve ever seen,” said Medlin. The stories that will be told about…
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Orange at J.H. Rose Volleyball! Listen live to the State Quarterfinals Live here!
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Greenville bound; Silcott’s triple-double helps Orange volleyball top Cedar Ridge 3-1, advance to state quarterfinals
There was nothing unusual about Orange facing Cedar Ridge in the state playoffs on Saturday afternoon. The two teams have played 13 times since 2021, five in the postseason if you count conference tournaments. The Lady Panthers had won the previous two meetings with the Red Wolves, but unlike those matches, this time Orange was…
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