This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is senior soccer goalkeeper Ellamarie Perel. This season, Perel played a vital role in helping two Cedar Ridge teams win games in the state playoffs. She was a middle blocker for the volleyball team that won the Big 7 regular season and conference championships. She was…
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Coming into this season, the Cedar Ridge women’s soccer team hadn’t won at Orange since 2019. This season, they did it twice. On Monday night, the Red Wolves defeated the Lady Panthers 3-0 in the opening round of the 5A State Playoffs at Orange Soccer Field. Kate Finnegan scored three goals for her fifth hat…
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Photo by Eric Perel Fleury Nicholson was there. So were Celine Galla and Anna Peterson. They were all Cedar Ridge Red Wolf women’s soccer players who graduated last spring. With their freshman seasons in college now behind them, they gathered in Hillsborough again as fans to see if their former teammates could do something they…
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This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is junior striker Kate Finnegan. For the second straight year, Finnegan was the leading scorer for the Cedar Ridge women’s soccer team this season. Finnegan ended the season in style, scoring four goals in the Red Wolves’ 7-0 win over South Granville at Red Wolves Stadium…
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Photo by Jacques Morin Amidst a difficult home slate, it took awhile for the Cedar Ridge women’s soccer team to get its first home win of the season. The Red Wolves played four of its first five on the road back in the waning days of winter. After tough losses to Seaforth and Union Pines…
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Photo by Jacques Morin At one point in December, Cedar Ridge senior midfielder Ava Smith was worried her soccer season was in jeopardy. Smith injured her foot playing basketball in the first quarter of the game at Orange. She left the floor on crutches. Not only did Smith recover in time for the end of…
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Photo by Jacques Morin Things were different for Cedar Ridge women’s soccer the last time they won at Orange. The Red Wolves had a sophomore named Emerson Talley, who would go on to score more goals than any player in school history. Against Orange on March 25, 2019, Talley would score a hat trick. Goalkeeper…
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Photo by Jacques Morin A year after she posted four hat trick for the Cedar Ridge women’s soccer team, Kate Finnegan has earned her first one for 2026. On Wednesday, Finnegan scored three goals as the Red Wolves defeated Bartlett Yancey 11-2 in Yanceyville. Finnegan also assisted on three goals as eight different players scored…
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For almost her entire time at Cedar Ridge, Ellamarie Perel has been an athlete for all seasons. She has played varsity volleyball for two conference championship teams in the fall and a center for the Cedar Ridge basketball team in the winter. Perel started her third season as the goalkeeper for the Cedar Ridge women’s…
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