First serve in. Cross court spin. It’s become one of Nicky Walker’s instructive catchphrases over a 43-year tennis coaching career. It means to get your first serve in, then hit it across the court. Almost all of Walker’s former players from Orange High still recite it, whether it’s playing pickleball games alongside him or coaching…
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There’s another milestone that Orange men’s tennis coach Justin Webb can include on his long list of accolades. In the first time of the history of the program, the Orange men’s tennis team has won a match in the 3A State Dual Team playoffs. Plus, it had an added flair of drama against a Central…
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Men’s tennis: Orange 8, Cedar Ridge 1: In the final regular season match of the year, the Orange men’s tennis team defeated Cedar Ridge at Red Wolf Tennis Courts on Wednesday. Seniors Cameron Foster and Kace McAuley each won two matches. Foster defeated Tyler Baker 6-0, 6-0 at #2 singles. Foster would team with longtime doubles…
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The Orange men’s tennis team earned an important non-conference victory over Voyager Academy on March 19. The Panthers two senior co-Captains, Cameron Foster and Porter Pelphrey, clinched the match with a win at #1 doubles. Foster and Pelphrey defeated Will Baker and Micah Smith 8-2. Foster and Pelphrey have been teammates in doubles the past…
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This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior tennis player Cameron Foster. This season, Foster has consistently been among the two two singles players for head coach Justin Webb. With his doubles partner Porter Pelphrey, Orange has won matches over Voyager Academy, Roxboro Community School and Cedar Ridge through the first month of the…
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Outdoor Track and Field: After winning the 3A State Cross Country championship in November, Orange’s Gabriel Schmid is looking to return to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Track and Field Championships. Last week during the Raleigh Relays at Paul Deer Track at N.C. State University, Schmid qualified for the Mideast Regionals in the…
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This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is men’s tennis player Justin Conover. Last month, Conover and freshman Porter Pelphrey qualified for the 3A State Doubles Championship at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center in Greensboro. In the opening round, Conover and Pelphrey defeated Snyder Pearson and Hatten Gore of Wilson Fike 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)….
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After becoming just the second tennis player in the history of Hillsborough high school athletics to reach a state championship match, Cedar Ridge sophomore Josh Mayhew has been named All-Big 8 Conference. In addition, Cedar Ridge’s Eli Rachlin and Will Ballenger also were named to the All-Big 8 Conference team. Orange’s Justin Conover and Brandon…
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On Saturday, Orange doubles team Colin O’Hagerty and Brandon Gwinn entered the 3A Mideast Regionals unranked. They left the Burlington Tennis Center as the first doubles team from Orange to qualify for the 3A State Championships since 2013, at least. O’Hagerty and Gwinn defeated Northern Guilford’s Duncan Moore & James Harrington 6-3, 6-4 in the…
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This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is sophomore tennis player Brandon Gwinn. Last week, Gwinn teamed with Colin O’Hagerty to win their opening two matches in the Big 8 Conference Men’s Tennis Championships in Lindsey Linker Tennis Stadium at East Chapel Hill High School. Gwinn and O’Hagerty defeated a team from Chapel Hill 6-0,…
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