“I bet it’s going to come to me, knowing my luck.” That was running through Grace Andrews’ head as she stared at a crowded grandstand at N.C. State’s Doak Field. She wanted to be wrong because there was a state championship riding in the balance. She wasn’t. Andrews was a freshman playing 2nd base, which…
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Well, this whole “not have a game stuff” certainly puts it all into perspective, doesn’t it? Too much perspective, if you ask me. (Ed. note: in the interest of fairness, that quote is from “This is Spinal Tap.” I don’t have an ear for most modern pop culture references, and Spinal Tap is old but…
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What started out to be a promising spring sports season for athletes across the region ended suddenly on Thursday. The NCAA announced that national championships for all spring sports would be canceled because of the corona virus pandemic. On Friday, the NCAA extended the eligibility of athletes on spring sports teams one year to make…
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In his 1994 song “The Wild Ones,” Waylon Jennings reminisced about the group he ran with in his younger Texas days that eventually found fame in Nashville because “we didn’t know we could fail.” Right now, that’s a very basic but accurate way of describing Orange softball. In its Big 8 Conference opener, the Lady…
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Photo by Angie Carden Hurdle In terms of adversity, it’s already been a long season for Orange softball. And they just finished their second game. Before the Lady Panthers started workouts this year, they had already lost their top pitcher, their starting first baseman, their backup pitcher and their starting shortstop for the entire year….
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The Orange softball team rallied to defeat Roxboro Community School 6-4 at Orange Softball Field on Thursday night. Puckett went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, including a crucial hit during a four-run sixth inning that led the Lady Panthers to its first win of the season. Sophomore pitcher Courtney Watkins earned her first victory by throwing…
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Brandon Homsey: As a sophomore, Homsey has qualified for the NCAA Division III Wrestling Tournament. Competing for Ferrum College, Homsey finished third in the NCAA Southeast Regional at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, PA over the weekend. On Friday, Homsey lost his opening match to Washington & Jefferson’s Alex Donahue 3-1 in overtime. That left Homsey…
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Landon Riley: The Liberty Flames baseball team has won three of its last four games. Former Orange Panthers pitcher Landon Riley had saves in two of them. Last Wednesday, the Flames defeated Radford 4-2 for its first victory of the season at Worthington Field in Lynchburg, VA. Riley had a four-out save, striking out three….
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Photo by HailState.com Mia Davidson: The Mississippi State softball team won the Bulldog Kickoff Classic at Nusz Park in Starkville, MS last weekend. Davidson hit three home runs over five games during the weekend, which ended with a 4-0 victory over Tennessee State on Sunday. Tulsa handed Mississippi State its first loss of the season…
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Marvin Jones: The former Cedar Ridge Red Wolf was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Week. Jones, a junior on the North Carolina Central track & field team, won his third high jump competition of the season at the Darius Dixon Memorial at Liberty University on Saturday. Jones had a career-best jump…
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