Photo by Justin Webb The Orange women’s tennis team won’t have any more matches this season, but they’ll still have a practice this afternoon. It’ll be held solely for the sake to be around each other, which they’ve enjoyed from the very beginning of a two-year odyssey where they’ve traveled many places together without a…
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The Orange women’s tennis team continues to make history in Wilson. In 2021, the Lady Panthers won its first dual team state playoff match with a victory over Fike in Wilson. On Monday, Orange reached the state quarterfinals for the first time ever by beating Hunt. The Lady Panthers took five singles matches, including a…
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The sound of grocery carts never sounded better for the Orange women’s tennis team. They had been cooped up inside the storage shed on the hill above Orange Tennis Courts for six months. It’s a practice convenience carried on by head coach Justin Webb that his predecessor, Andy Brown, started a decade ago because it…
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Kyla Mehl has earned the reputation of working overtime for her tennis wins. On August 18, the Orange women’s tennis team had just earned an official win after a long, humid night against Western Alamance in Elon. Oakley Gaddy and Evelyn Gover defeated Meegan Weaver and Redekah Cuevas 8-6 to secure Orange’s fifth win, and…
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For the second year in a row, the Orange women’s tennis team has played almost all of its matches on the road. The construction of a new court at Orange High led the Lady Panthers to practice at the Duke School, about 20 minutes away from the Orange campus. Despite that, the senior class of…
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It’s a good thing that Justin Webb has a photographic memory of local Dairy Queen locations. His players have had plenty of chances to use their extra points programs the past two years. For the second year in a row, the Orange women’s tennis team started preseason workouts knowing they would have no home court…
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It may very well be Justin Webb’s most experienced team since he became the Orange women’s tennis coach, and they’re playing like it. Orange is 4-0, 1-0 in the Big Seven Conference after a sweep of Southeast Alamance in Graham on Monday night. In addition to winning all nine matches against the Stallions, Webb got…
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Our first Orange Panther of the Week for the 2025-2026 academic year is senior soccer and tennis player Molly Kruse. Through three dual matches, Kruse has already won six overall matches this season. Earlier this week, Kruse captured a singles match against Western Alamance’s Fiona Dang 6-1, 6-1. Later, she teamed with Kalynn Mason to…
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Photo by Justin Webb The list of accolades that Orange tennis coach Justin Webb has brought to the men’s and women’s programs continues to grow. Even before classes have officially started for the 2025-2026 academic year, Webb has already another item to his lengthy list of coaching milestones. On a sultry Monday night in Elon,…
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The Orange women’s tennis team will be the first local team in action for the 2025-2026 academic year. On Monday, the Lady Panthers will face Eno River Academy at the Walker Tennis Complex in Mebane. Orange is filled with experience with five starters returning from a squad that finished second in the Central Conference last…
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