The Cedar Ridge JV Football team returned to action in impressive fashion on Monday night in Pittsboro. The Red Wolves defeated Northwood’s JV team 60-0 to improve to 2-2 on the season. Cedar Ridge will prepare for Homecoming this Friday night at Cedar Ridge Stadium. They face Chapel Hill.  Hillsboroughsports.com’s Curran Campbell discusses the win with Cedar Ridge Football Coach Antonio King.

Cedar Ridge Football Coach Antonio King Talks 60-0 Win Over Cedar Ridge

The Cedar Ridge JV Football team returned to action in impressive fashion on Monday night in Pittsboro. The Red Wolves defeated Northwood’s JV team 60-0 to improve to 2-2 on the season. Cedar Ridge will prepare for Homecoming this Friday night at Cedar Ridge Stadium. They face Chapel Hill.

Yes, this is a repeat. Hunter Pettiford won the Orange Panther of the Week after rushing for 128 yards against East Chapel Hill. On Friday night, he set a new career high with 199 rushing yards and two touchdowns as Orange defeated Southern Durham 27-17 for the third consecutive time. Hunter now has rushed for 414 yards and four touchdowns this season. On Friday night, Orange faces Northern Durham at Durham County Stadium with 1st place in the Big 8 Conference on the line. Hunter wanted to credit his offensive line of Owen Aquino, Dari’ius Mankins, Juan Navarro, Brody Andrews and Robert Bray for the blocking which led to him winning this award. 

Orange Panther of the Week: Hunter Pettiford (again)

Yes, this is a repeat. Hunter Pettiford won the Orange Panther of the Week after rushing for 128 yards against East Chapel Hill. On Friday night, he set a new career high with 199 rushing yards and two touchdowns as Orange defeated Southern Durham 27-17 for the third consecutive time.

For the first time this year, we’re dividing the Cedar Ridge Red Wolves of the Week between Alana Lutz and Rachel Quade, both seniors on the women’s tennis team. Last week, Cedar Ridge defeated Orange 8-1, the eighth consecutive time Cedar Ridge has defeated Orange in women’s tennis. Lutz, competing at #2 singles, won her match 6-1, 6-0. Quade, at #4 singles, captured her match 6-3, 6-3. Lutz teamed with Olivia Ward to win at #1 doubles 8-1. Quade teamed with Brianna Cellini to win at #2 doubles 8-6. Congratulations to Alana and Rachel as they look to qualify for regionals during the Big 8 Women’s Tennis tournament later this month. 

Cedar Ridge Red Wolves of the Week: Alana Lutz & Rachel Quade

For the first time this year, we’re dividing the Cedar Ridge Red Wolves of the Week between Alana Lutz and Rachel Quade, both seniors on the women’s tennis team. Last week, Cedar Ridge defeated Orange 8-1, the eighth consecutive time Cedar Ridge has defeated Orange in women’s tennis.

Garrett Cloer: While he didn’t start at wide receiver for the first time this season, Garrett Cloer played in Cornell’s 43-24 victory over Sacred Heart at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY on Saturday afternoon. It was the Big Red’s first win of the season. Cloer, who played quarterback at Orange, started at wide receiver in the Big Red’s opening two games of the season, losses to Delaware and Yale. Next week, Cornell hosts Harvard.

Eryk Brandon-Dean: The former Orange High running back rushed for 14 yards on four carries as Division III Guilford lost its homecoming game to Bridgewater on Saturday afternoon at the Armfield Athletic Center in Greensboro. The Quakers are now 1-2. Brandon-Dean played in two of those games, rushing for 45 yards on 12 carries. Guilford travels to face Randolph-Macon in Ashland, VA next Saturday.

Brittany Daley & Jordan Rogers: Daley, who graduated from Cedar Ridge last summer, went head-to-head with a former high school rival on the college pitch on Saturday. Daley currently plays centerback with Greensboro College, who faced William Peace University at Pride Field. Jordan Rogers, who graduated from Orange in June, started for Peace. Greensboro defeated Peace 3-0 in both team’s USA South Athletic Conference opener. Daley was credited with a shot. Rogers, who scored her first college goal last week, has started all seven games this season for the Pacers. Greensboro is now 8-0. Peace, who was held without a shot on goal, is now 2-4, 0-1 in the USA SAC.

Lionel Reid-Shaw: The Dickinson Red Devils men’s soccer team defeated Ursinus 5-1 in Collegeview, PA. Reid-Shaw got another start for Dickinson and was credited with a shot. Dickinson is now 6-3-1, 3-1 in the Centennial Conference. Reid-Shaw, who graduated from Orange in 2016, has started every game this season for Dickinson. On Tuesday, Dickinson will face Misericordia.

Lili Henry: The Methodist volleyball team split two matches during a tri-match at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, VA on Saturday. Methodist swept Mary Baldwin 3-0 in the opening match (25-9, 25-20, 25-22). Henry, who graduated from Cedar Ridge in 2017, assisted on 40 of the Monarchs’ 50 kills. Henry also had six digs. Meredith defeated Methodist 3-1 (16-25, 25-14, 27-25, 28-26). Henry finished with 45 assists against the Avenging Angels, as well as one ace and six digs. Methodist is now 8-3 overall, 1-0 in the USA South Athletic Conference.

Bailey Lucas: Also in the tri-match at Mary Baldwin, Lucas played for Meredith in its second match against Mary Baldwin. She had a dig as the Avenging Angels defeated the Flying Squirrels 3-0. After sweeping both of Saturday’s matches, Meredith has won six in a row and is 11-3 overall. Meredith starts a three-match homestand on Tuesday with a match against William Peace. They also host Salem on Thursday.

Jordan Lloyd: Division III Brevard College hosted a USA South Athletic Conference tri-match on Saturday afternoon at Boshamer Gymnasium. LaGrange defeated Brevard 3-1 (25-15, 21-25, 25-17, 25-9). Lloyd, who graduated from Orange in 2017, finished with five kills, two aces, seven digs and one block. Maryville (Tennessee) defeated swept Brevard 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-22). Against the Scots, Lloyd finished with five kills and six digs. Brevard is now 0-14, 0-4 in the USA South Athletic Conference.

Orange Senior Jake DeFranco has made big special teams plays throughout the season. DeFranco, the Panthers’ free safety, returned a punt 34 yards during the 2nd quarter of Orange’s 27-17 victory over Southern Durham on Friday night. On the first play of the 3rd quarter, DeFranco picked off a pass, leading to running back Hunter Pettiford’s first touchdown of the game. DeFranco, who transferred from Cedar Ridge over the summer, will now prepare to face undefeated Northern Durham next Friday at Durham County Stadium. 

Orange Safety Jake DeFranco Talks Win over Southern Durham

Orange Senior Jake DeFranco has made big special teams plays throughout the season. DeFranco, the Panthers’ free safety, returned a punt 34 yards during the 2nd quarter of Orange’s 27-17 victory over Southern Durham on Friday night. On the first play of the 3rd quarter, DeFranco picked off a pass, leading to running back Hunter Pettiford’s first touchdown of the game.

Before Friday night, the Orange Panthers hadn’t defeated the Southern Durham Spartans in Hillsborough since 1985. However, Orange ended that dry spell with a 27-17 victory over the Spartans at Auman Stadium. Hunter Pettiford rushed for 196 yards on 27 carries. Linebackers Colin Guentensberger and Jett Satterfield and nose tackle Jeremiah Bailey all made huge defensive plays throughout the game. Senior co-captain Eryk Mercado helped limit the Southern passing attack, as well as making a huge catch on a 2nd-and-23 for 24 yards in the third quarter, leading to Pettiford’s 2nd touchdown. After an 0-3 start, Orange is now 2-0 in the Big 8 Conference.

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Midway through the 2018 season, it appears the Orange football team has its final schedule set. At least, until the next rainout.

On Thursday night, Orange announced that the Panthers will travel to Randleman on November 2 at 7PM. Randleman replaces Chapel Hill on Orange’s schedule. On August 13, four days before the season opener, Chapel Hill announced it would not field a varsity football team because of a lack of participation.

Randleman is a 2A team that plays in the PAC 7 Conference. They’re currently 5-0 overall, 1-0 in conference play. In 2016, the Tigers won the PAC 7 Conference Championship with a perfect 6-0 record. They finished 11-2 after advancing to the 3rd round of the 2AA State playoffs, where they lost to East Duplin 21-13. Randleman was held under 30 points just twice all of last season, finishing the season with seven consecutive wins by a cumulative total of 328-48.

So far this season, Randleman has defeated Asheboro, Southwestern Randolph, Ledford (who handed Randleman its only regular season last season), and Union Pines. Last week, the Tigers won its PAC 7 Conference opener over Wheatmore 28-14 in Trinity.

Through the course of this week, Orange has gone from nine scheduled games for the 2018 season to eleven. On Monday morning, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association extended the regular season to November 9, citing the number of schools in Coastal and Sandhills Counties that have yet to resume classes because of Hurricane Florence. Within hours of that announcement, Orange rescheduled the Riverside game that was postponed on September 14 because of Florence. The Riverside-Orange game will be the regular season finale for the Panthers.

Because of Cedar Ridge and CHHS not fielding varsity teams and Hurricane Florence, this Orange team will have the unusual distinction of finishing the season with three straight nonconference opponents. On October 26, Eastern Guilford will visit Orange. The Wildcats replaced Cedar Ridge on the schedule the day after the Red Wolves canceled the varsity football season in June.

It was important for the Panthers to get an eleventh game scheduled for playoff purposes. Currently, Orange is 1-3 going into Friday’s night contest against Southern Durham, who have dropped two straight to the Panthers, both at Spartan Stadium.

Orange isn’t the only team playing football schedule gymnastics. On Thursday afternoon, the Cedar Ridge junior varsity team announced that its game against Northern Durham, which was suspended by lightning on Wednesday night, will resume on November 5 at Cedar Ridge Stadium. The Red Wolves and the Knights completed the first quarter tied 6-6 before lightning stopped the proceedings.

There’s no word yet on if Cedar Ridge’s game against Northwood, which was supposed to take place last week, will be rescheduled. The contest was slated for Pittsboro but was postponed because of unplayable grounds at Northwood High.

Despite being the final week of September, Cedar Ridge has only completed three games this season, sporting a 1-2 record. The Red Wolves defeated Rocky Mount Preparatory on September 6 for its first win on the gridiron in over a year.

All Orange varsity and Cedar Ridge junior varsity games can be heard on Hillsboroughsports.com.