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Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Jesus Velazquez

1 week ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is freshman baseball player Jesus Velazquez. In his first varsity season this year, Velazquez hit .250 as the Red Wolves hosted a state playoff game for the first time since 2018. Among the season highlights for Velazquez came on April 15 when he drove in the game-winning runs in the 7th inning as the Red Wolves rallied to defeat Orange 6-1. Cedar Ridge scored six runs in the seventh inning, keyed by Velazquez’s two-run single.
Orange Panther of the Week: Sadie Cecil

1 week ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior softball shortstop Sadie Cecil. This season, Cecil hit .465 for an Orange team that reached the second round of the 3A State Playoffs. She led the team with 33 hits, 27 runs scored and 21 singles. On March 7, Cecil hit two home runs and drove in four runs as the Lady Panthers defeated Roxboro Community School 4-2. She finished 3-for-4 against the Bulldogs. On April 15, Cecil went 3-for-4 with an RBI in Orange defeated Person 13-8 in Hillsborough.
Orange Panther of the Week: Owen Grant

2 weeks ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is junior pole vaulter Owen Grant. Last week at the NCHSAA 3A State Outdoor Track & Field championships, Grant finished in the top 15 in the pole vault at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. Grant cleared eleven feet, six inches to place 14th overall. In April, Grant won the pole vault at the Orange County Championships at East Chapel Hill. Grant qualified for the Mideast Regional when he sailed over the bar at 12-feet.
Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Fleury Nicholson

2 weeks ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is senior soccer forward Fleury Nicholson. She joined esteemed company is winning this award for the fourth time in her career. She joins Takia Nichols, Cameron Lloyd, and Josh Mayhew as the only Cedar Ridge athletes to win the award four times. Nicholson scored a goal in the final home game of her esteemed career, a 4-1 win over Voyager Academy.
Orange at First Flight lacrosse! Listen to the state quarterfinals LIVE HERE!

2 weeks ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

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Orange's lacrosse's Kale Womble, Jackson Runkle, Matthew Macneir and Jackson Eakes discuss win over Carrboro

2 weeks ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

The Orange lacrosse team has won 14 state playoff games since 2021. Last week, the Panthers opened the 2025 3A/2A/1A State Playoffs with a 11-7 win over Carrboro. Brett Clark scored the Panthers final four goals. Orange started the game with a 10-3 run. In his final game at Auman Stadium, senior longstick defensemen Kale Womble had several interceptions of Jaguars passes which led to Orange transition opportunities. Womble is second on the team with 31 turnovers created. He has 52 ground balls.
Still the Kings; Wimsatt's four goals, Runkle's 16 saves lead Orange lacrosse past Seaforth 10-8, into State Quarterfinals

2 weeks ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

Photo by Abigail PfeiffenbergerPITTSBORO–It’s May and the Orange Panthers are the best lacrosse team in their conference again. Yet Orange’s win at Seaforth on Tuesday night in the 3A/2A/1A State Playoffs felt different. It wasn’t the domination that the Panthers had established against its Mid-Carolina Conference rivals the past four years. In fact, Orange went into Tuesday’s game knowing it probably wouldn’t be. Last year, Orange swept the season series from Seaforth by a combined score of 39-9.
Orange lacrosse's Aidan Monteith, Drew Jouannet, Jackson Runkle and Owen Wimsatt discuss playoff win at Seaforth

2 weeks ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

For the fifth year in a row, the Orange lacrosse team has reached the state quarterfinals of the 3A/2A/1A State Playoffs. On Tuesday night, the Panthers held off Seaforth 10-8 in the third and final meeting between the Mid-Carolina Conference rivals. It was the Panthers’ second win against the Hawks in Pittsboro this season. After Seaforth scored four goals in the opening quarter, the Hawks were held to four goals in the final 36 minutes of regulation.
Orange at Seaforth lacrosse! Listen live here!

2 weeks ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

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Rise Above; Cedar Ridge's Buchanan wins 3A State Pole Vault Championship

2 weeks ago | hillsborough-sports.com | Jeff Hamlin

GREENSBORO–Not only is Ender Buchanan a competitor in pole vaulting. He’s also a fan. The name Emmanouil Karalis, a Greek pole vaulter who finished 4th at the Tokyo Summer Games in 2021, rolls right off his tongue in casual conversation. So does Armand Duplantis, the current world record holder who has two Olympic gold medals. On Friday, Buchanan became the first in his own category in Cedar Ridge sports history and may very well be the last.