Month: October 2017

Without Marvante Beasley in the 2nd half, the offensive load fell harder onto the broad shoulders of Orange quarterback Payton Wilson on Friday night. Wilson rushed for 118 yards on 20 punishing carries and two touchdowns as Orange ended Hillside 48-game conference winning streak.

Orange QB Payton Wilson Discusses Running for 118 Yards, 2 TDs vs. Hillside

Without Marvante Beasley in the 2nd half, the offensive load fell harder onto the broad shoulders of Orange quarterback Payton Wilson on Friday night. Wilson rushed for 118 yards on 20 punishing carries and two touchdowns as Orange ended Hillside 48-game conference winning streak.

Over the past four games, the Orange defense has forced 13 takeaways. Eryk Mercado has had three interceptions in that span. Eryk continued his solid defensive play on Friday night, helping limit Hillside to 221 yards total offense, a season-low for the Hornets.

Orange Cornerback Eryk Mercado on the Orange Defense vs. Hillside

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Orange handed Hillside its first conference loss since September 25, 2009 on Friday night, a convincing 34-17 victory at Russell Blunt Stadium. Unfortunately, star running back Marvante Beasley was stretchered off the field at the beginning of the third quarter after a 3-yard run. Smith discusses how the team stayed focused in winning its 21st consecutive regular season road game.

Orange Coach Van Smith Discusses 34-17 Victory Over Hillside

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The Big 8 Tennis Championships were set for East Chapel Hill’s Lindsay Linker Tennis Courts on Wednesday, but there were no champions to be had.

That’s because of torrential rain that fell just as the singles and doubles semifinals were set to start.

Cedar Ridge sophomore Olivia Ward captured her first two matches to advance to the semifinals, qualifying for the 3-A Mideast Regionals.  Ward captured her two matches 10-1 when the rain starte to fall.

Cedar Ridge’s top seed Ivy Garner did not have to play and will also advance to the regionals at the Burlington Tennis Center.

The Red Wolves will also send the doubles team of Bri Cellini and Kate Milner to the regionals. Cellini and Milner captured its first two matches before the skies opened.

The Regionals will be held October 20-21 at the Burlington Tennis Center.

Cedar Ridge is also awaiting to see if they will grab a wildcard spot in the 3A dual team tennis playoffs. The Red Wolves, who advanced to the state quarterfinals in 2016 after winning the Big 8 Championship, finished third in the Big 8 this season with a 13-6 overall record, 11-4 in the Big 8. Cedar Ridge came in 3rd behind conference champion East Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill.

Wednesday’s meet also officially ended Orange’s season. In doubles action, senior Caroline Branan and freshman Emma Williamson teamed in a hard fought match, falling to Chapel Hill 10-8. Orange’s Payton Clayton lost to Northwood’s #2 singles player 10-6.

After a victory over Northern Durham last week, Orange ends its season 6-15,

Certainly, the United States’ men soccer team catastrophic loss to Trinidad & Tobago to eliminate the Americans from the World Cup can’t compare to the Orange futbol squad losing a conference game. But it was pretty surprising.

Northwood, coming in with a 3-15 record, ended the Panthers’ 9-game winning streak 2-1 on Wednesday night at Panther Soccer Field.

Like Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday night, the Chargers jumped out to a 2-0 halftime lead. Orange’s Jamar Davis, coming off a four-goal game against Cedar Ridge, tallied the Panthers’ only goal. But the Panthers could never find the equalizer.

With the loss, Chapel Hill now has sole possession of first place in the Big 8 at 10-1. Orange falls to 9-2 with a road trip to CHHS coming up Monday night.

The Panthers are 12-4-2.

Also on Wednesday night, Cedar Ridge tied Northern Durham 2-2 at Red Wolves Stadium. Jake Brown scored both of the Red Wolves goals. Brown also scored against Orange on Monday night.

Senior Cameron Koehler and Gavin Hughes assisted on Brown’s two goals. The Red Wolves had several opportunities to score in overtime, but couldn’t notch a game-winner.

Cedar Ridge is now 4-12-1, 3-7-1 in the Big 8. They travel to East Chapel Hill on Monday night.

With the 3A state playoffs approaching, wildcard playoff spots are up for grabs across the state. If Orange misses the playoffs, Tuesday night’s loss may be a big reason why.

Northern Durham rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Panthers 3-2 at Poe Gymtorium. The Knights completed a season sweep of the Panthers on scores of 25-18, 21-25, 22-25, 25-17 and 15-7.

Orange ends the regular season 13-9, 6-8 in the Big 8 Conference. The Panthers finish 5th in the Big 8. Chapel Hill captured the regular season championship while Northern Durham, East Chapel Hill and Northwood finished in a three-way tie for 2nd at 10-4.

Senior Bailey Lucas finished with three aces, ten kills, 16 assists and ten digs. Caroline Compton ended with one ace, one kill, 23 assists and five digs. Senior libero Faith Foushee had 27 digs and two assists. Kaitlyn Werden ended up with eight kills, one bock, one assist and two digs.

On Monday night, Cedar Ridge hosted its annual breast cancer awareness event. It featured a tripleheader with Stanford Middle School and Gravelly Elementary. The North Carolina School of Science and Math swept the Red Wolves 3-0.

Cedar Ridge will conclude its regular season tonight at Southern Durham.

After three years as a varsity soccer player, Orange’s Jamar Davis finally has his sweep against Cedar Ridge.

And he got a Texas Hat Trick while doing it.

Davis scored four goals and added an assist as Orange defeated Cedar Ridge 5-2 to capture the Hillsborough Derby at Panther Soccer Field on Monday night. In case the four goals wasn’t enough, Davis assisted on the other Orange goal that he didn’t score, which came from Luke Wirzba.

Levi Anderson and R.J. Pherribo had assists for the Panthers, who maintained a tie for first place in the Big 8 Conference. The Panthers are now tied with Chapel Hill for 1st place in the Big 8. They travel to Chapel Hill on Monday.

Orange is 12-3-2 after its ninth straight win. This is the first Orange team in at least ten years to win ten games in a season, and most likely that span is considerably longer.

The Panthers host Northwood tonight at Orange soccer field. The Panthers fought past the Chargers 2-0 last month in Pittsboro.

Cedar Ridge didn’t go down without a fight. Jake Brown and Eh Tha scored goals for the Red Wolves.

Cedar Ridge will host Northern Durham tonight at Red Wolves Stadium at 6:30.

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is sophomore cross country runner Ella Nissler. At Cedar Ridge’s home meet against Northern Durham, the Red Wolves girls team captured the meet behind Nissler’s 2nd place finish with a time of 23:49, only one second behind teammate Anne Morrell. Ella is also a gifted artist. In fact, this interview was conducted just before Ella had to return to art class.

Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Ella Nissler

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