Month: May 2019

For the third time in four years, the Orange softball team has clinched a share of the Big 8 Championship. On Wednesday night, Orange defeated East Chapel Hill 13-3 to finish the conference season 13-1, tied with crosstown rival Cedar Ridge for 1st place. It was also senior night for Olivia Ruff and Hayley Funk. Ruff, a starter at 3rd base since winning the 2017 3A State Championship, went 3-for-3 in her final regular season game at Orange Softball Field. Funk scored a run as Orange scored eight runs in the 2nd inning to complete a season sweep of East. Now, Orange will focus on a special one-game playoff against Cedar Ridge, which will determine the top seed from the Big 8 Conference for the 3A State Tournament, which starts next week. Orange and Cedar Ridge will play on Thursday night at 6 o’clock at Orange. You can hear the game here on Hillsboroughsports.com starting at 5:55.

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is freshman runner Sarah Tucker. On April 18 during a track & field meet at Auman Stadium, Tucker won the 400 meters, crossing the finish line at 1:04:24, two seconds ahead of the 2nd place finisher. Last week during the Big 8 Championships at Southern Durham High School, Tucker joined Zoe Wade, Jill Myler and Allison Musty in finishing 2nd in the 4×800 relay. Their time of 10:25.38 qualified them for the Mideast Regionals, which will take place on May 11 at Southern Lee High School. In January, Tucker won the 500 meters in the Eastern Alamance Polar Bear #6 meet in Mebane. Also at the Big 8 Championships, she teamed with Natalia Garay, Madison Wardlow and Alynah Howard to finish 4th in the 4×200 relay.