Month: September 2019

The best start in Cedar Ridge volleyball history came to an end against a deep, tall, experienced group from Jordan High.

The Falcons defeated the Red Wolves 3-1 at Falcon Gymnasium on Monday night. The Red Wolves (6-1) lost the final set 25-15. Cedar Ridge remained close in the final set, trailing 10-9 before Jordan went on a 9-2 run. Jordan junior Maegan Williams had three kills in that span. Senior Morgan Hyman ended the match with a kill that hugged the outside line to improve the Falcons to 5-3 on the season.

Jordan also defeated Orange in the Peak City Classic at Apex Friendship High School on August 24.

It’s the start of a strenuous week for the Red Wolves. After facing a Jordan team that has six seniors on its 13-player roster on Monday, the Red Wolves will host three-time defending Big 8 Champion Chapel Hill on Tuesday night at Cedar Ridge. Chapel Hill, who defeated Jordan 3-1 on August 20, started its Big 8 season with a 3-0 victory over Vance County on Monday night.

On Thursday night, Cedar Ridge will face crosstown rival Orange at Panther Gymnasium. The Lady Panthers have defeated Cedar Ridge five straight times. The game will pair teammates from the Chapel Hill Area Volleyball Club against each other. Last spring, the CHAVC finished 2nd in the Big South Qualifier in Atlanta, Georgia. They earned an invitation to the USA Volleyball Girls National Championships in Indianapolis, which took place in June.

Cedar Ridge freshmen Cameron Lloyd, Julie Altieri, and Cameron Lanier were members of the CHAVC, along with current Orange freshman Erin Jordan-Cornell. Lloyd and Jordan-Cornell were also teammates at Stanford Middle School, but will be on opposite sides of the net on Thursday.

Orange will start its Big 8 Conference campaign on Tuesday night, making the long trip north to play Vance County. The Vipers joined the Big 8 Conference during the summer after Hillside moved back up to 4A.

Men’s Soccer: The Cedar Ridge men’s soccer team took a hard luck loss against Bartlett Yancey 3-2 on Monday night in Yanceyville. The Red Wolves fought back from a 2-0 deficit at halftime and evened the game, but the Buccaneers scored the game-winning goal late.

Senior midfielder Brandon Garcia scored for the sixth consecutive game by scoring the opener for the Red Wolves in the 2nd half. Cedar Ridge evened the game when Reese Weaver scored off an assist from Nick Frank.

Garcia now has six goals and three assists through six games this season. Weaver has four goals, while Frank has two goals and two assists.

Cedar Ridge is 2-3-1. The Red Wolves will open Big 8 Conference play against Northwood on Wednesday night at Red Wolves Stadium. Remarkably, this will be the home opener for Cedar Ridge three weeks into the season. They were supposed to play Bartlett Yancey last week, but the game was postponed.

The Orange men’s soccer team will play only once this week. They travel to East Chapel Hill on Wednesday night. It will also be their Big 8 Conference opener. The Panthers are 3-2 after falling to Riverside in Durham on Friday night.

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is freshman outside hitter Cameron Lloyd. With her high school career only seven matches old, Lloyd already leads the Red Wolves with 79 kills going into Monday night’s game at Jordan. Lloyd had her career high against the Durham School of the Arts on August 27 in a 3-1 win, where she finished with 18 kills. Last week, she recorded 16 kills as the Red Wolves won its Big 8 Conference opener over Northwood 3-1 in Pittsboro. Lloyd had a busy summer as she prepared for high school. Lloyd, a member of the Chapel Hill Area Volleyball Club, finished 2nd in the Big South Qualifier in Atlanta, the largest indoor junior volleyball tournament in America. Lloyd was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. She registered 34 kills, 15 aces, 47 digs and one block. Cedar Ridge continues its season on Tuesday night with a showdown against three-time defending Big 8 Conference Champion Chapel Hill. 

After winning seven, eight and seven matches over the past three years, respectively, the Cedar Ridge volleyball team has started 2019 red hot.

Entering its Big 8 Conference opener against Northwood, the Red Wolves had to face several tests. First of all, they hadn’t defeated the Chargers since 2015, Cedar Ridge’s glory year when they won the Big 8 Championship with a 14-0 record. Since then, Northwood had won six straight matches against the Red Wolves, dropping only three sets out of a possible 18.

Then there was the weather. Hurricane Dorian was a crisis for the Outer Banks, but it was a grey matter in the Triangle. Despite bringing slightly heavy winds and some rain, it was enough to postpone the Northwood-Cedar Ridge from Thursday to Friday.

Once they got started inside Chargers Gymnasium, the Red Wolves had some jitters. They dropped the first set 25-20. But many of the players that have stood out thus far during Cedar Ridge’s 5-0 start are too young to even know about the Red Wolves’ recent struggles, and they didn’t blink despite an early setback.

Cedar Ridge won the final three sets on scores of 25-17, 25-17 and 25-20 to win its Big 8 opener and improve to 6-0.

Freshman Cameron Lloyd led Cedar Ridge with 16 kills and 12 digs. Another freshman, Cameron Lanier, had eleven kills. Julie Altieri continued her strong freshman year with six kills, two aces, six digs, one block and 24 assists.

This week will serve as a litmus test to see how far this young team has come in such a short amount of time. They’ll start with a road trip to 4-A Jordan, who swept Orange last month. Then they face three-time defending Big 8 Champion Chapel Hill. On Thursday, the first matchup against crosstown rival Orange, who has beaten the Red Wolves five straight times.

Men’s Soccer: The Orange men’s soccer team had its two-game winning streak come to an end on Friday night. Riverside defeated the Panthers 4-2 at Linny Wrenn Stadium in Durham. Jose Beltran, who had a hat trick against Eastern Alamance earlier this year, and Rohan Kasthuri scored for the Panthers. Orange will look to bounce back when they start its Big 8 Conference schedule at East Chapel Hill on Tuesday night.

Cedar Ridge Cross Country: The Cedar Ridge men’s and women’s cross country teams continued its season on Friday night at the aptly named Friday Night Lights Cross Country Festival at the Ivey Redmond Sports Complex in Kernersville. It was another strong performance by the Red Wolves’ women’s team, which finished 12th among 26 teams. They also finished 2nd among the Big 8 team that participated, behind only Chapel Hill and ahead of East Chapel Hill (who finished 15th). Anne Morrell was the top Red Wolf runner, finishing 65th with a time of 20:59.28. 215 runners participated. Zoe Wade, a sophomore, came in 68th at 21:06.33. Sophomore Ruby Lapham crossed the finish line 75th at 21:12.95. Junior Ariadna Solis came in 78th at 21:16.87.

The Cedar Ridge men’s team finished 27 among 29 teams. Zachary Garus, a junior, was the top Red Wolf finisher with a time of 18:59.80.

The third week of the fall sports season faced interruptions from Hurricane Dorian, which led to a unusually busy Friday night. Here are the best individual performances from Week 3 of the fall sports season, including Cedar Ridge volleyball winning its sixth straight match and an Orange sophomore running back who made an immediate impact in his varsity debut. If any coach has a nomination, please email hamlin37@hotmail.com to get your athlete included (looking at you women’s golf and cross country coaches!)

Cameron Lloyd: The first two-time inductee into the Hall of Awesome, Lloyd statistical line in Cedar Ridge’s 3-1 win over Northwood on Friday night was too much to ignore. Lloyd, a freshman, had 16 kills as the Red Wolves won its Big 8 opener in Pittsboro, beating the Chargers for the first time since 2015. Northwood had beaten Cedar Ridge six straight times. Even though she just started high school, Lloyd has quickly established herself as the Red Wolves top finisher. She has led the Red Wolves in kills in three straight matches and four of its last six.

Erin Jordan-Cornell: In its only game of the week, the Orange volleyball team defeated Roxboro Community School 3-0 in Hillsborough. Jordan-Cornell, a 6-1 freshman, had seven kills, tying for the team lead. Through Orange’s 5-3 start, Jordan-Cornell leads the team with 28 kills and 13 blocks. Orange will open Big 8 Conference play on Tuesday against the newest member of the league, Vance County, in Hillsborough.

Brandon Garcia: The game of the week was Wednesday night in Durham, where Cedar Ridge’s men soccer team had a wild 6-6 draw against the Durham School of the Arts. Garcia, a senior midfielder, notched a hat trick to continue his scoring streak to start the year. In addition to the goal, Garcia assisted on a goal by Dean Allen. Garcia started the year with the game-winning goal in Cedar Ridge’s 1-0 win over Hobbton. He also scored. a goal in a 5-1 victory over Eastern Alamance, and assisted on a marker by Reese Weaver in a 4-2 loss to Carrboro. Garcia has a five-game scoring streak going into Monday night’s tilt against Bartlett Yancey in Yanceyville.

Omarion Lewis: A sophomore running back for the Orange football team, Lewis sat out the season-opener against R.j. Reynolds. He didn’t play in the first half against South Granville, but he certainly jolted life into a lethargic Orange offense in the 2nd half. Lewis ran for 119 yards with a touchdown in his first varsity game. Lewis, who had been slated to play on the junior varsity before Friday, was the first Orange player to rush for 100 yards since Hunter Pettiford ran for 199 yards against Southern Durham on September 28, 2018.

Anne Morrell: The Cedar Ridge women’s cross country team participated in the Friday Night Lights Cross Country Festival at the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville on Friday night. In a 26 team field, Cedar Ridge finished 12th. Morrell led the way for the Red Wolves with a time of 20:59.28, good enough for 65th place in a field of 215 runners. Cedar Ridge sophomore Zoe Wade finished right behind Morrell in 68th. Last season, Morrell helped the Red Wolves finished 2nd in the Mideast Regionals and qualified for the state championships. Cedar Ridge returns the bulk of last year’s team and is aiming for big things this fall.

Jera Hargrove: The sophomore, who was the Orange women’s tennis squad’s top singles player last season as a freshman, started the week with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Northwood’s #1 singles player. The Chargers held off the Lady Panthers 5-4. On Wednesday, Hargrove extended Chapel Hill’s top singles player, Lauren Bolzan, to three sets. After dropping the opening set 6-4, Hargrove won the second set 6-4, leading to a 10-point tiebreaker to determine the match. Bolzan captured that 10-8. Hargrove defeated Person’s Kaitlyn Wrenn in straight sets on August 29.

Elliott Sikes: On Tuesday night, the Orange men’s soccer team defeated Hillside 7-1. Elliott Sikes produced two goals and two assists against the Hornets. Orange improved to 3-1 before falling to Riverside on Friday night 4-2.

Jackson Schmid: The Division III Wheaton Thunder football team started its season with a 38-0 win over Monmouth (Illinois) at Zorn Stadium in Monmoth, IL on Saturday. Schmid, who was the quarterback for an undefeated Orange team in 2016, is now a safety with the Thunder. He recorded a career high two tackles on Saturday. Schmid, a junior, played three games for the Thunder last season.

Payton Wilson: N.C. State defeated Western Carolina 49-0 at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday. In his second college game, Wilson registered three tackles and a quarterback hit. He had six tackles in the season-opener against East Carolina last week.

Trent Gill: The 2017 Cedar Ridge graduate handled punting duties for N.C. State on Saturday. Gill had three punts for an 49.3 yard average. His longest punt was 58 yards, with two kicks inside the 20-yard line. Gill also had eight kickoffs with three touchbacks. The Wolfpack will take this week off, then return against Ball State on September 21.

Stone Edwards: After missing Vanderbilt’s season-opener against #3 Georgia on August 31st, the 2017 Orange graduate made his season-debut for the Commodores against Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN on Saturday. Edwards, who was listed as second-string defensive end on the Vanderbilt depth chart, wasn’t credited with a tackle. The Boilermakers defeated the Commodores 42-24.

Keshawn Thompson: The FCS Campbell Camels defeated Division II Shaw University 38-14 at Barker-Lane Stadium in Buies Creek on Saturday. Thompson was credited with two tackles. The Camels (1-1) return to action against Davidson on September 21.

Bryse Wilson: The day after making an appearance for the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, Wilson returned to the Gwinnett Stripers of the AAA International League the next day. On Saturday, Wilson got the start as the Columbus Clippers defeated the Stripers 5-4 in Game 4 of the Governor’s Cup Semifinals at Huntington Park. The Clippers clinched the series three games to one and advanced to face the Durham Bulls in the Governor’s Cup Finals. Wilson went six innings in a no-decision. He surrendered ten hits and three runs. Gwinnett led 4-3 in the middle of the eighth, but couldn’t hold on to the lead. Gwinnett ends the season after a club record 81 wins. Wilson, who could return to Atlanta before the regular season ends, was named the Most Outstanding Pitcher for the Stripers last week. He finished 10-7 with a 3.42 in 21 starts for the Stripers this season. In his final ten starts, Wilson went 7-1 with a 3.12 ERA with 59 strikeouts and 13 walks.

Madison Wardlow: After graduating as Cedar Ridge’s career leading scorer in women’s basketball, Wardlow has enrolled at Guilford Technical Community College, where she plans to continue her basketball career. Wardlow was the first Cedar Ridge player to score over 1,000 points, a mark she eclipsed in February against Southern Durham.

Kayla Hodges: For the fifth time in five games, Hodges started for the Elon women’s soccer team in a 3-1 win over Richmond at President’s Field in Richmond, VA on Thursday. Hodges wasn’t credited with a shot on goal. The Phoenix are now 4-1 after going 3-10-4 in 2018.

Taylin Jean: The 2018 Cedar Ridge graduate made her college debut for Division II Limestone women’s soccer team on Thursday. North Georgia defeated the Saints 4-1 at the UNG Soccer Complex in Dahlonega, GA. Jean got her first college start in net and made three saves. Jean was the Big 8 Goalkeeper of the year her final two seasons at Cedar Ridge.

Brittany Daley: The Division III Greensboro College women’s soccer team won its third straight game over Southern Virginia 4-0 in Buena Vista, VA on Saturday. Daley, a 2018 Cedar Ridge graduate, started at centerback. She has started all four of the Pride’s games this year, playing 90 minutes twice. Greensboro is 3-1.

Jordan Rogers: On Saturday, Rogers started for Division III William Peace University. Agnes Scott defeated the Pacers 1-0 in Decatur, GA. The Pacers are 0-2 and will try to pick up its first win of 2019 against Hollins University at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary on Tuesday.

Lionel Reid-Shaw: The Division III Dickinson men’s soccer team suffered its first loss against Lebanon Valley 2-0 on Saturday in Annville, PA. Reid-Shaw entered the game as a reserve and has played in all three of Dickinson’s games so far this season. The Red Devils are 2-1.

Bailey Lucas: The Division III Meredith College volleyball team went 1-2 in the Washington & Lee Invite at the Duchossois Center in Lexington, VA on Friday and Saturday. The Avenging Angels defeated Southern Virginia 3-2 on Friday. Lucas had one kill, 17 assists and two digs against the Knights. On Saturday, Gettysburg defeated Meredith 3-2. Lucas finished with 19 assists and six digs. Washington & Lee also knocked off Meredith 3-2. Lucas had three kills, 18 assists, and four digs. The Avenging Angels are now 4-2.

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior middle hitter Kaitlyn Werden. The Orange volleyball team has won five straight matches headed into Tuesday’s Big 8 Conference opener against Vance County, and Werden has been a big reason why. On August 28, Werden had ten kills, ten digs, 21 assists, two aces and two blocks in a 3-1 upset of previously undefeated Person. The next day, Orange swept South Granville in Hillsborough. Werden finished with two kills, six assists, four digs and one block. Currently, Werden is tied for second on the team with 24 kills. She leads the team with eight aces and 67 assists. Orange is 5-3 with a big week ahead. After Tuesday’s conference opener against the Vipers, they face crosstown rival Cedar Ridge on Thursday in Hillsborough.   

They recovered two onside kicks within 13 minutes, picked up eleven first downs in the second half after getting only one in the first, and stumbled upon a potential star running back who led the team in rushing even though he wouldn’t have played if not for Hurricane Dorian.

And that was just the second half.

Yet even with all that going for them, the Orange football team couldn’t get its first win of the season.

South Granville (1-2) pushed past the Panthers 20-15 at Viking Stadium in Creedmoor on Friday night. Freshman quarterback Khawan Bobbitt, in just his second game after sitting out the Vikings’ loss to Sanderson last week, scored the game-winning touchdown with a four-yard carry out of the Vikings wishbone offense.

Bobbitt factored in on all three Granville touchdowns in its home opener. He finished with 76 yards rushing and two touchdowns.

After being totally dominated in the first half, Orange found a game changer in sophomore running back Omarion Lewis, who didn’t play in last week’s season opener against R.J. Reynolds and was absent during the first half against the Vikings.

In the second half, he sparked a lackluster Orange offense with 119 rushing yards on 12 carries and his first varsity touchdown.

The Panthers needed something after wingback and safety Machai Holt missed the game because of an injury suffered against Reynolds last week. Holt scored a touchdown, made an interception, blocked a field goal and an extra point against the Demons.

Yet if it wasn’t for Dorian, Lewis probably wouldn’t have seen the field Friday night.

Lewis, a sophomore, was penciled in by the coaching staff to play on the junior varsity. The Orange JVs were scheduled to host South Granville in its season opener on Thursday night, but the game was canceled on Tuesday ahead of forecasts calling for Dorian to bring rain across the Triangle.

Instead, Lewis found himself on the varsity Friday night playing his first game. Orange went from trailing 14-0 at the half with a measly 39 yards total offense in the opening two quarters to 194 yards total offense in the 2nd half with a chance to win late.

“He’s kind of been on the bubble as to where he’s going to be,” said Orange coach Van Smith. “We knew he’s got that spark, that strength. He has as good a vision as anybody about seeing things and hitting those holes. He kind of needed a tryout, so to speak.”

After a lethargic first half, Orange’s got a jolt when Cameron White returned the 2nd half kickoff 45 yards. Elliott Woods’ nine-yard carry set up Orange outside the Granville red zone, which the Panthers never came close to in the 1st half. Nigel Slanker kicked a 38-yard field goal to put Orange in the board.

The subsequent onside kick took a quirky bounds on the thick brush on the Vikings field, which doubles as its baseball outfield during the spring. Jayce Hodges made the recovery in front of a raucous Panther side to send the offense back on the field.

It set up Orange’s opening 49-yard touchdown drive, of which Lewis had 33 rushing yards. On third-and-goal from the Viking 14-yard line, quarterback Wyatt Jones found classmate Zyon Pettiford in the middle of the end zone.

Orange simply couldn’t stop Granville when it counted most. The Vikings finished 8-for-12 on third down conversions. Three of the four times they failed, they went on to convert on fourth down.

It was never anything fancy. Under Mike Hobgood’s wishbone offense, the Vikings biggest weapon was a simple toss sweep that burned Orange constantly.

The Vikings’ opening drive of the 2nd half came with 5:14 remaining in the third quarter, but they made it worth their while. With Bobbitt at quarterback, they converted one third down and two fourth downs, twice using the toss weep. Following Jaydon Crabtree’s four-yard run on a 4th-and-1, Bobbitt scored from four yards out. The extra point was wide right.

Orange still had its chances. Defensive end Khaleb Smith recovered a fumble at midfield. Lewis took over the final three plays of the drive with runs of eleven and four yards before scoring his first varsity touchdown from eight yards out.

The Panthers recovered yet another onside kick, this time with Jacob Chapman pouncing on the ball. Orange advanced to the Viking 36-yard line after a seven-yard bootleg by Jones, but the drive stalled after four incomplete passes.

Granville opened the game with a 13-play, 80-yard drive that took 6:53 off the clock. Bobbitt scored on a quarterback sneak from two yard away.

The last thing Orange needed from its offense was a three-and-out, which is exactly what happened. Granville scored on its next possession when Bobbitt found Bryson McCall for a 42-yard touchdown pass. Though McCall plays regularly, it was his first touchdown of the season.

Total offense in the first quarter: South Granville 85, Orange 3.

‘I was tickled to death with the defense,” Smith said. “After the first two possessions, I thought it was going to be 42-0 and they were eating the clock up. Our defense came back and held them to one score the rest of the way.”

Orange labored through the first half. A fumble recovery by linebacker Caulin Fansler helped the Panthers come up with its first stop.

Orange, which has now lost eight in a row, hosts Burlington Williams next Friday night.

“I was worried last week,” Smith said. “I feel better this week.”

South Granville 20, ORANGE 15

SG-Khawan Bobbitt 2 run (Jackson Erwin kick)

SG-Bryson McCall 42 pass from Bobbitt (Erwin kick)

O-Nigel Slanker 38 FG

O-Zyon Pettiford 14 pass from Wyatt Jones (kick blocked)

SG-Bobbitt 4 run (kick failed)

O-Omarion Lewis 8 run (pass failed)

RUSHING–ORANGE: 30-158 (Lewis 12-119 TD, J.J. Torres 5-21, Elliott Woods 5-19, Jones 5-3, Jacob Chapman 1-3, Joe Kiger 3-(-7).

South Granville: 53-251 2 TD (Malachi Flowers 14-87, Bobbitt 15-76 2 TD, Jaydon Crabtree 8-46, Ethan Josselin 3-26, Micah Wilkerson 10-23, team 3-(-3) McCall 1-(4))

PASSING: ORANGE: (Jones 7-16 TD 75 yards)

SOUTH GRANVILLE (Bobbitt 2-6 56 yards TD)

RECEIVING: ORANGE (Pettiford 3-24 TD, Kiger 2-31, Woods 1-14, Daniel Champion 1-6)

SOUTH GRANVILLE: McCall 1-42 TD, Dominic Deloatch 1-14

Article by Tim Hackett

Two weeks ago, Cedar Ridge High School fans saw something they hadn’t seen in nearly two years: a varsity Red Wolves football game. For a school that’s hoping to rebuild, revitalize and renew its football program, that was Step One. This week, Cedar Ridge was searching for success at Step Two: winning a varsity football game for the first time in exactly 750 days. 

But instead of Step Two, the Red Wolves (0-2) took a big step back, falling 42-0 to the Bartlett Yancey Buccaneers (3-0) Friday night in Hillsborough. After Cedar Ridge was unable to capitalize on seven Carrboro turnovers in the game two weeks ago, the Buccaneers showcased how to convert mistakes into points – five of the six Bartlett Yancey touchdowns came immediately off Cedar Ridge turnovers, and the sixth came courtesy of a muffed snap that the Buccaneer defense fell on in the end zone. 

The Red Wolves began their first Friday night game of the season with a three-and-out but quickly got back on offense as KJ Barnes soared to pick off a pass from Chase Johnson, the senior quarterback’s first giveaway this season. But just a couple of plays later, Cedar Ridge quarterback returned the favor with an undercooked pass down the right sideline that Shahiem Boyd nabbed, and the Buccaneers converted that into a 22-yard touchdown run by standout junior running back Michael Slade, who was averaging 12 yards per carry heading into Friday. Berger’s muffed snap led to the defensive score and a 12-0 lead for the visitors early in the second quarter, and before Cedar Ridge could escape the shadows of its own goal posts Boyd picked off Berger again to set up the Buccaneers inside the red zone and allow Johnson to scamper in on a QB keeper for a 20-0 lead. 

That’s when the wheels came off for the Red Wolves. After that touchdown, Miles Jefferson kicked off for the visitors and KJ Barnes received it. But somewhere during the return he coughed the ball up and Bartlett Yancey recovered it. A few plays later, Johnson found Boyd for a score. After that touchdown, Miles Jefferson kicked off for the visitors and Jaikel Gibbs received it. But somewhere during the return he coughed the ball up and Bartlett Yancey recovered it. The next play, veteran back Jacob Scales took it to the house for a score. After that touchdown, Miles Jefferson kicked off for the visitors and Elijah Whitaker received it. But somewhere during the return he coughed the ball up and Bartlett Yancey recovered it. A few plays later, Johnson hit Davon Lipscomb for a touchdown and the Buccaneers had a 42-0 lead. Three virtually identical plays with three identical outcomes: treasure buried in the end zone, unearthed by the Buccaneers. 

Something changed for Cedar Ridge after halftime. Sure, the visitors were able to coast somewhat with a massive lead the Red Wolves never threatened to reduce, but the Buccaneers played their starters, including Johnson, for the entire third quarter and much of the fourth. Sure, he mercy rule running clock went into effect after halftime, meaning neither team had to run nearly as many plays, but the Red Wolves still shut out Bartlett Yancey after the break. After a slow start, Isaiah McCambry had a strong second half on both sides of the ball, proving the week one suspicion that he is someone Cedar Ridge can build around. Braxton Mergenthal was a tackling force and clearly showed himself as the best defensive player wearing the dark uniform. And though they benefitted from more than a few Buccaneer drops in the second half, the Cedar Ridge secondary also improved as the game went on. Still, after a frustrating loss to Carrboro and this lackluster loss to Bartlett Yancey sandwiching the team’s only bye week, new head coach Torrean Hinton must turn the page quickly as his team gets set to head to Sanford to face Southern Lee for the first of three straight road games next week.

Third-year Bartlett Yancey head coach Jason Brumfield said this summer his main goal was to win more games than last year. After a 3-8 campaign a season ago, the Buccaneers seem primed to plunder one their most prosperous seasons in recent history. As for Cedar Ridge, their quest for their first varsity win since August 2017 will have to wait at least another week.