Month: October 2019

The fall sports season is drawing to a close with some playoff intrigue in football and men’s soccer. On Monday night, the Cedar Ridge men’s soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision to Southern Durham on senior night at Red Wolves Stadium. The Spartans scored in the opening minute and largely packed in its defense the rest of the game to hold Cedar Ridge scoreless.

It was a costly loss to Cedar Ridge’s playoff chances. On Tuesday, the Red Wolves’ MaxPreps ranking fell to #68. They’re 7-12-1 overall, 5-9 in the Big 8 Conference. While Southern Durham’s MaxPreps ranking is #67, they can’t make the state playoffs ahead of the Red Wolves because Cedar Ridge finished ahead of them in the Big 8 standings.

Last week, the Orange football team kept its playoff hopes alive with a dramatic 31-30 overtime win over Northwood. Machai Holt scored in overtime for the game-winning score. Sophomore Omarion Lewis scored three touchdowns.

On Saturday, the season ended for the Cedar Ridge and Orange High volleyball teams. Terry Sanford defeated the Red Wolves 3-1 in the opening round of the 3A State Playoffs. Clayton swept Orange. Two nights later the Comets stunned previously undefeated Grey’s Creek 3-0 to advance to the Round of 16.

The Big 8 Conference Cross Country Championships were held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary last Thursday. We’ll have more details on the results in a post coming up later tonight.

Now, here’s the Magnificent 7 from Week 9 of the Fall Sports Season:

Anne Morrell: Finished 10th in the Big 8 Women’s Cross Country Championships with a time of 19:52.70. Helped Cedar Ridge finish 3rd in the Big 8. The Red Wolves will compete in the 3A Mideast Regionals at Northwood High School in Pittsboro on Saturday.

Allison Musty: This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week, Musty was also named to the All-Big 8 Conference team in women’s cross country (Morrell was, as well). Musty finished 15th overall in the Big 8 Championships, crossing the finish line at 20:34.30.

Reese Weaver: Scored a hat trick in Cedar Ridge’s 9-0 win over Vance County on October 23. Weaver has eleven goals for the Red Wolves this season.

Levi Draughon: A sophomore, Draughon finished 19th in the Big 8 Men’s Cross Country Championships for Cedar Ridge. He was the highest finisher among Cedar Ridge runners. Cedar Ridge finished 4th as a team.

Omarion Lewis: The sophomore Orange running back was named the Orange Panther of the Week after rushing for 95 yards and three touchdowns in the Panthers 31-30 win over Northwood in overtime last Friday night. Lewis leads the team in rushing.

Machai Holt: Made an interception in the fourth quarter of the Northwood game. Two plays later, Holt scored off a 32-yard touchdown pass from Wyatt Jones to tie the game against Northwood. Holt scored on a 10-yard touchdown run in overtime. Holt leads the team with eight touchdowns.

McKenzie Hawks: Hawks competed in the 3A Central Regional Women’s Golf Championships at Greensboro National Golf Club last week. Hawks, a senior, shot 107. Sarah Durham, an Orange sophomore, were the only Hillsborough representatives in the Central Regional Championships.

From the time an injury derailed his playing days at Southern Alamance High School, Bryson Massey understood his lot in life would be coaching.

It was in his family roots.

His uncle, Ron Massey, was a head football coach for over 30 years. At Kannapolis Brown, Massey won nine conference championships in eleven years and led the Wonders to the 2008 3AA State Championship game, where they lost to Greensboro Dudley.

Bryson grew up going to his uncle’s football games and watched him develop young men in Kings Mountain, Kannapolis and Monroe.

In October 2014, Massey died suddenly of a heart attack while he was the head coach at Piedmont. It was at his visitation in Kannapolis that Bryson learned the value of coaching isn’t how much you win, it’s how much you influence others.

At his visitation in Kannapolis, Bryson stood with the rest of his family to welcome a long line of visitors, former players and coaching colleagues for over five hours. They didn’t leave until midnight.

“I always wanted to follow in his footsteps,” Bryson said of his uncle. “Except baseball was my deal. I’ve always loved baseball and that was my path. He and my father always pushed me. They were brothers and they were really close.”

Massey was formally introduced as the new head baseball coach at Cedar Ridge on Tuesday night. He replaces Mitchell Frazier, who resigned in August after one season to become the new head coach at Eastern Randolph.

This is Massey’s first head coaching job. He’s spent the past two years as an assistant at A.L. Brown. He previously served as an assistant at Graham, North Pitt, and Walter Williams. He was also a student manager at East Carolina University, where he worked with Billy Godwin for three years. He also forged a close relationship with current ECU coach Cliff Godwin.

“We talk often,” Massey said. “We’re pretty close.”

Massey also served as an assistant under Jason Knapp at Williams. Now, the two will be paired against each other on opposite ends of the same town. Knapp became the head coach at Orange in 2018, replacing the legendary Dean Dease.

“Me and Coach Knapp are very close,” Massey said. “He’s helped me out a lot with my coaching career. I have a lot of respect for that guy.”

Cedar Ridge finished 18-6 in 2018 and lost to Terry Sanford in the 2nd round of the state playoffs. With six returning starters scheduled to return, the Red Wolves appeared to be set for a deep playoff run in 2019. However, a month after the 2018 season ended, the school announced they wouldn’t field a varsity football team the following August. That took away their entire middle infield as Jake and Dante DeFranco transferred to Orange. Matthew Kahn, the second starter in the rotation who went 7-1 with a 1.55 ERA, left for Jordan. Head coach Jamie Athas, who lives in Burlington, departed for Walter Williams just as his wife was expecting another child.

Phillip Berger remained and became the first Cedar Ridge pitcher to reach 20 career victories, but the Red Wolves were stripped of its depth and finished 8-12.

With Berger now at William Peace University, Massey sees opportunity in a Cedar Ridge team that will be the youngest in recent school history next March.

“I know baseball is good in this area,” Massey said. “They’re striving to do great things. They want to turn that program around. They want to work hard. There’s a lot of hard workers in that program that want to change the culture in that program. We all want it to be. It’s a great school and a great staff. It checked a lot of boxes for me as my first spot as a head coach.”

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is sophomore running back Omarion Lewis. On Friday, Lewis scored three touchdowns as the Panthers came back from a 24-6 deficit to defeat Northwood 31-30 in overtime. On September 6, Lewis played in his first varsity game against South Granville and ran for 113 yards, even though he only played in the second half. He now has 510 rushing yards and nine touchdowns this season through eight games. Lewis was originally slated to play on the junior varsity team this year, but after his performance against South Granville, those plans changed.  Lewis and the rest of the Panthers travel to Cedar Ridge on Friday night in the Battle of Hillsborough. The game can be heard on Hillsboroughsports.com starting at 6:45 with the C&R Ski Outdoor Pregame Show with Tim Hackett and Jason Knapp. 

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is cross country runner Allison Musty.  Last week, Musty finished 15th at the Big 8 Championships at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. She made the All-Big 8 Conference team. Musty helped Cedar Ridge finished 3rd as a team in the conference. Musty, a senior, helped set the school record in the 4×400 relay team in outdoor track & field for Cedar Ridge in 2017.  Last year, Musty was part of the Cedar Ridge 4×800 relay team that qualified for the 3A State Track & Field Championships in Greensboro. In cross country,  Musty helped the Cedar Ridge women’s cross country team qualify for the state championships as a team when they finished 2nd in the 3A Mideast Regionals in 2018. This weekend, Cedar Ridge has a goal of repeating its success when they compete in the Mideast Regionals again. It will be held Saturday at Northwood High School in Pittsboro.  

On September 13, Orange rallied from a 13-0 deficit to defeat Williams 21-13. It was Orange’s largest come-from-behind victory since stunning Chapel Hill in 2015, when they trailed 20-7 only to win 38-37.

So Friday’s night victory over Northwood set a new standard. Orange trailed 24-6 with 5:13 remaining in the third quarter before Elliott Woods sparked a comeback with an interception of a Jack Thompson pass. After that, the Orange defense went to work as they shut out the Chargers for the rest of regulation.

As the old football cliche goes, 12 plays decide every game. It was no different here. So with help from Thompson Team Films, here’s the Dire Dozen from Orange’s sixth win over Northwood in the last seven years.

1. Northwood, 3rd-and-1 from the Orange 21-yard line, Orange’s Khaleb Smith with an interception.

Looking back at the game notes, it’s amazing how close Northwood came to blowing Orange out. After Aaron Ross scored on an 8-yard touchdown run, the Chargers led 17-0. Orange went backward on the subsequent drive and Auman Stadium seemed lifeless. Northwood had the ball at the end of the red zone and could have gone ahead 24-0 if it wasn’t for Khaleb Smith making his first interception of the year.

2. Orange ball late in the 2nd quarter, 3rd-and-7 from the Northwood 39-yard line, Wyatt Jones throws to Elliott Woods for 26 yards.

Quite a catch by Woods, who caught this ball over the back of Northwood cornerback Jack Vail. Jones had to rush his throw because Northwood defensive tackle Antawn Edwards broke free and had a free path to the QB. If Woods doesn’t make this catch, Orange is probably still at two wins.

3. Orange ball, 2nd-and-9 from the Northwood 12, Omarion Lewis scores his first TD.

Owen Aquino started at left tackle for Orange. He supplied a good block on outside linebacker Pierce Cook to free up Lewis for his 7th touchdown of the season.

4. 3rd quarter, Northwood 2nd & 11 at the 50 yard line. Elliott Woods with an interception.

This was the play of the game. Woods pick led to an Orange touchdown. It was the second of Orange’s three takeaways. Coming into the game, 35% of Orange’s points came off turnovers. In this game, they had 12. This started a string of 24 unanswered Panther points.

5. Orange ball, 2nd & 10 from the Northwood 24. Lewis scores his 2nd touchdown.

Another quality block from pulling guard Dari’us Matkins helped Lewis score his 2nd touchdown of the game. This score gave Orange life after some fans left the stands following a touchdown run by Northwood’s Aaron Ross on the previous drive put the Chargers ahead 24-6.

6. Northwood 3rd-and-4 from its own 26-yard line, Orange’s James McAdoo with a sack of Northwood quarterback Jack Thompson.

As mentioned above, Ross scored a touchdown on Northwood’s first possession of the second half. Then the Chargers went six consecutive possessions without a first down. James McAdoo met Will Torain to the quarterback on this sack that led to a Northwood punt.

7. Orange ball, 3rd-and-4 from the Northwood 24-yard line, Lewis scores his final touchdown.

Believe it or not, this was Orange’s final 3rd down conversion of the game and it happened late in the 3rd quarter. If Matkins didn’t get credit for a pancake block on this run, he should have. Pulling to the left after Lewis sprang outside, Matkins sent a Charger flat up his back, leading Orange to reduce Northwood’s lead to 24-18.

8. Northwood ball, 1st-and-10 from the Northwood 36, Orange linebacker Jackson Wood with a sack of Thompson.

On Thursday night, the Orange junior varsity team defeated Northwood 27-0 in Pittsboro. Several of the players who suited up for Orange on Thursday also played on Friday. Not only that, but some played at key points with Orange trailing 17-0. Jackson Wood was in the game as Orange trailed 24-17. He made this key sack on Thompson on a big play that would get much bigger soon.

9. Northwood ball, 2nd-and-18 from its own 28, Machai Holt with an interception.

Machai Holt has come up big down the stretch in big games before for Orange on the gridiron and on the hardwood. This game may have been his masterpiece. He took over in the final six minutes, starting with this interception.

10. Orange ball, 2nd & 8 at the Northwood 36, Jones to Holt for a 32-yard touchdown.

Jones had a 65-yard pass to Zyon Pettiford called back because of a ineligible man downfield penalty in the third quarter. This time, Jones found the right connection as Holt scored his first receiving touchdown of the year to tie the game.

11. Caulin Falser blocks a would-be game-winning field goal with 12 seconds remaining.

Northwood’s final drive set new standards for gutsy play calling. After Jack Spotz was stopped at the Charger 49-yard line on 3rd down, punter Aidan Laros came out on 4th-and-3 with :53 remaining. Instead of punting, Laros ran a designed fake around right end for a first down by six inches. Thompson completed passes to Jalen McAfee and Ross to move the ball to the Orange 28-yard line. With 12 seconds remaining, Laros came back out to attempt a 40-yard field goal to win the game. He drilled a 42 yarder from nearly the same spot to open the game. This time, Caulin Fansler got his six-foot frame up to deflect the ball and send Auman Stadium into a frenzy.

12. Holt scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime from 10 yards

Holt scored his eighth rushing touchdown of the year in the first possession of overtime. Even more importantly, Nigel Slanker kicked the extra point to sew up a win on Homecoming night and keep Orange’s state playoff chances alive.

Orange senior Cameron White is looking to end his high school football career in style. On Friday night, White stepped in for the injured Jake DeFranco at punt returner. In the third quarter, White had a 33-yard return to set up an Orange touchdown as the Panthers rallied from a 24-6 deficit to defeat Northwood 31-30 in overtime. On the season, White has three pass breakups. On offense as a wide receiver, he had three receptions against Vance County. White and the rest of the Orange seniors have two games remaining in the regular season, against Cedar Ridge on Friday at Red Wolves Stadium. Then they host Chapel Hill for senior night. If the Panthers pull out wins in those final two games, they could reach the postseason. You can hear Orange vs. Cedar Ridge on Friday night starting at 6:45 with the C&R Ski Outdoor pregame show with Tim Hackett and Jason Knapp. 

By Curran Campbell

We had another week of coastal chaos, and another week of football teams performing at levels of derp never seen before by mankind. We also have our third team so far this season to hit the bottom of the power rankings, keep reading and find out who has become the worst of the worst.

Miami

Miami took advantage of too many Pitt mistakes and busted out the turnover chain 3 times in a gross 16-12 victory over the Panthers. The Miami offense continues to be absolutely dreadful, as they only put up a measly 208 yard of total offense. That being said, they did enough to win and that’s all that matters at the end of the day.

Louisville

Tailback Javian Hawkins and quarterback Micale Cunningham combined for 233 yards rushing as Louisville took 28-21 victory over Virginia. The scoreboard would indicate a close game but the Cardinal ground attack was just too much to handle for the Hoos, and Louisville completely dominated the second half of play.

Clemson

Clemson beat Boston College 59-7. That is all.

Florida State

Florida State started running away with it early, and a couple of garbage time touchdowns made it look way closer than it really was as the Noles took care of Syracuse 35-17. Cam Akers continues to look like one of the top 3 tailbacks in the conference along with Clemson’s Travis Etienne and Louisville’s Javian Hawkins as he put up 144 yards and 4 touchdowns on the ground.

North Carolina

Carolina kind of played like garbage against Duke if we are going to be honest. They did their very best to make sure the Victory Bell stayed in Durham for a fourth straight year, but as most of you probably know already, it’s back in Chapel Hill. The Heels barely, and I mean barely held on for a 20-17 victory as the Tar Heel defense really did play their best game of the season and Chazz Surratt made the big play with 14 seconds left with the interception on the Deon Jackson jump pass when it really mattered. We will have a lot more to say about this game in the Duke section of this ramble.

Pitt

So far this season, Pitt has had a habit of playing the same level of football as their opponent. Playing up to Penn State and UCF, while playing down to the likes of Duke, Syracuse, Delaware, and now Miami in a 16-12 loss. Kenny Pickett was dreadful, going 18-32 for only 146 yards and throwing it to the wrong colored jersey twice. The Pitt defense was good, as it has been all season, but if that offense doesn’t clean it up, they’re going to continue to struggle down the stretch.

Virginia

Virginia on the road is bad. Virginia at home is good. Unfortunately, we were stuck with road Virginia on Saturday as they dropped this one to Louisville 28-21. UVa is now 1-3 on the road and it’s not going to get any easier as they have to travel to Chapel Hill next week. Until UVa can figure out how to win on the road, they will not be the team they are capable of being. Which in my opinion, is a 9 win season with a coastal crown. So far, they’re underperforming.

Boston College

I am sorry that you guys had to lose 59-7 to Clemson. That is all.

Syracuse

Syracuse football continues to disappoint me in new ways every single week. This time with a 35-17 loss to another bad team, this time it was Florida State. The offensive line is still dreadful, surrendering 7 sacks, and quarterback Tommy DeVito isn’t getting any better as the season progresses. DeVito has been lauded as the QB of the future for the Orange and his performance has been so bad that the Orange are now prowling the transfer market looking for another quarterback. A report from Chris Carlson of syracuse.com indicates that former North Carolina quarterback Cade Fortin will be taking an official visit to Syracuse this week. Take with that what you will.

Duke

Duke lost the Battle for the Victory Bell for the first time since 2015. A 20-17 loss in a game you had every opportunity to win stings, and really all the blame can be put on two guys. Those being quarterback Quentin Harris and offensive coordinator Zac Roper. First up to be grilled, Quentin Harris. On the surface, 22-39 for 229 yards with one touchdown and one pick isn’t terrible. That being said, the interception came on a wide open throw that Harris simply missed deep in Carolina territory, taking at least 3 points away from the Blue Devils. Outside of the interception, Harris missed quite a few crucial 3rd down throws that could have kept the ball moving for Duke and avoided having to put together a final drive in the first place. Now Zac Roper, you’re going to be remembered for this mistake for a long, long time. Who in the right mind calls a jump pass at the 2 yard line with your tailback throwing it? If you want to throw the ball there, you run a fade route to one of your receivers who the Carolina corners had been struggling with the whole game. But for whatever reason, Roper took a class at the Larry Fedora School For Coaches That Get Too Cute Near The Goal Line, and went with the jump pass by the tailback. Yikes.

Power Rankings

1. Clemson, duh.
2. Wake Forest
3. North Carolina
4. Virginia Tech
5. Louisville
6. Virginia
7. Florida State
8. Pitt
9. Duke
10. Boston College
11. NC State
12. Miami
13. Georgia Tech
14. Syracuse

Predictions

NC State at Wake Forest: Wake Forest, 35-24

Boston College at Syracuse: Syracuse, 21-20

Virginia Tech at Notre Dame: Notre Dame, 38-17

Miami at Florida State: Florida State, 34-10

Wofford at Clemson: Clemson, 100-0

Pitt at Georgia Tech: Pitt, 45-24

Virginia at North Carolina: North Carolina, 31-28

Last week’s predictions: 4-1

Season total: 13-9

A season ago, the Clayton High School volleyball team finished the year with 15 wins, got to the final of the Greater Neuse Conference tournament where they lost to conference rival Cleveland, made the 3A state playoffs as a #14 seed, hosted the #19 seed in the first round – and lost in straight sets.

Now, one year later, the Comets found themselves in familiar territory. Clayton finished the year with 15 wins, got to the final of the conference tournament where they lost to rival Cleveland, made the 3A state playoffs as a #14 seed, and hosted the #19 seed in the first round – but this year, the end result was a little different.

On the other side of the floor, the Orange High School volleyball team had been in the playoffs for the past four years, but the Panthers hadn’t been able to push past the first round since 2015, when Orange got all the way to the third round as a 21-seed. A couple of key wins late in 2019 ensured the Panthers would be playoff participants again, giving second-year head coach Kelly Young a second chance to guide the Panthers deep into the postseason.

On Saturday afternoon, the #19 seed Orange Panthers (16-8) took a long trip south to Johnston County and battled the Clayton Comets (15-10) every step of the way, but Clayton’s depth on the outside and talent at the service line helped lift the Comets to a straight-sets win (25-22, 25-20, 29-27) over Orange, ending the Panthers’ season in the first round for the fourth straight year.

Orange got out to a quick early lead on the road in the first set, but Clayton tied the score at six apiece and then went a big run to open up a 17-12 lead. Young called a timeout and her team responded, battling back to within 19-18, which prompted a matching timeout from first-year Clayton head coach David Nicholson. That timeout had a similar effect for the Comets, which pulled away for a 25-22 win.

Orange again struck for an early 4-1 lead in set two, but Clayton, needing some offense, once again found it through Kayla Burbage, a 6’2 junior middle hitter with long arms and a cannon of a swing. She missed nearly all of September and it’s fair to wonder how much better Clayton’s seed would’ve been had she played the entire season, but she certainly came to play Saturday. A player that averages 4.87 kills per set with a hitting clip of .360 and that kind of height is a potential star at any level, and she was a matchup nightmare for Orange Saturday. The Panthers did well to limit top Clayton outside Maya Gray, who averages 3 kills per set herself, but Burbage’s big arm helped stake the Comets to a 20-13 edge. The Panthers were able to claw back into the set, but the deficit was too large to overcome – Clayton won 25-20 for a 2-0 set advantage.

Unlike the first two sets, in the third, it was Clayton that grabbed an early lead. But, also unlike the first two sets, the Comets never held a big lead. Instead, Orange, knowing its season was on the line, fought every step of the way, fending off match points at 24-23 and 26-25, and even having a chance to take the set themselves at 27-26. But on their third match point, the Comets forced Orange into a tough defensive situation, and the Panthers overpassed the ball right in the center of the net – and there, of course, waiting to spike it down was Burbage to lift Clayton to a 29-27 victory and a straight-sets win.

Clayton played to its strengths perfectly in this match. A Comet team that, incredibly, averages more than twice as many service aces as it does errors served well all day Saturday, and with top outside Gray stopped up, the Comets found offense from other sources, including Ella Callahan, a freshman outside who tallied at least 15 points serving and attacking after she had appeared in just six sets all season prior to Saturday.

But Orange truthfully played a very strong game as well, producing an effort that would have been more than good enough to beat a lesser team that doesn’t have the ability to go on service runs like Clayton does. The Comets slowed down top Panther outside Avery Miller, but the patented Panther right-side attack from Lottie Scully and especially Ella Van Tiem worked excellently. Emma Vosburg and Devyn Norman both had their moments in the middle, offensively and defensively. Senior Emma Clements has been resurgent lately in this season, and she had a solid final game overall as a Panthers. Scully and Kaitlyn Werden split the setter duties well, both serving well and facilitating clean offense. And libero Brooke Fryar was back there to keep things about as clean as usual. But on this day, all of those good efforts were simply not good enough, and the Panthers quickly packed up their things and hopped on the bus back to Hillsborough to reflect on another strong season of volleyball at Orange.

The Orange football team trailed 24-6 midway through the third quarter against Northwood on Friday night.  The Panthers stormed back to win 31-30 in overtime. Elliott Woods played three different positions for the Panthers. He led the team with 52 receiving yards. Woods also had an interception that led to 24 unanswered Orange points in the third quarter.  Plus,  he had to fill in at long snapper for Joe Kiger, who injured his hand in the first half. Woods led the team with eleven tackles. Orange defensive tackle Courtney Edwards played offense and defense. The Panthers are 3-6 and will go for consecutive wins for the first time this season when they travel to Cedar Ridge on Friday night. You can hear that game with Tim Hackett, Jason Knapp and Jmari Graham starting at 6:45 with the C&R Ski Outdoor Pregame Show live from Red Wolves Stadium. 

Adam Chnupa: On Saturday, the Elon football team came from behind to defeat Rhode Island 38-13 in Meade Stadium in Kingston, RI. Chnupa, a former Cedar Ridge All-Big 8 football and baseball player, played on special teams as the Phoenix won its second straight game. This season, Chnupa has played in four games for Elon, who are now 4-4 overall, 3-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Phoenix host William & Mary for Homecoming next Saturday at Rhodes Stadium.

Keshawn Thompson: Among the wild games throughout the country on Saturday was Campbell’s 49-47 triple overtime win over Gardner-Webb at Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs. Thompson, a redshirt sophomore who graduated from Orange in 2017, assisted on two tackles for the Camels. He also had a tackle for loss. Campbell is 6-1, 3-0 in the Big South. They travel to North Alabama next Saturday for a nonconference game.

Rodney Brooks: In the CIAA on Saturday, Winston-Salem State shutout Livingston 21-0 at Alumni Memorial Stadium in Salisbury. Brooks entered the game as a safety, made one tackle and assisted on two others. The Blue Bears fell to 4-4, 1-4 in the CIAA. They host Fayetteville State next Saturday.

Kevin Wright: In Rocky Mount, Division III Brevard defeated North Carolina Wesleyan 26-20 at Rocky Mount Stadium. Wright had one solo tackle and assisted on two others as the Battling Bishops fell to 3-4, 2-2 in the USA South Athletic Conference. Wright has played in four games for Wesleyan this season. The Bishops travel to Methodist next Saturday.

Lionel Reid-Shaw: On senior day for the Division III Dickinson men’s soccer team on Saturday, Reid-Shaw started at centerback as the Red Devils defeated Haverford 2-1 in Carlisle, PA. Reid-Shaw fired a shot on goal as Dickinson improved to 9-6, 5-2 in the Centennial Conference. On Wednesday, Reid-Shaw will play his final home game for Dickinson, who will host Muhlenberg on Wednesday night. Dickinson is in 3rd place in the Centennial Conference, one game in the loss column behind Franklin & Marshall.

Kayla Hodges: The Elon women’s soccer team suffered a tough loss on Thursday. Delaware defeated the Phoenix 2-0 at Grant Stadium in Newark, DE. Hodges, who had goals in three consecutive games coming into the game, started at midfield and fired a shot on net. The Phoenix had only three shots on net in the game. Elon is 11-4-2 overall, 5-2-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association. Elon is now tied with Delaware for third in the loss column in the CAA.

Taylin Jean: The Division II Limestone women’s soccer team defeated Southern Wesleyan University 2-0 at Saints Field in Gaffney, SC on Saturday. Jean posted her seven shutout of the season. She started and played 52 minutes before being replaced by Paige Renkosik, who was among eight seniors who played their final home game. Jean is 8-6 as the goalkeeper of the Saints this season. Limestone is 7-2 in Conference Carolinas. They’re in 3rd place in the league, two games behind Mount Olive for 1st place.

Brittany Daley: On Senior Day for the Division III Greensboro College women’s soccer team defeated North Carolina Wesleyan 2-0 at Pride Field on Saturday. Daley started again at centerback. She has started all 17 games for Greensboro. The Pride ended the regular season 12-4-1, 6-1-1 in the USA South Athletic Conference. They will be the top seed for the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament, which starts later this week.

Jordan Rogers: The William Peace women’s soccer team defeated Averett University 3-0 at Campbell Stadium in Danville, VA on Saturday. With the victory, the Pacers set the program record for most wins in a season. Rogers, who graduated from Orange in 2018, started her 18th game of the season for Peace. The Pacers are now 7-10-1, 3-5 in the USA South. The Pacers will also start play in the USA South Conference Tournament this week.

Lili Henry: On Friday night, two former Hillsborough volleyball players squared off against each other again. Lili Henry, who graduated from Cedar Ridge in 2018, suited up for Division III Methodist against Meredith. The Avenging Angels defeated the Monarchs 3-1 on scores of 21-25, 25-13, 25-22 and 25-7. Henry had 15 assists, one ace, one kill and two digs. Methodist is 6-16, 5-9 in the USA South.

Bailey Lucas: Lucas played all four sets for Meredith against Methodist. She finished with 16 assists and five digs. The Avenging Angels are 16-7 overall, 10-2 in the USA South. Meredith is tied in the loss column with Averett for 1st place in the conference.