Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week: Efrain Morales

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is sophomore catcher Efrain Morales. From the very start of this season, Morales has made a difference for a Cedar Ridge team that is poised to make the state playoffs for the first time since 2018. In the season-opener at Chapel Hill, Morales scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning as the Red Wolves defeated the Tigers 9-8. In his first varsity game, Morales went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI single. The next game, Morales had a sacrifice fly to score Carlo Garay as the Red Wolves defeated Barrett Yancey 2-1 in Cedar Ridge’s home opener. Against Western Alamance on April 12, Morales hit a grand slam in the third inning to push the Red Wolves past the Warriors 4-1 in Elon. Morales also had a solo homer, into the teeth of the wind, against East Chapel Hill in the Hilltop Invitational. Against Orange last Tuesday, Morales had a two-run homer. Morales leads Cedar Ridge in home runs. The Red Wolves are on the verge of a second-place finish in the Central Carolina Conference, which would be its best showing in four years. Cedar Ridge will face Southwest Guilford on Wednesday in High Point, followed by a trip to Bartlett Yancey on Thursday.