Men’s Tennis: The Cedar Ridge men’s tennis team will play in its first-ever 3A State Dual Team Tennis playoff match today. The Red Wolves will face Carrboro, the champions of the Northern Lakes Conference, at Jaguars Tennis Courts.
This will be the second matchup between the Red Wolves and the Jaguars in 2022. Carrboro defeated Cedar Ridge 6-3 on March 21. The Jaguars are in the midst of its first season as a 3A team after spending its first 14 years as a 2A school. Carrboro has won three 2A State Championships, the last in 2018 when they defeated Brevard 5-2. The Jaguars also won five 2A Eastern Regional titles.
The 3A Dual Team State Championship is a 32-team tournament. Cedar Ridge, the champions of the Central Carolina Conference, received a 10-seed in the pairings released Monday. The winner of this match will face either 2nd-seeded Croatan or 15th-seeded Northwood in the round of 16 next Tuesday.
It will be a busy week for Cedar Ridge On Friday, the 3A Mideast Regionals for singles and doubles will be held at the Burlington Tennis Center. Cedar Ridge’s Josh Mayhew will be the top-seeded singles player after being named the CCC Player of the Year. Mayhew is 12-0 this season.
Also competing in the regionals for the Red Wolves will be sophomore Lev Bearman, who was the 3rd-seed at the CCC Tournament last week.
Cedar Ridge’s doubles team of Eli and Holden Rachlin will be in the regional doubles tournament. Orange’s doubles team of senior Justin Conover and freshman Porter Phelphrey, the #2 seed from the CCC, also will compete in the regionals starting Friday.
The Mideast Regionals will conclude Saturday. Semifinalists in the singles and doubles tournament will qualify for the 3A State Championships.
Golf: There will be two returning local players and a newcomer for next week’s 3A Central Golf Regionals.
On Monday at the Central Carolina Conference Golf Championships at Valley Golf Course in Burlington, Western Alamance completed its run to the team title. Northwood’s Jake Conklin won the individual championship with a season-total of 279 strokes.
Orange senior J.J. Thompson, in his first year on the golf team, was the highest finisher from Hillsborough. Thompson finished the season with 351 strokes, finishing 8th in the conference. Thompson’s lowest nine-hole round total of the year was a 43, which happened in Burlington last month.
Joining Thompson in the regionals will be Orange’s Thomas Loch, who also qualified last season. Loch, a junior, completed the season 12th overall in the CCC. He shot the lowest 9-hole score for any Orange player this season with a 40 at Occoneechee Golf Course in Hillsborough in a dual match against Cedar Ridge. In the interest of full disclosure, Loch is a forward on the Orange men’s basketball team and also a play-by-play man for broadcasts on Hillsboroughsports.com.
Cedar Ridge’s Bradley Monschien is headed back to the Central Golf Regionals, also for the second straight year. Monschien finished 11th in the individual standings this year with 361 total strokes across eight rounds. Monschien, coached by Chris Casey, reached regionals in 2021. He also played junior varsity baseball.
Orange’s Josh Roberts, Cooper Zinn, Ryder Lee and Brad Marochak also played in the CCC Championships. Cedar Ridge’s Dylan Froehling, Ward Mann, Drew Langevin, Ryan Capps and Rowan Parker also competed in the tournament.
The 3A Central Regionals will also take place at Valley Golf Course in Burlington.
Women’s Soccer: Orange 5, Walter Williams 0: Two weeks after losing to Williams in Burlington, the Orange women’s soccer team made a 180-degree shift on Monday night in a dominant win over the Bulldogs.
Goalkeeper Abby Montieth earned the shutout in the win at Orange Soccer Park. Bella Brown, freshman Elliana Sullivan Gaddy, Ella Wimsatt, Isabel Jones and Caroline Cathey all scored goals for Orange. The Lady Panthers are 6-6-1, 5-3 in the Central Carolina Conference.
Northwood 5, Cedar Ridge 1: The Chargers pulled away from the Red Wolves at Red Wolves Stadium on Monday night. Fleury Nicholson scored Cedar Ridge’s only goal.
Cedar Ridge 5, Durham School of the Arts 0: On April 14, Cedar Ridge defeated the Bulldogs in Durham. Fleury Nicholson and Breana Sienra each scored twice for Cedar Ridge. Ianna Pfeifer added a goal and assisted on another. Freshman Anna Peterson assisted on two goals. Sophomore Addie Reid earned the shutout going all 80 minutes.
Cedar Ridge travels to Orange tonight. The opening kick will be at 6.