Jeff Hamlin

HillsboroughSports.com’s 2nd Orange Panther of the Week for 2016 is Ryan Sellers. A defensive lineman for Orange, Sellers had five sacks as Orange defeated Northern Durham 21-13 on August 26th.

The Panthers’ defense has carried the team thus far in 2016. They allowed -28 rushing yards against Northern and -20 rushing yards in the season opener against Person.

Sellers has football and basketball on his mind as his ventures into his junior year.

Orange Panther of the Week: Ryan Sellers

Sellers had 5 sacks as Orange football defeated Northern Durham 21-13.

Not even the 2010 Cedar Ridge football team, which was one win away from playing in the 2-AA State Championship, started 3-0.

But the 2016 Red Wolves have. And they’ve done it by a combined score of 162-12.

In a special Labor Day game, the Red Wolves smashed East Chapel Hlll 47-6 at Red Wolves Stadium for the first 3-0 start in school history. London Saunders rushed for 146 yards and four touchdowns. It was his first career 100-yard rushing game.

Senior Seth Baldwin added 82 rushing yards and a touchdown. Shemar Miles, HillsboroughSports.com’s 1st Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week, added 80 yards rushing.

Cedar Ridge only punted once in the victory. Senior kicker Trenton Gill added a 39-yard field goal. Seven of his eight kickoff wound up going for touch backs.

Cedar Ridge rushed for 356 yards.

The Red Wolves have already defeated Jordan-Matthews 55-6 after opening the season with a 60-0 victory over Carrboro.

On Friday, Cedar Ridge hosts Riverside at 7:00 looking for its first-ever 4-0 start.

Julia Lovingood and Mileah Shriner each had five aces as the Orange Panthers defeated Graham 3-0 for its second win of the season on Tuesday. The Panthers won on scores of 25-7, 25-10 and 25-22.

Julia Fish finished with eight kills and four blocks. Lovingood added 13 assists, 3 kills and 2 blocks. Shriner registered four kills.

Orange is now 2-5, 0-1 in the Big 8. They host Northern Vance on Thursday night at 6:30 searching for its first conference win.

With Monday night football out of the way, there’s a full slate ahead for Cedar Ridge and Orange. Both Orange and Cedar Ridge football teams are 3-0, but will have to play two games in the span of five days. After Cedar Ridge’s dominant 47-6 victory over East Chapel Hill on Monday night, the Red Wolves host Riverside on Friday. Meanwhile, 3-0 Orange travels to Burlington Cummings, which is not only 0-3, but has failed to score this year.

This week also marks the first boys soccer game at Orange and Cedar Ridge. It takes place on Wednesday night at Red Wolves Stadium.

The Cedar Ridge girls tennis team, off to a 5-1 start, faces its steepest test of the season against Chapel Hill today. The Cedar Ridge volleyball team, following its first Big 8 Conference victory over Orange last Thursday, faces Northern Vance and Southern Durham in conference matches this week.

Here’s the full slate:

Tuesday:

Volleyball: Cedar Ridge at Northern Vance 6:30 (V), 5:00 (JV); Graham vs. Orange 6:30 (V); 5:00 (JV)

Girls Tennis: Cedar Ridge at Chapel Hill (4:30); Orange at Southern Durham 4:30

Wednesday:

Boys Soccer: Orange at Cedar Ridge 6:45 (V) 5:00 (JV)

Thursday:

Volleyball: Southern Durham at Cedar Ridge 6:30 (V), 5:00 (JV); Northern Vance at Orange 6:30 (V), 5:00 (JV)

Girls Tennis: Cedar Ridge at Northwood 4:30; Chapel Hill at Orange 4:30.

Friday: 

Football: Riverside at Cedar Ridge 7:00; Orange at Burlington Cummings 7:00

Boys Soccer: Orange at Riverside 6:30 (V), 5:00 (JV)

Saturday:

Cedar Ridge Boys & Girls Cross Country & Orange Boys and Girls Cross Country: Leesville Road Twilight Invite 6:00

For a team that was two sets away from playing for the 3A state championship last season, 2016 hasn’t started the way Cedar Ridge expected.

After going 24-4, the Red Wolves had a rough summer. Coach Charlie Oakley resigned after getting married. Seniors Asha Barnes and Courtney Eckmann graduated. There were other vital parts to last year’s team that were expected back, but opted not to play this season.

That led to a predictable difficult start against the rigorous competition in Orange County, namely 2A state title contender Carrboro, who has demolished everything in its path so far, even periennial power Cardinal Gibbons.

After an 1-6 start, the Red Wolves needed something big in its conference opener. And they got it from a senior co-captain against their arch rival on Thursday night.

Kayla Robinette served on five consecutive points, notching two aces and a block during that span as the Red Wolves defeated Orange 3-1 on Thursday night on scores of 25-21, 24-26, 25-17 and 25-21.

Sophomore Juliann De Jesus killed match point to send the crowded gym into a frenzy as the Red Wolves defeated their crosstown rival for the 7th consecutive time.

De Jesus finished with nine kills. Sophomore Macy Henry finished with 17 assists, including match point. Alexis Dumain had 15 assists while Sarah McCluston had three solo blocks.

The victory was the 2nd for Laura Fortner as the Red Wolves’ head coach.

The Panthers fall to 1-5.

Orange captured a back-and-forth 2nd set. They jumped out 9-2 behind seven consecutive points, all of which came on the service of Macy Hughes, who had two aces during the run. CRHS jumped back to tie at 14 following a kill by Robinette off an assist by Henry.

Orange jumped back to force three set points after a Jordan Lloyd kill made the score 24-21, yet Cedar Ridge scored three consecutive points to tie. The Panthers Mileah Shriner scored set point to even the match.

Cedar Ridge won the final two sets. In the third, the Red Wolves jumped out to a 6-1 lead and never led by less than four points from that point forward. They pushed the advantage out to 23-14 before Robinette scored an ace to win the set.

Cedar Ridge travels to Northern Vance next Tuesday and hosts Southern Durham on Thursday. Orange has two home games next week. They face Graham on Tuesday, followed by Northern Vance on Thursday.

Cedar Ridge volleyball got its 1st win of the season on Thursday night, beating Orange 3-1 at Cedar Ridge Gymnasium. Senior co-captain Kalya Robinette and Macy Henry talked about the win and what’s ahead for the Red Wolves.

Cedar Ridge’s Kayla Robinette and Macy Henry Talk the Win Over Orange

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Orange volleyball hoped for something new against crosstown rival Cedar Ridge on Thursday night. Instead, the Red Wolves defeated the Panthers 3-1. Panthers coach Christina Carinci discussed the loss and what’s ahead.

Orange’s Christina Carinci Discusses the Panthers’ loss to Cedar Ridge

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Orange soccer’s week didn’t start as well as they had wished, but it ended in a manner that they’ve grown used to so far this season…with a victory and a goal by junior Jamar Davis.

On Wednesday, the Panthers improved to 4-1 with a 3-1 victory over at Wake Forest. Bryan Torres scored the game-winning goal. Davis added insurance in the 2nd half, his ninth goal of the season. Only a junior, Davis opened the season with a hat trick in the opener at Northern Durham, then scored four goals against Bartlett Yancey last week. He also scored a goal in 9-1 rout of Graham.

Jesus Chavez notched the opener for the Panthers on an assist from Casey Barhydt.

On Monday, Orange looked for a defining victory over Riverside in Hillsborough. But the Pirates won a tight defensive battle 1-0. Anthony Argeuta chipped in the only goal on an assist from Eddie Gomez to hand Orange its first loss of the season.

Riverside’s Matt Schultz stopped six shots for the clean sheet.

Orange has its Big 8 Conference Opener on Wednesday at Cedar Ridge.

The first week of the school year features Orange and Cedar Ridge starting conference play in volleyball, a major home game for Orange boys soccer and the first homes dates of the season for Orange and Cedar Ridge football.

Tonight, Orange boys soccer looks for its first 4-0 start in school history when they face Riverside at 6:45. Orange’s Jamar Davis has eight goals in victories over Northern Durham, Graham and Bartlett Yancey. Also later today, Cedar Ridge girls tennis, off to a 5-1 start after beating Orange last week, looks to improve its Big 8 record to 2-0 when they travel to Northern Vance.

On Thursday, the highly-anticipated volleyball rivalry between Orange and Cedar Ridge resumes at CRHS gym. The Red Wolves enter the week 0-3 after a tough 5-set loss to East Chapel Hill last week.

As always, we’ll have coverage of Orange football on Friday night here on HillsboroughSports.com, starting at 6:45.

Monday: 

Boys Soccer: Riverside at Orange 6:30 (V) 4:45 (JV)

Volleyball: Carrboro at Cedar Ridge 6:30 (V) 5:00 (JV)

Girls Tennis: Cedar Ridge at Northern Vance 4:30

Tuesday: 

Volleyball: Orange at Person 6:30 (V) 5:00 (JV)

Girls Tennis: Orange at Person 4:30

Girls Golf: Cedar Ridge hosts Big 8 Conference match at Occoneechee Golf Course

Wednesday: 

Boys Soccer: Orange at Wake Forest

Girls Tennis: Northern Vance at Orange 4:30

Thursday: 

Football: Orange JV at Riverside 6:30

Volleyball: Orange at Cedar Ridge 6:30 (V) 5:00 (JV)

Girls Tennis: Riverside at Cedar Ridge 4:30

Friday: 

Football: Riverside at Orange 7:00; East Chapel Hill at Cedar Ridge 7:30.

Saturday: 

Cross Country: Cedar Ridge Boys and Girls at Jungle Run at South View High School 4:00