Cedar Ridge High School

This week’s Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week is freshman Victoria Matthews. This season, Victoria shot the lowest average for the Cedar Ridge women’s golf team, coached by Chris Casey. This season, she opened with a 67 during a Central Carolina Conference meet at Occoneechee Golf Course in Hillsborough, which is her favorite place to play. Matthews is an all-around athlete who has softball as her main sport. She will begin her first season with the Cedar Ridge softball team in February. Victoria averaged a 70 throughout the Central Carolina Conference season. Victoria, Alice Ann Koehler and Emily Worthy helped re-establish the Cedar Ridge women’s golf team this fall after there was no team last year. Matthews also has plans to play other sports as she continues her stint at Cedar Ridge. 

New Cedar Ridge men’s basketball coach Mike Jones earned his first win as the coach of the Red Wolves on Monday night. Senior guard Colton Taylor scored 16 points as the Red Wolves defeated the Durham School of the Arts 58-50 at Red Wolves Gymnasium. It was a big game for several Cedar Ridge players who competed in their first varsity home games. Sophomore center Luke Orstad had 14 points. Junior Harrison Perel added nine points, all in the second half, including a key 3-pointer that came after the Bulldogs trimmed the Red Wolves’ lead to three points. Cedar Ridge never trailed and led by as many as 13 points. Jonovan Wingate added six points as the Red Wolves won its first game of the season. Last month, Jones was named as the replacement for former head coach Jaison Brooks. Jones is a longtime assistant at East Chapel Hill under veteran head coach Ray Hartsfield, the only varsity men’s coach in school history. Cedar Ridge will return to action next Tuesday with a home game against East Chapel Hill.