Orange High School

The Orange volleyball team won its second straight game on Thursday night, downing Southern Durham 3-0.

The Panthers remain in 2nd place in the Big 8 conference with three crucial matches remaining next week. With Cedar Ridge winning the Big 8 regular season championship, the Panthers can still finish 2nd and gain a home match for the state playoffs. Orange remains a match-and-a-half ahead of third place Webb, who will host the Panthers to finish the regular season October 20th.

Varsity Game Scores (Orange first):
25-7
25-10
26-24

Orange High School Stat Leaders:
Faith Foushee -1 ace, 1 kill, 1 assist, 9 digs
Caroline Compton – 3 aces, 1 kill, 25 assists
Emma Jager – 1 ace, 4 kills, 1 block, 1 dig
Blair Gattis – 2 aces, 6 kills, 2 digs

The Panther volleyball team, coming off a 3-1 loss to Jordan, rebounded on Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over Northern Vance on Tuesday night. Orange improves to 11-7, 7-2 in the Big 8 Conference. The Panthers also remain in 2nd place in the Big 8, two games behind Cedar Ridge.

Varsity Game Scores (Orange first):
25-7
20-25
25-14
25-17

Orange High School Stat Leaders:
Eva Porter – 9 kills, 1 block, 4 digs
Andie McKinnon – 1 ace, 7 kills, 24 digs
Caroline Compton – 6 aces, 1 kill, 42 assists, 4 digs
M’Lynn Dease – 9 kills, 1 dig

On a night where the Panthers defined ball control, Orange shut out the Northwood Chargers 14-0 in Pittsboro. We’ll have the Dire Dozen tomorrow. For now, here’s Pat Moser, naturally, standing in the rain.

Pat Moser discusses Orange’s 14-0 win over Northwood.

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With Eryk Brandon-Dean out for the season after suffering a torn ACL against Southern Durham, the Panthers must face Northwood in Pittsboro on Thursday night. The game was moved from Friday to Thursday due to the oncoming Hurricane Joaquin. Orange Coach Pat Moser discusses the game, the Chargers under a new head coach and the state of the team after the loss to Southern Durham.

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For the second straight week, the Orange Panthers will play football on a Thursday night.

Northwood Athletic Director Jason Amy tweeted Wednesday afternoon that the game between the Chargers and the Panthers, originally scheduled for Friday, has been moved to Thursday at 7 in Pittsboro.

Hillsboroughsports.com will broadcast the game starting at 6:50. Click on the website for a link, which will also be posted on Facebook and Twitter.

The junior varsity game will take place Monday, October 19th, at 6:30 in Hillsborough.

The change is one of many across the area due to Hurricane Joaquin, which was reclassified as a Hurricane on Wednesday morning by the National Weather Service. A flash flood watch has already been issued for this afternoon that will last until Saturday night at 8 p.m. Some forecasts have predicted as much as 6 inches of rain in the Triangle from Thursday until Sunday.

Spencer Husen finished 1st overall during a soggy senior day cross country meet at Orange High. The meet also featured Chapel Hill, Northern Vance and Oxford Webb. Seniors Husen, Ben Wirzba, Daniel Archibald, Cameron Price, Gabe Freeland, Daniel Mulligan and Hunter Spitzer discuss running with under Russell Westbrook.

Orange senior cross country runners say goodbye on senior day

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Adalyn Flemming has been setting school records since she was a cross country runner at Cameron Park Elementary. Now, she’s a junior at Orange High. Last week, she finished first at a meet at Chapel Hill High that also featured Southern Durham. On Tuesday Adalyn was set to finish first overall in the senior day meet that also featured Chapel Hill, Oxford Webb and Northern Vance. Instead of crossing the finish line, she opted to wait and finish the race with her fellow seniors, who ran their final race at the OHS course.

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Orange Panther of the Week #4: Jordan Lloyd.

Jordan is a junior volleyball player who helped Orange notch 3 victories last week. Orange improved to 8-5 by defeating East Chapel Hill, Southern Durham and Chapel Hill. The victory over the Tigers came at Tiger Gymnasium on Thursday night in five sets. Jordan is the daughter of Joel and Sherri Lloyd of White Cross. Since she didn’t want to speak by herself, Jordan invited her friend Eva Porter to talk with her. Orange faces Northwood tonight in Pittsboro.

Orange Panther of the Week #4: junior volleyball player Jordan Lloyd

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Coach Andy Brown discusses the state of Orange girls tennis after a 6-3 loss to the Warriors.