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The Cedar Ridge Red Wolves girls tennis team won its first-ever team tennis match on Tuesday, defeating Swansboro 9-0 at Red Wolves Tennis Courts. Senior #1 singles player Tess Johnson defeated the Pirates’ Grace Ann Piner 7-5, 6-3. Freshman Olivia Ward improved to 14-3 after defeating Michaela Potter 6-2, 6-0.

Johnson and Ward discussed their performance afterwards, along with next Tuesday’s 2nd round match against Burlington Williams.

Cedar Ridge’s Tess Johnson and Olivia Ward Discuss Playoff Win over Seansboro

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Narrowly missing out on a home playoff match, the Orange volleyball team will open the 3A state playoffs on Wednesday at Cleveland in Clayton.

The Panthers are seeded 10th after finishing 11-9, 8-4 in the Big 8 Conference. Orange finished tied for 2nd in the league with Webb, but earned the tiebreaker after sweeping the Warriors during the regular season.

Tomorrow’s match starts at 6.

Cleveland finished 14-6 overall, 8-2 in the Two Rivers Conference. The Rams ended up in 2nd place, one game behind conference champion Triton.

Orange and Cleveland had no common opponents.

If Orange wins, they may have a rematch against Chapel Hill. The winner of Orange/Cleveland takes on 2nd seeded Chapel Hill or 15th seeded Northern Nash.

Chapel Hill swept the regular season from the Panthers this season.

As for other Big 8 teams, Oxford Webb earned a 10-seed. The Warriors faced Morehead in Eden. Northern Vance is a 13-seed and will face Southwestern Randolph.

On this edition of Prep Sports Tonight, we talk with five seniors from the Orange Volleyball team: Jordan Lloyd, Mileah Shriner, Macy Hughes, Julia Lovingood and Eva Porter. The Panthers clinched the 2nd spot in the Big 8 conference after a win on senior night against Webb on Tuesday. Also joining us is Ian Elliott, who clinched his 2nd straight Big 8 Conference Cross Country individual championship on Wednesday at Chapel Hill High.

Since we missed a week last week, we have two Cedar Ridge Red Wolves of the Week to make up for lost time. Our first is Cedar Ridge senior striker/placekicker Trent Gill, who leads the Red Wolves boys soccer team in scoring with 13 goals. He also leads the team in scoring with 32 points. On top of that, Gill is the kicker for the football team, where he has kicked 28 of 29 extra points this season. He also has made seven of nine field goals, with his longest being 42 yards. When it isn’t game day, Trent frequently has to attend both soccer and football practices. He’s also being recruited in football and soccer by Duke, N.C. State and Wofford.

Cedar Ridge Red Wolf of the Week #1: Trent Gill

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With a showdown for the conference lead looming on Wednesday, Cedar Ridge girls tennis took care of business against Southern Durham.

The Red Wolves improved to 13-1 overall, 8-0 overall with a 9-0 shutout of the Spartans on Monday. Senior Ali Sapp got a start at #1 singles, capturing her match 8-0. Rachel Quade, Nora Sauers, Natalie Marochak and Briana Cellini also captured singles victories.

The only competitive match of the day came at #1 doubles, where Cellini and Watson teamed to win 8-5. Hanna Johnson and Maddie Werner teamed for a 8-1 victory at #2 doubles. Lila Woodmansee and Rachel Quade teamed for a victory at #3 doubles.

The Red Wolves host Chapel Hill on Wednesday with 1st place in the Big 8 on the line.

As Cedar Ridge girls tennis reaches the midway point in the season, there’s no question they’ve established themselves as the team to beat in the Big 8 Conference.

A week after sweeping Chapel Hill and Northwood in road matches, the Red Wolves captured its eighth straight victory over Webb 7-2 in Hillsborough on Monday afternoon.

Olivia Ward won at #2 singles over Anna Freuler in three sets,  capturing the 10-point tiebreaker 10-7. Ward is now 7-3.

From there, Cedar Ridge dominated singles play, dropping only three games in the final four matches.

Leah Thompson defeated Sarah Monte 6-1, 6-1 to bolster her record to 7-1. Serena Sauters dispatched of Erin Bostic 6-1, 6-0 to remain undefeated at 10-0. Alana Lutz swept Emily Burns 6-0, 6-0. Hannah Spear wrapped up the victory wth a 6-0, 6-0 golden bagel of Anna Currin.

Spear is also undefeated at 8-0.

Thompson & Lutz won its doubles match 8-1. Emma Wilson and Sauers swept its doubles match over Burns and Currin 8-0. Lutz & Thompson improved to 6-1 as a tandem in 2006. Sauers & Wilson improved to 4-1.

Cedar Ridge is now 9-1, 5-0 in the Big 8 Conference. They travel to the Rock Quarry on Thursday to face Voyager Academy before venturing back into conference play next week.

After opening the season with losses against Person and Wesleyan Christian Academy, the Orange volleyball team earned its first victory on Tuesday night.

The Panthers earned the three-set sweep on scores of 25-10, 25-13 and 25-10 to improve to 1-2. Faith Foushee had 16 digs, while Jordan Lloyd added 7 kills and 10 digs. Bailey Lucas registered 4 kills, 13 assists and 3 digs, and Macy Hughes added 7 kills, 2 blocks and 1 dig.

The Panthers face Riverside in Durham tonight.

August 15th (MON)      vs. Eastern Alamance            HOME        4:30

August 17th (WED)       vs. Durham School of the Arts  HOME    4:30

August 18th (THU)       vs. Riverside                 HOME      4:30

August 22nd (MON)     at Eastern Alamance   AWAY    4:30

August 24th (WED)      vs. Orange                  HOME     4:30

August 25th (THU)      at Person                    AWAY     4:30

August 29th (MON)      at Northern Vance    AWAY    4:30

August 31st (WED)     vs. Southern Durham  HOME    4:30

September 1st (THU)  at Riverside           AWAY         4:30

September 6th (TUE) at Chapel Hill         AWAY          4:30

September 8th (THU) at Northwood       AWAY          4:30

September 12th (MON) vs. Webb             HOME         4:30

September 15th (THU)  at Voyager Academy AWAY  (at Rock Quarry)  4:00

September 19th (MON) at Orange            AWAY         4:30

September 21st (WED) vs. Northern Vance  HOME   4:30

September 22nd (THU) vs. Voyager Academy HOME 4:30

September 26th (MON) at Southern Durham  AWAY  4:30

September 28th (WED) vs. Chapel Hill              HOME  4:30

October 3rd  (MON)      vs. Northwood              HOME  4:30

October 5th  (WED)       at Webb                         AWAY  4:30

October 12th (WED)  Big 8 Conference Tournament  at Orange High (1:00)