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It’s time for the weekly “Jamar Davis collects a hat trick” story.

For the third time in five weeks, the Orange striker scored a hat trick, this time against Northern Vance on Wednesday at Orange Soccer Park. The Panthers rolled past the Vikings 10-1.

Davis has 13 goals this season after hat tricks against Northern Durham and Bartlett Yancey (where he finished with 4 goals).

Also scoring for the Panthers were Bryan Torres and Ewan McCallum with 2 goals each. McCallum also finished with three assists.

Clevin Noronha had a goal and an assist. Levi Anderson finished with two assists. Cameron Krogstad, Malcolm Phillips and Noah Miller each registered with an assist.

The news wasn’t as good on Thursday night against 2A power Carrboro. The Jaguars pitched a clean sheet with a 2-0 victory.

Orange is 5-3-1, 1-0-1 in the Big 8.

After Cedar Ridge unseated Chapel Hill last season as the heir apparent to Cardinal Gibbons atop the Big 8 Conference, the rivalry that carried over into 2016 was certain to be intense. Sure enough, Tuesday night didn’t disappoint.

After dropping the first set, the Tigers rallied to defeat the Red Wolves 3-2 on scores of 14-25, 25-21, 25-23, 23-25 & 15-13. It was the 2nd 5-set game for Chapel Hill in two nights. They held off crosstown rival East Chapel Hill on Monday.

Cedar Ridge got another strong performance from Lily Henry, who appeared in only her second match of the season after returning from ACL surgery. Henry finsihed with 21 assists, eight digs and 2 aces.

Meg Anderson registered 22 digs and ten kills. Lindsay Thompson had 16 digs and four aces, while BayleeAnne Twilla had 8 kills.

Chapel Hill freshman Courtney Zwikker, the daughter of former UNC center Serge Zwikker, finished with 13 kills on a .463 hit percentage. Shea Golden had 29 digs for the Tigers.

Cedar Ridge is now 4-7, 2-4 in the Big 8. Chapel Hill is in 1st place in the Big 8 with a 3-0 conference record, 9-3 overall. The Tigers visit Orange on Thursday. Cedar Ridge travels to Northwood Thursday.

With a vital match against Chapel Hill on the horizon, Orange volleyball took care of business against Southern Durham.

The Panthers swept the Spartans 3-0 on Tuesday night at Spartans Gymnasium on scores of 25-9, 25-15 & 25-11. Macy Hughes had six aces and six kills. Emma Clements has four aces, four kills and 5 digs. Julia Fish added five kills and four blocks. Julia Lovingood had 2 kills and 15 assists.

Orange has won three in a row and are now 4-5. They are tied with Webb for 2nd place in the Big 8 with a 2-1 record, one game behind undefeated Chapel Hill. The Tigers visit Jim King Gymnasium in Hillsborough on Thursday night at 6:30.

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.

It’s a full week for volleyball, girls tennis and soccer in Hillsborough. The shape of the Big 8 Conference Volleyball race will start to take form as Cedar Ridge at Orange both have matches against Chapel Hill. The Red Wolves play three road games in four days, including a trip to CHHS on Tuesday. Orange hosts the Tigers on Thursday.

The Cedar Ridge girls tennis team will look to remain atop the Big 8 when they host Webb this afternoon at 4:30. It’s the Red Wolves only conference match this week. The Orange girls tennis team hosts Northwood this afternoon and Webb on Wednesday.

Here’s this week’s slate:

Monday:

Boys Soccer:  Cedar Ridge at Northern Vance 5:00; Orange at Carrboro 6:00.

Volleyball: Cedar Ridge at Eastern Alamance 6;30 (V); 5:00 (JV)

Girls Tennis: J.F. Webb at Cedar Ridge 4:30; Northwood at Orange 4:30.

Tuesday: 

Volleyball: Cedar Ridge at Chapel Hill 6:30 (V); 5:00 (JV); Orange at Southern Durham 6:30 (V) 5:00 (JV)

Wednesday: 

Boys Soccer: Southern Durham at Cedar Ridge 6;30 (V) 4:45 (JV); Northern Vance at Orange 6:30 (V) 4:45 (JV).

Girls Tennis: Orange at J.F. Webb 4:30

Thursday: 

Football: Orange JV at Western Guilford 

Volleyball: Cedar Ridge at Northwood 6:30 (JV) 5:00 (JV); Chapel Hill at Orange 6:30 (V) 5:00 (JV)

Girls Tennis: Cedar Ridge vs. Voyager Academy (at the Rock Quarry) 4:30; Person at Orange 4:30.

Friday: 

Football: Cedar Ridge at Cardinal Gibbons 7:00; Western Guilford at Orange 7:00 (Coverage on HillsboroughSports.com starts at 6:45.)

It was a classic battle of ground game vs. air game on Auman Stadium on Thursday night, but some good old fashioned defense turned out to be the biggest play that earned the Orange JV football team its second win of the season.

Cameron White recovered a Cummings fumble at the 15-yard line with 2:35 remaining to keep the Cavaliers from scoring the go-ahead touchdown as Orange held on to defeat Cummings 34-32.

It was a strong night for the Orange running game. Colin Guentensberger scored three touchdowns. Eryk Mercado added two scored. Vital runs on the final drive by sophomore Jett Satterfield helped run the clock out as the Panthers continue its dominance in the JV ranks.

Orange bolted out to a 24-6 lead before Cummings scored touchdowns on five consecutive possessions. The game ran nearly three hours because a Cummings player had to be stretchered off the field by Orange County EMS after a frantic scramble for a fumble on a 2-point conversion. The player was breathing on his own and moving his legs as he was stretchered into the awaiting ambulance.

The Orange JV squad is slated to travel to Western Guilford in Greensboro next Thursday for its final nonconference game.

Senior Mileah Shriner had a strong night as Orange earned its 3rd win of the season on Thursday over Northern Vance. Meanwhile, junior Bailey Lucas is just getting used to North Carolina after moving from Illinois during the summer.

Mileah Shriner & Bailey Lucas Talk Orange’s Win over Northern Vance

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Coming off a disappointing loss to Cedar Ridge last week, the Orange volleyball team went into the week searching for salvation. And they got it.

After sweeping Graham on Tuesday, the Panthers earned its first Big 8 Conference win of the season by sweeping Northern Vance at Jim King Gymnasium on Thursday night on scores of 25-23, 27-25 & 26-24.

Macy Hughes had a solid all-around game for the Panthers, finishing with eight kills, three aces, 2 digs and 2 blocks. Mileah Shriner had seven kills, 1 block and 1 ace. Bailey Lucas had two kills, 15 assists and five digs.

Orange improves to 3-5, 1-1 in the Big 8. On Tuesday, they travel to Southern Durham. Next Thursday, they host Chapel Hill.

Another week comes to an end, and another week ends with Cedar Ridge girls tennis atop the Big 8 Conference.

On a week that started with two large tasks on the road, the Red Wolves came away with victories at Chapel Hill on Tuesday and at Northwood on Thursday.

Cedar Ridge defeated the Chargers 8-1 on Thursday in Pittsboro to improve to 8-1 overall, 4-0 in the Big 8. Senior Tess Johnson got things going with a straight sets victory over Sam Sparrow 6-3, 6-2. Leah Thompson was stretched to three sets by Rachel Yanders before prevailing 6-7 (7-4), 6-1, 10-6. Thompson is now 6-1 on the season.

Seneca Sauers improved her unblemished record to 9-0 with a 6-1, 6-2 sweep of Natlia Huggins. Hannah Spear also remained undefeated with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Korinne Fuller. Spear is now 7-0.

Kate Milner insured the victory for the Red Wolves with a. 6-0, 6-0 triumph over Sophie Cook.

The Red Wolves captured all three doubles matches. Johnson and Ward teamed for an 8-2 victory over Sparrow and Faith People’s. Thompson and Alana Lutz won 8-1 over Yaneers and Natalie Huggins. Sauers and Emma Watson defeated Fuller and Cook 8-3.

Thompson & Lutz are now 5-1 this season.

Cedar Ridge hosts J.F. Webb in Hillsborough on Monday. They have a nonconference match against Voyager Academy at the Rock Quarry next Thursday.