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The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT volleyball all-state team features 24 players making a second or third appearance on the team, including two who were three-time first-team selections.

Sikes set new state records in the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter freestyle this year at the 3A state championship, and she's one of the fastest in the nation. She finished the 50 free in 22.83 seconds, which is the fastest ever in North Carolina, and the 100 free in 49.45 seconds, which is a 3A state record. After high school, Sikes will swim for the University of Georgia.

Mike McCauley, the athletic director at Orange High in Hillsborough since 2016, died Monday after a brief battle with illness, Orange County Schools announced Tuesday.

Orange baseball coach Jason Knapp spoke with HighSchoolOT after his team's win over Triton in a thriller in the second round of the playoffs.

Orange junior Wyatt Hedrick spoke with HighSchoolOT after his walk-off hit lifted his team to a second-round win over Triton on Friday.

The Orange Panthers erased a five-run deficit in the bottom of the 10th inning to stun the Triton Hawks in the second round of the 3A NCHSAA baseball playoffs by a 9-8 score.

The 16-seed J.F. Webb Warriors lost 11-5 to the 17-seed Eastern Alamance Eagles on Wednesday night. Eagles' Sam Royal, Collin Deese, and Tyler Counts finished the night with a multi-goal performance. The Eagles will move on to the second round and face the 1-seed Orange Panthers on May 5.

The Panthers rallied from being down at halftime to take home the win on April 19, 2023.

Orange senior and UNC signee Ryan Hench spoke with HighSchoolOT Wednesday night after his team's win over Lee County.

Orange baseball coach Jason Knapp spoke with HighSchoolOT after his team's win over Lee County on Wednesday.