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The Orange High Panther Football team played Southern Vance High School as part of their senior night at home October 12.  Senior football players, marching band members, and cheerleaders were represented in the beginning of the game as students were escorted by family and friends.  The Panthers said a farewell to the seniors and came out with a victory against Southern Vance. 

Students, parents, and grandparents attended the game to support their OHS seniors and to show their Panther pride. The senior night celebrations began at 7:00 P.M. before the game started at 7:30 P.M.  The seniors lined up in front of the stands and their respective names were announced over the intercom.  The 13 senior marching band members were named first, followed by the 5 senior cheerleaders. Finally, the senior football players and managers were recognized, with a total of 14 football players graduating this year.  Each representative presented flowers to their parents and friends as they were escorted across the track.   The game drew near and the seniors suited up to begin playing. 

The first whistle blew and the game began.  Within 9 minutes of the first quarter, the Panthers scored their first touchdown off of a 62 yard run, scored by senior, Jalen Pittman, number 6.  The Panthers got the extra point and the score was 7-0.   The Panthers scored twice in the second quarter, raising their score to 21-0 at halftime.  At halftime,  the band performed their award winning performance  "Welcome to the Zoo,” a high tempo musical presentation.   There were large posters displayed during the performance to display the theme and the color guards  danced to the beat of the music. 

At the start of the third quarter, Southern Vance came back and scored making the game 21-6.  Throughout the rest of the third and fourth quarters, Southern Vance scored once again, but the Panthers toughed it out to the end, coming back with a touchdown by Jalen Pittman.  The Panthers came out with a victory at the end of the game. The final score was 33-14. 

The seniors  have all contributed to the Panther success and will surely be missed next year.  A sophomore, Byron Stephenson said, “I'll miss their leadership.”

Written by Matt McLaughlin

September 12, the OHS girl's tennis team played at Southern Vance’s court. While playing a singles match, the Panther’s third seed, sophomore Beth Bryan, injured her shoulder and was unable to continue the match. While hitting a lob in her singles match, Bryan felt her shoulder pop. She kept playing and ended up hurting her rotator cuff. Once this happened she was unable to continue playing and had to forfeit her match.

Bryan was also unable to play her doubles match with Orange High’s fourth seed, Mary Dougherty. Instead, Dougherty played the doubles match with sixth seed Brianna Hales. Dougherty and Hales won the match 8-0.

OHS came out victorious with a final combined score of 6-3. Bryan has recovered and is now able to continue playing. The home game on Monday, September 17, against Oxford Webb was cancelled due to weather and was rescheduled for Thursday, September 20. The Panthers were victorious with a 6-3 win.