First Pitch Dinner & Silent Auction/Raffle

Fifth Annual First Pitch Dinner will be February 11th at Orange HS form 5:00-8:30.  Dinner will be fried chicken and BBQ with sides.  There will items available for auction on bid tables during dinner.  There will also be a large raffle.  Raffle items include a flat-screen television, a Kindle Fire and gas cards of $100.00.

Our guest speaker this year will be former major league player Chris Richard.  Richard played at Oklahoma State University and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals.  He has played with the Cardinals, the Baltimore Orioles, the Colorado Rockies and most recently the Tampa Bay Rays in 2009.  Richard retired from baseball in 2011 as the Durham Bulls all-time leader in homeruns (84).  He currently resides in Durham and teaches baseball lessons at the Durham Baseball Academy.

Need tickets?  Contact an Orange High baseball player or Coach Dease at OHS.  Tickets are also available at Braxton Tire Co. in Hillsborough.

2012 Hilltop Bracket Set

The 2012 Hilltop Invitational Baseball Tournament is set for April 5, 6 and 7.  Orange, East Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill and Cedar Ridge will co-host the 16 team field.  Local participating teams include Durham Jordan, South Granville, Granville Central, Southern Alamance, Burlington Williams, Cardinal Gibbons and Cary.  Traveling from western North Carolina will be East Forsyth, Kernersville Glenn and Surry Central.  We would like to welcome Maury High School from Norfolk, Virginia and Tallmadge High School from Tallmadge, Ohio to this year's tournament.

Check the Hilltop link for a schedule.

2012 Varsity Baseball Schedule Released

The 2012 Orange High baseball schedule is now on-line here at www.orangepanthersbaseball.com. Click on the schedule link to download a printable copy.  In addition to the challenging Carolina 3A schedule, the  Panthers will have at least 16 games against teams that appeared in the 2011 state playoffs.  Jordan High School highlights the non-conference schedule as the Falcons return most of their roster from a 20-4 team from 2011.  Orange will renew old rivalries with Northern Durham and Eastern Alamance in 2012, and the Panthers will continue playing traditional rivals Cedar Ridge, East Chapel Hill and Graham.  Panther Creek from the powerful 4A Tri-Nine Conference will visit the Hillsborough early March.  Familiar faces will be the opposing dugout at times this season as Torrey Pettiford, Northern Durham assistant (OHS player); Daniel Hall, Panther Creek head coach (OHS assistant); and Jacson Lowe, Cedar Ridge head coach (OHS assistant) face their old school.  Orange will host three days of the annual Hilltop Invitational Tournament over spring break.  The Panthers will open the tournament against Maury High School from Norfolk, Virginia.

Great day for the Orange County Hitting Clinic on Saturday the 12th.  Great weather and UNC assistant coach Scott Jackson gave an excellent hitting lecture.  Chris Maples, Daniel Hargrave and Torrey Pettiford spoke to the group and gave the campers an impressive demonstration of situational hitting.  Thanks to all of the coaches and players who worked so hard.

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