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the deflate gateBy John Williams (Staff Writer)
On Sunday January 16, after the AFC Championship game, It was reported that 11 of 12 balls were deflated during the Patriots vs. Colts game. The New England Patriots starting quarterback, Tom Brady, was asked whether he told the ball boy to deflate the footballs after the officials pregame inspection. "No, I didn't. And I haven't. And I never will." said Brady. "I pick 24 balls, that's what I pick. Whatever happened after I did it, and whatever the situation was where they measured them, I have no idea about any of those facts.”The Patriots went on to the Superbowl and on Feb. 1st beat the Seahawks 28-24. With this victory,Tom Brady will be joining NFL Hall of Fame inductees Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw by winning four Super Bowl rings. winter sports updateBy John Williams (Staff Sports Writer)
The Cedar Ridge Red Wolves boys basketball team played cross town rivals Orange High Panthers on January 20. The game tied 61-61. As the clocked ticked into overtime, Junior Peyton Pappas made a layup to win the game with a final score of 63-61. Additionally, Marquez Hunter was named player of the game with 17 points. On Feb. 3 Peyton Pappas reached 1000 career points, Pappas is the first Cedar Ridge athlete to do so. The Cedar Ridge Swim team participated in the Big Eight-3A Conference Meet on January 27. State Regionals will take place on Friday and Saturday February 6-7. The Winter Track team went to Eastern Alamance on January 27 for their last meet of the season. Cedar Ridge’s Women's team went sixth overall and the Men went third overall. Individual winners were Cammie Albert in the 500 Meter Run with a final time of 1:32.35. Dana Davis in Girls Pole Vault, Chris Mckoy in Boys Long Jump with 18-06 and Jeremy Cates in Boys Shot Put with 40-05. The Cedar Ridge Girl’s Basketball team lost to the Orange High Panthers 52-36 on January 20th. Cedar Ridge’s wrestling team won it’s Senior night match against J.F. Webb January 28th. |