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PROGRAM INFORMATION

HIGH SCHOOL NAME Orange High School

MASCOT Panthers

CLASSIFICATION 3A          

CONFERENCE Central 3A                  

HEAD COACH Jason Knapp       

TWITTER @baseballorange

INSTAGRAM orangepanthersbaseball           

HOME FIELD: 500 Orange High School Rd. Hillsborough, NC 27278

                  

PROGRAM HISTORY

PROGRAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

+ Conference Champions - Central 3A- 2023

 + State Champions -  2008

PREVIEWING 2022     

SCHEDULE: CLICK HERE & find the 2024 schedule

ROSTER: CLICK HERE & find the 2024 roster

PRESEASON EVENT: Jack Calico, Feb. 17 @ Corith-Holders vs. Holly Springs and Rose

SPRING BREAK: Hilltop Invitational (3/25, 26, 27) 3 team round robin Orange, Northern Guilford, Heritage

STARTERS RETURNING: 6           

RETURNING PITCHERS: 5           

WHAT TO WATCH FOR:

Expectations for Team - Defending Conference Champions with a strong group of Starters returning including 5 arms on the mound. This team could surprise people this season. 

Expected Team Strength
We feel our pitching staff will be the strength of our squad led by 2024's Cross Clayton, Josiah Gibbs, Coltin Hedrick, Cam Guentensberger along with 2025 Garrett Sawyer. We also return our catchers from last season,  2024's Ryan Honeycutt and Ryan Horton. Big game experience should benefit this year's club who captured the Central 3A regular season championship, Central 3A tournament championship, and made a deep run in last year's 3A playoffs.

THOUGHTS ON THE CONFERENCE:
The Central 3A will be very competitive with no nights off.  Every team has quality players and high level coaches and has the potential to make a deep run in the state playoffs.  

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Cross Clayton RHP / 2B / Orange, NC / 2024

Cameron Guentensberger OF / Orange , NC / 2024 Rankings  StateRank: 283 / POS: 60

Ryan Honeycutt C / 3B / Orange, NC / 2024 Rankings  StateRank: 148 / POS: 13

Coltin Hedrick 1B / LHP / Orange , NC / 2024