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Prep Boys: Providence Grove claims title with narrow victories
Randleman’s Jackson Cook shoots over Ledford’s Eli Lawson during last week’s Piedmont Athletic Conference game. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) Providence Grove’s boys’ basketball team won a pair of tight games to win the regular-season championship in the Central Carolina 3-A Conference last week. Friday night’s game came with Andrew Thomas sinking a winning […]
Prep Girls: Wheatmore clinches title with busy week
Wheatmore collected the girls’ basketball regular-season title in the Central Carolina 3-A Conference by topping visiting Trinity 50-32 on Friday. It came as part of a busy week for the Warriors. Wheatmore edged host host Providence Grove 48-46 as Kaelyn Whitehart had 23 points, offsetting Adi Johnson’s 24 points for the Patriots. Wheatmore also stomped […]
SPORTS
Prep Girls: Wheatmore clinches title with busy week
Wheatmore collected the girls’ basketball regular-season title in the Central Carolina 3-A Conference by topping visiting Trinity 50-32 on Friday. It came as part of a busy week for the Warriors. Wheatmore edged host host Providence Grove 48-46 as Kaelyn Whitehart had 23 points, offsetting Adi Johnson’s 24 points for […]
Wheatmore, UCA will be sites for dual team wrestling regionals, state finals
Wheatmore and Uwharrie Charter Academy will be host sites for dual team wrestling state finals Tuesday. The reconfigured tournament shifted the format for the regional semifinals and finals and the state finals, putting them all at one site in each classification on the same day. Eight teams will converge on […]
Asheboro’s Tyson vaults to state title as Blue Comets finish as team runners-up
Aaron Tyson (NCHSAA photo) WINSTON-SALEM — Boosted by Aaron Tyson’s performance, Asheboro was the team runner-up in the Class 6A boys’ indoor track and field state championships Thursday at JDL Fast Track. Tyson won the pole vault and had three other strong finishes on the way to being named […]
NEWS
Progress shows on projects with Asheboro City Schools
ASHEBORO — Renovations have been going at a good pace for projects involving Asheboro City Schools facilities, Jody Cox told the district’s board of education. Cox, director of maintenance and facilities for the school system, spoke at January’s board meeting with renovation updates, primarily involving South Asheboro Middle School. Cox […]
Weather-related school closings limit RCSS options
Here’s a scene from Sunday along Dixie Drive in Asheboro. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) Classes were cancelled all of last week in the Randolph County School System because of weather-related conditions, meaning the system used its five built-in “snow days” for the school year. The built-in extra days in […]
Teen charged with stabbing death in Asheboro
Here’s the site of Saturday’s alleged crime in Asheboro (Courtesy of Asheboro Police Department) ASHEBORO — A teenager has been charged with first-degree murder of a woman in Asheboro. Nikkese Tyshawn Matthews, 19, of Baltimore is in custody following the death of Mary Smith. Smith, 31, was found dead […]
FEATURES
Walking through the storm: Buddhist monks take journey of peace
The route taken by the monks walking for peace took them through Liberty. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) Heads down, they walk, keeping a brisk pace. A winter storm bears down on them, and many have hoods drawn in the 28-degree weather. Two dozen monks left the Theravada Buddhist temple […]
Holiday concerts set for Asheboro; Other Christmas-related events in area
ASHEBORO — The City of Asheboro has made arrangements for a pair of special holiday programs at Sunset Theatre. The first of those is set for 7 p.m. Saturday with the “A Rat Pack Christmas!” It’s a tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. The group “Rat […]
Crowning Achievement: Asheboro woman wins honor
Tiffany Rush of Asheboro is crowned Miss Moore County 2025 by outgoing queen Tori Gross of Trinity during the Miss Moore County-Miss Sandhills pageant Saturday. Rush is the second consecutive winner from Randolph County to hold the title. (David Sinclair for Randolph Record)