ASHEBORO – Uwharrie Charter Academy’s volleyball team has tightened the race atop the Piedmont Athletic Conference.
The Eagles pulled even with first-place Randleman in the loss column by defeating the visiting Tigers last week.
The Eagles won 15-12, 22-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-6 with Emory Johnson’s 40 assists, Carolina Way’s 19 kills and 17 digs and Kayden Faglier’s 10 kills and seven blocks leading the way.
UCA kept the momentum by sweeping host Eastern Randolph.
Randleman got back on track with a sweep of visiting Providence Grove with Camryn Vickery’s 39 assists and Camden Scott’s 19 kills and 15 digs boosting the cause.
** Trinity had big week by sweeping host Providence Grove in PAC play as Kaitly McCoy cranked out 11 kills, 11 digs and six aces, Karrington Batten had 14 kills and Avalynn Johnson provided 26 assists.
Then the Bulldogs overwhelmed visiting Jordan-Matthews in three sets with Batten’s 12 kills and Avery Moffitt’s 10 kills and four aces, and Faith Powell’s 16 digs among the key contributions in the non-conference match.
** Asheboro stopped visiting Central Davidson in four sets as Emma Kate Forester had 14 kills, Eva Vuncannon supplied 21 assists, Emma Grace Leroy had 19 assists and Lia George added 12 digs and seven kills. The Blue Comets also edged host North Davidson in five sets with Forester’s 20 kills, Emma Ingold’s 16 digs, Emma Little’s 27 digs and Leroy’s 26 assists making impacts.
Boys’ soccer
Asheboro cruised past host Central Davidson 9-0 with Cam Letterlough’s four goals and two assists, Alexander Diaz’s two goals and Diego Bustamante’s three assists some of the top numbers.
The Blue Comets also wiped out visiting North Davidson 7-1 as Letterlough scored three goals and assisted on two others and Alexander Diaz had two goals.
Through 15 games, Asheboro is averaging 5.9 goals per outing.
** In the PAC, undefeated Southwestern Randolph dominated Wheatmore for a 9-0 triumph and did similar work in a 9-0 romp past Eastern Randolph that included two goals apiece from Kevin Garcia, Fernando Hernandez and Yael Rebollar Ortiz, who also provided two assists.
** Randleman, which is in second place behind Southwestern Randolph, handled host Providence Grove 6-1.
Randleman then needed two overtimes in a home game to nip third-place Trinity 2-1 with goals from Francisco Vences and Chris Lopez.
** UCA’s Jaydon DeNamur scored three goals in a 4-0 blanking of host Wheatmore. Isaac Jaramillo assisted twice.
** Providence Grove’s Seth Johnson and Saul Cortes each scored two goals in a 6-4 road victory against Eastern Randoph.
