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Most basketball title teams from state finals come from West Region
16 Mar

Most basketball title teams from state finals come from West Region

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Stephen Gainey, president of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, helped present awards during the state tournament in Winston-Salem. Gainey is superintendent of the Randolph County School System. Here, he poses with Reidsville’s Johnniyus Sharpe, right, who was named Most Valuable Player of the Class 2A boys' state final. (NCHSAA photo) WINSTON-SALEM — Here’s a look at the state championship results for boys’ and girls’ basketball in the North Carolina High school Athletic Association. State finals were played Friday and Saturday at Joel Coliseum. Friday Class 1A boys: Corvian Community 58, Southern Wake 55, OT Class 1A girls: Cherokee…
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All-Mid-Piedmont Conference for winter sports
15 Mar

All-Mid-Piedmont Conference for winter sports

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Asheboro’s Osiris Rodriguez looks to make a move against North Davidson during the past boys’ basketball season. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) Here’s a list of the Mid-Piedmont Conference’s major award winners plus Asheboro’s all-conference selections for winter sports: Boys’ basketball Player of the Year: Adam Grier (Ledford) Co-Defensive Players of the Year: Loucas Shoaf (Oak Grove), Elijah Woodle (Asheboro) Coach of the Year: Ann Ferguson (Ledford) Asheboro: Elijah Woodle, Osiris Rodriguez, Jalial Timmons   Girls’ basketball Co-Players of the Year: Cora Hadley (Oak Grove), Izzy Ferguson (Ledford) Defensive Player of the Year: Emma Hadley (Oak Grove) Coach of the Year: Catlyn Moser (Ledford) Asheboro: None…
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Davidson goes strong in Limited Late Models in Caraway Speedway opener
13 Mar

Davidson goes strong in Limited Late Models in Caraway Speedway opener

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SOPHIA — Grant Davidson claimed the season-opening Limited Late Models feature at Caraway Speedway on Sunday. Davidson had the fastest qualifying time and led most of the way, finishing ahead of runner-up Bryson Brinkley, Tony Hossman and Larry Isenhour. A.J. Sanders won the Mini Stocks race in front of Jamison Whittington, Blaze Sanders and Tyler Bush. In UCARs, Jimmy Cooper notched the victory ahead of fast qualifier Ron Mock. Justin Smith was third, followed by Mason Fance and Josh Phillips among 18 drivers. The Chargers division was won by Dylan Ward, who prevailed in 35 laps ahead of Matthew Smith…
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Canaan Sheppard
12 Mar

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Canaan Sheppard

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Providence Grove, baseball Sheppard, a senior infielder and pitcher, is a captain for the Patriots. He had productive outings in a pair of non-conference victories last week against Cedar Ridge by 8-3 and Surry Central by 7-2. Sheppard held Cedar Ridge to one earned and two hits in four innings on the mound. In the Surry Central game, he drove in three runs. He previously scored three runs in the season opener. The Patriots were slated to begin Piedmont Athletic Conference play this week.
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Prep roundup: Early mixed results for area softball teams; Asheboro puts up big totals in softball, soccer
09 Mar

Prep roundup: Early mixed results for area softball teams; Asheboro puts up big totals in softball, soccer

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The softball season opener for 2024 Class 2A state champion Southwestern Randolph didn’t go well in a 15-4 loss at North Stanly in a rematch of last year’s West Regional finals. The Cougars didn’t begin the season until late last week because the school’s girls’ basketball team had been in the state playoffs. ** Uwharrie Charter Academy upended host North Stanly 2-1 in eight innings as Kenzie Duty pitched a complete game. Randleman topped Western Alamance for the second time this season, winning 9-4 on the road as winning pitcher Kinzie Ivey homered, tripled and drove in five runs. The…
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Prep basketball: Seasons end for Eastern Randolph boys, UCA girls
08 Mar

Prep basketball: Seasons end for Eastern Randolph boys, UCA girls

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Eastern Randolph’s Will Stalker makes a move toward the basket against South Stokes’ Korrin N’Diaye during the Class 1A West Region semifinal. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) The high school basketball season ended for Randolph County high schools after a pair of teams reached the third round of the state playoffs. That’s as far as it went for Eastern Randolph’s boys and Uwharrie Charter Academy’s girls. They went on the road for the first time in the West Region and came up short in Class 1A games earlier this week. Boys Seventh-seeded Eastern Randolph was in a tight game with…
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Season set to begin this weekend at Caraway Speedway
06 Mar

Season set to begin this weekend at Caraway Speedway

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SOPHIA — Caraway Speedway is touting the beginning of its 60th year of racing when the green flag is waved Sunday afternoon. Eight divisions are scheduled to participate in the season-opening event. The main attraction is a 100-lap feature in Limited Lake Models. There will be races in Chargers, 602 Modifieds, Mini Stocks, UCARs, Crown Vic’s, US Legends Cars and Bandoleros. Added up, there will be 257 laps. Racing begins at 2:30 p.m. There are two other racing dates this month on Saturdays. March Modness is slated for March 15, while the Dogwood 200 is set for March 29. This…
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Braxton Walker
05 Mar

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Braxton Walker

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Randleman, wrestling / baseball Walker dominated in four matches in the Class 2A state tournament at 215 pounds, winning the championship last week at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro. Walker, a senior, used three technical falls and a major decision in securing the title. He defeated Seaforth’s Ethan Kuball 14-2 in the final, completing the season with a 40-3 record. Walker had placed fourth last year in the 190-pound class. He racked up 89 victories across a two-season period. Later in the week, he went to the mound for the Randleman baseball team and delivered 13 strikeouts against host Northwest…
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Roundup: Area teams excel in early spring action
03 Mar

Roundup: Area teams excel in early spring action

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Randleman’s Kadie Green makes a catch in front of teammate Teanna Bostick during last week’s game vs. visiting West Stanly, which won 5-0 in the non-conference softball game. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) Here are some notables from the first week of competition in spring sports last week: Baseball Asheboro won its opener with interim coach Glen Hunt, defeating host Southwestern Randolph 6-1 with Cohen Caviness and Adam Curry both driving in two runs. Mason Kotlowski pitched three scoreless innings. ** Eastern Randolph is 3-0 despite missing players who are on the basketball team, drilling host Jordan-Matthews 17-3, beating visiting…
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Photo gallery of Randolph County’s nine wrestling champions
27 Feb

Photo gallery of Randolph County’s nine wrestling champions

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Trinity fans gathered at the state finals at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, where five wrestlers from the school reached individual state finals. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) GREENSBORO — There were nine individual wrestling state champions from schools in Randolph County schools during the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s state tournament, which ended Monday at First Horizon Coliseum. Those titlists represented five different schools — Eastern Randolph and Uwharrie Charter Academy in Class 1A and Randleman, Trinity and Wheatmore in Class 2A. Here’s a look at some of the scenes from the championship round:  
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