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PAC showdown on tap despite Trinity’s upset win

PAC showdown on tap despite Trinity’s upset win

Eastern Randolph and Randleman will play with the championship at stake There’s still a showdown to determine the Piedmont Athletic Conference football championship this week, but getting there took a strange twist. Last-place Trinity stunned previously undefeated Randleman 21-19 on Friday night. Yet the Tigers can still gain a share of the conference crown if they defeat host Eastern Randolph in this Friday night’s regular-season finale. The teams met with unblemished league records last year, with Eastern Randolph winning 22-21. Here’s a look at last week’s results: Trinity 21, Randleman 19: At Randleman, Zorn Williams and Daniel Rogers ran for…
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Final races to determine track titles at Caraway Speedway

Final races to determine track titles at Caraway Speedway

SOPHIA – Track championships will be at stake during the final race card of the regular season Saturday night at Caraway Speedway. Two season-long titles have been decided but three remain to be settled with double points on the line. Jaxson Casper has wrapped up the 602 Modified title. Mitchell Wright will be the runner-up. Billy Gregg ranks third ahead of Dean Lowder and Rich Hunter. Rudy Hartley has clinched the Mod 4 title. Jimmy Crigger, Jeff Linkous, Tommy Raino and Jason Garwood round out the top five. In Challengers, Brody Duggins holds a 96-point lead on Rookie of the Year leader Bryson…
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Freddie Mercado

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Freddie Mercado

Randleman, cross country Mercado was the winner of the boys’ race in the Piedmont Athletic Conference championships last week at Wheatmore’s 3.1-mile course. Mercado, a senior, finished in 18 minutes, 48 seconds for a 10-second edge on teammate Jedidiah Dake. Providence Grove won the team title by one point on Randleman. Earlier in the month, Mercado was 61st out of 182 runners in the Hagan-Stone Cross Country Classic in Pleasant Garden. The PAC girls’ race was won by Providence Grove junior Laurel Bernhardt in 21:51. The runner-up was Wheatmore’s Scarlett Hildreth (22:55). Wheatmore was first in the team standings with…
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Prep soccer: Randleman makes title bid in PAC; Asheboro tallies more victories

Prep soccer: Randleman makes title bid in PAC; Asheboro tallies more victories

Randleman stayed in the hunt for the Piedmont Athletic Conference championship in boys’ soccer, while Asheboro continued to roll in the Mid-Piedmont Conference last week. Randleman knocked off visiting Southwestern Randolph 2-0 to hand the Cougars their first league loss of the season. Owen Leonard and Ivan Collazo scored goals for the Tigers, while Dilan Chavero had nine saves. Leonard also had an assist. That result left both teams with 8-1 PAC records in the 12-game league schedule. Fernando Hernandez and Jonathan Lopez Degollado both produced two goals in Southwestern Randolph’s 5-2 home victory against Trinity. ** Asheboro’s Cam Letterlough…
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Prep volleyball: PAC Tournament champ UCA, runner-up Randleman hold high seeds for states

Prep volleyball: PAC Tournament champ UCA, runner-up Randleman hold high seeds for states

Uwharrie Charter Academy coach Lee Kennell addresses the team during a match earlier this season. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) RANDLEMAN – Uwharrie Charter Academy’s volleyball looks all heated up again. The Eagles are Piedmont Athletic Conference Tournament champions and hold big aspirations for the state playoffs. UCA upended regular-season champion Randleman to win the PAC Tournament last week. The teams split two matches in the regular season. Both teams received high seeds for the state playoffs The Eagles are seeded fourth in Class 1A West, entering the state playoffs with a 26-3 record. Eastern Randolph is in the bracket…
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Prep football: Blue Comets snap conference drought; Wheatmore nabs first victory

Prep football: Blue Comets snap conference drought; Wheatmore nabs first victory

ASHEBORO – Aiden Robinson ran 15 yards for a third-quarter touchdown and Asheboro’s football team won a Mid-Piedmont Conference game for the first time since 2019, defeating visiting North Davidson 17-14 on Friday night. Robinson’s go-ahead run and Micah Garcia’s extra-point kick were the only points of the second half. Asheboro (3-5 overall, 1-2 Mid-Piedmont Conference) opened the scoring on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Logan Laughlin to Elijah Woodley in the first quarter. Garcia had a 23-yard field goal for the Blue Comets in the second quarter, but North Davidson (2-6, 1-2) led 14-10 at halftime. Since winning the…
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Area wrestlers compete in Super 32 Challenge

Area wrestlers compete in Super 32 Challenge

GREENSBORO – Two-time state wrestling champion Lorenzo Alston of Uwharrie Charter Academy posted a 2-2 record in the Super 32 Challenge last weekend at the coliseum complex in Greensboro. Alston, who has rolled to a pair of Class 1A state titles, is a junior. Several Randolph County wrestlers entered the Super 32 Challenge, which is one of the premier events for wrestlers of high school age and attracted participants from around the country, including those with international age-group championships. Alston lost by a 12-10 decision to Noah Bull of Layton, Utah, in the round of 32 in the 150-pound division.…
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Randolph County prep football teams set for third league games

Randolph County prep football teams set for third league games

Micah Thurston of Randleman cuts through a hole during last Friday night’s game against Providence Grove. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) This week marks passing of the midway mark of the conference play for Randolph County football teams in either the Piedmont Athletic Conference or Mid-Piedmont Conference. Teams in those leagues play five conference games. Here's a look at the games for the third week of conference play: Friday’s games (scheduled for 7:30 p.m. starts) Randleman (7-0, 2-0) at Southwestern Randolph (4-3, 1-1) Eastern Randolph (7-0, 2-0) at Providence Grove (2-5, 1-1) Wheatmore (0-7, 0-2) at Trinity (2-5, 0-2) North…
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Anna Grace LeRoy

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Anna Grace LeRoy

Asheboro, volleyball LeRoy is a key part of the Blue Comets’ offense as the team had a strong regular season in the Mid-Piedmont Conference. LeRoy, a senior setter, is the team leader in assists. When Asheboro swept Ledford and Montgomery Central last week, LeRoy led the team in assists in both matches. She also racked up a total of seven aces in those two outings. Asheboro took a five-match winning streak into this week’s conference tournament. This weekend, the Blue Comets will learn of their seed and place on the Class 3A bracket for the state playoffs. First-round matches will…
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Ledbetter, Duggins split tight feature results at Caraway Speedway

Ledbetter, Duggins split tight feature results at Caraway Speedway

SOPHIA – Dalton Ledbetter and Brody Duggins charged to victories in 20-lap Challengers features Saturday night at Caraway Speedway. Ledbetter finished ahead of Rookie of the Year leader Bryson Pickard in the first race, with Blake Cox in third. Duggins, the division’s points leader, took advantage of a re-start miscue by Ledbetter, then held off Ledbetter to win in the second race. Cox was third again. ** In 602 Modifieds, Jaxson Casper made short work of a small field in the 35-lap feature, outdistancing Josh Lowder, Ryan Kuhitau and Mitchell Wright. Casper leads season standings ahead of Wright. ** Steven Collins won the…
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