ASHEBORO — Randolph County middle schools may once again be reuniting in a combined athletic conference. In a reversal of a prior Randolph County School System board of education decision from earlier in the year that saw the district go independent, the board unanimously voted during its Dec. 8 meeting to allow for the reunification […]
Eastern Randolph coach Johnny Thomas offers instruction to Tyler Gee during a game earlier this month against Chatham Charter. Eastern Randolph’s Ayden Welsh is nearby. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) BURLINGTON — Johnny Thomas admits he’s not known for his patience, but he says his Eastern Randolph boys’ basketball team will be fine in […]
Stephen Cross, left, and Aiden Burkholder were among the individual champions for Trinity on Saturday. (Courtesy photo) TRINITY — With six individual champions, host Trinity rolled to the team title in the Trinity Invitational on Saturday. Jeven Palmeri (106 pounds), Aiden Burkholder (113), Stephen Cross (120), Edgar Vasquez (126), Omar Edge (132) and Joseph Trahan […]
Trinity’s Madison Hill goes up for a shot between several South Davidson players during Friday night’s girls’ basketball victory. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) Gabe McKoy made the second of two free-throw attempts with three seconds remaining to break a tie as host Providence Grove defeated Southwestern Randolph 56-55 to win for the first time […]
Asheboro, girls’ basketball The Blue Comets have been on an early resurgence this season. Jones is part of the senior class on the team. Jones was a regular in the rotation a year ago. Asheboro entered this week with four victories, already within one triumph of last year’s total. The Blue Comets haven’t won more […]
Putting together championships for eight classifications is a daunting task for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, which is facing a budget shortfall. That was discussed during last week’s NCHSAA board of directors meetings in Chapel Hill. NCHSAA president Stephen Gainey, who’s also superintendent of the Randolph County School System, said the financial issues […]
Ayden Sumners (Bob Sutton / Randolph Record) HILLSBOROUGH — Ayden Sumners didn’t have a chance to ease into the wrestling season. The Wheatmore junior, a reigning state champion, was put to the test right away last month in a tournament. He passed that assignment and all the others so far in ringing up a […]
MT. PLEASANT — With five individual championships, Trinity’s wrestling team had a strong clutch on the Eye of the Tiger tournament, which wrapped up Saturday. Jeven Palmeri (106 pounds), Aiden Burkholder (113), Stephen Cross (12) Omega Edge (132) and Joseph Trahan (285) were champions. Trinity won the team championship in the 25-team event. The Bulldogs […]
Asheboro’s Jeremiah Stanback drives against High Point Central’s Jayden Velez during last week’s boys’ basketball game in Asheboro. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) Asheboro had a mixture of results with three home games in boys’ basketball last week. The Blue Comets handled visiting Rockingham County in a 65-23 decision with Darrion Johnson scoring 13 […]
Southwestern Randolph boys’ soccer players celebrate a goal during the Class 4A state final last month. (Jann Ortiz / For Randolph Record) GREENSBORO — Not to be mistaken with the overall difficult task of winning a state championship, Southwestern Randolph boys’ soccer coach Jimmy Walker had a particular perspective on the accomplishment of his team. […]
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