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06 Oct

Athlete of the Week: Jose Cortes

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JOSE CORTES Asheboro High School | Senior | Soccer Jose Cortes scored a total of 10 goals across two games as the Blue Comets rolled to a pair of victories. In a 9-1 romp past Oak Grove, Cortes, a senior, tallied four goals to go with an assist in the team’s Mid-Piedmont Conference opener. Two nights later, Cortes racked up six goals and another assist in a 9-0 blasting of Central Davidson. Those results gave Asheboro three consecutive games with nine goals. The Blue Comets carried an 8-0-1 record into this week.

04 Oct

Wildcats excel in showdown with Cougars

Randolph RecordSportsEastern Randolph, football, Southwestern Randolph, SWR

RAMSEUR — Eastern Randolph didn’t seem fazed by a big-game environment. So the Wildcats settled in quickly and dispatched visiting Southwestern Randolph, winning 32-14 in Friday night’s showdown. “It’s a rival. It’s an in-county game,” Eastern Randolph coach Burton Cates said afterward. “It’s the first conference game. It’s homecoming.” And it’s another notable performance for the Wildcats (5-0). Na’hiem Lilly scored four touchdowns and Eastern Randolph was in command for most of the game. “We didn’t control the line of scrimmage all night long,” Southwestern Randolph coach Seth Baxter said. “We got knocked on our heels a little bit.” Indeed,…

29 Sep

Wheatmore volleyball looks to spike cancer

Bob SuttonSportsTrinity, Wheatmore

Annual “Volley for the Cure” raises funds, awareness for worthy cause TRINITY — So many good vibes stemmed from last week’s volleyball match between Trinity and Wheatmore. The occasion was dubbed “Volley for the Cure,” designated as an event to bring awareness to the fight against breast cancer and to raise funds for the cause. It’s a decade-long tradition connected to the Wheatmore team. “The whole gym is decked out in pink,” Wheatmore coach Sarah Beth Campbell said. Breast cancer survivor Wendy Harmon gave a speech and delivered the ceremonial first serve. She’s a 1987 Trinity graduate, while her husband,…

29 Sep

Wildcats, Cougars to clash to set tone in league play

Bob SuttonSportsEastern Randolph, football, Southwestern Randolph, SWR

ASHEBORO — It’s easy to recognize all that Southwestern Randolph’s football team has done entering the Piedmont Athletic Conference portion of the schedule. And the opponent Friday night is the team with a No. 1 state ranking. So Eastern Randolph has some clout, too. “It’s a big game for the schools,” Eastern Randolph coach Burton Cates said. “It’s a great way to open conference.” Eastern Randolph (4-0) is the top-ranked team in Class 1-A. Southwestern Randolph (5-0) has cracked the Top 25 in Class 2-A. Southwestern Randolph coach Seth Baxter spent eight years coaching at Eastern Randolph before taking the…

29 Sep

Athlete of the Week: Salem Lee

Bob SuttonSportsAsheboro Blue Comets, athlete of the week, Salem Lee

SALEM LEE Asheboro High School | Junior | Golf Salem Lee was the medalist in a Mid-Piedmont Conference match at Meadowlands Golf Club. She shot an even-par 36. That gave Lee a third consecutive victory in Mid-Piedmont Conference competition.

27 Sep

A result worth remembering for Cougars

Bob SuttonSportsAsheboro High School, Blue Comets, Seth Baxter, Southwestern Randolph

Unbeaten Southwestern Randolph makes history with first win at Asheboro ASHEBORO — Keaton Reed was walking off the Lee J. Stone Stadium field Friday night and he shared a thought with a teammate. “Every time we drive by here, we can say we won here,” the Southwestern Randolph quarterback said. “Somebody is eventually going to do it. Why not us?” Indeed, this edition of the Cougars did it — winning a football game for the first time at Asheboro High School. It was a struggle at times, but Easton Clapp scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to help Southwestern Randolph pull out…

27 Sep

‘The Curse is broken:’ State rewrites history in upset of Clemson

Brett FriedlanderSportsClemson, NC State

RALEIGH — History repeated itself for the NC State football team at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday. And then it didn’t. Just when it seemed as though the Wolfpack was headed for a painful replay of a 2016 nightmare in which it lost at Clemson in overtime after missing a potential game-winning field goal at the end of regulation, it rewrote the ending. This time, State bounced back from a demoralizing late miss — a 39-yarder by the usually reliable Christopher Dunn — and an overtime deficit to claim a program-defining 27-21 victory that broke a 10-year losing streak against its…

27 Sep

Will NC become latest state to offer sports betting?

Matt MercerSports

RALEIGH – A bill currently in the General Assembly would add North Carolina to a growing list of states offering sports betting following a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that permits states to do so. The decision in the case, Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, opened sports betting to each individual state. In a 6-3 decision, Justice Samuel Alito said that, “Congress may not simply ‘commandeer the legislative process of the States by directly compelling them to enact and enforce a federal regulatory program.’” The result permitted each state to consider their own plans for sports betting. Since that…

23 Sep

Prep Football Roundup: Cougars keep it going with strong offense

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Southwestern Randolph’s football team kept the big offensive numbers coming. The Cougars topped visiting Starmount 42-30 on Friday night in a non-league game. The matchup was a late schedule addition when Southwestern Randolph’s scheduled matchup with Albemarle was nixed. The Cougars have scored more than 40 points in their last three games. Southwestern Randolph has boosted its record to 4-0. Keaton Reed accounted for 250 yards of total offense in the Starmount game. He rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another, with the pass going to Bryson Reid. Adam Cole scored touchdowns on a punt return and an interception…

22 Sep

Asheboro Hall of Fame inductees represent special era

Bob SuttonEntertainment, SportsAsheboro, Blue Comets

New class members hold precious memories ASHEBORO – At the time about 15 years ago, it might not have been clear to a group of Asheboro High School athletes that they were involved in a special era for the school’s athletics department. It might be more apparent now. Three of the newest additions to the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame are from that time frame, with Lindsay Cross from the Class of 2006 and the following year’s graduates Mike Eddy and Neal Pritchard. “Maybe I’m biased, but the period I was going through, there were great athletes,” Eddy said. “It…