County teams put together strong week in volleyball

Trinity’s Hayli Cox spikes the ball against North Moore’s Adrianna Patterson in last week’s match. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record)

It was mostly a big stretch of success for Randolph County volleyball teams last week.

** Randleman wiped out two opponents to begin Piedmont Athletic Conference play. The Tigers downed visiting High Point Andrews and host Lexington in three-set matches.

Randleman also fell to Cornerstone Charter in three sets.

** Asheboro lost the first set before claiming the next three to defeat host Trinity behind Lia George’s 10 kills and 15 digs, Emma Little’s 21 digs, Emma Kate Forester’s 15 kills and Adalynn Scherer’s 13 kills.

The Blue Comets also upended visiting Eastern Randolph in three sets with Eva Vuncannon supplying 15 assists and three aces before using Adalynn Scherer’s 15 kills in a three-set home success past Jordan-Matthews.

That put Asheboro at 7-0 entering September.

** Southwestern Randolph swept home matches against Oak Grove and Pinecrest to produce a three-match winning streak.

** Providence Grove had three three-set home sweeps, defeating Eastern Randolph despite Callie Craven’s 13 digs and 11 service points. Providence Grove benefited from Lara Wiseman’s 15 kills and Callie Hodges’ 18 digs against Jordan-Matthews. The Patriots strolled past Chatham Charter as Cheyenne Collins posted 20 assists and Hodges had 24 digs.

** Uwharrie Charter Academy swept three foes, taking down host Wheatmore, visiting Richmond County and visiting Southeast Guilford. In the Southeast Guilford match, Caroline Way’s 15 kills and 15 digs, Carly Rush’s nine kills and 13 digs, and Emory Johnson’s 20 assists were among the top marks. Carly Rush recorded 16 service points and Sadie Upchurch delivered 11 service points against Wheatmore.

** Trinity stopped visiting North Moore in four sets early in the week for its first victory of the season with boosts from Hayli Cox’s 16 kills and Avalynn Johnson’s 28 assists. Following the loss to Asheboro, the Bulldogs went down in three sets to visiting North Stanly.

** Wheatmore had a five-set triumph against visiting Chatham Central.