Prep Girls: Wheatmore clinches title with busy week

Wheatmore collected the girls’ basketball regular-season title in the Central Carolina 3-A Conference by topping visiting Trinity 50-32 on Friday.

It came as part of a busy week for the Warriors.

Wheatmore edged host host Providence Grove 48-46 as Kaelyn Whitehart had 23 points, offsetting Adi Johnson’s 24 points for the Patriots.

Wheatmore also stomped visiting Thomasville 55-13 with Whitehart posting 21 points.

Elsewhere in the conference, Providence Grove edged host West Davidson 49-48 with Bailee Mitchell scoring 21 points.

The Patriots also won at Thomasville, with Adi Johnson’s 14 points helping in the 53-17 blowout.

Madison Hill scored 20 points but Trintiy lost 48-27 to visiting East Davidson. West Davidson beat the host Bulldogs 63-32.

** In the Triad Area Athletic Conference, Laneane Scherer’s 15 points helped Asheboro defeat host Southern Guilford 61-31.

Asheboro also topped visiting Northeast Guilford 35-18 with Adalynn Scherer providing 13 points.

The Blue Comets fell 50-40 to visiting Southeast Guilford despite Adalynn Scherer’s 15 points.

Adalynn Scherer scored 18 points when Asheboro beat visiting Southern Guilford 66-29.

** In the Four Rivers Conference, Uwharrie Charter Academy’s 56-39 loss to first-place Northwood came despite Lainey Thomas’s 12 points in the first of two meetings during the week. UCA then fell on the road to the Chargers by 59-31.

In between, the Eagles were on the winning side by trouncing Jordan-Matthews 68-16 as Teely Harris had 12 points.

** Southwestern Randolph beat visiting Jordan-Matthews 57-25 as Maddie Strider had 15 points and Jordin George scored 14 points.

The Cougars rolled in a 77-29 road romp past North Moore with Strider picking up 21 points.

** Eastern Randolph won when Reagan Beaver had 14 points in a 36-31 victory at Jordan-Matthews. The Wildcats then took down visiting North Moore 63-39 behind Callie Craven’s 20 points.

In the rematch, Eastern Randolph picked up a 42-37 home victory with Beaver scoring 17 points.

Beaver’s 14 points, Craven’s 13 points and Katelyn Brown’s 13 points helped in a 59-31 home victory vs. North Moore.

** In the Piedmont Athletic Conference, Randleman followed a 62-38 road loss to Ledford by defeating visiting Lexington 54-44.