Eastern Randolph’s Davonte Brooks goes up for a shot last week against Wheatmore. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)
It was a big week for top scorers around Randolph County basketball last week.
Dominic Payne of Trinity and Davonte Brooks of Eastern Randolph were in the same category at times.
Payne poured in 41 points Friday in a 65-64 victory at Uwharrie Charter Academy. On the same night, Brooks posted 41 points in a 99-47 romp at Wheatmore. Teammate Timothy Brower had 28 points.
Wheatmore’s Parker Kines had more than half of his team’s points in that game with 26.
Payne scored 29 points in a 60-48 victory at Wheatmore.
Against Trinity, UCA’s Ashton Troutman racked up 33 points for more than half of his team’s scoring.
Brooks had big effort in a non-conference victory at Burlington Williams with 26 points in the 73-52 result.
Consider those individual totals when also on Friday night the final score of Randleman’s victory at Southwestern Randolph was 34-33.
On the girls’ side, Elizabeth York of Randleman scored 22 points in a 53-40 victory at Eastern Randolph. The Wildcats received 24 points from Kenly Whitaker.
Wrestling
At Asheville, Uwharrie Charter Academy had three individual champions and won the team championship in the Great Smoky Mountain Grapple at the downtown civic center.
Champions for UCA were Ethan Hines (106 pounds), Aldo Hernandez (138) and Lorenzo Alston (145).
Hernandez was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler, defeating Enka’s Noah Tocaben 12-6 in the final after a technical fall of Hoke County’s Landen Nelson in the semifinals.
Third place went to Jack McArthur (132), Carson Robinson (160) and Grayson Roberts (170). Roberts, a 2022 Class 1-A state champion, dropped a 14-7 decision to Maryville, Tenn.’s Michael Colligan, the eventual runner-up, in the semifinals.
The tournament included teams from multiple states. UCA scored 189 points to runner-up Newton-Conover’s 186.
- At Indian Trail, Trinity rode the strength of six titlists to a third-place team finish in the Porter Ridge Invitational.
Trinity’s Brayden Hall (113), Spencer May (120), Levi Dennis (126), Charles Schaefer (138), Gavin Hardister (182) and Joey Smith (220).
Edgr Vasquez Mora (106) placed third for the Bulldogs.
Porter Ridge won the team title with 183 points, followed by South Point with 165½ and Trinity with 162½.
