Prep Roundup: Area volleyball teams ring up league successes

Conference play picked up for area volleyball teams last week Uwharrie Charter Academy was among the big winners.

UCA breezed in a pair of Four Rivers Conference matches.

The Eagles knocked down host Eastern Randolph in three sets as Emory Johnson had 38 assists and nine digs. They topped visiting Jordan-Matthews in a sweep as Carly Rush had seven kills and four aces.

Also, UCA wiped out visiting Southern Alamance in three sets as Sadie Upchurch made 10 digs and Caroline Way delivered six aces.

** Southwestern Randolph also won in the Four Rivers Conference by socking visiting Northwood as Cheyenne Dixon racked up 10 kills and Madilyn Baker recorded four aces.

The Cougars swept visiting Southwest Guilford as Stella Brown posted 12 service points.

** Randleman took down three Piedmont Athletic Conference foes to move to 7-0 in league play.

The Tigers stopped visiting North Davidson in four sets, and then won in three-set sweeps at High Point Central and High Point Andrews.

** Providence Grove swept visiting East Davidson with Callie Hodges providing 20 digs and Lara Wiseman and Adalyn Whitaker both smacking eight kills.

The Patriots won another Central Carolina 3-A Conference match by upending host Wheatmore in three sets.

** Trinity edged visiting Central Davidson in five sets with Mya Hooker’s 18 kills, Avery Moffitt’s 17 kills and Bryn Holden’s 17 digs among the highlights.

The Bulldogs had a smoother time in a sweep of visiting Thomasville before losing at West Davidson.

** Asheboro had home successes in the Triad Area Athletic Conference, drilling Eastern Guilford in three sets, allowing a total of 23 points, as Cora Little had 11 kills and Emma Little notched 16 digs.

The Blue Comets also blasted Northeast Guilford in three sets with Lia George’s 11 kills and four aces and Eva Vuncannon’s 12 assists and six aces helping the cause.

Boys’ soccer

Southwestern Randolph’s 7-0 road victory against Randleman came with two goals apiece from Griffin Hall and Fernando Hernandez.

The Cougars then traveled to Greensboro Page for a 3-0 triumph with Hernandez, Aaron Avina and Yael Rebollar-Ortiz scoring.

Randleman was back on track a couple of nights later by trouncing host High Point Andrews 9-2 with Owen Leonard scoring three times and supplying four assists.

** Asheboro had mixed results, nipping visiting Reagan 1-0 on Henry Martinez Cruz’s goal and falling 1-0 at West Forsyth.

** Wheatmore controlled visiting Lexington in a 5-0 victory with two goals apiece from Grayson Carter and Easton DeWitt. The Warriors lost later in the week by 6-1 at Southeast Guilford.

** Providence Grove had goals from Kevin Bautista and Saul Cortes in a 2-2 draw with host Eastern Guilford before defeating host Western Guilford 2-1 on goals from Giovanny Arellano and Bautista.

** Trinity’s 4-3 home victory against Eastern Randolph came with Jacob Elorza’s penalty kick and other goals from Alfredo Huerta Rangel, Mario Tellez-Garcia and Trey Groves. Trinity had a 1-1 tie with visiting Southern Guilford.