Randleman’s Haley Hinshaw goes for a spike with Southwestern Randolph’s Jade Matias at the net during last week’s Piedmont Athletic Conference match. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record)
Asheboro flexed right away in Mid-Piedmont Conference boys’ soccer, winning 9-2 at Oak Grove last week.
Cam Letterlough racked up five goals, Diego Bustamante had three goals and Daniel Gutierrez also scored for the Blue Comets.
Sandwiched around that league-opening romp, the Blue Comets won a pair of non-conference home games.
A 9-1 victory against Providence Grove included goals two apiece from Omar Gonzalez, Alexander Diaz and Letterlough. Asheboro took apart Eastern Randolph by 9-0 with Bustamante scoring four goals and providing two assists and Letterlough notching three goals to go with five assists.
The three results pushed Asheboro’s record to 11-2.
** Southwestern Randolph stayed undefeated by nipping visiting Randleman 2-1 behind goals from Braydon Tyl and Fernando Hernandez.
** Trinity won twice in PAC games, edging host Uwharrie Charter Academy 2-1 and defeating visiting Providence Grove 4-2.
Several other games slated for last week were postponed because of weather-related concerns.
Volleyball
Southwestern Randolph has had an up-and-down season, but defeating non-conference rival Asheboro 25-20, 25-23, 18-25, 25-20 at home in the only scheduled meeting of the season brought some satisfaction. Hailey Kennedy had 19 assists and two aces for the Cougars.
That was one of four non-league matches that PAC teams won last week.
** Randleman avenged one of its two losses this season by topping host Northern Guiford 27-25, 22-25, 25-22, 21-25, 15-11 behind Camden Scott’s 31 digs and 14 kills, Haley Hinshaw’s 17 kills and 16 digs, Kadie Green’s 21 digs, and Camryn Vickery’s 44 assists and 16 digs.
** UCA bested Mount Airy 25-22, 25-15, 25-15 with Emory Johnson’s 30 assists, Sadie Upchurch’s 22 digs and Kayden Faglier’s 10 kills.
** Wheatmore withstood host East Davidson by 25-11, 25-23, 21-25, 22-25, 16-14 as Kynnedi Routh had 30 digs and Gracie Heiney’s 13 assists and three aces.
In PAC play, Randleman (at Wheatmore and vs. Southwestern Randolph), Southwestern Randolph (vs. Trinity) and UCA (vs. Providence Grove and at Trinity) all had sweeps, while Eastern Randolph needed four sets to top visiting Wheatmore.
In the Mid-Piedmont Conference, second-place Asheboro fell in three sets to league-leading Oak Grove.
