Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Abbie Gudino prepares to kick the ball against South Davidson in the Class 1A girls’ soccer state playoffs. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record)
Randleman’s softball team took care of business on road last week and the Tigers are still playing in the Class 2A state playoffs.
Friday night’s 3-1 victory at sixth-seeded West Stokes puts No. 15 seed Randleman in the West Region finals.
The Tigers will play this week in the best-of-3 series against top-seeded West Wilkes, beginning with Game 1 on the road. Game 2 is set for Thursday at Randleman, with the third game, if necessary, back at West Wilkes on Saturday.
Kinzie Ivey threw a three-hitter against West Stokes (18-6). Olivia Ashby had two hits and knocked in a run.
Randleman won a make-up game in the third round at seventh-seeded Black Mountain Owen by 4-3, holding on after building a four-run lead.
Kaylee Phillips had two hits and Kaylie St. John drove in a run and scored a run. Ivey was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts.
** Southwestern Randolph, the defending Class 2A state champion, suffered a 4-2 home loss to No. 12 seed Michael in the third round.
Macie Crutchfield struck out 10 batters for the fourth-seeded Cougars (17-4), who won the Piedmont Athletic Conference by one game on Randleman. Sara-Kate Marion had two hits.
** In Class 1A, fourth-seeded Uwharrie Charter Academy’s season ended with a 9-6, 10-inning setback to 12th-seeded Murphy in the third round.
UCA (14-9) overcame a six-run deficit, pulling even on Carly Rush’s fourth-inning grand slam. The Eagles had won five straight.
Girls’ soccer
Area teams had mostly rough results in the state playoffs, which began last week.
** In Class 1A, Uwharrie Charter Academy opened by drilling South Davidson 10-0 as Jazmin Palma scored five goals and supplied two assists, Kendall Jarrell posted three goals and Reese Craven had two goals.
Then the Eagles (16-4), who were seeded No. 3 in the West Region, had their season end with a 1-0 home loss to Thomas Jefferson.
** In Class 2A, No. 17 seed Wheatmore notched a 4-2 victory at 16th-seeded Bandys with Natalie Bowman and Brianna Hill each scoring two goals. Ashley Swaney made 10 saves.
Then the Warriors fell 9-0 to top-seeded Pine Lake Prep, ending their season with a 12-8-1 record.
Also, seventh-seeded Providence Grove suffered a 3-2 first-round defeat to Black Mountain Owen. The Patriots ended up 16-6-1.
No. 21 seed Trinity (9-11-1) lost 4-0 at 12th-seeded Hendersonville.
Pine Lake Prep posted a 10-0 victory against No. 32 seed Randleman (7-12).
** In Class 3A, No. 17 seed Asheboro dropped a 3-1 decision vs. No. 16 seed St. Stephens in a game moved to Lenoir-Rhyne University. The Blue Comets finished 13-8.
Boys’ golf
Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Maddox Johnson shared 12th place with 78 and Eastern Randolph’s Tyler Gee tied for 57th with 88 in the rain-shortened Class 1A state tournament last week at Longleaf Golf and Family Club in Southern Pines.
The previous week in the Midwest Regional at Cedarbrook Country Club in Elkin, Gee placed 14th and Johnson tied for 15th.
Boys’ tennis
Southwestern Randolph’s Brayden Tyl was a state qualifier in Class 2A singles.
He lost in the first round of the state tournament by 6-1, 6-2 to eventual runner-up Jackson Grathwohl of Pine Lake Prep earlier this month at Ting Park in Holly Springs.
