Randolph County teams hold high seeds for wrestling duals

Michael Shropshire, a reigning individual state champion, will look to help Uwharrie Charter Academy to another dual team state title. (Randolph Record file photo)

Three teams from Randolph County hold the top three seeds for the Class 3A East Region bracket for the dual team state playoffs.

Trinity, Wheatmore and Eastern Randolph will be host schools for the first and second rounds Tuesday. If they advance to the regional semifinals and finals Thursday, there will be at least one intra-county clash.

Uwharrie Charter Academy, which has won state championships in each of the past three seasons in the former Class 1A, is the No. 1 seed in Class 4A East Region.

The East Region and West Region champions in each classification advance to state finals Feb. 7 at the fieldhouse on the First Horizon Coliseum complex in Greensboro. Class 1A and Class 3A go at 9 a.m.; Class 2A and Class 4A at noon; Class 5A and Class 7A at 3 p.m.; and Class 6A and Class 8A at 6 p.m.

Here’s a rundown for brackets involving area teams:

** Trinity won the Class 2A state title – under the previous four-classification set-up in 2024 – and the Bulldogs have rolled in most of their meets this season. That included a victory at Wheatmore in the Central Carolina 3A Conference.

Joining Trinity on the first day of competition in Class 3A East Region is No. 16 seed Farmville Central, No. 8 seed Northwood and No. 9 seed Heide Trask.

In the Wheatmore bracket, the second-seeded Warriors take on No. 15 seed Bartlett Yancey, while seventh-seeded East Davidson and No. 10 seed South Lenoir also tangle.

Third-seeded Eastern Randolph draws Pender, with Pasquotank and Spring Creek also at that site.

Also in Class 3A East, fifth-seeded Providence Grove meets No. 12 seed North Moore at fourth-seeded McMichael, which will open vs. Ayden-Grifton.

** The Class 4A East Region bracket pits UCA vs. Salisbury in the first round, with First Flight and Bunn also compete there.

No. 14 seed Southwestern Randolph goes to third-seeded Central Davidson, where Washington and Anson also will convene.

No. 15 seed Randleman goes to second-seeded Eden Morehead, with Ledford and Southwest Onslow also there.

The other Class 4A East Region host is fourth-seeded North Pitt.

** In Class 6A, Asheboro is the No. 13 seed in the West Region, with a first-round matchup with host and fourth-seeded Piedmont. Southeast Guilford and Western Guilford are the other teams at that site.

Competition was supposed to begin Saturday, but because of forecasts of wintry weather, the first and second rounds were pushed back to Tuesday night. Brackets came out Friday, a day later than initially scheduled.