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Prep Roundup: Randleman captures PAC volleyball title in regular season
14 Oct

Prep Roundup: Randleman captures PAC volleyball title in regular season

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Randleman became the outright regular-season champion in Piedmont Athletic Conference volleyball with a little help last week. The Tigers (17-3 overall, 11-1 PAC) finished with a one-match edge on Uwharrie Charter Academy Southwestern Randolph nipped visiting UCA 25-21, 17-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-11 in Thursday night’s regular-season finale, knocking the Eagles from a share of the title. Randleman was idle at the end of the week, awaiting the results of other matches. The Tigers secured their first conference championship since 2010. UCA, which handed the Tigers their lone conference loss, ended the regular season at 23-3, 10-2, while Southwestern Randolph won…
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Prep roundup: UCA makes bid for volleyball title; Asheboro boosts soccer offense
06 Oct

Prep roundup: UCA makes bid for volleyball title; Asheboro boosts soccer offense

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ASHEBORO – Uwharrie Charter Academy’s volleyball team has tightened the race atop the Piedmont Athletic Conference. The Eagles pulled even with first-place Randleman in the loss column by defeating the visiting Tigers last week. The Eagles won 15-12, 22-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-6 with Emory Johnson’s 40 assists, Carolina Way’s 19 kills and 17 digs and Kayden Faglier’s 10 kills and seven blocks leading the way. UCA kept the momentum by sweeping host Eastern Randolph. Randleman got back on track with a sweep of visiting Providence Grove with Camryn Vickery’s 39 assists and Camden Scott’s 19 kills and 15 digs boosting…
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PAC football openers go smooth for unbeaten Wildcats, Tigers
05 Oct

PAC football openers go smooth for unbeaten Wildcats, Tigers

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Providence Gove snaps a four-game losing streak by winning at Trinity Eastern Randolph and Randleman football teams had no problems at the launch of Piedmont Athletic Conference play. The undefeated squads rolled in their respective league openers Friday night. Eastern Randolph 49, Southwestern Randolph 0: At Asheboro, Cade McCallum threw for five touchdowns for the visiting Wildcats (6-0 overall). Rayden West and DeSean Shamberger each caught two scoring passes and Chance Holdaway had the other TD catch. James Combs had a touchdown run. Lucas Smith gained 121 rushing yards in the first half. Southwestern Randolph (3-3) committed three turnovers. Randleman…
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cam Letterlough
02 Oct

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cam Letterlough

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Asheboro, boys’ soccer Asheboro won 11 of its first 13 games and Letterlough has been a big part of the success. The senior forward leads the Blue Comets with 29 goals and 14 assists. Letterlough emerged as an Asheboro standout as a freshman in 2021 before time away to concentrate on club soccer. This year, Letterlough is part of an Asheboro offense that scored nine goals in three consecutive games in a late-September stretch. Photo: Cam Letterlough, reacting here after scoring against Randleman, has been piling up goals and assists at a rapid clip for Asheboro’s boys’ soccer team. (Randolph…
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Prep Roundup: Blue Comets show strength early in league soccer
30 Sep

Prep Roundup: Blue Comets show strength early in league soccer

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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…
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Prep football: Cougars come up clutch, nip Asheboro; E. Randolph wins again
29 Sep

Prep football: Cougars come up clutch, nip Asheboro; E. Randolph wins again

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Southwestern Randolph’s Julian Mosley, right, makes a catch in front of Asheboro’s Aiden Robinson during Saturday night’s game. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) ASHEBORO – Southwestern Randolph won a closely contested matchup with visiting Asheboro by 49-47 in Saturday night’s non-conference football game. Southwestern Randolph (3-2) posted its largest point total in the series with Asheboro, winning for the fifth consecutive season in the rivalry, keyed by clutch plays from quarterback Noah Stills. “What a battle,” Southwestern Randolph coach Seth Baxter said. “It’s a huge win for our guys.” Asheboro (2-3) scored the final touchdown with an extra-point kick with…
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Light schedule of prep football moved to Saturday night (updated)
25 Sep

Light schedule of prep football moved to Saturday night (updated)

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High school football games in Randolph County this week have been moved for a second time to try to find a window of good weather. Now, the games originally slated for Friday night are set for 6 p.m. Saturday (after a mid-week decision to play those Thursday night was scrapped because of more weather-related concerns). There are just two games involving county teams this week as five other teams all are scheduled to be off. Game times have been adjusted. These are the final non-conference games for any teams in the county prior to conference play beginning next week. Saturday…
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Prep Roundup: Asheboro rises in volleyball; Cougars move to 10-0 in soccer
23 Sep

Prep Roundup: Asheboro rises in volleyball; Cougars move to 10-0 in soccer

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Asheboro’s volleyball team looks like a contender again in the Mid-Piedmont Conference. Asheboro’s sweep of visiting North Davidson came with Lia George’s 16 kills and 10 digs, Eva Vuncannon had 14 assists and Anna Grace LeRoy’s 20 assists and seven digs. The Blue Comets took down host Ledford in four sets as Emma Kate Forester notched 14 kills and seven blocks, Emma Little had 10 digs and LeRoy provided 17 assists. ** Trinity blew past a pair of Piedmont Athletic Conference foes. The Bulldogs swept visiting Eastern Randolph as Karrington Batten recorded 23 kills, 11 digs and four aces. Trinity…
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Cougars, Blue Comets hit early soccer strides, but won’t meet this year
16 Sep

Cougars, Blue Comets hit early soccer strides, but won’t meet this year

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Asheboro boys’ soccer players react following a goal by Win Smith (No. 6) earlier this year at Randleman. Other Blue Comets are, left to right, Diego Bustamante, Ozmar Martinez, Gerarrdo Medina Chi and Cam Letterlough. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) ASHEBORO – The boys’ soccer teams from Southwestern Randolph and Asheboro have excelled across the first month of the season. They’re hoping for even better fortunes ahead. Southwestern Randolph won its first eight games of the season. Asheboro has been off to a 7-2 start. “You got to have a lot of moving parts to be healthy and ready for…
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Prep football: Asheboro reaches two-win mark for first time in five years (updated)
14 Sep

Prep football: Asheboro reaches two-win mark for first time in five years (updated)

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ASHEBORO – Quincey Lee ran for two touchdowns and Asheboro’s football team reached the two-win mark for the first time in five years by defeating visiting Providence Grove 17-10 on Friday night in a non-conference game. Asheboro’s Connor Brinton gained 155 yards on 24 carries. Micah Garcia drilled a 24-yard field goal. Lee also led Asheboro’s defense with an interception and a fumble recovery. The Blue Comets (2-1) had three consecutive one-win seasons following a winless season in the spring of 2021 (which was the pandemic-adjusted 2020 season) They haven’t won more than two games in a season since 2016.…
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