Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic

30 Dec

Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic recap: Cougars surprise Randleman girls for tourney title

Randolph RecordSportsAsheboro Blue Comets, Ashton Troutman, Caressa King, Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic, Dominic Payne, Prep Basketball, Southwestern Randolph Cougars

Caressa King, the eventual tournament Most Valuable Player from Southwestern Randolph, goes up for a shot against Thomasville in the Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic at Providence Grove. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) CLIMAX – Southwestern Randolph’s three-game sweep of girls’ basketball games in the Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic was far from ordinary. The Cougars knocked off previously undefeated Randleman 48-47 in Thursday night’s championship game. Caressa King scored 19 points on the way to being named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Randleman (12-1) lost a regular-season game for the first time since the abbreviated season in the 2020-21 school year. It was also…

25 Dec

Fields set for big high school holiday basketball tournaments

Bob SuttonSportsCalvin Brown, Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic, Prep Basketball

Asheboro’s Hakemme Butler goes up for a shot as Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Ethan Kinney, left, and Walker Wilkins look on. Both teams are in this week’s Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic, though at different sites. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) CLIMAX – The Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic is set for another go-around using two sites, but the field isn’t quite as big as last year. This week’s girls’ and boys’ basketball tournaments will have one slight difference in terms of number of teams. Providence Grove and Ledford are the sites. But the Providence Grove site has only seven girls’ and seven boys’ entrants, so that…