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30 Mar

Here’s the Piedmont Athletic Conference winter all-conference selections

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Randleman’s Audra Petty makes a move against Lincoln Charter in the state playoffs for girls’ basketball. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Here’s a list of the Piedmont Athletic Conference’s major award winners and all-conference selections for winter sports: Boys’ basketball Player of the Year: Dominic Payne (Trinity) Coach of the Year: Daniel Mitchell (Randleman) All-Conference Eastern Randolph: Julian Brooks, Timothy Brower, Nicah Taylor Providence Grove: Brady Collins, James Ellis Randleman: Connor Cassidy, Tyshaun Goldston, Greg Price Southwestern Randolph: Nathan Ellis, Marcus Robertson Trinity: Brandon Campbell, Jacob Hodges, Dominic Payne Uwharrie Charter Academy: Braeden Lamb Wheatmore: Parker Kines Girls’ basketball Player of the Year: Audra Petty…

28 Feb

State playoffs: Asheboro boys survive; Trinity pulls upset; Eastern Randolph advances; Randleman teams, Cougars, UCA girls move on

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Camden Walker, with arm raised, and the Asheboro boys’ basketball team celebrate a victory against Carson in Class 3-A. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Girls’ teams from Randleman, Southwestern Randolph and Uwharrie Charter Academy and boys’ teams from Asheboro, Eastern Randolph, Randleman and Trinity won first-round games in the state playoffs Tuesday night. The only team from Randolph County to win a road game was the Trinity boys. Second-round games are Friday night. Boys – first round Asheboro pulled out a 72-70 victory against visiting Carson on Camden Walker’s two free throws in the final second of a Class 3-A game. This…

28 Feb

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Dominic Payne

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Trinity, boys’ basketball Payne keeps pouring in big point totals and he moved to No. 2 all-time in Trinity’s boys’ basketball history last week. The senior guard has compiled more than 2,200 points in his career. He passed Josh Pittman (2,187 points) in a Piedmont Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal last week against Eastern Randolph. He has boosted the Bulldogs into the PAC Tournament finals for two consecutive years. Payne also has been a standout for Trinity in football and tennis. He becomes the first male two-time recipient of Randolph Record’s Athlete of the Week. He also was recognized in December…

26 Feb

PAC boys: Tigers take tournament title

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Tyshaun Goldston had a big role in Randleman's PAC Tournament games. (Randolph Record file photo) RANDLEMAN – Randleman kept getting better in the Piedmont Athletic Conference Tournament championship game for boys’ basketball. That’s much how the season has gone as a whole for the Tigers. Tyshaun Goldston poured in 34 points and top-seeded Randleman defeated second-seeded Trinity 69-47 in Friday night’s title game. Jirah Price had 12 points and Chase Farlow notched nine points to help the Tigers (20-5) avenge a loss from their regular-season finale. Randleman led 23-19 at halftime, then produced 23 points in each of the final…

19 Feb

Prep boys: Blue Comets take momentum to league tourney

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Asheboro’s Jerquarius Stanback had another big week on offense heading into the Mid-Piedmont Conference Tournament. (Randolph Record file photo) ASHEBORO – Asheboro’s boys’ basketball team carries a five-game winning streak into the Mid-Piedmont Conference Tournament. And the Blue Comets won’t have to leave home this week because the pre-determined site for semifinals and finals is Asheboro’s gym. Asheboro (20-3) had one of two byes to the semifinals. The Blue Comets play the winner between sixth-seeded Montgomery Central and third-seeded North Davidson at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The final is set for the same time Friday night. Central Davidson is the top…

13 Feb

Prep boys: Randleman, Eastern Randolph, Asheboro look to build off big weeks

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Eastern Randolph’s Julian Brooks goes up for a shot against Southwestern Randolph’s Nathan Ellis last week in Ramseur. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Randleman’s boys’ basketball team clinched the Piedmont Athletic Conference regular-season championship with a couple of convincing victories last week. Heading into this week with an 18-4 overall record and 11-0 mark in PAC play, the Tigers could sew up a perfect league mark by winning Tuesday night’s finale against visiting Trinity. Randleman’s 69-50 victory against host Uwharrie Charter Academy came with 18 points apiece from Tyshaun Goldston and Greg Price. The Tigers finished the week with an 84-58 romp…

06 Feb

Prep boys: Asheboro faces tough task to repeat; Randleman stays atop PAC

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Randleman’s Tyshaun Goldston goes up between Southwestern Randolph’s Nathan Ellis, left, and Brayden Chapman on Friday night. (Scott Pelkey/Randolph Record) Asheboro will be hard-pressed to repeat as Mid-Piedmont Conference regular-season champion in boys' basketball after dropping a 63-60 decision at first-place Central Davidson last week despite Jerquarius Stanback’s 27 points. Stanback had 27 points in the next game as well, helping the Blue Comets defeat visiting North Davidson 68-54. Camden Walker added 22 points in that game. Asheboro entered this week with a 4-2 league record while Central Davison was at 7-0. ** In the Piedmont Athletic Conference, Randleman stayed…

30 Jan

Prep boys: Trinity splits games as Payne hits milestone

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Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Braeden Lamb goes up for a shot against Wheatmore’s Parker Kines during a game last week. Wheatmore’s Robert Nyamongo, left, looks on. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Randleman and Trinity were involved in a Piedmont Athletic Conference boys’ basketball showdown last week and it turned out to be a compelling matchup. Randleman needed overtime to defeat host Trinity 74-69 with Greg Price recording 24 points, Connor Cassidy posting 18 points and Tyshaun Goldston providing 16 points. Dominic Payne had 21 points and Brandon Campbell racked up 18 points for Trinity. Randleman kept it going by blowing out host Wheatmore…

21 Jan

Prep boys: PAC race looks crowded

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It’s tight atop the Piedmont Athletic Conference boys’ basketball schedule near the midway mark of the league slate. Trinity suffered its first PAC loss of the season when host Eastern Randolph won 81-77 in Friday night’s game at Ramseur. That was a rematch of last February’s PAC Tournament championship game on the same court, with the Wildcats winning that one as well. Eastern Randolph also entered this week with just one PAC defeat. Randleman is unbeaten in PAC play going into a game early this week vs. Trinity. Timothy Brower’s 34 points and Nicah Taylor’s 19 points led the way…

15 Jan

Prep Boys: Randleman Tigers stay on right track

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RANDLEMAN – Randleman doesn’t have a game on this week’s boys’ basketball schedule. When the Tigers return to play, there’s a showdown looming. On Jan. 23, there’s a clash at Trinity that looms large on the Piedmont Athletic Conference landscape. Last week, Randleman toppled visiting Uwharrie Charter Academy 67-44 with Greg Price’s 22 points and Tyshaun Goldston’s 20 points leading the way. Two nights later, the Tigers won 59-48 at home with Goldston supplying 18 points and Price with 12 points. Those results pushed Randleman’s record to 12-5 overall, 5-0 in PAC play. The Tigers are one league victory away…