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26 Mar

Here are Asheboro’s Mid-Piedmont Conference all-conference selections from winter sports

Randolph RecordSportsAsheboro Blue Comets, Camden Walker, Elijah Woodle, Jerquarius Stanback, Mid-Piedmont Conference, Sion Murrian

Asheboro’s Jerquarius Stanback, here dunking against Oak Grove, was named Player of the Year for boys’ basketball in the Mid-Piedmont Conference. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Here’s a list of the Mid-Piedmont Conference’s major award winners plus Asheboro’s all-conference selections for winter sports: Boys’ basketball Player of the Year: Jerquarius Stanback (Asheboro) Defensive Player of the Year: Kamauri Manuel (North Davidson) Coach of the Year: Dustin Tysinger (Central Davidson) Asheboro: Jerquarius Stanback, Camden Walker, Elijah Woodle Girls’ basketball Player of the Year: Trista Charles (Oak Grove) Co-Defensive Players of the Year: Cora Hadley (Oak Grove), Keelan Moore (North Davidson) Coach of the Year:…

02 Mar

State playoffs: Randleman, Eastern Randolph boys win in second round

Randolph RecordSportsclass 1-A, Class 2-A, Class 3-A, Eastern Randolph athletics, Jerquarius Stanback, Prep Basketball, Randleman athletics, Southwestern Randolph Cougars, Trinity athletics

Eastern Randolph’s Camden Jones goes in for a layup against Mountain Heritage in a Class 1-A game. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) RANDLEMAN – Two boys’ basketball teams from the Piedmont Athletic Conference are moving on in the state playoffs. Randleman and Eastern Randolph won Friday night in the West Region’s second round. In Class 2-A, Randleman defeated No. 22 seed East Gaston 63-46 behind Greg Price’s 21 points and Tyshaun Goldston’s 18 points. The sixth-seeded Tigers (22-5) next go to third-seeded Newton-Conover for Tuesday night’s third round. Also, No. 19 seed Trinity received 40 points from senior guard Dominic Payne, but…

28 Feb

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

Randolph RecordSportsAsheboro Blue Comets, Camden Walker, class 1-A, Class 2-A, Class 3-A, Dominic Payne, Eastern Randolph Wildcats, Jerquarius Stanback, Jordin George, nchsaa, Nicah Taylor, Prep Basketball, Randleman Tigers, Southwestern Randolph Cougars, state playoffs, Timothy Brower, Trinity Bulldogs

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…

25 Feb

Blue Comets blister foes in league tourney

Randolph RecordSportsAsheboro Blue Comets, Camden Walker, Jerquarius Stanback, Mid-Piedmont Conference, Prep Basketball

Asheboro’s Jerquarius Stanback dunks against North Davidson in the Mid-Piedmont Conference Tournament semifinals. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) ASHEBORO – Asheboro pretty much knows the winning formula in boys’ basketball. It includes a heavy dose of offense from Jerquarius Stanback and Camden Walker. That’s what the Blue Comets used in the Mid-Piedmont Conference Tournament. In Friday night’s tournament final against top-seeded Central Davidson, Stanback posted 23 points and Walker had 16 points as the Blue Comets won 61-46 on their home court to avenge a pair of regular-season losses. Asheboro (22-3) was the designated home team for the semifinals and final. It…

19 Feb

Prep boys: Blue Comets take momentum to league tourney

Randolph RecordSportsAsheboro Blue Comets, Brady Collins, Brandon Campbell, Camden Walker, Dominic Payne, Elijah Woodle, Greg Price, Jerquarius Stanback, Mid-Piedmont Conference, PAC Tournament, Parker Kines, Piedmont Athletic Conference Tournament, Prep Basketball, Randleman Tigers, Trinity Bulldogs

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…

06 Feb

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

Randolph RecordSportsCamden Walker, Dominic Payne, Jerquarius Stanback, piedmont athletic conference, Prep Basketball, Randleman Tigers, Tyshaun Goldston

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…

21 Jan

Prep boys: PAC race looks crowded

Randolph RecordSportsAsheboro Blue Comets, Brandon Campbell, Dominic Payne, Eastern Randolph Wildcats, Jerquarius Stanback, piedmont athletic conference, Prep Basketball, Timothy Brower, Trinity Bulldogs

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…

09 Jan

Prep boys: Asheboro Blue Comets make more statements

Randolph RecordSportsAsheboro Blue Comets, Brandon Campbell, Camden Walker, Connor Cassidy, Dominic Payne, Jerquarius Stanback, Marcus Robertson, Mid-Piedmont Conference, Nicah Taylor, piedmont athletic conference, Prep Basketball, Randleman Tigers, Timothy Brower, Trinity Bulldogs, Tyshaun Goldston

ASHEBORO – It was quite a week for Asheboro’s boys’ basketball team. The Blue Comets topped a strong in-county team to wrap up non-conference play and then won its Mid-Piedmont Conference opener. It all added up to a 10-game winning streak entering this week. Asheboro defeated visiting Eastern Randolph 80-75 in a highly anticipated matchup behind Jerquarius Stanback’s 26 points and David Rodriguez’s 25 points. The game pitted last season’s regular-season champions from the Mid-Piedmont Conference and Piedmont Athletic Conference. It was the first time the Blue Comets and Wildcats met in four years. Eastern Randolph countered with 21 points…

02 Jan

Prep boys: Asheboro blows through tourney field

Randolph RecordSportsAsheboro Blue Comets, Connor Cassidy, holiday tournament, Jerquarius Stanback, Randleman Tigers

ASHEBORO – The Asheboro boys’ basketball team breezed through three games in the SportsTone.net Christmas Invitational on its home court. The tournament didn’t provide much variety for the Blue Comets, who defeated teams it had already defeated a total of five times earlier this season. The title game Friday night at least proved to be a rubber match, with Asheboro trouncing Randleman 63-41 after the teams split two earlier meetings. Jerquarius Stanback of Asheboro was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. He averaged 24.7 points per game across three games. The Blue Comets (11-1) entered the new year on an…