Jordin George - Randolph Record

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…

26 Feb

PAC girls: Randleman rules again, captures tourney

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RANDLEMAN – Randleman tightened its stronghold on Piedmont Athletic Conference girls’ basketball. The Tigers won the PAC Tournament for the third year in a row. Friday night’s home victory against second-seeded Southwestern Randolph came with Chenleigh Robinson tallying 19 points and Audra Petty providing 17 points. Southwestern Randolph (23-4) received 14 points from Jordin George and nine points from Macy Allred. The Cougars are 0-3 vs. Randleman this season. Randleman has gone three consecutive seasons without a loss in PAC competition. The Tigers won tournament finals the past two seasons by defeating UCA and Eastern Randolph in the championship games.…

12 Feb

Prep girls: Tigers wrap up another PAC crown

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Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Abbie Gudino, left, and Randleman’s Audry Petty reach for a rebound during last week’s PAC game in Asheboro. UCA’s Nevaeh Staples, far left, and Randleman’s Chenleigh Robinson, center, and Bella Byman look on. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Two more victories allowed Randleman’s girls’ basketball team to clinch a sixth consecutive Piedmont Athletic Conference championship. The Tigers took down host Uwharrie Charter Academy 64-46 with Bella Byman tallying 21 points and Audra Petty registering 19 points and 10 rebounds. Those offset 16 points from UCA’s Nevaeh Staples. Next, Byman had 19 points and Gracie Beane compiled 17 points when…

18 Jan

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jordin George

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Southwestern Randolph, girls’ basketball‌ George has been a productive contributor throughout the season for the Cougars, who are one of the area’s top teams in girls’ basketball. She’s a versatile sophomore. The Cougars won two games last week by defeating Eastern Randolph, with George scoring a team-high 15 points, and Wheatmore. That pushed the team’s record to 14-2. Last month, George was named Most Valuable Player of the SportsTone.net Invitational at Asheboro when the Cougars won three games on the way to the holiday tournament championship.

16 Jan

Prep girls: Randleman adds to PAC streak

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Randleman’s Gracie Beane, right, blocks a shot from Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Lainey Thomas. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) RANDLEMAN – Randleman kept rolling last week in Piedmont Athletic Conference girls’ basketball. Randleman upended visiting Uwharrie Charter Academy 58-43 with 12 points apiece from Audra Petty and Chenleigh Robinson. Next the Tigers had a 58-39 home victory against Providence Grove. Randleman (10-6, 5-0 PAC) has won 31 consecutive regular-season league games covering parts of four seasons. ** Earlier in the week, Providence Grove defeated winless Trinity 62-12. ** Southwestern Randolph posted a pair of victories to improve to 14-2. There was a 58-20…

02 Jan

Prep girls: Cougars collect tourney title with strong defense

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ASHEBORO – The Southwestern Randolph girls’ basketball team didn’t need big offensive numbers to win the SportsTone.net Christmas Invitational last week. The Cougars handled things with their defense. So the outcome was three victories in three days in the tournament at Asheboro High School. The Cougars finished their tournament run by controlling West Brunswick 45-30 in Friday night’s title game. West Brunswick was held to 10 second-half points after a 20-20 halftime score. Jordin George of Southwestern Randolph was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. She scored 11 points in the West Brunswick game. Maddie Strider was the top scorer…