North Carolina East-West All-Star Game

14 Dec

Randleman linebacker looks to shine in N.C. East-West All-Star Game

Bob SuttonSportsEastern Randolph football, Jani Norwood, North Carolina East-West All-Star Game, prep football, Randleman athletics, Thomas Dobias

Randleman linebacker Thomas Dobias tackles Providence Grove quarterback James Ellis. (Randolph Record) RANDLEMAN – Randleman senior Thomas Dobias is excited for the chance to put a finishing touch on his high school football career. He hopes that helps lead to other opportunities on the gridiron. Dobias, a linebacker, will play in the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game on Sunday afternoon in Greensboro. “I definitely want to play college football,” Dobias said. “I think this is going to help me.” New for the 2023-24 school year, the North Carolina Coaches Association has moved the game from the mid-July spot to…

20 Jul

NC East-West All-Star Games: Asheboro players make unique marks in soccer showcase

Bob SuttonSportsBrecken Snotherly, Calvin Smith, Cristian Ortiz, Gracyn Hall, North Carolina East-West All-Star Game

Brecken Snotherly of Eastern Randolph heads up the court with the ball during Monday night’s North Carolina East-West All-Star Game for girls’ basketball at the Greensboro Coliseum. Snotherly played for the West team. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) BROWNS SUMMIT – Asheboro’s Calvin Smith and Cristian Ortiz each did something no other players in the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game could claim. They were issued the only yellow cards during the boys’ soccer game Tuesday night at MacPherson Stadium. “They were both kind of tactical,” Smith said of the infractions. “They weren’t cynical.” Those moments aside, the duo from Asheboro embraced the…

16 Jul

Soccer duo embraces Asheboro’s rise

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Cristian Ortiz of Asheboro reacts to scoring a game during the Class 3-A state playoffs last fall against West Iredell. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Blue Comets have two players in NC East-West All-Star Game ASHEBORO – Calvin Smith and Cristian Ortiz helped take Asheboro’s boys’ soccer program to new heights. They’re being rewarded with spots in next Tuesday night’s North Carolina East-West All-Star Game at MacPherson Stadium in Browns Summit. With two players in the summer showcase, it’s an indication of the growth of Asheboro soccer. Last year’s 23-2-2 record for the Blue Comets was part of a season that ended…

15 Jul

Hall makes family connection for NC East-West All-Star Game

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Gracyn Hall of Randleman takes a shot during her senior season. (Randolph Record file photo) Randleman basketball player’s father competed in football showcase RANDLEMAN – Gracyn Hall will represent Randleman one more time in girls’ basketball. It’s appropriate on many levels including a family connection to the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game. Hall and Eastern Randolph’s Brecken Snotherly are among the players for the West team in Monday night’s game at the Greensboro Coliseum. “Playing in this game is a very big thing,” Hall said. “Just to be nominated was an honor and then to be chosen for this is…

08 Jul

Painful lessons help growth of Asheboro lineman

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Asheboro’s Arhman Tyson makes a stop last season on Providence Grove’s Zane Cheek. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Tyson set to play in North Carolina East-West All-Star Game ASHEBORO – While college football isn’t in Arhman Tyson’s immediate future, he’s not done on the football field. The Asheboro standout will give it at least one more go-around in a showcase event. “Since I was 7, I’ve been doing it,” Tyson said of playing football. “I kept getting better at it and wanted to see how far that could take me. It was something I was really good at. I learned football pretty…