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High school basketball state regionals, finals move to Winston-Salem

High school basketball state regionals, finals move to Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM – The high school basketball state finals are moving to Winston-Salem in March, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced Monday. The site will be Joel Coliseum. It will be part of a week-long stretch of games at the coliseum, where regional finals also will be contested for both the East Region and the West Region. During the stretch of March 11-16, the regional games will be held Monday through Thursday (March 11-14), with the title games Friday and Saturday (March 15-16). The winners of regionals contested on Monday and Tuesday will be part of title games Friday.…
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Seniors honored by Randolph Sports Council

Seniors honored by Randolph Sports Council

Honored in the spring were, front row, left to right: Sarah Hildreth (Asheboro), Mackenzie Gee (Eastern Randolph), Emma Mazzarone (Providence Grove), Madison Ray (Southwestern Randolph), Autumn Gentry (Trinity), Kennedy Strickland (Wheatmore). Back row: Hakemme Butler (Asheboro), Kahlin Graham (Eastern Randolph), Zander Cheek (Providence Grove), Landon McGee (Randleman), Caleb McNeill (Southwestern Randolph), Cooper Pollock (Trinity) and Randy Spencer (Wheatmore). Not pictured: Elizabeth York (Randleman). SOPHIA – Senior athletes from area schools were honored by the Randolph Sports Council during banquets at Snyder Farms Restaurant during the school year. Three times during the year, two seniors from seven schools were recipients of…
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Prep Roundup: Wheatmore girls start in good soccer groove; Mixed results in baseball, softball

Prep Roundup: Wheatmore girls start in good soccer groove; Mixed results in baseball, softball

Providence Grove’s Rori Luther makes a move with West Davidson’s Marly Gouker approaching during last week’s game. West Davidson won 1-0. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Wheatmore opened the season with a 6-0 victory with Ellie Garrison scoring four goals against visiting Ledford last week in girls’ soccer. Natalie Bowman and Summer Bowman had the other goals. It was a nice start for the Warriors, who were undefeated Class 2-A state champions with a  25-0 record last year. Here are some other items of note from the opening week of the spring season: Baseball ** Randleman suffered an 11-0, six-inning loss March…
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Prep Roundup: Providence Grove teams win league cross country titles, girls’ golf regional

TRINITY – Providence Grove won the girls’ and boys’ team championships for cross country in vastly different manners in the Piedmont Athletic Conference on Wheatmore’s 3.1-mile course last week. The girls’ competition marked a tie between Providence Grove and Uwharrie Charter Academy with 34 points apiece using the five scoring runners from each team. The Patriots prevailed because their sixth runner came in 18th compared to UCA’s 30th place for its sixth runner. The girls’ individual winner was Eastern Randolph’s Brecken Snotherly in 21 minutes, 38 seconds. Providence Grove had the next two finishers with Jensen Auman (23:33) and Mia…
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Area grads head to various colleges for sports

Area grads head to various colleges for sports

Khyland Hadley-Lindsay of Asheboro intends to play basketball in college. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Here’s where some members of the Class of 2022 intend on playing on college: From Asheboro: Khyland Hadley-Lindsay and Tramir Martin are set to play basketball for Pfeiffer. Hadley-Lindsay was Asheboro’s starting quarterback for the football team. Charles Perry IV decided to play football for Averett. Alexander Spruill is heading to Methodist to play football. Boys’ soccer players Alex Cruz and Irving Velazquez-Luna will go to Carolina University in Winston-Salem. From Eastern Randolph: Softball player Charlise Phillips selected Guilford College. From Providence Grove: Edi Austin, a standout…
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ryan White

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ryan White

Randleman | baseball The senior pitcher was stellar in the Class 2-A regional finals, setting the tone by going into the fifth inning of the team’s shutout victory in Game 1 of the series against Community School of Davidson. White struck out six while allowing one hit before he was taken out to preserve his pitch count. White, a left-hander who’s signed to play collegiately for Western Carolina, has had an increased role for the Tigers’ offense as well. He holds the No. 8 spot in the batting order, serving as the designated hitter for games when he’s not pitching.
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