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Prep Roundup: Blue Comets show strength early in league soccer
30 Sep

Prep Roundup: Blue Comets show strength early in league soccer

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Randleman’s Haley Hinshaw goes for a spike with Southwestern Randolph’s Jade Matias at the net during last week’s Piedmont Athletic Conference match. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) Asheboro flexed right away in Mid-Piedmont Conference boys’ soccer, winning 9-2 at Oak Grove last week. Cam Letterlough racked up five goals, Diego Bustamante had three goals and Daniel Gutierrez also scored for the Blue Comets. Sandwiched around that league-opening romp, the Blue Comets won a pair of non-conference home games. A 9-1 victory against Providence Grove included goals two apiece from Omar Gonzalez, Alexander Diaz and Letterlough. Asheboro took apart Eastern Randolph…
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Prep Roundup: Asheboro rises in volleyball; Cougars move to 10-0 in soccer
23 Sep

Prep Roundup: Asheboro rises in volleyball; Cougars move to 10-0 in soccer

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Asheboro’s volleyball team looks like a contender again in the Mid-Piedmont Conference. Asheboro’s sweep of visiting North Davidson came with Lia George’s 16 kills and 10 digs, Eva Vuncannon had 14 assists and Anna Grace LeRoy’s 20 assists and seven digs. The Blue Comets took down host Ledford in four sets as Emma Kate Forester notched 14 kills and seven blocks, Emma Little had 10 digs and LeRoy provided 17 assists. ** Trinity blew past a pair of Piedmont Athletic Conference foes. The Bulldogs swept visiting Eastern Randolph as Karrington Batten recorded 23 kills, 11 digs and four aces. Trinity…
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Cougars, Blue Comets hit early soccer strides, but won’t meet this year
16 Sep

Cougars, Blue Comets hit early soccer strides, but won’t meet this year

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Asheboro boys’ soccer players react following a goal by Win Smith (No. 6) earlier this year at Randleman. Other Blue Comets are, left to right, Diego Bustamante, Ozmar Martinez, Gerarrdo Medina Chi and Cam Letterlough. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) ASHEBORO – The boys’ soccer teams from Southwestern Randolph and Asheboro have excelled across the first month of the season. They’re hoping for even better fortunes ahead. Southwestern Randolph won its first eight games of the season. Asheboro has been off to a 7-2 start. “You got to have a lot of moving parts to be healthy and ready for…
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Prep Roundup: Randleman takes control in PAC volleyball
09 Sep

Prep Roundup: Randleman takes control in PAC volleyball

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Randleman’s Mollie Hall spikes against UCA’s Morgan Lowe, Caroline Way and Anna Brewer during last week’s match. Randleman’s Camryn Vickery looks on. (Jann Ortiz / For Randolph Record) Randleman served notice that it will be a force in Piedmont Athletic Conference volleyball. Through four league matches, the Tigers are the only unbeaten team after knocking off a couple of teams that figure to be involved in the race at the top of the standings. The Tigers drilled host Southwestern Randolph 25-22, 25-23, 25-21 with Kadie Green’s 24 digs and Camry Vickery’s 37 assists among the highlights. The Tigers then halted…
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Prep Roundup: Asheboro piles up soccer victories; Cougars hit groove early in PAC volleyball
02 Sep

Prep Roundup: Asheboro piles up soccer victories; Cougars hit groove early in PAC volleyball

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Asheboro’s William Slate, right, sends the ball ahead against Randleman’s Valentin Bringas during last week’s game. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) RANDLEMAN – Cam Letterlough’s three goals and Win Smith’s two goals sparked Asheboro in a fast-paced 6-2 victory at Randleman in non-conference boys’ soccer last week. Asheboro has won four in a row since a season-opening setback. The non-conference game pitted teams who had strong 2023 seasons. Randleman entered this week with a 1-5-1 record after last year’s 18-win season. The Tigers have been tested with a challenging non-league slate. ** Providence Grove’s offensive outburst in a 9-3 pounding of visiting…
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Prep Roundup: Eagles click in volleyball; Southwestern Randolph racks up strong start in soccer
26 Aug

Prep Roundup: Eagles click in volleyball; Southwestern Randolph racks up strong start in soccer

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Uwharrie Charter Academy’s volleyball team has had plenty to celebrate across the first couple of weeks of the season. The Eagles have already reached the 10-win mark with a bunch of non-conference matches. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) Uwharrie Charter Academy has won nine of its first 10 volleyball matches of the season. The Eagles added three more triumphs last week with home sweeps of Phoenix Academy and Union Pines and a road conquest of Richmond County. UCA defeated Richmond County 25-19, 25-13, 25-19 as Emory Johnson posted 23 assists and Caroline Way provided nine kills and nine aces. **…
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Sawyer St. Clair
20 Aug

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Sawyer St. Clair

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Wheatmore, boys’ soccer St. Clair, a senior midfielder, helped the Warriors during a productive first week of the season. The team scored a total of 13 goals in two games, with Wheatmore going 1-1 in those games. St. Clair, a captain, provided a goal and an assist in a 10-1 whipping of visiting North Stanly. The Warriors lost only one game in 2022, but they’re trying to rebound from last year’s four-win season. Wheatmore and other Piedmont Athletic Conference teams have a steady diet of non-conference games before league play kicks into gear in mid-September.  
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Prep Roundup: Asheboro splits on soccer trip; UCA soars early in volleyball
19 Aug

Prep Roundup: Asheboro splits on soccer trip; UCA soars early in volleyball

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Randolph County teams had encouraging moments among their results in the first week of competition for the new school year.     Boys’ soccer   ** Asheboro went to Wilmington and split a pair of games. First came a 6-2 loss to Wilmington Hoggard. Then the Blue Comets edged Wilmington Ashley 1-0 on Juan Uscanga’s goal off Cam Letterlough’s assists. ** Wheatmore had some high-scoring adventures to begin the season. A 4-3 loss to visiting East Davidson was followed by a drubbing of visiting North Stanly 10-1 behind three goals from Jaylen Aquillina and two goals from Carter Queen. **…
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Prep Notes: New quests await top teams such as Southwestern Randolph volleyball, Asheboro soccer
11 Aug

Prep Notes: New quests await top teams such as Southwestern Randolph volleyball, Asheboro soccer

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Southwestern Randolph’s powerhouse volleyball team will try to keep it going for another season. The Cougars, who’ve had 25 or more victories the past three seasons, begin their schedule Aug. 14 at home against Oak Grove, which had a 22-5 record last year. Southwestern Randolph, under coach Darby Kennedy, went 25-5 in 2023. The Cougars are a combined 79-14 in a three-year span. That stretch began with the 2021 state championship in Class 2A. Fall sports teams, with the exception of football, can begin regular-season competition Aug. 12. Early soccer tests In boys’ soccer, Asheboro has racked up some of…
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Wheatmore’s Messner plays on winning soccer team in N.C. East-West All-Star Game
22 Jul

Wheatmore’s Messner plays on winning soccer team in N.C. East-West All-Star Game

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GREENSBORO – Maggie Messner, a defender from Wheatmore, was on the winning team for the North Carolina East-West Game for girls’ soccer last week. The West edged the East 1-0 at Jamieson Stadium on the Greensboro Grimsley campus. The only goal was scored about two minutes into the game by Hough’s Kylee Thompson, who was voted as the game’s Most Valuable Player. Goalkeepers Reese DeJong of Cox Mill and Elizabeth Navola of Christ the King combined to make five saves for the shutout. The East’s attack kept West defenders busy, particularly with an overwhelming edge in second-half possession time. Messner…
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