As the high school sports season for schools within the North Carolina High School Athletic Association began this week, it’s time to check on the new conference names. NCHSAA realignment kicks in this school year following the past four-year cycle. The eight member schools from Randolph County are spread among four conferences after occupying spots […]
Former Trinity boys’ basketball coach Tim Kelly has been selected for induction into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame for the Class of 2025. Kelly, who directed Trinity to a state championship in 2004, retired last summer. The school’s gym is named in his honor. He began coaching in 1981 and […]
There was lots to celebrate for the Southwestern Randolph softball team at the 2024 state finals. (Randolph Record file photo) There were no shortage of special moments and achievements for area athletes in 2024 Championship appearances on the state level for several schools were among Randolph County sports highlights in 2024. The year was sprinkled […]
Brett Andrews (Courtesy photo) TRINITY – Brett Andrews doesn’t need to look at the projected Trinity roster for the upcoming boys’ basketball season. Nor does he have to scan the Bulldogs’ schedule. None of that matters because he knows he has his work cut out for him. He’s following legendary Tim Kelly as the Trinity […]
Tim Kelly spent more than three decades in charge of the Trinity boys’ basketball team. (Randolph Record file photo) TRINITY – Tim Kelly really is ready to step away from coaching high school basketball this time. Kelly, the longtime coach at Trinity, has retired as the boys’ coach. Kelly spent 34 seasons as Trinity’s coach. […]
Boys’ basketball coach Tim Kelly of Trinity was picked for the first class in the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame. (Randolph Record file photo) TRINITY – Four coaches and three championship teams are among those selected for the first class of the Trinity Athletics Hall of Fame. Two of the coaches are currently in their […]
Craig Shoemaker is Wheatmore’s new boys’ basketball coach. (Courtesy photo) TRINITY – The more Craig Shoemaker learned about Wheatmore’s boys’ basketball program, the more he became interested in becoming the next coach. So he accepted the job and he’ll try another rebuilding project. “I was looking for a job,” Shoemaker said. “I didn’t know too […]
Trinity’s Tim Kelly poses outside the gym named in his honor. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) School names gym after longtime, championship coach TRINITY – When Tim Kelly took the job as Trinity’s boys’ basketball coach, he didn’t intend for it to be a career-long passion. Now he’ll be connected to the Bulldogs forever. The school’s gym […]
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