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College choices abound for area senior athletes

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Record-setting Autumn Gentry of Trinity plans to play basketball collegiately. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

Here’s a list of additional college commitments and/or signings involving athletes at area high schools made during the past several months from members of the Class of 2023 (Others have been previously listed):

Baseball

** Two Randleman players are going to UNC Greensboro. Pitcher Austin Lemons joined infielder Hunter Atkins in the signing class for the Spartans.

** Catcher Caleb Dunn of Randleman signed with Division II Catawba.

Boys’ basketball

** Ashton Troutman of Uwharrie Charter Academy is going to Division II Carson-Newman.

Girls’ basketball

** Ashara Spruill of UCA picked Division I Texas Southern.

** Trinity’s Autumn Gentry, the program’s all-time leading scorer, is bound for Division III Bridgewater.

Girls’ golf

** Salem Lee of Asheboro is going to Appalachian State.

Football

** Quarterback Stratton Barwick of Eastern Randolph picked Division III Guilford College, where he also hopes to play baseball as a pitcher.

** Eastern Randolph lineman Mason Sechrest is going to Division II Winston-Salem State.

** Randleman tight end Chesney Welch signed with Division II Catawba.

** Adam Cole, a receiver and defensive back at Southwestern Randolph, will take a spot as a preferred walk-on at East Carolina.

** Tight end / long snapper Eli Gravely of Southwestern Randolph is heading to North Carolina Central.

** Trinity’s Ezra Hollifield, a lineman, chose Division III Greensboro College.

** Trinity’s Colby Peel, a lineman, is heading to Division III Averett.

Softball

** Morgan Coward of Asheboro selected Division II Belmont Abbey.

** Maddie Flinchum of Providence Grove will join the Division III Pfeiffer team.

** Southwestern Randolph teammates Madison Varner and Ky Perdue have picked Division III Pfeiffer as their college destination.

Trinity girls hoops Autumn Gentry Dec2022

Prep Notes: Girls’ players Gentry, York hit special marks

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Trinity’s Autumn Gentry takes a shot against East Davidson last week. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

TRINITY – There were special occasions last week for a couple of area girls’ basketball players.

Senior Autumn Gentry became Trinity’s all-time leading scorer. She scored 14 points against visiting East Davidson to reach the record.

The previous record of 1,252 was held by Jordan Parker.

Randleman’s Elizabeth York, a senior guard, eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career.

York had 24 points in a 57-41 victory against visiting Central Davidson in the game when she reached the milestone. Teammate Gracyn Hall, who passed the 1,000-point mark last season, had 21 points.

Randleman got off to an 8-0 start, including last Friday’s 55-39 victory against visiting Wheatmore in the Piedmont Athletic Conference opener. The Tigers were unbeaten in the 2021-22 regular season.

Boys’ basketball

In a rematch of last February’s PAC Tournament championship game, Uwharrie Charter Academy defeated Providence Grove 46-43 on Friday night.

Ashton Troutman scored 27 points for UCA in the league opener for both teams.

Providence Grove was last season’s regular-season champion, though UCA won the conference tournament.

  • Asheboro’s fast start to the season took a sudden detour.

The Blue Comets opened the season with five consecutive victories before last week’s 68-66 home loss to Ragsdale.

“We didn’t make a few plays down the stretch that probably could have made the difference,” Asheboro coach Brian Nance said. “We needed a test.”

Asheboro wiped out a 15-point deficit to take a lead before falling. Jerquarius Stanback had 21 points for the Blue Comets.

A night later, Asheboro dropped a 51-38 decision at Randleman in a non-league rematch from November. Tyshaun Goldston’s 22 points and eight rebounds were tops for Randleman.

  • Give credit to Eastern Randolph for winning different types of games with three home outings last week.

The Wildcats rang up a 94-62 victory against South Davidson and topped Chatham Central 92-91 on back-to-back days last week.

Timothy Brower (21 points) and Nicah Taylor (20 points) led the scoring against South Davidson. Davonte Brooks poured in 37 points against Chatham Central and 30 points against Western Alamance.

Then on Saturday, Eastern Randolph edged visiting Western Alamance 62-49 in a make-up game.

Wrestling

At Lumberton, UCA won five meets in Saturday’s Lumberton Border Duals.

The closest of the results was a 52-9 victory against Carolina Forest (S.C.).

UCA wrestlers who went 5-0 were Caden Bond, Devonte Harrison, Ethan Hines, Aldo Hernandez, Jair Ulloa, Lorenzo Alston, Grayson Roberts and Jaden Maness. Carson Robinson was 4-0.

Randleman Tyshaun Goldston dunks v Lexington

Prep Notes: Trinity players keep rapid scoring paces; Wrestlers win from Trinity, Wheatmore

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Tyshaun Goldston of Randleman dunks against Lexington during one of his big games last week. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

TRINITY – It was another big week for Trinity guard Dominic Payne.

He racked up 32 points in a 66-53 victory at Jordan-Matthews. That was just the appetizer. He scored 27 points in a 61-45 victory against visiting North Carolina Leadership Academy. Then he finished the week in style by going for 42 points when the Bulldogs defeated host East Rowan 82-68.

Payne wasn’t the only big scorer during the week for Trinity.

Autumn Gentry poured in 33 points to go with 11 rebounds and Kennedy Jackson pumped in 26 points in a 61-44 victory against East Rowan for the girls’ team.

  • Randleman’s Tyshaun Goldston had a big week as well.

It began with 21 points in a 67-47 romp past visiting Ledford. His basket off a steal provided the winning points in a 56-54 victory against visiting Union Pines. The Tigers lost 59-56 at Oak Grove despite Goldston’s 25 points.

  • On the girls’ side, Eastern Randolph’s Brecken Snotherly supplied 31 points in a 58-49 home loss to Western Alamance.

Wrestling

At Millers Creek, with three individual champions, Wheatmore’s team was the runner-up in the eight-team C.H. Necessary Invitational at West Wilkes.

Trey Swaney (132 pounds), Dominic Hittepole (160) and Zechariah Starkweather (170) were the champions for Wheatmore. Renato Barron (220) of the Warriors placed second.

West Wilkes won the title with 169 points and Wheatmore was next with 135.

  • Joey Smith of Trinity won the 220-pound weight class in the 20-team Mount Pleasant Invitational.

Smith defeated Alex Lahners of Cannon School in the final with a first-period pin. Smith notched two pins and two decisions by shutouts in the tournament.

Trinity’s Brayden Hall (113), Spencer May (120) and Gavin Hardister (182) all placed third.

Southwestern Randolph’s Erick Lopez (160) was fourth.

Trinity was seventh in the team standings and Southwestern Randolph was 15th.

Asheboro at SWR girls Nov2022

Prep Notes: Coaches have various results in debuts

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Maddie Small of Southwestern Randolph goes up for a shot against Asheboro during last week’s season opener. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

Southwestern Randolph ruined the coaching debut for Asheboro’s Mike Headen in girls’ basketball last week.

The host Cougars defeated Asheboro 52-49 in Friday night’s non-conference game.

Headen was promoted from assistant coach to head coach during the summer upon the retirement of Don Corry.

Also in girls’ basketball, a couple of area players who’ve already eclipsed 1,000 career points got off to good starts. They are seniors Gracyn Hall and Autumn Gentry.

Hall of Randleman racked up 16 points in a 73-58 victory against Lexington. Elizabeth York’s 27 points paced Randleman.

Gentry of Trinity had 22 points as the Bulldogs defeated Southern Guilford 50-36.

Wrestling

New coach Jake Berrier of Asheboro has the Blue Comets off to a solid start.

On the first day of action, Asheboro defeated East Gaston 46-27 and West Charlotte 84-0, but sustained a 54-18 loss to host Bandys.

Then in the Forbush Duals, the Blue Comets went 4-1.

They defeated Forbush, Ashe County, Walkertown and Trinity, but suffered a loss to St. Stephens.

Berrier replaced his father, Wes Berrier, as the head coach when the elder Berrier became the school’s athletics director during the summer.

At the Wheatmore Duals, Wheatmore posted a 1-3 team record. Dominic Hittepole and Trey Swinney both went 4-0 for the Warriors. Diego Gutierrez and Matthew Perdue were both 5-0 for Asheboro.

Boys’ soccer

Just a few days after defeating Asheboro in the Class 3-A West Region final, Hickory finished its quest for a state championship.

Hickory, which was the 2021 state runner-up, defeated Jacksonville 2-1 in the championship game Saturday at Browns Summit.

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Trinity tops PG as Gentry tops 1,000 points for career

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TRINITY — Another local player has reached the 1,000-point milestone in girls’ basketball.

Trinity’s Autumn Gentry accomplished the career feat in a 47-40 victory against Providence Grove Patriots on Wednesday night.

The Bulldogs and Patriots played a close first half with the Bulldogs holding a two-point edge at the half. The Patriots battled back with a strong third quarter giving Providence Grove a four-point lead entering the fourth quarter.

Gentry, a junior, and her teammates dominated the fourth quarter, holding the Patriots to six points to punctuate Gentry’s milestone night.

Gracyn Hall of Randleman reached 1,000-point mark with a couple of strong games in late January.