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Blue Comets capture boys’ league title

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Asheboro’s Hakeeme Butler goes up in the lane against Central Davidson during the semifinals of the Mid-Piedmont Tournament last week at Oak Grove.

WINSTON-SALEM – Asheboro’s boys’ basketball team made it happen when it mattered most in the Mid-Piedmont Conference. The Blue Comets took down top-seeded Ledford 60-52 in Friday night’s final at Oak Grove.

It was a balanced effort offensively for Asheboro, which received 14 points from Jerquarius Stanback, 13 points from Tramir Martin, 12 points from Hakeeme Butler and eight points from Tanner Marsh.

It was the third meeting this month between Asheboro and Ledford, with the road team winning each of the first two. Ledford won 60-38 before Asheboro took a 53-52 decision in the regular season.

Asheboro was set to enter the Class 3-A state playoffs this week riding a seven-game winning streak and carrying a 19-7 record.

Balanced scoring was a theme for the Blue Comets in three games in the conference tournament last week. The stretch began with a 69-35 romp past sixth-seeded Montgomery Central in a home quarterfinal game, with Butler providing 13 points and Stanback, Marsh and Martin all chipping in with 11 points.

Then came the semifinal at Oak Grove, where the Blue Comets prevailed 61-55 against second-seeded Central Davidson. Martin had 17 points and Butler supplied 14 points. DJ Headen, who scored 10 points, made a pair of late free throws to help seal the outcome.

On the girls’ side, fifth-seeded Asheboro tumbled to fourth-seeded Central Davidson in a 42-31 road loss. Sion Martin provided 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Comets.

Asheboro, which won two of its last three regular-season games, finished the season with a 4-20 record a year after reaching the Class 3-A state final.

Top-seeded North Davidson defeated third-seeded Ledford 59-46 to win the conference tournament.

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PAC finals to be played at Randleman

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Elizabeth York of undefeated Randleman goes up for a shot during a Piedmont Athletic Conference girls’ basketball game.

RANDLEMAN – Randleman will be the site for Friday night’s finals in the Piedmont Athletic Conference Tournaments for boys’ and girls’ basketball.

As the regular-season champion on the girls’ side, Randleman was designated as the host school for the finals. Quarterfinals were held Monday night, with semifinals set for Wednesday at the site of the higher-seeded teams.

Undefeated Randleman is the favorite in the girls’ bracket.

After a bye, the Tigers were set for a semifinal encounter with fourth-seeded Wheatmore, which eliminated fifth-seeded Eastern Randolph 54-46. The other semifinal pitted third-seeded Uwharrie Charter Academy, a 40-22 winner against Providence Grove, against second-seeded Southwestern Randolph, which topped seventh-seeded Trinity 50-37.

On the boys’ side, regular-season champion Providence Grove was set for a semifinal encounter with Randleman, which edged fifth-seeded Southwestern Randolph 66-64.

Randleman won on Baylor Petty’s 3-pointer in the waning seconds, supporting Dylan Wheatley’s 21-point outing.

The other side of the bracket had second-seeded Trinity, an 89-60 winner against seventh-seeded Eastern Randolph, set to take on second-seeded UCA, which blew past sixth-seeded Wheatmore 72-43.

Trinity was boosted by Dominic Payne’s 26 points and Trace Moffitt’s 23 points. Ashton Troutman led UCA’s victory with 18 points.

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Semifinals were scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at Oak Grove, with the finals on Friday. Quarterfinals were slated for home sites Tuesday.

Asheboro’s boys hold the No. 3 seed in the six-team field. Asheboro’s girls were seeded fifth.

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Randleman girls make it clear; Other races stay tight

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Trinity’s Kaleb Leach, left, blocks the shot as Providence Grove’s Chase Whitaker goes up late in the game during last week’s Piedmont Athletic Conference matchup at Trinity.

Randleman’s girls’ basketball team secured the Piedmont Athletic Conference regular-season championship even before the last week of the regular season.

The Tigers held an 11-0 league mark and a 19-0 overall record with only a home game against last-place Trinity remaining on the conference docket.

It was much tighter on the PAC boys’ side. Three teams had a shot going into the week, each with two conference games left.

Providence Grove led the way with an 8-2 league mark, while Uwharrie Charter and Trinity both stood at 7-3.

The remaining games for the Patriots were set to be against the bottom two teams in the standings – at Eastern Randolph and home vs. Wheatmore.

Providence Grove closed in on a title by trouncing visiting Randleman 68-48 on Friday night for its most-lopsided victory in league play this season.

Trinity kept things interesting earlier in the week by knocking off visiting Providence Grove 64-57 with Trace Moffitt (16 points), Dominic Payne (15) and Aidan Blakely (14) providing balanced scoring.

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This week began with the Asheboro girls and boys sweeping host Montgomery Central on Monday night.

Asheboro’s boys stayed in the hunt for a share of the regular-season title by winning 67-53 as Jerquarius Stanback and DJ Headen both supplied 12 points.

For the girls, Asheboro secured its first Mid-Piedmont Conference victory by stopping Montgomery Central 42-35 behind Kimry Comer’s 13 points, Ellon Long’s nine points and 12 rebounds, and Sion Murrain’s 15 rebounds.

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Asheboro girls make waves at league meet

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KERNERSVILLE – Two Asheboro swimmers notched individual championships in the Mid-Piedmont Conference championships last week at Kernersville Family YMCA.

Maci Columbia of Asheboro was the winner in two events on the girls’ side. She topped the field in the 200-yard freestyle and the 500 freestyle.

Columbia’s time in the 200 freestyle was 2 minutes, 9.73 seconds as she topped a field that began with 17 entrants.

She swam the 500 freestyle in a winning time of 5:41.23. There were 11 entrants in that even.

Also for Asheboro, Fiona Wolfe-Roberts was the winner in the 100 backstroke among 15 competitors. Wolfe-Roberts posted a time of 1:15.04.

North Davidson won the girls’ team title with 288 points ahead of runner-up Oak Grove with 254, while Ledford came in third with 215 points, followed by Asheboro at 195, Central Davidson at 86 and Montgomery Central with 81.

On the boys’ side, Oak Grove was the team champion with 347 points. North Davidson (265), Central Davidson (196), Ledford (188), Asheboro (77) and Montgomery Central (53) rounded out the scoring

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Hall, Gentry reach big point totals

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The 1,000-point milestone is in the works for a couple of area girls’ basketball players.

Gracyn Hall of Randleman reached that mark with a couple of strong games last week.

Autumn Gentry of Trinity entered this week within range of 1,000. The Bulldogs are slated for a game Friday at Uwharrie Charter Academy and a make-up game Saturday at Southwestern Randolph.

Hall and Gentry are juniors, so there could be plenty of time for their point totals to swell.

Hall racked up 21 points and 13 rebounds in last week’s 51-34 victory at Trinity.

The next night she eclipsed 1,000 career points with a 26-point, 14-rebound effort in a 64-54 victory against visiting Wheatmore.

That result pushed the Tigers’ record to 15-0. They moved to 7-0 in Piedmont Athletic Conference play, more than halfway through their 12-game league schedule.

Gentry had 15 points in the game against Randleman.

Trinity and Randleman are slated for a rematch Feb. 8 at Randleman.

Sorting out the boys

As the midway mark approached in the PAC, Providence Grove and Uwharrie Charter Academy have begun to separate themselves.

Providence Grove entered this week with a 6-1 mark in league play, with the lone blemish coming Thursday night in a 52-43 home loss to UCA.

That pushed the Eagles’ league record to 5-1.

In the Mid-Piedmont Conference, there haven’t been as many league games.

Asheboro and Ledford both got off to 2-0 starts in conference play. Central Davidson started this week at 2-2.

Asheboro will have almost two weeks in between games, so the Blue Comets should have some busy stretches the next couple of weeks.