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Sports Council honorees spring 2023

Seniors honored by Randolph Sports Council

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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.

Honored in the fall were, front row: Kaylen Nance (Asheboro), Allie Frazier (Providence Grove), Hallie Sawyer (Randleman), Madison Blankenship (Southwestern Randolph) and Torrie Davis (Trinity). Back row: D.J. Headen (Asheboro), Holley Lowe (Eastern Randolph), Joshua Ward (Providence Grove), Caleb Dunn (Randleman), Eli Gravely (Southwestern Randolph), Bo Gibson (Trinity) and Cooper Black (Wheatmore). Not pictured: Angel Hernandez Herrera (Eastern Randolph), Allison Hill (Wheatmore).

Three times during the year, two seniors from seven schools were recipients of sportsmanship awards, which were accompanied by $500 scholarships. Recipients were selected by each school’s scholarship committee.

Guest speakers during this school year were Matt Ridge, Davidson-Davie Community College athletics director and men’s basketball coach, in the fall; Rusty LaRue, chief operations officer of Dairi-O Restaurants and former football and basketball standout at Wake Forest (before an NBA career), in the winter; and Heather Macy, assistant athletics director and women’s basketball coach at Greensboro College, in the spring.

Honored in the winter were, front row, left to right: Addison Trogdon (Asheboro), Brecken Snotherly (Eastern Randolph), Anna Money (Providence Grove), Chloe Dixon (Randleman), Carleigh Whitson (Southwestern Randolph), Madison Burgiss (Trinity), and Peyton Wilson (Wheatmore). Back row: Calvin Smith (Asheboro), Riley Edwards (Randleman), Kearns Trotter (Southwestern Randolph), Jacob Little (Trinity), Chase Whitaker (Providence Grove), and Jude Leonard (Wheatmore). Not pictured: DJ Thomas (Eastern Randolph).
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Prep Roundup: Wheatmore girls start in good soccer groove; Mixed results in baseball, softball

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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 1 at Northwest Guilford. That marked the first setback for the Tigers to in-state opponent since June 26, 2021, vs. Rutherfordton-Spindale Central in Game 2 of the Class 2-A state championship series. The Tigers responded later that day to win Game 3 and claim the title.

Last week’s opener went better for the Tigers, who defeated visiting Asheboro 13-2. The game ended in the sixth inning on Hunter Atkins’ three-run home run that clicked in the mercy rule.

** Eastern Randolph opened the season with an 8-3 home victory against Seaforth in coach Brent Haynes’ debut. In the Wildcats’ next game, Stratton Barwick struck out 10 batters in a 5-4 home loss to Eastern Guilford.

** Uwharrie Charter Academy lost its first game under new coach Rob Shore. That setback came by 6-5 at Ledford, where Shore coached a few years ago.

** Eli Gravely of Southwestern Randolph had a four-RBI outing in a 14-4 victory at Montgomery Central.

** Providence Grove opened the season with two non-conference victories for the first time since 2018, defeating visiting Southern Guilford 7-6 in eight innings and host Seaforth 4-2. Lemuel Coltrane had the game-winning hit against Southern Guilford.

** Parker Kines had 12 strikeouts in Wheatmore’s 10-0, five-inning victory against visiting Walkertown.

Softball

Providence Grove has had a couple of challenging games to begin the season.

The Patriots opened with a 4-2 home victory against Southern Guilford. Emma Mazzarone struck out 17 in the two-hitter. Gracie Smith drove in two runs.

Then came a 7-0 home loss to Oak Grove.

Last year, Providence Grove built a 24-0 record before a loss in the Class 2-A state playoffs.

** Southwestern Randolph went nine innings for a 2-1 victory against West Stanly, winning on Madison Varner’s game-ending single. Macie Crutchfield registered 17 strikeouts. The game was scoreless until the ninth inning.

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Prep Roundup: Providence Grove teams win league cross country titles, girls’ golf regional

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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 Browder (23:51) before UCA’s Jazmin Palma (24:07).

In the boys’ race, Providence Grove with 21 points was well ahead of UCA’s 69.

Robert Burton of Providence Grove was the individual winner in 19:04. That gave him a 47-second edge on Trinity’s Jose Castillo.

Providence Grove’s Kaden Shoptaw (19:52) and Kelton Shoptaw (19:53) held the next two spots.

Girls’ golf

At Monroe, Caroline Wright shot 75 to win the Class 1-A/2-A Central Regional at Stonebridge Golf Club.

That helped Providence Grove win the regional team title.

Morgan Hilig with 95 and Anna Holloway with 111 were the other scorer for the Patriots. They all qualified for this week’s state tournament.

Eastern Randolph’s Mackenzie Gee (95, tied for eighth) and Madison Canoy (109, tied for 15th) also qualified for states.

In Class 3-A, Asheboro qualified for state tournament by placing second in the Central Regional at Whispering Springs River Course.

Salem Lee of Asheboro shot 76 to place second in the regional. Morgan Coward (109) and Addison Allen (110) were the other Blue Comets.

Girls’ tennis

All three Randolph County entrants were eliminated in the first round of the dual team state playoffs.

In Class 2-A, PAC champion Wheatmore was the No. 9 seed in the West Region and lost 8-1 to No. 8 seed Shelby. Second-seeded Lincoln Charter eliminated No. 15 seed Southwestern Randolph 5-2 despite victories from Andee Bullard and Sammie Parks.

In Class 1-A, top-seeded Mount Airy blanked No. 16 seed Uwharrie Charter Academy 6-0.

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Area grads head to various colleges for sports

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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 in softball, is going to Louisburg College, a two-year school.

Zane Caudle, who was the Player of the Year for the Piedmont Athletic Conference in boys’ basketball, is going to Brevard.

From Randleman: Lineman Jann Ortiz is going to Guilford College for football.

From Southwestern Randolph: Payton Shiflet of the Class 2-A state championship volleyball team is going to Greensboro College. She was a conference Player of the Year or co-Player of the Year each of the past two season.

From Trinity: Michael Connelly announced that he would go to High Point to participate in track and field. He was the PAC champion in the 110-meter hurdles this year.

From Wheatmore: Baseball player Rylan Smith picked Guilford College.

Bryson Coltrane, also a wrestler and track and field participant, is slated to join the Catawba College football team. He’s a lineman.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ryan White

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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.