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Piedmont Athletic Conference all-conference lists for winter sports

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Eastern Randolph’s Brecken Snotherly goes up for a shot vs. Wheatmore during the past season. Snotherly was named the Player of the Year in Piedmont Athletic Conference girls’ basketball. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

Here’s a list of the Piedmont Athletic Conference’s major award winners and all-conference selections for winter sports:

Boys’ basketball

Player of the Year: Dominic Payne (Trinity)

Coach of the Year: Matt Kiser (Southwestern Randolph)

All-Conference

Eastern Randolph: Davonte Brooks, Timothy Brower, Pierce Leonard, Nicah Taylor

Southwestern Randolph: Sean Adkins, Nathan Ellis, Thomas Leal, Landon Williamson.

Trinity: Brandon Campbell, Dylan Hodges, Dominic Payne.

Randleman: Tyshaun Goldston, Greg Price.

Uwharrie Charter Academy: Ashton Troutman.

Providence Grove: Chase Whitaker.

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Girls’ basketball

Player of the Year: Brecken Snotherly (Eastern Randolph)

Coach of the Year: Brandon Varner (Randleman)

All-Conference

Randleman: Gracie Beane, Gracyn Hall, Audra Petty, Elizabeth York.

Eastern Randolph: Brecken Snotherly, Kenly Whitaker.

Southwestern Randolph: Jordin George, Caressa King.

Wheatmore: Brianna Hill, Kynndi Routh.

Uwharrie Charter Academy: Ashara Spruill, Savannah Surratt

Trinity: Autumn Gentry, Kennedy Jackson.

Providence Grove: Allie Frazier.

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Boys’ swimming

Swimmer of the Year: Chris Hall (Trinity)

Co-Coaches of the Year: Michelle Hinson (Wheatmore), Tammie Swaim (Trinity)

All-Conference

Wheatmore: Thomas Crews, Aiden Dean, Jace Leonard, Jude Leonard, Alexis Vega-Torres.

Providence Grove: Hayden Parker, Ashton Taylor, Austin Williams.

Trinity: Chris Hall.

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Girls’ swimming

Swimmer of the Year: Samantha Marin (Randleman)

Co-Coaches of the Year: Michelle Hinson (Wheatmore), Tammie Swaim (Trinity)

All-conference

Wheatmore: Emily Cribbs, Sydney Hall, Paisley Hollifield, Victoria Joyce, Ava Williamson.

Randleman: Emma Herring, Kendall Fortson, Samantha Marin, Mackenzie Roach.

Trinity: Callie Jones.

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Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Grayson Roberts pins South Davidson’s Jesse Pope during the Class 1-A East Region final at 170 pounds. Roberts was voted as the top upper-weight wrestler in the Piedmont Athletic Conference. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

Wrestling

Lower Weight Wrestler of the Year: Aldo Hernandez (UCA)

Upper Weight Wrestler of the Year: Grayson Roberts (UCA)

Coach of the Year: Chris Waddell (UCA)

All-conference

Uwharrie Charter Academy: Lorenzo Alston, Corbin Grissom, Aldo Hernandez, Ethan Hines, Jadon Maness, Jack McArthur, Grayson Roberts, Carson Robinson, Jair Ulloa, Brennan Worrell.

Trinity: Lawson Coltrane, Levi Dennis, Brayden Hall, Gavin Hardister, Spencer May, Gavin McCall, Bear Schaefer, Joey Smith, Edgard Mora Vasquez.

Southwestern Randolph: Jose Flores, Erick Lopez, Luke White.

Wheatmore: Dominic Hittiepole, Trey Swaney.

Providence Grove: Ross Allred, Colton Wood.

Eastern Randolph: Bryce Foland, Adrian Lopez.

Randleman: Caden Thorne, Braxton Walker

Asheboro swimmer Madison Burnette winter2023

Prep Roundup: Asheboro’s Becker claims second in freestyle

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Asheboro swimmer Madison Burnette helped the Blue Comets in a relay during the state championships. (Randolph Record file photo)

CARY – Freshman Megan Becker of Asheboro was the runner-up in the Class 3-A girls’ 100-yard freestyle in the state championships Saturday at the Triangle Aquatic Center.

Becker finished the race in 53.57 seconds behind Orange’s Katie Belle Sikes, who set a Class 3-A state meet record of 49.45.

Becker was also fourth in the 200 freestyle in 1:56.40.

Asheboro’s Madison Burnette, Fiona Wolfe-Roberts, Maci Columbia and Becker combined for 10th place in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:48.56.

Ninth in the 400 freestyle relay in 4:01.35.

Indoor track and field

At Winston-Salem, Randleman senior Iniyah Mitchell placed third in the Class 2-A girls’ shot put in the state championships at JDL Fast Track.

Mitchell’s toss of 34 feet, 9 ½ inches was nearly 3 feet farther than the fourth-place mark.

Asheboro swimmer Megan Becker Jan2023

Area swimmers set for state meets

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Megan Becker of Asheboro, shown here last month, is one of the qualifiers for the Class 3-A state championships. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

GREENSBORO – Asheboro and Wheatmore had swimmers qualify for this week’s state meet after regional competitions late last week.

Asheboro swimming coach Chuck Hinson said the Blue Comets had their largest number of regional qualifiers in program history as the team was entered in 20 individual events and six relays in the Class 3-A Central Regional on Friday at Greensboro Aquatic Center.

Freshman Megan Becker was the runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 57.67 seconds and second in the 100 freestyle in 53.87.

Sophomore Maci Columbia qualified for states by placing fifth in the 500 freestyle in 5:39.87 and seventh in the 100 breaststroke in 1:16.83.

The girls’ 400 freestyle relay of Fiona Wolfe-Roberts, Madison Burnette, Columbia and Becker placed third in 4:03.35. The same quartet placed fourth in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:48.99.

On the boys’ side, junior Tyler Smith was sixth in 50 freestyle with a personal-best 23.89.

The Class 3-A state championships will be held Saturday at Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary.

In Class 1-A/2-A girls, Wheatmore sophomore Sydney Hall qualified for the states in the 50 freestyle (26.80) and 100 butterfly (1:06.67) from Saturday’s Central Regional. The Class 1-A/2-A state meet will be held Thursday in Cary.

UCA wrestling Brandon Jordan Jan2023

Prep Roundup: UCA wrestlers keep rolling in state duals

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Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Brandon Jordan controls North East Carolina Prep’s Christian Test during a 126-pound match. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

ASHEBORO – Uwharrie Charter Academy’s wrestling team won two duals Saturday to advance in the Class 1-A state playoffs.

The Eagles were at home as the East Region’s top seed, defeating Pender 66-18 and North East Carolina Prep 49-28.

That sends UCA to Wednesday’s action against Pamlico, with Thomasville and host Rosewood also meeting in the third round at that site. The third-round winners meet later Wednesday with a spot in the state final at stake.

The title matchup takes place Saturday at the Greensboro Coliseum complex.

UCA reached the state final last year before losing.

** Also in Class 1-A at Thomasville, No. 11 seed Eastern Randolph upset sixth-seeded North Moore 52-27 before falling to third-seeded Thomasville by 48-33.

** In Class 2-A at Trinity, fourth-seeded Trinity eliminated No. 13 seed West Wilkes 45-30 before falling to fifth-seeded Lincolnton by 43-32.

At Rutherfordton, second-seeded Rutherfordton-Spindale Central topped No. 14 seed Southwestern Randolph 46-20.

** In Class 3-A at Newton, eighth-seeded Ashe County stopped ninth-seeded Asheboro 36-30.

Swimming

At Kernersville, Asheboro’s girls were third and the school’s boys were fifth in the Mid-Piedmont Conference championships last week at the Kernersville Family YMCA.

Megan Becker of Asheboro won the girls’ 200-yard freestyle in 2 minutes, 1.61 seconds and the 100 butterfly in 1:02.35. Teammate Maci Columbia was the winner in the 200 individual medley in 2:29.72 and 500 freestyle in 5:56.20.

The Blue Comets also won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:11.65 with Columbia, Fiona Wolfe-Roberts, Madison Burnette and Becker.

On the boys’ side, Asheboro’s Tyler Smith was the champion in the 100 freestyle in 56.10.