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Early showdowns dot Randolph County prep schedules

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Asheboro boys’ soccer players celebrate a goal during a game last year, which turned out to be a good season for the Blue Comets (File photo)

High school sports games and matches for the 2022-23 school year begin next week with competitions that count on the records.

For most sports in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, the first date for competition comes Monday (Aug. 15).

Here are a few notable events on early schedules:

•  On Aug. 15, Southwestern Randolph travels to Central Davidson in the first boys’ soccer game with Jimmy Walker back in charge as coach of the Cougars. He founded the program and returned to the coaching role this summer for his third different stint in charge of the program.

•  Also on Aug. 15, Trinity visits Asheboro in a matchup of two of the stronger boys’ soccer teams from Randolph County based on the 2021 season.

These teams held a combined record of 26-9-4 last year, but they didn’t meet. A rematch is scheduled for Aug. 24 at Trinity.

•  Also in the second week of the boys’ soccer season, Asheboro has a non-conference home game with Western Alamance on Aug. 22. Western Alamance is the reigning Class 3-A state champion. Asheboro won 3-0 last August at Western Alamance.

•  On Aug. 17, Southwestern Randolph’s volleyball team opens its season at Asheboro. There are numerous storylines there.

For reigning Class 2-A state champion Southwestern Randolph, it’s the season debut.

It’s supposed to be the third match for Asheboro since the return of Kim Black, who’s also a former Southwestern Randolph coach, as the Blue Comets coach.

That match is at North Asheboro Middle School, where the Blue Comets are playing again this season because of renovations on campus.

Asheboro starts the season Aug. 15 at home vs. Trinity and goes the next night to Randleman.

Southwestern Randolph has its first home match Aug. 23 vs. Oak Grove.

•  In girls’ tennis, Wheatmore was unbeaten in Piedmont Athletic Conference play last season. The Warriors open this season Aug. 15 at East Davidson. The PAC slate starts with a visit from neighboring Trinity on Aug. 22.

•  The Aug. 19 football openers include just one matchup involving two teams from Randolph County. That’s when Randleman goes to Asheboro.

A year ago, Asheboro secured its only victory by winning its opener at Randleman.

Other Aug. 19 football openers for county teams are: Jordan-Matthews at Southwestern Randolph, East Davidson at Providence Grove, Eastern Randolph at Eastern Alamance, Trinity at Chatham Central, West Davidson at Wheatmore.

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Randleman girls, SWR’s Cole lead qualifiers for state track meet

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Eastern Randolph’s Brecken Snotherly has qualified for the Class 1-A state meet in two events. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record)

HIGH POINT – Randleman’s girls excelled in several field events and a Southwestern Randolph sprinter highlighted the boys’ results from Randolph County in Friday’s Class 2-A Midwest Regional track and field meet at High Point Athletic Complex.

Randleman junior Iniyah Mitchell and senior Kylie Vaughan held the top two spots in the shot put at 36 feet, 5 inches and 35-8, respectively. Mitchell was fourth in the discus at 94-5.

Randleman freshman Gracie Beane was the runner-up in two events — the triple jump at 34-¾ and the high jump at 5-0.

Southwestern Randolph junior Adam Cole won the 100-meter dash in 11.30 seconds, barely ahead of High Point Andrews’ Correy McManus (11.33).

Randleman senior Chris Gentry was second in the 110 hurdles in 16.23.

The top four finishers in each event qualified for Friday’s state meet at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro. Place finishers among the top eight were point scorers for their teams.

Also among the girls, Southwestern Randolph senior Josie Allred took third in the high jump at 4-10. Trinity freshman Sarabeth Johnson tied for fifth in the high jump at 4-6. Randleman freshman Ava Jones also cleared 4-6, but was down in the standings based on number of attempts.

Junior Peyton Wilson of Wheatmore claimed fourth in the 400 in 1:04.6.

Providence Grove’s Jensen Auman, Willow Maynor, Kaylan Currin and Mia Browder combined for sixth in the 3,200 relay in 11:44.03. Auman placed seventh in the 3,200 in 14:27.91 and eighth in the 1,600 in 6:46.18.

Wheatmore’s 1,600 relay of Gracie Hodgin, Madeline Work, Kaitlyn Miller and Wilson was seventh in 4:37.80.

On the boys’ side, Trinity senior Michael Connelly was fourth (43.19) and classmate Jonathan Hill was fifth in 43.33 in the 300 hurdles. Hill took sixth in the 110 hurdles in 17.55.

Trinity’s 3,200 relay of Hill, Mitchell Marin-Pulido, Jose Castillo and David Makupson was seventh in 9:15.58.2.

In the high jump, Southwestern Randolph sophomore Lance Everhart was fifth at 5-10 and Trinity junior Dylan Hodges was eighth at 5-8.

Class 3-A

At Mocksville, Asheboro had several strong performances in the Midwest Regional at Davie County High School.

Senior Arianna Lovingood-Smith was second with a leap of 5-2 in the high jump. Freshman Rebecca Wilson was fifth in the event at 4-10.

Lovingood-Smith captured third in the triple jump in 35-8.

Sophomore Sophia Roman was fifth in the 3,200 in 13:18.69. Senior Rose Kidd was seventh in the 400 in 1:04.81.

In the 800 relay, the unit of Jaqueline Holden, Audrey Patterson, Veronica Powell and Sion Murrain was sixth in 1:52.63.

The relay of Patterson, Lovingood-Smith, Powell and Murrain took seventh in the 400 relay in 52.97.

For the Asheboro boys, sophomore Mark Valentino ended up sixth in the triple jump at 41-3½. Junior Nicolas Chavez was seventh in 43.40 in the 300 hurdles.

Class 1-A

Also at Davie County High School, Eastern Randolph junior Brecken Snotherly was second in the 3,200 in 5:47.91 and in the 3,2000 in 13:08.03 in girls’ races at the Midwest Regional. Corvian Community School’s Taylor Worley was first in both races.

On the boys’ side, sophomore Josh Brady of Eastern Randolph was second in the 110 hurdles in 16.37 seconds and third in the 300 hurdles in 44.89.

Freshman Ian Moore took eighth in the discus at 95-9.

The Wildcats’ quartet of Daniel Yarborough, Malachi Letterlough, Daniel Thomas and A’Donye Herbert placed eighth in 47.33 in the 400 relay. The same group was ninth in the 1:38.57 in the 800 relay.

The state meets for Class 1-A and Class 4-A will be held Saturday at N.C. A&T.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Trace Moffitt

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Trinity  | Boys Basketball

Moffitt, a sophomore, racked up 35 points in the team’s lone game of the week. That nearly matched the total scored by the opponent in the Bulldogs’ 73-44 victory against host Eastern Randolph.

Trinity also received 16 points from Dominic Payne and 12 points from Brandon Campbell in the game. The outcome means the Bulldogs improved their record to 12-3. It put the team at 4-1 in true road games.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jazmin Palma

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Uwharrie Charter Academy  |  Wrestling

 Palma secured first place in the girls’ division of the Holy Angels Invitational last week in Charlotte.

It was a rare event set up with several brackets for girls. Palma captured first place at 113 pounds. In the title match, she defeated Martha Dominguez of Purnell Swett with a 50-second pin.

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Area athletes lock in next destinations

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Wheatmore swimmer Spencer Hall

 

Several athletes from around Randolph County signed letters of intent or made college commitments when the early signing period began last week.

Some of these had been previously announced intentions.

Baseball players were among those most active.

From Randleman’s 2021 state-championship team, five players confirmed their intentions. They were Brooks Brannon to North Carolina, Kaden Ethier to Montreat, Braylen Hayes to UNC Greensboro, Trey Way to Virginia Tech and Ryan White to Western Carolina.

Randleman volleyball player Kylie Vaughan, an outside hitter, has committed to Guilford College.

Wheatmore’s Spencer Hall is heading to Milligan, where he’ll be on the swimming team for the Tennessee school. Hall has qualified for the state meet in each of his first three high school seasons.

Previously this fall, Wheatmore baseball player Robert Hales signed to play for NAIA member St. Andrews University.

Officials from some high schools said they expect to have athlete signings at later dates.