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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.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Salem Lee

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Asheboro, girls’ basketball

Lee has been a golfer competing at the state level, but she’s also one of the top basketball players for the Blue Comets girls’ team.

The senior forward scored a team-high 16 points last week when Asheboro topped visiting Thomasville 60-9. That outcome snapped a seven-game losing streak for the Blue Comets.

Lee has been the team’s top producer in terms of assists and blocked shots. She also has been the Asheboro leader in field goal percentage.

Asheboro is trying to return to prominence after playing in the Class 3-A state championship game in 2021. The Blue Comets are under the direction of first-year coach Mike Headen.

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Prep Roundup: Lee, Wright place in states; Soccer playoffs to start

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Salem Lee of Asheboro placed again in the state tournament for girls’ golf. (Randolph Record file photo)

Salem Lee placed fifth for the second year in a row in the Class 3-A state tournament for girls’ golf.

Lee shot rounds of 75 and 78 for a 9-over-par 153 in last week’s tournament at Longleaf Golf and Family Club in Southern Pines.

Asheboro’s Morgan Coward (123-99—222) and Addison Allen (116-113—229) were 74th and 75th, respectively.

Eastern Alamnance’s Emily Mathews won her third consecutive Class 3-A state title.

In Class 1-A/2-A, Providence Grove’s Caroline Wright was fourth at Foxfire Resort and Golf’s Red Course in Foxfire Village.

Wright shot rounds of 82 and 83 for 21-over 165.

Providence Grove’s Morgan Heilig (97-97—194) tied for 32nd and teammate Anna Holloway (117-122—239) was 75th.

Eastern Randolph entrants MacKenzie Gee (111-117—228) and Madison Canoy (117-114—231) were tied for 67th and 69th, respectively.

Cross country

At Kernersville, Brecken Snotherly of Eastern Randolph in a time of 20 minutes, 42.06 seconds, won the Class 1-A Midwest Regional at Ivy Redmon Complex. The senior had a winning margin of about 27 seconds.

In Class 2-A girls, Providence Grove was fourth in the Midwest Regional to qualify for states. Mai Browder’s 11th-place finish in 21:57.14 led the Patriots.

In Class 2-A boys, Zach Hazelwood of Wheatmore claimed third place in 17:02.86. Robert Burton of Providence Grove was 10th in 17:35.03. Both runners will be in Saturday’s state meet.

Girls’ tennis

Trinity senior Autumn Gentry lost in the first round of the Class 2-A individual state tournament at Ting Park in Holly Springs.

Ellie Spear of Holmes beat Gentry 6-4, 6-1.

Boys’ soccer

Asheboro is the No. 1 seed for the Class 3-A West Region in the state playoffs.

The Blue Comets (19-1-2), the Mid-Piedmont Conference champions, are set to begin their quest for a title with a home game Monday night against a one-win West Mecklenburg team.

On Oct. 21, Asheboro played a 0-0 non-conference tie at Burlington Williams, which is the No. 1 seed in the Class 3-A East Region.

In Class 2-A, Wheatmore (17-0-4) entered the state playoffs undefeated and the No. 2 seed with a scheduled matchup against Monroe.

Also in the field were No. 12 seed Trinity, No. 26 seed Randleman and No. 29 seed Southwestern Randolph.

In Class 1-A, Eastern Randolph held the No. 6 seed and Uwharrie Charter Academy was the No. 19 seed.

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Prep Roundup: Asheboro’s Lee wins league golf crown

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 Providence Grove’s Johnathon Ortega, left, and Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Carlos Parroquin battle for the ball during a boys’ soccer game last week. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

ARCHDALE — Salem Lee of Asheboro won last week’s Mid-Piedmont Conference championship in girls’ golf.

Lee shot 73 in the final conference competition at Holly Ridge Golf Links. Asheboro was the team runner-up.

Golf regionals are set to be contested early this week. The state tournament is next week.

Cross country

At Trinity, Uwharrie Charter Academy won girls’ and boys’ meets in the Piedmont Athletic Conference last week on Wheatmore’s course among some top teams.

Abbie Gudino of UCA was the individual winner in the girls’ race in 25 minutes, 37 seconds across the 3.1-mile course. Teammate Jazmin Palma was second in 25:38.

Third place went to Southwestern Randolph’s Sadie Mabe in 27:05, followed by UCA’s Alyssa Ramusson (27:21) and Wheatmore’s Allison Hill (27:52).

In the boys’ race, Zach Hazelwood of Wheatmore was the winner in 18:59 for an overwhelming victory. UCA’s Chris White was second in 21:09. The top five als included Southwestern Randolph’s Austin McMahan (22:13), UCA’s Ethan Kinney (23:59) and UCA’s Kamrin Hussey (24:02).

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At Biscoe, Asheboro’s Seth Hydzik placed fourth in a conference meet last week.

Hydzik completed the 3.1-mile course in 19:24.66. That put him about 65 seconds off the winning pace set by Grayson Byrd of North Davidson.

Also in the boys’ race, Asheboro had the Nos. 10-13 finishers with Hunter Wilson (23:22.00), Jacob Leveille (23:22.72), John Hunsucker (23:49.09) and Nicolas Garcia (23:53.00).

Montgomery Central was the team winner, followed by North Davidson and Asheboro.

In the girls’ race, the first 12 finishers were from North Davidson. Asheboro’s Carlisle Dozer was 16th in 32:22.11. Emma Redding was next at 33:22.85. They were the only entrants for the Blue Comets.

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Prep Notes: Asheboro to move to another volleyball venue

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Wheatmore senior Haley Pease spikes the ball during Monday night’s victory at East Davidson. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)

ASHEBORO – The Asheboro volleyball team is moving practices and matches to South Asheboro Middle School from Sept. 8-26.

For the second season in a row, the Blue Comets have been displaced from the high school’s gym because of the massive construction and renovation project taking place on campus.

The Blue Comets had been using North Asheboro Middle School as its home facility. This latest move comes as repairs to the gym floor at North Asheboro Middle School are scheduled to begin next week.

GOOD STARTS: Trinity’s volleyball team had only 10 wins last year. It had half that many with five across the first two weeks of this season.

Wheatmore’s volleyball team avenged an early loss to East Davidson by picking up a road victory in four sets Monday night.

In boys’ soccer, Wheatmore has secured shutouts in three of its first five games to produce a 3-0-2 record – all in non-conference competition.

Also in soccer, Asheboro improved to 5-0 by winning its road opener with Monday night’s 5-2 triumph at Trinity. Cristian Benitez posted three goals in that game.

ON TARGET: Asheboro’s Salem Lee shot 1-over-par 36 on Monday at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course to claim medalist honors in the first Mid-Piedmont Conference match of the season.

The Blue Comets placed second, 21 shots behind Oak Grove, in the five-team competition.

BIG GATHERING: The North Carolina High School Athletic Association reported the largest crowd for its Hall of Fame banquet in the organization’s history for last week’s gathering in Cary.

The Hall of Fame classes for 2021 and 2022 were honored. More than 500 tickets were reserved.

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Athlete of the Week: Salem Lee

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Asheboro’s Salem Lee launches a tee shot on No. 6 at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course on Sept. 27, 2021. PJ WARD-BROWN/NORTH STATE JOURNAL

SALEM LEE

Asheboro High School | Junior | Golf

Salem Lee was the medalist in a Mid-Piedmont Conference match at Meadowlands Golf Club. She shot an even-par 36. That gave Lee a third consecutive victory in Mid-Piedmont Conference competition.