ER, RHS advance to 2nd round

Mike Duprez
Randolph Hub 

Eastern Randolph No. 4 seed in 1-A, and Randleman, No. 4 seed in 2-A, both got their state playoff title hunts off on the right foot Friday night. Here’s a look at those games and other sports highlights for the week.  

FOOTBALL 

*Tyshaun Goldston scored on a 38-yard run and caught a 36-yard touchdown pass from John Kirkpatrick as No. 4 Randleman beat No. 29 East Gaston 30-13 in the first round of the state playoffs. Kirkpatrick also threw a touchdown pass to Chase Farlow and Christian McLeod kicked a 33-yard field goal.

Tristan Chriscoe returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown to lead the Randleman defense.

*Lucas Smith ran for two touchdowns and caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Cade McCallum as No. 4 Eastern Randolph trounced No. 29 Swain County 49-0 in the first round of the 1-A playoffs.

Smith scored on runs of 1 and 45 yards. Jayden Spikes had a 10-yard touchdown run for the Wildcats.

Zeb Meadows paced the defense by returning a fumble 45 yards for a touchdown.

*Southwestern Randolph, seeded No. 27, fell 19-7 to No. 6 East Surry in the first round of the 2-A state playoffs. The Cougars ended their season with a 6-5 record.

*Asheboro fell 55-0 to undefeated Dudley in the first round of the 3-A state playoffs. The Blue Comets (4-7) were making their first appearance in the state playoffs since 2016.

SOCCER

*Cam Letterlough and Diego Bustamante each scored a pair of goals as Asheboro beat Northwest Cabarrus 5-0 in the second round of the 3-A state playoffs. Cristian Raygadas got the other goal. Letterlough had two assists while Ozmar Martinez, Andre Valladares and Bustamante each had one. 

*Yael Ortiz and Fernando Hernandez both scored two goals in Southwestern Randolph’s 5-1 win over conference rival Trinity in the second round of the 2-A state playoffs. Aaron Avina had the other goal. Hernandez also had two assists and Jonathan Perez made six saves.

*Uwharrie Charter fell 6-1 to Union Academy in the second round of the 1-A state playoffs. The Eagles ended their season with an 8-11 record.

*Letterlough scored two goals, pushing his total to 73 for the season in Asheboro’s 4-0 win over Pisgah in the third round of the 3-A state playoffs. Bustamante and Martinez scored the other goals. Letterlough, Martinez and Bustamante each had one assist.

*Jonathan Lopez, Hernandez and Avina scored the goals as Southwestern Randolph downed Bandys 3-0 in the third round of the 2-A state playoffs.

*Carlos Castaneda, Letterlough and Bustamante scored the goals as Asheboro blanked East Lincoln 3-0 in the fourth round of the 3-A state playoffs. Alexander Diaz, Castaneda and Bustamante had the assists. Letterlough has 74 goals — the fourth best single season total in NCHSAA history.

*Hernandez led the way with four goals as Southwestern Randolph outlasted Newton-Conover 5-4 in the fourth round of the 2-A state playoffs. Kevin Garcia scored the game-winning goal. Ortiz, Lopez, Avina and Hernandez had an assist each. Jonathan Perez made 10 saves. Hernandez has 48 goals for the season.

BOYS BASKETBALL

*Zy Holmes scored 25 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in Trinity’s 73-47 rout of South Davidson. Nazir Staton added 16 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Jackson Lee had 15 points and 7 rebounds.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

*Nevaeh Staples produced a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds along with 3 blocks in Uwharrie Charter’s 49-24 rout of Franklin Academy. Kayla Brown also scored 13 points. Naimah Al-Arif had 8 points and 6 rebounds. Brennan Thomas had 7 rebounds and 4 steals.

*Madison Hill scored 19 points and Ava Nance had 15 as Trinity beat South Davidson 49-29.

*Staples scored 14 points while Emory Thomas had 11 and Al-Arif had 8 as Uwharrie Charter whipped Chatham Charter 58-13.

BOYS SWIMMING

*Wheatmore’s Colten Osborne won the 100-yard butterfly in a meet with Atkins and Parkland at the Kernersville YMCA.

*Wheatmore won a three-team meet with Providence Grove and Randleman at the High Point Swim Club.

Winners for Wheatmore were the 200-meter medley relay (Jaden Kilcullen, Landon Weeks, Osborne, William York), Alexis Vega-Torres (200-meter freestyle, 100-meter backstroke), Osborne (200-meter individual medley, 400-meter freestyle), York (100-meter freestyle), the 200-meter freestyle relay (Jack Tobey, Jayden Grant, York, Vega-Torres), and the 400-meter relay (Vega-Torres, Kilcullen, Weeks, Osborne).

Winning for Randleman was Cannon Eggleston (50-meter freestyle, 100-meter breaststroke).

GIRLS SWIMMING

*Wheatmore’s Sydney Hall swept the 200-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle in a meet with East Forsyth, Atkins and Parkland at the Kernersville YMCA.

Also winning for the Warriors were Paislee Hollifield (200-yard freestyle), Jillian Wolfe (100-yard backstroke), and the 4x100 freestyle relay (Wolfe, Sophie Willamson, Hall).

*Wheatmore won a three-team meet with Randleman and Providence Grove.

Winners for Wheatmore were the 200-meter medley relay (Wolfe, Hollifield, Hall, Williamson), Hall (200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle), Williamson (50-meter freestyle), Wolfe (100-meter freestyle, 100-meter backstroke), the 200-meter freestyle relay (Wolfe, Williamson, Hollifield, Hall), and Hollifield (100-meter breaststroke).

Winning for Randleman was Kendall Fortson (100-meter butterfly).

Winning for Providence Grove was the 400-meter freestyle relay (Chloe Toomes, Salem Wright, Lyndsay Browder, Liv Coleman).

WRESTLING

*Asheboro’s boys and girls participated in the Atkins Invitational.
 

Placing for the boys were Estabon Santos (first, 106), Berrick Bigelou (second, 132) and Adam Curry (fourth, 157).

Placing for the girls were Ivet Medeiros (third, 165) and Grace Redding (third, 235).

PREP SCHEDULES

FOOTBALL 

Friday, Nov. 22 

NCHSAA State Playoffs

1- A Second round
No. 13 Cherokee at No. 4 Eastern Randolph 

2- A Second round
No. 13 Forest Hills at No. 4 Randleman

SOCCER 

Tuesday, Nov. 19
3-A Western Region Championship
No. 2 A.C. Reynolds at No. 1 Asheboro
2-A Western Region Championship
No. 14 Lincolnton at No. 1 SW Randolph 

Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23 State championships in
Mecklenburg Sports Complex, Matthews

BASKETBALL 

Wednesday, Nov. 20
East Davidson at SW Randolph (girls) 

Uwharrie Charter at Bethany 

Thursday, Nov. 21
Parkland at Eastern Randolph (girls)

Friday, Nov. 22
Asheboro at Southwestern Randolph 

Chatham Charter at Providence Grove
NC Leadership Academy at Trinity
West Davidson at Wheatmore 

Monday, Nov. 25
Chatham Charter at Wheatmore
Trinity at Jordan-Matthews 

Tuesday, Nov. 26
Randleman at Asheboro
E. Randolph at The Burlington School (girls, 6) 

Providence Grove at Southern Alamance 

South Davidson at Trinity
East Davidson at Wheatmore 

Friday, Nov. 29
Asheboro at Wesleyan Christian (boys, Head-liners Challenge)
Providence Grove at Wesleyan Christian (boys, Headliners Challenge)

WRESTLING 

Wednesday, Nov. 20
Wheatmore at Asheboro, 6
Eastern Randolph, Southern Alamance at Southeast Guilford
Southwestern Randolph at East Davidson, 6 

Providence Grove at N.C. Leadership Academy, 6 

Thursday, Nov. 21
Charlotte Latin, North Lincoln at Uwharrie Charter, 6
Trinity at Wheamore, 7 

Saturday, Nov. 23
Asheboro, Uwharrie Charter, others at Scotland Duals
Providence Grove at Cedar Ridge 

Monday, Nov. 25
Randleman, South Davidson at E. Randolph, 6 

Providence Grove at SW Randolph, 7 

Tuesday, Nov. 26
Central Davidson, West Davidson at Uwharrie Charter, 6 

Wednesday, Nov. 27
Asheboro at Randleman quad match, 9 a.m. 

Wheatmore at Enka Invitational, 9 a.m. 

Monroe at Uwharrie Charter, 4 

Saturday, Nov. 30
Southwestern Randolph, others at Asheboro Cold Turkey Invitational, 9 a.m.

SWIMMING 

Wednesday, Nov. 20
PAC meet at High Point Swim Club, 6