LOCAL SPORTS ROUNDUP: Volleyball tournaments begin; Randolph teams do well

Randolph County teams were well represented in conference volleyball tournaments last week. Uwharrie Charter Academy, after losing twice to undefeated regular season champion Southwestern Randolph, upended the Cougars 3-0 for the Four Rivers Conference tournament title. 

Trinity followed up on its first volleyball regular season title in 30 years with a conference tournament title match win over Providence Grove in the Central Carolina Conference. 

Asheboro finished runner-up in the Triad Area Athletic Conference tournament finals. And Randleman finished second in the Piedmont Athletic Conference tournament finals.

Here are some highlights from volleyball and other sports fronts last week. 

Volleyball 

■ Cheyenne Dixon had 12 kills as No. 1 Southwestern Randolph beat No. 5 Eastern Randolph 3-0 (25-7, 25-7, 25-15) in the semifinals of the Four Rivers Conference tournament. Kaylea Beck had seven kills. Kennedie Welborn had 5 kills and 3 aces. Mary Kathryn Coltrane had 18 assists, 9 digs and 4 aces. Josie Auman had 12 digs.

■ Avalynn Johnson had 31 assists and 5 digs as No. 1 Trinity swept No. 5 Wheatmore 3-0 (25-15, 25-9, 25-11) in the semifinals of the Central Carolina Conference tournament. Mya Hooker had 15 kills while Hayli Cox had 10 kills and 2 blocks. Addison McCoy had 5 kills and 4 aces. Bryn Holden had 5 digs and 5 aces.

■ Kailey Brown had 45 assists, 4 kills and 4 digs as No. 2 Asheboro held off No. 3 Southeast Guilford 3-1 (31-29, 23-25, 25-20, 25-15) in the semifinals of the TAAC tournament. Cora Little had 15 kills, 11 digs and 5 aces. Ady Scherer had 14 kills. Roxanne Davis had 12 kills and 4 blocks. Maliyah Brady had 5 kills and 6 blocks. Lily Hunt had 22 digs. Emma Ingold had 12 digs and 6 aces. Lydia Scearce had 13 digs.

■ Caroline Way had 17 kills, 9 digs and 3 blocks as No. 2 Uwharrie Charter swept No. 1 Southwestern Randolph 3-0 (29-27, 25-19, 25-21) to win the Four Rivers Conference tournament championship. Amya Brewer had 9 blocks and 2 kills. Carly Rush had 9 kills, 13 digs and 2 blocks. Kenzie Cain had 16 digs and 3 assists. Alyvia Spinks had 37 assists, 2 kills, 8 digs and 3 blocks.

Dixon led Southwestern Randolph with 6 kills, 18 digs and 3 aces. She reached 1,000 digs for her career in the first set. Coltrane had 16 assists while Calli Mooneyham had 13 digs. Makayla Aaron had 10 digs. Welborn had 5 kills, 2 aces and a block. Beck had 6 kills and 2 blocks. Payson Hammer had 5 kills and 2 blocks.

■ Johnson had 37 assists, 8 digs and 3 blocks as No. 1 Trinity swept No. 3 Providence Grove 3-0 (25-19, 25-10, 25-12) to win the Central Carolina Conference tournament championship. Johnson recorded her 3,000th career assist. Ari Pinkston and Cox both had 15 kills. Hooker had 9 kills, 2 blocks and 2 aces. McCoy had five kills.

■ Karrington Jones had 18 kills in No. 2 Randleman’s 3-2 (25-23, 25-15, 24-26, 23-25, 15-12) loss to No. 1 Central Davidson in the PAC tournament championship match. Kaylee Phillips had 11 kills. Corbyn Davis had 10 kills. Olivia

Ashby had 28 digs. Kenzlie Vaughn had 40 assists and 3 aces.

Boys Soccer 

■ Griffin Hall scored three goals in Southwestern Randolph’s 9-0 win over North Moore. Yael Rebollar-Ortiz added two goals while Johan Perez-Dominguez, Manny Dominguez-Torres, Jackson Mandara and Gio Hernandez all scored one. Hernandez and Rebollar-Ortiz both had two assists. David Leon, Sergio Guerrero and Holt Tyl all had one assist. Hayden Morrow made five saves and Troy Adkins stopped one shot.

Southwestern Randolph retired the No. 10 jersey of 2025 state championship game MVP Fernando Hernandez in a halftime ceremony.

■ Emmitt Frazier made 14 saves in Wheatmore’s 8-0 loss to Thomasville.

■ Manuel Alarcon scored the goal in Asheboro’s 2-1 overtime loss to Northern Guilford. Matthew Jaimes had the assist.

■ Hall scored two goals in Southwestern Randolph’s 4-1 win over Uwharrie Charter. Rebollar-Ortiz got one goal and there was an own goal. Cristobal Lopez and Dominguez-Torres each had an assist.

■ Easton Dewitt scored both goals in Wheatmore’s 7-2 loss to East Davidson. Conner Allen had an assist. Frazier made 14 saves.

■ Martin Martinez scored two goals in Asheboro’s 3-0 win over SE Guilford. Juan Macias got the other goal. Ivan Castaneda had two assists and Alarcon one.

Girls Golf 

■ Asheboro sophomore Paige Kotlowski shot a 91 and finished sixth in the TAAC championship at Forest Oaks Country Club. The Blue Comets were second out of three teams in the standings.

■ Dani Jaeck shot 94 for medalist honors and led Southwestern Randolph to the Four Rivers Conference championship at Siler City Country Club. The Cougars won by six shots over North Moore.

■ Providence Grove’s Adison Johnson won medalist honors with a 43 in the Patriots’ 149-165 loss to Southern Alamance at Holly Ridge Golf Links.

Girls Tennis 

■ Eva Davis, Callie Dixon, Riley York and Layla Boyd won in singles as No. 17 seed Randleman beat No. 16 Southwest Onslow 7-2 in the first round of the 4-A dual team state playoffs. The teams of Rylee Brown/Davis, Dixon/York and Haisley Humble/Isabel Kirkpatrick swept the doubles.

■ Larson Kelly, Lexi Owen, Alyssa Hampton, Lily Auman and Lilly Stutts won singles matches as No. 1 Southwestern Randolph beat No. 17 Randleman in the second round of the 4-A dual team state playoffs.

Girls Cross Country 

■ Wheatmore’s Scarlett Hildreth was seventh in the Kernersville Invitational at the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex.

■ Eastern Randolph’s Peyton Brooks finished fourth overall in a meet with Southwestern Randolph and Northwood. The Wildcats’ Embry Southard was 10th.

Genevieve Cranford of Southwestern Randolph was eighth.

■ Gracilyn Elliott was the overall winner and led Uwharrie Charter to victory over North Moore and Asheboro Hybrid Academy. Joselyn Kelly of Asheboro Hybrid was sixth. 

Boys Cross Country 

■ Eastern Randolph’s Julio Ortiz was sixth overall in a meet with Southwestern Randolph and Northwood. 

Southwestern Randolph’s Aiden Edmonds was seventh. The Cougars’ Cayden Watson was 10th.

■ Uwharrie Charter’s Jordan Beebe was fourth in a meet with Jordan-Matthews, Asheboro Hybrid, North Moore and Gospel Light Christian. The Eagles were third in the team standings.