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June 23, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

Dennis Garcia spoke with Post 45's Hudson Deel and coach Andrew Connor about this summer's American Legion Baseball season for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.


June 23, 2026 - Tuesday Schedule UPDATED

LEGION BASEBALL

Hamlet at Liberty - POSTPONED


June 22, 2026 - Monday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 15, Liberty 10

Post 81 controlled the first half of the game building a 9-0 lead but, working against multiple weather delays – and the division leading Post 45 team – Liberty was not able to sustain their momentum.

Randolph scored 7 runs in the bottom of the fourth, 2 in the fifth and 6 runs in the sixth.

Kyle Dillow had 3 hits in the game, driving in 3 runs and scoring 3 more. Dillow, Lucas Connor (3 rbi) and Jake Riddle (2 rbi) all hit doubles for Post 45. John Kirkpatrick had 2 hits and scored twice. There were single hits by Sam Gore (2 rbi), Brady Armfield (rbi), Ashton Poe (rbi) and Hudson Deel.

Price Kidd was the winning pitcher working in relief of starter Sean Jennison. Kidd pitched 3.2 innings allowing 4 runs on 4 hits and 1 walk with 1 strikeout. Kirkpatrick pitched the seventh inning.

Liberty scored twice in the first inning, three times in the third and four in the fourth to build their lead. Post 81 took advantage of 4 walks and 4 hit batters during that stretch as they recorded 6 of their 11 hits, including home runs by Chance Holdaway and Avery Wright along with doubles by Cade McCallum and Josh Nelson and a triple by McCallum. The final run came in the seventh when Holdaway doubled in John Wittig.

Maddox Dunn followed Bryson Marley on the mound for Liberty and took the loss with 8 runs (6 er) allowed on 4 hits and 6 walks with 2 strikeouts. Landon Albright closed out the game for Post 81.


June 21, 2026 - Sunday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 14, Moore County 2

Keaton Hill pitched five innings as Moore County scored 2 unearned runs on 3 hits and 2 walks. Hill struck out 6 batters in earning the win. Price Kidd faced 4 batters in the sixth inning giving up 1 hit with 1 strikeout.

Sam Gore homered and Lucas Connor had 3 hits for Randolph as Post 45 remained undefeated in division play. Gore finished with 2 hits and 3 rbi while Connor drove in 2 runs and scored three.

Jake Riddle (3 rbi, run), Jackson Hill (2 runs), Kyle Dillow (2 rbi, 2 runs) and Ashton Poe (2 runs) also had 2 hits each. There were single hits by Brady Armfield (double, rbi, run) and Hudson Deel (run).


June 20, 2026 - Saturday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Moore County 10, Liberty 0

The home team led 4-0 through four innings but a six-run fifth brought an early end in favor of Moore County.

Liberty batters coaxed 8 walks but a single by Carter Mustian and a double by Weston Murphy were all the hits Post 81 could manage. Starter Cade McCallum pitched four innings allowing 4 runs (2 er) on 8 hits with 3 strikeouts. Bryson Arrington pitched the fifth in relief.


June 19, 2026 - Friday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 14, Liberty 4

Three hits and a walk set Liberty up with a 2-0 lead after one inning but Randolph scored in each of the next four innings and got the Northern Division win.

Post 45 got 2 hits each from Lucas Connor (3 rbi), Kyle Dillow (2 rbi), Jackson Hill (rbi, 3 runs) and Ashton Poe (rbi). Caleb Coggins and Wilson Boswell both hit doubles and drove in 2 runs each with 1 hit by Hudson Deel.

Jake Riddle pitched the five inning complete game allowing 4 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks with 5 strikeouts.

Weston Murphy had 3 hits and drove in 3 Liberty runs. John Wittig had 2 hits and there were single hits by Tyler Westbrooks, Chance Holdaway and Landon Albright.

Holdaway pitched three innings and took the loss. Albright (1.2 IP) and Bryson Arrington (0.1 IP) followed on the mound.


June 18, 2026 - Thursday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Liberty at Davidson County  SUSPENDED - RAIN

Tyler Westbrooks led off the game with a double and scored on a single by John Wittig for a 1-0 Liberty lead. In the third inning Jackson Vaighn and Chance Holdaway hit singles and both scored on Cade McCallum's hit to put Post 81 ahead 3-1.

The third shower of the evening came with a Post 8 runner at 2nd base and no outs in the bottom of the third. The game was suspended and will resume from that point at 5:00 on Friday, June 26 when Davidson plays at Liberty. The scheduled game for that date will follow at approximately 7:00.


June 17, 2026 - Wednesday Schedule

No Events Scheduled


June 16, 2026 - Tuesday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 9, Hamlet 8  (8 innings)

For the second straight night Post 45 managed a come-from-behind win in the bottom of the last inning to remain undefeated in Area III Northern Division play. Randolph scored 3 runs in the seventh to tie Hamlet 7-7 and, after giving up a run in the eighth, scored twice more for the extra-inning win.

Brady Armfield tripled in Lucas Connor to tie the game 8-8 and came in to score the ninth run on a Sam Gore single.

Jackson Hill had 2 hits and drove in 3 runs for Post 45. There were single hits by Connor (rbi, 3 runs), Gore (2 rbi), Grant Kirk (run) and Ashton Poe (run).

Hudson Deel pitched the final two innings and got hit second straight win with 2 rnus on 3 hits and a walt with 3 strikeouts. Kyle Dillow started on the mound and worked five innings. Sawyer Pugh pitched a scorless sixth inning.


June 15, 2026 - Monday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 6, High Point-Thomasville 5

Post 45 had to come-from-behind twice but managed the win with 2 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.

With 2 outs in the third inning Ashton Poe walked and then scored on a Lucas Connor triple. Caleb Coggins drove in Connor with a hit and Brady Armfield scored Coggins with a 2-run home run and a 4-2 Randolph County lead.

Post 87 went ahead 5-4 in the fifth before Jackson Hill hit a twilight double in the seventh to drive in Lucas Connor and Hudson Deel for the win.

Sean Jennison was the starting pitcher for Post 45 giving up 5 runs in 5 innings on 8 hits and 3 walks with 4 strikeouts. Deel pitched the final two innings allowing 2 hits and 1 walk with 2 strikeouts for the win.

Deel and Hill had 2 hits each with Hill driving in 2 runs. Armfield, Coggins, Connor, Sam Gore and Kyle Dillow all had 1 hit each.


June 14, 2026 - Sunday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 21, Hamlet 0

Price Kidd threw a 1-hit shutout as Post 45 won on the road at Hamlet. Kidd faced 16 batters in the five-inning win with no walks and 4 strikeouts.

Hudson Deel led the offense with 4 hits - 2 doubles and a home run - and drove in 7 runs. There were 2 hits each by Lucas Connor (double, 2 rbi, 3 runs) and Sam Gore (3 runs). Randolph got single hits by Caleb Coggins, Brady Armfield, Kyle Dillow and Ashton Poe.


June 13, 2026 - Saturday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 4, High Point-Thomasville 3

Post 45 never trailed but the game was tied 3-3 after five innings before Brady Armfield tripled in the top of the seventh and scored what turned out to be the winning run on a wild pitch.

Hudson Deel drove in the first 3 Randolph County runs on a 2-for-3 night with two home runs. Armfield's triple and a Tate Andrews single rounded out the hit total.

John Kirkpatrick was the winning pitcher going six innings with 3 runs allowed on 5 hits and 6 walks and 4 strikeouts. Andrews got the save with a scoreless seventh inning.


June 12, 2026 - Friday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

High Point 11, Liberty 1

Liberty manufactured a second-inning run for a 1-0 lead but Post 87 scored in bunches.

Post 81 took the early lead after Avery Wright and Grant Underwood drew walks. Courtesy runner Miles Cox replaced catcher Wright and reached third on an error before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Hayden Robbins. Robbins, Chance Holdaway and Joshua Nelson all had hits.

Starting pitcher Bryson Marley pitched three innings in the loss giving up 6 runs (5 er) on 9 hits and 3 walks. Marley struck out 1 batter. Bryson Arrington worked 1.1 innings followed by Cox who was on the mound when the game ended.


June 11, 2026 - NCHSAA Annual Awards

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association held their year-end awards presentation Wednesday for the 2025-26 school year. Among the awards presented were Athlete of the Year Awards to Dvdaya Swimmer (Cherokee High School) and Dionte Neal (Reidsville High School).

Also honored as Superintendent of the Year was Randolph County's Dr. Stephen Gainey. In addition to his work as Superintendent of Randolph County Schools, Dr. Gainey has served seven years on the NCHSAA Board of Directors and back-to-back terms as president of that board.

Information about all of the year-end awards is available HERE.


June 11, 2026 - Thursday Schedule

No Events Scheduled


June 10, 2026 - Wednesday Schedule

No Events Scheduled


June 9, 2026 - Tuesday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Rowan County 11, Randolph County 8

Rowan led 2-0 after a half inning but Hudson Deel's 2-run home run tied the game in the home half of the inning. Rowan went ahead 5-3 but a bases-clearing double by Brady Armfield put Randolph ahead 6-5 after five innings. A 5-run sixth for Rowan County and a solo home run by Kendal Sifford in the seventh gave the visitors an 11-6 lead which Rowan held on to for the win.

Armfield had 3 hits, scored twice and drove in 3 runs for Post 45. Deel had 2 rbi and scored 2 runs. Jackson Hill and Kyle Dillow (double) had a hit and an rbi each. Lucas Connor, Jake Riddle, Caleb Coggins (double) and Ashton Poe all had hits and scored.

Deel pitched three innings before giving way to Tate Andrews who suffered the loss. Riddle pitched the final two innings.


June 8, 2026 - Monday Results

LEGION BASEBALL

Rowan County 3, Randolph County 1

A solo home run by Tate Andrews in the fourth inning was Post 45's only score.

Randolph loaded the bases in the top of the first inning but a pop-out followed by a Rowan double play kept the game scoreless. Andrews' homer made it 2-1 Rowan in the fourth inning before Post 342 added the final run in the fifth.

In addition to the Andrews hit, Jake Riddle had 2 hits with single hits by Lucas Connor, Brady Armfield and John Kirkpatrick.

Keaton Hill pitched five innings and took the loss. Kyle Dillow worked the sixth inning.

High Point 11, Liberty 4

Tied 4-4 after five innings, Post 87 scored the final 7 runs of the game for the win.

John Wittig had half of Liberty's 4 hits including a home run and 2 runs driven in. Avery Wright had a double and 2 rbi and Chance Holdaway had a hit and scored a run.

Holdaway took the loss as the HiToms scored 5 runs on 12 hits in the first 5+ innings. Landon Albright followed Holdaway and faced two batters before making way for Wettig who finished the game.


June 7, 2026 - Sunday Schedule

No Events Scheduled


June 6, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

After more than three decades coaching tennis at Asheboro High School, Jay Moore's tenure has come to an end. Dennis Garcia spoke with the long-time teacher and coach for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.


June 6, 2026 - Saturday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 13, Moore County 3

Post 45 scored 5 runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 6-3 lead then added 4 more in the fourth and 3 in the sixth for the final score.

After giving up 3 runs in the first two innings Sean Jennison pitched three scoreless innings and got the win with 3 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks with 3 strikeouts. John Kirkpatrick pitched the sixth inning with 1 hit and 2 strikeouts.

Jake Riddle led with 3 hits for Randolph with a double and 3 rbi. Hudson Deel had 2 hits with a double and 3 rbi. Caleb Coggins (triple) and Tate Andrews also drove in 2 runs each.


June 5, 2026 - TAAC AWARDS

The Triad Area Athletic 5A/6A Conference has announced All-Conference teams and awards for the spring sports season. Click the link below for the All-Conference list. Links for each sport can be found on that sport's page at SportsTone.net.

TAAC ALL-CONFERENCE


June 5, 2026 - COLLEGE COMITTMENTS

Trinity senior Kinsley Phillips recently committed to Carteret Community College to continue her soccer and academic careers. Phillips was a four-year player for the Bulldogs and will join the CCC Krakens in their first season as members of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Jake Riddle has signed with Pfeiffer University for baseball. The Randleman senior is an All-State performer and will join the Falcons who are members of the USA South Conference.

Randleman senior Tate Andrews has committed to Guilford College for baseball. Andrews was an All-Region Team selection this season and will join the Quakers in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.


June 5, 2026 - Friday Schedule

No Events Scheduled


June 4, 2026 - BASEBALL HONORS

The North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association has announced the post-season honors for the 2026 high school baseball season. Nine Randolph County athletes have been named to the All-State Team for this past season.

3A All-State Baseball: Andrew Thomas from Providence Grove; Lincoln Coble and Peyton Williams from Trinity.

4A All-State Baseball: Jake Riddle, Jackson Hill and John Kirkpatrick from Randleman; Brady Armfield from Southwestern Randolph; Jake Hunter and Jaxon Mabe from Uwharrie Charter Academy.

Eleven other players were named to the All-Region 5 Team. View them all on the SPORTSTONE BASEBALL page.


June 4, 2026 - Thursday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 9, Mocksville-Davie 7

Post 45 led 6-1 in the fourth inning but needed 3 runs in the top of the seventh for the win.

Brady Armfield drove in 6 runs for Randolph County with 4 hits including a double and a home run. Hudson Deel had 3 hits and there were 2 each by Lucas Connor and Keaton Hill. Single hits by Sam Gore (rbi), Tate Andrews (double) and Grant Kirk with Caleb Coggins and Jackson Hill driving in runs.

Jake Riddle was the starter on the mound and the winning pitcher giving up 2 unearned runs on 5 hits and 2 walks with 5 strikeouts. Kyle Dillow worked 1.2 innings followed by Sean Jennison who earned a save with 1.1 innings pitched.


June 3, 2026 - ALUMNI NEWS

Catawba College baseball is still alive in the NCAA Division II National Championships thanks in part to a pair of Randolph County graduates.

Hunter Atkins (RHS '23) went 5-for-5 against #6 seed Point Loma (50-12), champions of the West Region, with a home run (his 6th) and 5 runs batted in. Atkins also managed a walk in the 10-9 game which saw Catawba score twice in the bottom of the ninth for the win. The walk-off win courtesy of Atkins' fifth hit, an rbi single, which drove in the final run.

Colt Wilkins (UCA '21) was the winning pitcher. Point Loma pulled ahead 9-8 in the top of the ninth inning and loaded the bases with 2 outs. Wilkins took over on the mound and needed 3 pitches to record a strikeout, end the Sea Lions' inning and keep it a 1-run game.

Number 3 seed Catawba faces defending National Champion Tampa Wednesday in Cary. Coming out of the loser's bracket, Catawba (49-13) will have to defeat #2 Tampa (48-8) twice to advance to the best-of-three championship series.

CATAWBA RECAP


June 3, 2026 - SOCCER HONORS

Two Randolph County athletes have been recognized by the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association as members of the 2026 Womens Soccer All-State Team.

Asheboro senior Jaira Arellano and sophomore Jocelyn McDowell from Wheatmore honored for their performances during the spring season. The coaches association will be presenting the awards this weekend.

Arellano and McDowell were joined by 11 other players as 2026 All-Region performers and Asheboro coach Emily Ramon was named Region 6 Coach of the Year in Womens Soccer.

All of the local honorees are listed on the SPORTSTONE WOMENS SOCCER page.


June 3, 2026 - Wednesday Result

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County 4, Liberty 3

Post 45 took the lead for the first time in the bottom of the seventh when Caleb Coggins drove in Brady Armfield for the game-ending run.

Jackson Hill (triple) and Ashton Poe both had two hits and an rbi for Randolph County. Coggins had 2 rbi in the game with other hits by Armfield (double), Jake Riddle, Kyle Dillow and Wilson Boswell.

Price Kidd pitched four innings with 3 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks. Kidd struck out 3 batters. Tate Andrews pitched the final three innings allowing 1 hits with 3 strikeouts and got the win.

Liberty got 2 hits from John Wittig (2 doubles, rbi) and Cade McCallum with single hits by Maddox Dunn (rbi) and Avery Wright. Chance Holdaway recorded an rbi.

Bryson Marley pitched six innings allowing 2 runs on 7 hits and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts. Dunn took over for the seventh and suffered the loss.


June 2, 2026 - Tuesday Schedule

No Events Scheduled


June 1, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

On Championship Saturday in Greensboro, Dennis Garcia spoke with Southwestern Rndolph softball players and Head Coach Toby Strider about the Cougars' 4A State Championship for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.


June 1, 2026 - Monday Results

LEGION BASEBALL

Randolph County at Kannapolis CANCELED

Liberty 7, Rowan County 5

Rowan County scored twice in the top of the first inning but Liberty responded with a solo home run by Tyler Westbrooks, a Maddox Dunn bunt which scored Levi Stalker and a 3-run homer by Chance Holdaway in the home half of the inning.

Dunn and Holdaway both had 3 hits and 3 rbi. There were 2 hits each for Cade McCallum and John Wittig and single hits by Bryson Marley, Carlos Cordero and Avery Wright.

McCallum pitched five innings and earned the win allowing 4 runs (1 er) on 4 hits and 3 walks with 1 strikeout. Dunn worked the final two innings, giving up 1 run on 2 hits with 1 strikeout.




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