January 31, 2018 – Wednesday basketball

Women

Men

January 30, 2018 – Tuesday basketball

Women

Men

January 30, 2018 – Wrestling Dual Team Playoffs

Round One

Winners for AHS:
285: Michael Smith (ASHE) (TB-1 2-1) 
120: Kyle Hicks (ASHE) (For.) 
126: Ricardo Salinas (ASHE) (For.) 
132: Sam Cornwall (ASHE) (For.) 
138: Sheng Lin (ASHE) (For.)
145: Austin Curry (ASHE) (For.) 

Round Two

The Wheatmore wrestling team defeated East Davidson 46-30 in the first
round and Cummings 69-9 in the second round of the NCHSAA 2A Dual Team
Playoffs.

Going 2-0 on the night was Hayden Caldwell, Conner Nelson, Ethan Oakley,
Damon Hudspeth, Jared Niemitalo, Chase McKinney, Devin Daugherty, and Mikel
Long.

Going 1-0 on the night was Seth Miller, Dawson Riffe, Wil Shores, Pierre
Hakizimana, and Joey Ferguson.

January 30, 2018 – Tuesday schedule

Basketball

Wrestling - Dual Team playoffs

January 30, 2018 – Monday basketball

Women

Men

Union Grove 55, Fayetteville Street 45

January 29, 2018 – Swimming regionals

The state High School Swimming playoffs begin this Saturday with regional meets for local swimmers taking place in Cary and Greensboro.

Randolph County swimmers who have qualified for the regional competitions can be seen on the SportsTone Swimming page.

January 29, 2018 – Wrestling team playoffs

Dual Team Brackets for the 2017-18 wrestling post-season have been released by the NCHSAA. Area conference champions Wheatmore (PAC 7), Uwharrie Charter (Yadkin Valley) and Southeast Guilford (Mid-Piedmont) are joined by 2nd place teams from Trinity, South Stanly and Asheboro. Three other 1A teams from the YVC also qualified as 'wild card' teams: West Montgomery, South Davidson and North Rowan.

The first two rounds are scheduled for Tuesday, January 30. See the area match-ups at the SportsTone Wrestling page.

Locations have not been set for all of the Tuesday matches but Asheboro and Trinity will be wrestling at home.

January 29, 2018 – Monday schedule

Women's basketball

7:00 Faith Christian at High Point Home Educators

January 29, 2018 – From Trinity High School

Congratulations to Trinity High School's Caitlin Swiggett and Leland Hayes
for winning the Sportsmanship award presented by the Randolph Sports
Council.  They will be honored at a banquet Monday night at Snyder Farms.

January 28, 2018 – The North Carolina Department of American Legion Baseball has named Post 45's Cameron Morrison the 2017 Area III Player of the Year. The award is scheduled to be presented officially at the annual American Legion Hall of Fame Ceremony in Kinston on March 24th.

A graduate of North Moore High School, Morrison played Legion ball in Asheboro for four summers and was a leader of the 2017 State Championship team. Last summer also marked the first time that a Post 45 team advanced past the Regional round and participated in the American Legion World Series, winning their first two games before being eliminated in the National Semi-finals.

Morrison led the squad with a .390 batting average and 64 runs scored. His 5 home runs was second most on the team and his 47 runs batted in was third on last year's team.

Perhaps more important was Morrison's work behind the plate as catcher for Post 45's defense. He threw out 12 base runners and picked off another while committing just one error in over 300 innings caught.

In four seasons, Morrison's 162 games played (with a documented plate appearance) is very likely the most ever by a Post 45 player. He is continuing his baseball career at Catawba College in Salisbury.

January 28, 2018 - From Wheatmore High School

The Wheatmore wrestling team scored 182.5 to finish runner-up in the
Trinity Invitational on Saturday.  Cave Springs Virginia won the event with
184.5 points.

Champions for Wheatmore were: Hayden Caldwell (106), Ethan Oakley (120),
Chase McKinney (145), Joey Ferguson (195), and Mikel Long (285).

Conner Nelson (113), Jared Niemitalo (132), and Christian Chester (170)
finished as runner-ups.

Other placers for Wheatmore included: Damon Hudspeth (138) 4th, Pierre
Hakizimana (182) 3rd, and Devin Daugherty (220) 4th.

Wheatmore's Ethan Oakley (120) was named the tournament's most outstanding
wrestler.

Wheatmore will compete in the first and possibly the second round to the 2A
NCHSAA Dual Team State Championship on Tuesday.  Opponent, location, and
time is TBD.

January 28, 2018 – Saturday wrestling

Yadkin Valley Conference wrestling tournament winners:

January 27, 2018 - From Asheboro High School

Asheboro High School wrestling team finishes third at the Trinity Invitational
behind Cave Springs High School (VA), and Wheatmore High School. Individual placers
were:
220 Michael Smith 1st place (also the MOW for the upper weight classes)
138 Sheng Lin 2nd
145 Austin Curry 2nd
160 Luis Mena 2nd
195 Nate Otero 2nd
113 Ernesto Salinas 3rd
120 Kyle Hicks 3rd
152 Isaiah Ridley 3rd
170 Cameron Clark 3rd

Next match will the NCHSAA 3A State Dual Playoffs 1st and 2nd round on Tuesday
January 30th against Piedmont High School time and place to be determine on Monday.

January 27, 2018 - Saturday wrestling

Southeast Guilford 69, Southwestern Randolph 9

January 27, 2018 – Matthew Tinsley, a senior at Wheatmore High School has signed his National Letter of Intent to play football at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

Selected to the PAC 7 All-Conference Team and The Courier-Tribune All-County Team for his line play during the 2017 season, Tinsley had the fourth most tackles for a defensive lineman in North Carolina 2A football. He is also an honor roll student at WHS and a member of the National Beta Club.

Tinsley joins a collegiate program which is just two years removed from a 10-1 season (2015). This past fall the W & L Generals were 8-3 overall, 5-2 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference with three players named Division III All-Americans.

January 27, 2018 - Saturday wrestling

9:00 Trinity Invitational Tournament (Asheboro, Eastern Randolph, Wheatmore and others)

10:00 Southeast Guilford at Southwestern Randolph

January 26, 2018 - Friday wrestling

106: Zack  Brim  (SWR) (Fall 0:00) 
113: Abraham  Mora (AHS) (MD 16-6) 
120: Kyle Hicks (AHS) (Fall 0:00) 
126: Cruz Parral (AHS) (Fall 0:00)
132: Sam  Cornwall (AHS) (Dec 10-4) 
138: Sheng Lin (AHS) (TF 21-4 0:00) 
145: Isaiah Ridley (AHS) (DQ) 
152: Austin Curry (AHS) (TF 16-1 0:00)
160: Luis Mena (AHS) (For.) 
170: Sam VonCannon (SWR) (Dec 9-2) 
182: Drew  Bullins (AHS) (For.) 
195: Crew Allred (AHS) (For.) 
220: Nathan Otero (AHS) (Fall 0:00) 
285: Michael Smith (AHS) (Fall 0:00)

106: Gauge Hammer (ER) (For)
113: Luis Garcia (RHS) (Fall)
120: William Flores (RHS) (For)
126: Caedmon Trivette (RHS) (Fall)
132: Christian Garcia (ER) (Fall)
138: Preston Gladden (ER) (Fall)
145: Cain Steiner (RHS) (Fall)
152: Joshua Vela (RHS) (MD 10-0)
170: Morgan York (ER) (Fall)
182: Colby Cox (RHS) (Fall)
195: Nyklos Foland (ER) (Dec 6-4)
220: Dylan Davidson (RHS) (Fall)
285: John Anderson (ER) (For)

Wheatmore, 21-4 (6-0), secured its eighth consecutive conference championship.
Winning for the Warriors were: Hayden Caldwell (106) by forfeit, 
Conner Nelson (113) by forfeit, 
Ethan Oakley (120) by pin, 
Dawson Riffe (126) by pin, 
Jared Niemitalo (132) by pin, 
Damon Hudspeth (138) by tech fall, 
Chase McKinney (145) by pin, 
Wil Shores (152) by pin, 
Alex Rodriguez (160) by major decision, 
Christian Chester (170) by forfeit, 
Pierre Hakizimana (182) by forfeit, 
Joey Ferguson (195) by pin, 
Devin Daughtery (220) by forfeit,
Mikel Long (285) by pin.

January 26, 2018 – Friday basketball

Women

Men

January 26, 2018 – PAC 7 Swimming Championships

Here are the event winners from the Piedmont Athletic Conference Swimming Championships which took place Wednesday at the Randolph/Asheboro YMCA. For complete results click HERE.

January 26, 2018 – Friday schedules

Basketball

Swimming

Wrestling

January 25, 2018 – Thursday sports schedule/results

Women's Basketball

Men's Basketball

Wrestling

January 24, 2018 - Wednesday sports schedule

Women's Basketball

Men's Basketball

Wrestling

January 23, 2018 – Tuesday basketball

Women

Men

January 22, 2018 – Tuesday sports schedules

Basketball

Wrestling

January 22, 2018 - This week's high school basketball polls have been released. The NCPreps.com/HSMedia polls can be accessed HERE.

January 18, 2018 - Schedule changes

January 18, 2018 – The Piedmont Athletic Conference Swimming Championships originally scheduled for Friday, January 19 have been postponed. A make-up date has not yet been announced.

January 18, 2018 – Freshman Nathan Oakley (PGHS '17) recently helped Belmont Abbey improve to 3-1 in ECAC wrestling.

Read the article at AbbeyAthletics.com.

January 18, 2018 – Due to winter weather, the Randolph County Schools and the Asheboro City Schools are closed Thursday so all extra-curricular activities are canceled or postponed.

January 17, 2018 – THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED The Piedmont Athletic Conference Swimming Championships will be decided this Friday, January 19 at the Randolph/Asheboro YMCA. The various PAC 7 teams will also be recognizing their senior swimmers during the meet which is scheduled to begin at approximately 4:45 pm following team warm-ups and coach's meeting.

January 17, 2018 – Due to winter weather, the Randolph County Schools and the Asheboro City Schools are closed Wednesday so all extra-curricular activities are canceled or postponed.

January 16, 2018 – Tuesday sports schedule

Women's basketball

Men's basketball

January 15, 2018 – Monday sports schedule 

Men's basketball – Rodney Clark Invitational at Southeast Guilford High School

Asheboro  41, Western Guilford 36

January 14, 2018 – Jarrod Rogers (THS '14) led the way for the Guilford College Quakers in a recent win over Old Dominion Athletic Conference opponent Randolph College.

Read the article at GuilfordQuakers.com.

January 14, 2018 – Saturday wrestling

 Bob Mauldin Duals, Piedmont High School

Hickory Ridge 60, Southwestern Randolph 24

Winners for SWR:

Southwestern Randolph vs Piedmont (no report)

 East Montgomery Duals:

Winners for ER:

Winners for RHS:

January 13, 2018 - From Wheatmore High School

The Wheatmore wrestling team won the Charger Cup Dual Tournament hosted by
Northwood this weekend.

Wheatmore defeated:
Carrboro 57-18
Lee County 75-6
Hoke County 82-0
Northwood 68-6

Wheatmore is now 20-4 on the season.

January 13, 2018 – With two weeks left in the high school wrestling season, local teams are preparing for the state playoffs. In addition to the Dual Team playoffs – two teams meeting in the traditional 'win and advance' -type competition – wrestling is one of several sports which also crowns individual State Champions.

In the last two seasons, wrestlers from six of Randolph County's eight wrestling programs have won nine State Championships: Providence Grove (3), Asheboro (2) Uwharrie Charter, Trinity, Wheatmore and Southwestern Randolph.

A number of local athletes will be in the hunt for 2018 championship medals. Here are wrestlers who have won at least 90 percent of their matches this season based on the information available to SportsTone through Thursday, January 11 (minimum of ten matches):

Wrestling features one of the quickest post-seasons of any sport. Rounds 1 and 2 are scheduled for Tuesday, January 30th followed by regional competition on Thursday, February 1st and State Championship matches on Saturday, February 3rd.

1A East Regionals (UCA) will be held at South Davidson High School.

2A Mid-East Regionals (ER, PG, RHS, THS & WHS) will be held at Wheatmore High School.

3A Mid-West Regionals (AHS & SWR) will be held at Morehead High School.

January 13, 2018 – Saturday wrestling

January 12, 2018 - Friday basketball

Women

Men

January 12, 2018 - The 18th Annual Randolph County Swim Championships were held Wednesday at The Randolph/Asheboro YMCA. The Wheatmore women and Asheboro men won this year's team titles. 

Click HERE to see the complete individual results (pdf file).

Women's team results

Men's team results

January 12, 2018 - Thursday wrestling

Trinity 39, Randleman 35

January 12, 2018 – Friday sports schedule

Basketball

Wrestling – Sarah Wilkes Tournament at Morehead High School

5:00 Asheboro, Trinity and others (continues Saturday)

January 11, 2018 - Thursday basketball

Women

Men

January 11, 2018 - Thursday wrestling

Asheboro 66, Williams 18

Winners for Asheboro:
106: Abraham Mora  (Fall 0:00) 
113: Ernesto Salinas  (Fall 0:00) 
120: Ernesto Salinas  (Fall 0:00) 
126: Cruz Parral  (Fall 0:00) 
138: Sheng Lin  (Fall 0:00) 
145: Isaiah Ridley  (Fall 0:00) 
160: Luis Mena  (Fall 0:00) 
170: Cameron Clark  (Fall 0:00) 
182: Crew Allred  (For.) 
195: Nathan Otero  (Fall 0:00) 
220: Michael Smith  (Fall 0:00) 

SW Randolph 54, Williams 22

Winners for SWRHS:
106 Zac Brim by fall
113 Michael Gasey by fall
120 Alex Medina by fall
126 Elijah McCracken by fall
152 Luke Hall by fall
160 Jordan Castro by fall
170 Sam Voncannon by fall
195 Chase Reed by fall
220 Joseph Turner by fall

Wheatmore 67, E Randolph 12

106 Hayden Caldwell (WHS) (Fall)
113 Conner Nelson (WHS) (Fall)
120 Ethan Oakley (WHS) (For)
126 Murray Threadgill (ER) (Fall)
132 Jared Niemitalo (WHS) (Fall)
138 Damon Hudspeth ((WHS) (Dec)
145 Chase McKinney (WHS) (Fall)
152 Wilmouth Shores (WHS) (MD)
160 Alex Rodriguez (WHS) (For)
170 Morgan York (ER) (Fall)
182 Pierre Hakizimana (WHS) (Fall)
195 Joey Ferguson (WHS) (Fall)
220 Devin Daugherty (WHS) (Fall)
285 Mikel Long (WHS) (Fall)

Wheatmore 71, Providence Grove 9

106 Hayden Caldwell (WHS) (For)
113 Conner Nelson (WHS) (Fall)
120 Ethan Oakley (WHS) (For)
126 Marcus Dawson Riffe (WHS) (For)
132 Jared Niemitalo (WHS) (For)
138 David Varner (PG) (Dec)
145 Chase McKinney (WHS) (For)
152 Isaiah Atkins (PG) (Fall)
160 Alex Rodriguez (WHS) (For)
170 Christian Chester (WHS) (TF)
182 Pierre Hakizimana (WHS) (Fall)
195 Joey Ferguson (WHS) (Fall)
220 Devin Daugherty (WHS) (For)
285 Mikel Long (WHS) (Fall)

Wheatmore 84, TW Andrews 0

Winners for WHS:
106 Hayden Caldwell (For)
113 Conner Nelson (Fall)
120 Ethan Oakley (For)
126 Marcus Dawson Riffe ((For)
132 Jared Niemitalo (Fall)
138 Damon Hudspeth (For)
145 Chase McKinney (For)
152 Wilmouth Shores (For)
160 Alex Rodriguez (For)
170 Christian Chester (For)
182 Pierre Hakizimana (For)
195 Joey Ferguson (For)
220 Devin Daugherty (For)
285 Mikel Long (For)

January 11, 2018 - Wednesday wrestling

Uwharrie Charter 84, North Stanly 0

January 11, 2018 – Thursday sports schedule

Basketball

Wrestling

6:00 at SW Randolph

6:30 at Wheatmore

7:00 Randleman at Trinity

January 10, 2018 – From Trinity High School

The trinity varsity boys improved their record tonight to 12-3 (2-2) with a win over Jordan Matthews.

Leading scorers 

Tyler Hammonds 12 points 
Hunter neal 8 points 
Leland Hayes 8 points 
Connor Stanley 8 points 7 rebounds 

January 10, 2018 - Wednesday basketball

Women

Men

January 10, 2018 - Basketball polls

The NCPreps.com/HS Media Basketball Polls released Tuesday have Southwestern Randolph ranked 5th in the 3A Girls Poll based on games played through January 6th.

Trnity and Wheatmore received votes in the 2A Boys Poll but were just outside the top ten rankings.

From the Mid-Piedmont Conference, Eastern Guilford is ranked 3rd in the boys poll while the girls are ranked 4th.

January 10, 2018 – Wednesday sports schedule

Swimming

4:25 Randolph County Championships at Randolph/Asheboro YMCA

Wrestling

6:00 Uwharrie Charter, North Moore at North Stanly

Basketball

Men

Wrestling