October 31, 2026 - Saturday Results

FLAG FOOTBALL - PLAYOFFS (Rounds 1 & 2)

#15 Asheboro 13, #18 North Forsyth 6 (at Mount Tabor)
#2 Mount Tabor 25, #15 Asheboro 0

SPORTSTONE FLAG FOOTBALL

CROSS COUNTRY - CENTRAL REGIONALS (at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex)

3A MEN - RESULTS
3A WOMEN - RESULTS
4A MEN - RESULTS
4A WOMEN -RESULTS
6A MEN - RESULTS
6A WOMEN - RESULTS

SPORTSTONE CROSS COUNTRY

CHAMPIONSHIP CONCLUSIONS

VOLLEYBALL (at Campbell University)
DUAL TEAM TENNIS (at Burlington Tennis Center

October 30, 2026 - Friday Results

FOOTBALL

Eastern Randolph 59, Jordan-Matthews 6
Thomasville 50, Providence Grove 3
SW Randolph 35, North Moore 7
Wheatmore 46, Trinity 0

Asheboro 50, Southern Guilford 6

Connor Brinton rushed for 154 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Blue Comet's regular season finale.

Dallas Brinton passed for 150 yards and 3 touchdowns with Garrison Cheek making 3 catches for 22 yards and 2 scores and Quanta McRae 1 catch for 1 70-yard touchdown. Nirey White had 3 receptions for 47 yards and Connor Rauch 2 catches for 11 yards.

DJ Scott added a rushing touchdown with 75 yards on 8 carries. D. Brinton had 5 carries for 23 yards and Cheek 1 run for 28 yards.

On defense, Shane Immel tackled the Southern punter in the end zone for a safety, Malachi McLaughlin blocked a Storm field goal, Demari Harden recovered a fumble and Brandon Godwin intercepted a Southern Guilford pass.

VOLLEYBALL - CHAMPIONSHIPS (at Campbell University)

4A Lake Norman Charter def. Uwharrie Charter 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-15, 25-11)
3A North Stanly def, Wake Prep 3-2 (15-25, 17-25, 25-17, 25-17, 15-13)
5A Hickory def. Seaforth 3-2 (25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 24-26, 15-12)
8A Green Level def. West Forsyth 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-9)

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October 29, 2026 - Thursday Result

FOOTBALL

TW Andrews 26, Randleman 21

Kayden Saunders rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown and Reid Herring passed for 126 and two scores as the Tigers came up one score short to close out the regular season.

Saunders put Randleman ahead just two plays into the game with a 70-yard scoring run but Andrews responded just as quickly and built a 20-6 lead by the third quarter.

Herring connected with Titan Burgess for a 6-yard touchdown (2-point run by Saunders) and Lincoln Lawson for a 52-yard score and (kick by Connor Routh) for a 21-20 Tiger lead but the Raiders scored again with 2:02 remaining and held on for the win.

Herring was 7-for-14 passing with Harold Burnett making two catches for 29 yards. There were single receptions by Lawson (52 yards, td), Landon Whitaker (23), Henry Frye (8) and Burgess (6, td). Christian McNair had seven carries for 22 yards.

October 29, 2026 - NCHSAA PLAYOFFS

One of the busiest weekends in North Carolina high school sports is already underway with the seeding process of Mens Soccer.

The preliminary brackets show teams from all eight of the public schools in Randolph County have qualified but the final brackets are not expected to be released before late today. Monday is the scheduled date for first round matches.

EDIT: Click for final soccer brackets MENS SOCCER

The final game date for regular season football is Friday with seeding for those playoffs on Saturday.

Friday also marks the first day of Womens Dual Team Tennis Championships and Volleyball Championships as well as Cross Country regional meets. Randolph County runners will participate in 3A-, 4A- and 6A Central Region meets on Saturday.

Saturday will also see the first and second rounds of Flag Football playoffs.

SportsTone has coverage of football games with Randleman at T. W. Andrews tonight and Southern Guilford at Asheboro tomorrow night; Uwharrie Charter Academy in the 4A Volleyball Championship Friday at noon and a FaceBook Live Video Saturday afternoon detailing Randolph County teams in the football playoffs.

October 29, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

NCHSAA Volleyball Championships begin tomorrow with Uwharrie Charter facing Lake Norman Charter for the 4A title at noon. Dennis Garcia spoke with long-time Eagles' coach Lee Kennell and libero Makenzie Cain for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

October 28, 2026 - NCHSAA PLAYOFFS

The 2026 Volleyball championships will take place at Campbell University with four matches Friday and four on Saturday. Uwharrie Charter Academy will open the event against Lake Norman Charter School at high noon Friday to decide the 4A Championship. This will be a re-match of last year's 4A title match which lasted 5 sets with Lake Norman Charter taking the victory.

The other seven match-ups and times are available on the SPORTSTONE VOLLEYBALL page.

The first officially sanctioned post-season of Flag Football begins Saturday with three champions scheduled to be crowned on November 14.

Asheboro and Uwharrie Charter competed in the first season with the Blue Comets qualifying for the playoffs as the 15th seed in the west region of the unified 1A-6A classification.

Asheboro opens play against #18 North Forsyth in the first round at 11:00 am this Saturday at Mount Tabor High School. At 1:00 pm the Asheboro-North Forsyth winner will play #2 seed Mount Tabor in the second round also this Saturday.

SPORTSTONE FLAG FOOTBALL

October 28, 2026 - Wednesday Results

MENS SOCCER

Southwest Guilford 7, Trinity 1
Northwood 2, Uwharrie Charter 0
Jordan-Matthews 2, Eastern Randolph 1

Randleman 3, Ledford 2
RHS: Goals by Erick Delgado, Aaron Vasquez and Ivan Collazo. Assists by Delgado (2). Deaton Davis had 10 saves.

Asheboro 3, Northern Guilford 2
AHS: Goals by Zamire Bush, Juan Macias and Ivan Castaneda. Assists by Jonathan Ortega, Kevin Martinez Cruz and Manuel Alarcon.

SW Randolph 7, North Moore 0
SWR: Goals by Griffin Hall (3), Manny Dominguez-Torres (2), Alejandro Jimenez and Gio Hernandez. Assists by Holt Tyl (3), William Gutierrez (2), Cristobal Lopez, Jayden Santos and Dominguez-Torres. Troy Adkins had 2 saves. Hayden Morrow had 2 saves.

October 27, 2026 - Tuesday Results

MENS SOCCER

Northwood 4, SW Randolph 1

VOLLEYBALL - PLAYOFFS (Regional Finals)

#1 North Stanly def. #2 Trinity 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-8)

#1 Uwharrie Charter def. #10 Carrboro 3-2 (25-16, 20-25, 25-12, 18-25, 15-11)
UCA: Alyvia Spinks had 50 assists, 1 kill and 4 blocks; Caroline Way had 28 kills, 1 block and 4 aces; Kenzie Cain 24 digs and 1 ace; Kam Leach had 5 blocks, 4 kills and 2 aces.

SPORTSTONE VOLLEYBALL

WOMENS GOLF - CHAMPIONSHIPS (Day 2)

Providence Grove at 3A Championships
Randleman, SW Randolph at 4A Championships
Asheboro at 6A Championships

SPORTSTONE WOMENS GOLF

FLAG FOOTBALL

Jordan-Matthews 7, Uwharrie Charter 0
Northwood 26, Uwharrie Charter 6  (at Jordan-Matthews)

October 26, 2026 - Monday Results

MENS SOCCER

North Moore 4, Eastern Randolph 3
Randleman 2, High Point Central 1
Jordan-Matthews 9, Uwharrie Charter 0

Thomasville 3, Providence Grove 2
PG: Goals by Kevin Bautista-Jimenez and Saul Cortes-Aguirre. Assists by Bautista-Jimenez and Cortes-Aguirre.

Asheboro 5, Southern Guilford 0
AHS: Goals by Zamire Bush (3) and Ivan Castaneda (2). Assists by Castaneda, Kevin Martinez cruz, William Miranda, Daniel Troya and Alexander Diaz.

FLAG FOOTBALL

Uwharrie Charter 19, Ascend Academy 0
Northern Guilford 13, Asheboro 12  (at Northeast)
Asheboro 26, Northeast Guilford 0

WOMENS GOLF - CHAMPIONSHIPS (Day 1)

Providence Grove at 3A Championships
Randleman, SW Randolph at 4A Championships
Asheboro at 6A Championships

SPORTSTONE WOMENS GOLF

WOMENS TENNIS - DUAL TEAM (Round 4)

#2 Greene Central def. #3 Trinity 5-2

SPORTSTONE WOMENS TENNIS

October 24, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

NCHSAA Womens Golf Championships begin Monday and Dennis Garcia spoke with Providence Grove Allie Nelson about the 2026 Patriots team for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

See the results for area qualifiers on the SPORTSTONE WOMENS GOLF page.

October 24, 2026 - Saturday Results

VOLLEYBALL - PLAYOFFS (Round 4)

#2 Trinity def. #3 East Surry 3-2 (20-25, 25-16, 18-25, 25-21, 15-12)
THS: Avalynn Johnson had 42 assists; Hayli Cox had 24 kills and 1 block; Mya Hooker had 12 kills and 1 block; Ari Pinkston had 5 kills and 4 blocks; Charlee Phillips had 18 digs; Cadence Mortensen had 12 digs.

#1 Uwharrie Charter def. #4 Bunn 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-10)
UCA: Caroline Way had 16 kills, 2 blocks and 2 aces; Carly Rush had 11 kills, 2 blocks and 10 digs; Amya Brewer had 5 kills and 5 blocks; Alyvia Spinks had 30 assists and 1 ace.

SPORTSTONE VOLLEYBALL

October 23, 2026 - Friday Results

FOOTBALL

Eastern Randolph 41, North Moore 0
Providence Grove 23, Wheatmore 14
West Davidson 55, Trinity 6

Ledford led 24-6 hat halftime but the Tigers shut out the Panthers in the second half and got the PAC win.

Reid Herring was 10-for-16 passing for 107 yards and a touchdown while Kayden Saunders rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns and Christian McNair had 75 rushing with one score. Jeremy Vasquez hit 1-of-2 PAT kicks and Titan Burgess caught a pass for a 2-point conversion.

Lincoln Lawson made four catches for 37 yards and Henry Frye had three receptions for 50 yards to lead the receivers. Kyle Dillow caught one pass for 3 yards and a touchdown.

Asheboro 35, Northeast Guilford 21

Asheboro led 28-7 at halftime and held on for the 35-21 TAAC 6 win.

Dallas Brinton rushed for 157 yards on 28 carries with two touchdowns for the Blue Comets. Connor Brinton carried 14 times for 47 yards and Micah McLaughlin recorded 42 yards on five carries with a touchdown.

Dallas Brinton was 12-for-17 passing for 125 yards with a 39-yard touchdown pass to Connor Brinton. C. Brinton had three catches for 70 yards, Garrison Cheek caught four passes for 22 yards, Nirey White four for 21 and McLaughlin made one grab for 7 yards. McLaughlin added a defensive score returning an interception 25 yards for a touchdown.

Jefferson Aguilar was 5-for-5 on PAT kicks.

Northwood 38, SW Randolph 35

The Cougars led much of the game but the Chargers scored last and ended up with a home victory in Four Rivers Conference action.

Southwestern Randolph returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and Nathan Garner reached the end zone three times in the first half with Northwood catching up at 21-21 in the middle of the second quarter and 28-28 in the third.

Garner scored again late in the third quarter (35-28) and Northwood tied the game in the fourth. With 1:26 to go, the Chargers connected on a 24-yard field goal and recovered the on-side kick which followed to seal the win.

WOMENS TENNIS - INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Day 1)

3A Championships, Burlington Tennis Center

Wheatmore duo Tatum Wagner & Leah Puckett lost in the state quarter finals to NCSSM: Durham.

SPORTSTONE WOMENS TENNIS

October 22, 2026 - TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

NCHSAA Championships in Individual Womens Tennis - singles and doubles - will be determined this weekend with matches on Friday and Saturday at various locations. State Quarter Final and Semi-Final matches will be Friday with the winners returning for the State Championships on Saturday.

The Wheatmore duo of Tatum Wagner & Leah Puckett advanced through the regional rounds to the championship tournament. They will be competing for the 3A Championship at Burlington Tennis Center.

Dual Team Tennis will resume Monday with #3 Trinity traveling for the first time to #2 Greene Central High School for a fourth round meeting in the 3A East Region.

SPORTSTONE WOMENS TENNIS

October 22, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

Round 3 of the NCHSAA volleyball playoffs is tonight and Dennis Garcia has insight into the Blue Comets' success after talking with coach Kelly Smith and setter Kailey Brown for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

October 22, 2026 - Thursday Results

MENS SOCCER

Randleman 2, Central Davidson 0

Asheboro 9, Northeast Guilford 2
AHS: Goals by Zamire Bush (2), Ivan Castaneda (2), Manuel Alarcon (2), Kevin Martinez Cruz, Milton Ramos and Alexander Diaz. Assists by Castaneda (2), Martinez Cruz, Alarcon, Noah Rebollar, Matthew Jaimes, William Miranda, Juan Macias and Owen Leroy.

Trinity 6, Wheatmore 0

WHS: Trace Craddock had 6 saves.

VOLLEYBALL - PLAYOFFS (Round 3)

#2 Watauga def. #7 Asheboro 3-0 (25-10, 25-14, 25-14)

#1 Uwharrie Charter def. #9 Randleman 3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-20)
UCA: Alyvia Spinks had 52 assists, 1 ace, 1 kill and 3 blocks; Caroline Way had 9 kills, 6 digs and 2 aces; Carly Rush had 6 kills, 11 digs and 2 blocks; Amya Brewer had 3 kills and 7 blocks.

#10 Carrboro def. #2 SW Randolph 3-2 (13-25, 16-25, 25-21, 26-24, 15-13)
SWR: Cheyenne Dixon had 14 kills, 18 digs and 3 aces; Mary Kathryn Coltrane had 20 assists, 13 digs and 3 aces; Marijose Medina had 15 assists and 3 aces; Kaylea Beck had 8 kills and 3 blocks; Payson Hammer had 7 kills and 2 blocks; Kennedie Welborn had 7 kills, 2 blocks and 6 aces.

#2 Trinity def. #10 McMichael 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-23)
THS: Avalynn Johnson had 41 assists; Dakota Odell had 16 kills and 2 blocks; Hayli Cox had 13 kills and 3 blocks; Mya Hooker had 8 kills, 2 blocks and 1 ace; Addison McCoy had 6 kills, 9 digs and 1 ace; Charlee Phillips had 15 digs.

SPORTSTONE VOLLEYBALL

CROSS COUNTRY

Piedmont Athletic Conference Championships at Ledford - RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1- 27 Central Davidson
2- 37 Randleman
3- 76 TW Andrews
4- 92 Montgomery Central

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1- 43 Ledford
2- 44 Montgomery Central
3- 78 Central Davidson
4- 88 High Point Central
5- 105 Randleman
6- 160 Lexington

October 21, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

Dennis Garcia was talking football with Southwestern Randolph coach Seth Baxter and members of the Cougars' offensive line after a recent game for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

October 21, 2026 - Wednesday Results

MENS SOCCER

Trinity 3, West Davidson 1

Jordan-Matthews 3, SW Randolph 2
SWR: Goals by Griffin Hall and Jayden Santos. Assist by Logan Wood.

Providence Grove 3, Wheatmore 1
PG: Goals by Saul Cortes-Aguirre (2) and Kevin Bautista-Jimenez. Assists by Criss Cancino-Lopez and Cortes-Aguirre. Aldo Rubio-Cortes had 15 saves.

WHS: Goal by Grayson Carter. Assist by Easton Dewitt. Emmit Frazier had 12 saves.

Eastern Randolph 1, Uwharrie Charter 0
ER: Goal by Rafael Montanez.

WOMENS TENNIS - DUAL TEAM (Round 3)

#3 Trinity def. #11 Princeton 5-1
THS match winners: Kayla Neam, Alexi Austin, Melanie Wilson, Mackenzie Hill, Hope Blakely.

#8 First Flight def. #1 SW Randolph 5-1
SWR match winner: Larson Kelly.

SPORTSTONE WOMENS TENNIS

CROSS COUNTRY

Triad Area Athletic Conference Championships at Keeley Park - RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1- 15 Northern Guilford
2- 55 Southeast Guilford
3- 70 Asheboro

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1- 18 Northern Guilford
2- 45 Southeast Guilford
3- 84 Asheboro
4- 95 Northeast Guilford

October 20, 2026 - Tuesday Results

MENS SOCCER

Montgomery Central 3, Randleman 2 (OT)

Asheboro 8, Eastern Guilford 1
AHS: Goals by Manuel Alarcon (3), Juan Macias (2), Kevin Martinez Cruz, Joshua Garcia and Milton Ramos. Assists by Zamire Bush (2), Ivan Castaneda (2), David Ramero, Benny Zentella, Alarcon and Ramos.

VOLLEYBALL - PLAYOFFS (Round 2)

#10 McMichael def. #7 Providence Grove 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-15)

#9 Randleman def. #8 East Duplin 3-2 (25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 9-25, 18-16)
RHS: Olivia Ashby had 41 digs; Karrington Jones had 25 kills; Kaylee Phillips had 10 kills and 15 digs; Lilah Covington had 10 kills, 3 blocks, 16 digs and 3 aces; Kenzlie Vaughn had 36 assists, 14 digs and 5 aces; Maya Slomka had 8 kills and 15 digs; Jolee McKinney had 20 assists.

#7 Asheboro def. #10 Asheville 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-14)
AHS: Maliyah Brady had 9 kills and 3 blocks; Ady Scherer had 8 kills; Cora Little had 7 kills and 5 aces; Roxanne Davis had 5 kills and 6 blocks; Kailey Brown had 31 assists, 4 kills, 13 digs and 4 aces; Madeline Hodge had 4 kills and 4 blocks; Lily Hunt had 16 digs.

#2 SW Randolph def. #15 West Craven 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-20)
SWR: Sara-Kate Marion had 11 kills; Cheyenne Dixon had 8 kills, 10 digs and 7 aces; Makayla Aaron had 8 digs; Kardunn Rush and Kaylea Beck had 4 kills each.

#1 Uwharrie Charter def. #17 Nash Central 3-0 (25-9, 25-9, 25-12)
UCA: Carly Rush had 12 kills, 7 digs and 2 blocks; Alyvia Spinks had 28 assists, 3 aces and 5 digs; Aly Hussey had 9 kills and 3 blocks; Caroline Way had 12 digs, 7 kills and 2 aces.

#2 Trinity def. #15 West Davidson 3-0 (25-7, 25-14, 25-18)
THS: Avalynn Johnson had 38 assists and 2 blocks; Charlee Phillips had 6 aces; Ari Pinkston had 11 kills and 5 blocks; Hayli Cox had 9 kills and 1 block.

SPORTSTONE VOLLEYBALL

WOMENS GOLF - REGIONALS

3A East Regional at Seven Lakes Golf Course
6A West Regional at Brushy Mountain Golf Club

SPORTSTONE WOMENS GOLF

FLAG FOOTBALL

Jordan-Matthews 27, Uwharrie Charter 0 (at Northwood)
Northwood 37, Uwharrie Charter 7

CROSS COUNTRY

Four Rivers Conference Championships at North Moore - RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1- 19 Northwood
2- 40 Uwharrie Charter

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1- 15 Northwood
2- 49 North Moore
3- 88 Jordan-Matthews
4- 101 Eastern Randolph
5- 104 SW Randolph

Central Carolina Conference Championships at Wheatmore - RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1- 46 East Davidson
2- 52 Trinity
3- 65 Wheatmore
4- 79 West Davidson
5- 96 Providence Grove

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1- 36 Wheatmore
2- 49 West Davidson
3- 53 East Davidson
4- 81 Trinity
5- 122 Providence Grove

October 19, 2026 - COLLEGE SIGNING

Wheatmore senior Ayden Sumners signed his National Letter of Intent to continue wrestling at Virginia Military Institute last week. Sumners has two individual state championships and a third place finish to his credit as he prepares for his senior season.

Sumners will join the VMI Keydets in the Southern Conference.

October 19, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

Dennis Garcia talked with Southwestern Randolph golfer Dani Jaeck and coach Terry Allmon about Cougars' golf for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

October 19, 2026 - Monday Results

MENS SOCCER

North Moore 5, Uwharrie Charter 3
East Davidson 3, Providence Grove 0
Thomasville 4, Trinity 0

Eastern Randolph 2, SW Randolph 1

SWR: Goal by Holt Tyl. Assist by Alejandro Jimenez.

Wheatmore 5, West Davidson 1
WHS: Goals by Grayson Carter (2), Trace Craddock, Eddie Gomez and Jake Edwards. Assists by Easton Dewitt and Trace Craddock. Emmit Frazier had 7 saves.

WOMENS TENNIS - INDIVIDUAL REGIONALS (Day 2)

4A Mid-East Region at Jordan-Matthews

SPORTSTONE WOMENS TENNIS

WOMENS TENNIS - DUAL TEAM (Round 3)

#11 Princeton at #3 Trinity - POSTPONED WED 10/21
#8 First Flight at #1 SW Randolph - POSTPONED WED 10/21

WOMENS GOLF - REGIONALS

4A East Regional at Washington Country Club - RESULTS

Seniors Danielle Jaeck of Southwestern Randolph and Layla White of Randleman advanced to the 4A State Championship Tournament for a second straight year.

Jaeck will be making her third trip overall to the final match and carded a 97 at Washington Yacht & Country Club today which placed her in a tie for sixth place. White finished in a tie for 11th place with a 104 in the 18-hole event.

The 4A Championship will be played at Longleaf Golf and Family Club in Southern Pines. The two-day tournament will be Monday and Tuesday, October 26-27.

SPORTSTONE WOMENS GOLF

October 17, 2026 - Saturday Results

VOLLEYBALL - PLAYOFFS (Round 1)

#9 Randleman def. #24 Reidsville 3-0 (25-6, 25-9, 25-11)
#11 Wallace-Rose Hill def. #22 Eastern Randolph 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 26-24, 25-22)

#14 Mount Airy def. #19 Wheatmore 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 18-25, 25-14)
WHS: Kinsley Davis had 9 kills, 2 blocks and 13 digs; Addison Phillips had 19 assists, 9 kills, 2 blocks and 10 digs; Lylah Gower had 5 kills; Jordyn Scott had 4 kills and 2 aces; Hensan Bednarek had 2 aces; Isabella Maxwell had 3 kills and 3 blocks; Arabella Grant had 22 digs.

SPORTSTONE VOLLEYBALL

WOMENS TENNIS - INDIVIDUAL REGIONALS (Day 2)

Providence Grove at 3A Mid-East Region
Trinity, Wheatmore at 3A Mid-West Region
RHS, SWR, UCA at 4A Mid-East Region - POSTPONED MON, 10/19
Asheboro at 6A Mid West Region

SPORTSTONE WOMENS TENNIS

October 16, 2026 - Friday Results

FOOTBALL

Providence Grove 27, East Davidson 0
Thomasville 28, Trinity 0
West Davidson 30, Wheatmore 15

Asheboro 34, Eastern Guilford 20

Asheboro rushed for 277 yards and passed for 110 in the come-from-behind road win in the TAAC.

Eastern Guilford led 20-6 at halftime with the lone Asheboro score a 21-yard pass from Dallas Brinton to Garrison Cheek in the second quarter. In the second half however, the Blue Comets shut out the Wildcats with Micah McLaughlin scoring twice in the third quarter on runs of 57 and 21 yards. Then Dallas Brinton scored twice in the fourth with touchdown runs of 45 and 17 yards.

McLaughlin finished with 138 rushing yards on just four carries. Dallas Brinton had 12 carries for 98 yards and Connor Brinton 11 carries for 42 yards

Dallas Brinton was 10-for-13 passing for 110 yards and a touchdown.

SW Randolph 43, Jordan-Matthews 6

The Cougars rushed for 282 yards and five touchdowns and Levi Dalke added 88 passing yards with a score as Southwestern Randolph bounced back from their first loss of the season a week ago.

Nathan Garner had 7 carries for 89 yards and three touchdowns to lead the ground game. Dalke, Trevor Kenyon and Miles Fox all finished with 38 rushing yards. Carter King carried for 28 yards, Brady Combs for 24 with a score, Kaiden Mabe 15 yards and Carson Wood had 12 rushing yards and a touchdown.

Garner caught five passes for 53 yards and a touchdown. Wood had two catches for 16 yards and Kenan Sugg a reception for 19 yards.

Jordan-Matthews produced 129 passing yards on 12-for-22 passing by freshman quarterback Khalil Sherrod but were held to negative yards rushing by the Cougar defense.

MENS SOCCER

Asheboro 4, Providence Grove 1
AHS: Goals by Juan Macias (2), Manuel Alarcon and Alexander Diaz. Assists by Zamire Bush (2), Brian Bautista and Martin Martinez.

WOMENS TENNIS - INDIVIDUAL REGIONALS (Day 1)

Providence Grove at 3A Mid-East Region
Trinity, Wheatmore at 3A Mid-West Region
Randleman, SW Randolph, Uwharrie Charter at 4A Mid-East Region
Asheboro at 6A Mid West Region

SWR: All regional qualifiers advanced to the second round and Larson Kelly won both matches to advance to Saturday's final rounds.

October 15, 2026 - VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS

Volleyball match-ups for Saturday's opening round have been released by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. For the second consecutive year all eight public schools in Randolph County will be represented.

Follow the Randolph County teams and conference members of the Triad Area Athletic Conference (6A), Piedmont Athletic Conference (4A teams), Four Rivers Conference (3A and 4A) and Central Carolina Conference (3A) on the SportsTone VOLLEYBALL page.

October 15, 2026 - Thursday Results

MENS SOCCER

Asheboro 3, Southeast Guilford 0
AHS: Goals by Martin Martinez (2) and Juan Macias. Assists by Ivan Castaneda (2) and Manuel Alarcon.

CROSS COUNTRY

Uwharrie Charter, Jordan-Matthews at North Moore - RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1- 39 Uwharrie Charter
2- 43 North Moore
2- 46 Asheboro Hybrid (nc)
ns Jordan-Matthews

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1- 22 North Moore
2- 61 Jordan-Matthews
3- 69 Uwharrie Charter
4- 85 Asheboro Hybrid (nc)
ns Gospel Light Christian (nc)

SW Randolph, Northwood at Eastern Randolph - RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1- 15 Northwood

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1- 15 Northwood
2- 57 Southwestern Randolph
2- 64 Eastern Randolph

October 14, 2026 - Wednesday Results

MENS SOCCER

6:30 Eastern Randolph at Northwood

Providence Grove 3, Trinity 1
Randleman 2, Lexington 0

SW Randolph 4, Uwharrie Charter 1
SWR: Goals by Griffin Hall (2), Yael Ortiz and an own-goal shared by Holt Tyl and Alejandro Jimenez. Assists by Cristobal Lopez and Manny Dominguez-Torres.

East Davidson 7, Wheatmore 2
WHS: Both goals by Easton Dewitt. Assist by Conner Allen. Emmit Frazier had 14 saves.

VOLLEYBALL - CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT FINALS

TAAC #1 Northern Guilford def. #2 Asheboro 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-22)

FRC #2 Uwharrie Charter def. #1 SW Randolph 3-0 (29-27, 25-19, 25-21)
UCA: Caroline Way had 17 kills, 9 digs and 3 blocks; 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 killls, 8 digs and 3 blocks.

SWR: Cheyenne Dixon reached a personal milestone of 1000 career digs in the first set.

Cheyenne Dixon had 6 kills, 18 digs and 3 aces; Mary Kathryn Coltrane had 16 assists; Calli Mooneyhan had 13 digs; Makayla Aaron had 10 digs; Kennedie Welborn had 5 kills, 1 block and 2 aces; Kaylea Beck had 6 kills and 2 blocks; Payson Hammer had 5 kills and 2 blocks.

CCC #1 Trinity def. #3 Providence Grove 3-0 (25-19, 25-10, 25-12)
THS: Avalynn Johnson recorded her 3,000th career assist.

Avalynn Johnson had 37 assists, 3 blocks and 8 digs; Hayli Cox had 15 kills; Ari Pinkston had 15 kills; Mya Hooker had 9 kills, 2 blocks and 2 aces; Addison McCoy had 5 kills.

PAC #1 Central Davidson def. #2 Randleman 3-2 (25-23, 25-15, 24-26, 23-25, 15-12)

Delayed in set 4 due to a powerage at CDHS with Randleman leading 22-18. Play eventually resumed and the matched ended in 5 sets.

RHS: Karrington Jones had 18 kills; Corbyn Davis had 10 kills; Kaylee Phillips had 11 kills; Olivia Ashby had 28 digs; Kenzlie Vaughan had 40 assists and 3 aces.

FLAG FOOTBALL

Asheboro 46, Central Carolina Academy 0

WOMENS TENNIS - DUAL TEAM (Round 2)

#3 Trinity def. #19 Wake Prep 5-1
#5 Kings Mountain def. #12 Asheboro 5-3
#10 Piedmont Community def. #7 Wheatmore 5-4

#1 SW Randolph def. #17 Randleman 5-1
SWR match winners: Larson Kelly, Lexi Owen, Alyssa Hampton, Lily Auman and Lilly Stutts.

RHS match winner: Layla Boyd.

SPORTSTONE WOMENS TENNIS

October 13, 2026 - Tuesday Results

MENS SOCCER

Randleman 8, TW Andrews 2

Northern Guilford 2, Asheboro 1  (OT)
AHS: Goal by Manuel Alarcon. Assist by Matthew Jaimes.

VOLLEYBALL - CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALS

FRC #2 Uwharrie Charter def. #3 North Moore 3-0  (25-10, 25-12, 25-14)
PAC #2 Randleman def. #3 Ledford 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-12, 25-23)
CCC #3 Providence Grove def. #2 West Davidson 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-17)

FRC #1 SW Randolph def. #5 Eastern Randolph 3-0 (25-7, 25-7, 25-15)
SWR: Cheyenne Dixon had 12 kills; Kaylea Beck had 7 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.

CCC #1 Trinity def. #5 Wheatmore 3-0 (25-15, 25-9, 25-11)
THS: Avalynn Johnson had 31 assists and 5 digs; Mya Hooker had 15 kills; Hayli Cox had 10 kills and 2 blocks; Addison McCoy had 5 kills and 4 aces; Bryn Holden had 5 digs and 5 aces.

TAAC #2 Asheboro def. #3 Southeast Guilford 3-1 (31-29, 23-25, 25-20, 25-15)
AHS: Kailey Brown had 45 assists, 4 digs and 4 kills; Cora Little had 5 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.

SPORTSTONE VOLLEYBALL

FLAG FOOTBALL

Northwood 32, Uwharrie Charter 8 (at Jordan-Matthews)
Jordan-Matthews 12, Uwharrie Charter 6

WOMENS GOLF

FRC Championship at Siler City Country Club - RESULTS

TEAM SCORES
1- 331 Southwestern Randolph
2- 337 North Moore
3- 342 Northwood
4- 354 Eastern Randolph
5- 357 Jordan-Matthews

Southern Alamance at Providence Grove - RESULTS

TEAM SCORES
1- 331 Southwestern Randolph
2- 337 North Moore

October 12, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

Dennis Garcia spoke with Southwestern Randolph girl's tennis coach Courtney Kelly and some of the players responsible for that program's first-ever conference championship for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

October 12, 2026 - Monday Results

MENS SOCCER

Northwood 3, Uwharrie Charter 0
Jordan-Matthews 4, Eastern Randolph 0
Providence Grove 10, West Davidson 1
Trinity 3, East Davidson 0

Thomasville 8, Wheatmore 0
WHS: Emmit Frazier had 14 saves.

SW Randolph 9, North Moore 0

Southwestern Randolph retired boy's soccer jersey #10 at halftime to honor Fernando Hernandez. Among his many accomplishments are school records in goals and assists, 2025 State Championship MVP and MVP of the 2025 East-West All-Star Game.

SWR: Goals by Griffin Hall (3), Yael Rebollar-Ortiz (2), Johan Perez-Dominguez, Manny Dominguez-Torres, Jackson Mandara and Gio Hernandez. Assists by Hernandez (2), Rebollar-Ortiz (2), Hall, David Leon, Sergio Guerrero and Holt Tyl. Hayden Morrow had 5 saves, Troy Adkins had 1 save.

VOLLEYBALL - CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS

PAC #2 Randleman def. #7 High Point Central 3-0
FRC #5 Eastern Randolph def. #4 Northwood 3-2 (17-25, 25-15, 19-25, 25-19, 15-11)
CCC #3 Providence Grove def. #6 Thomasville 3-0 (25-6, 25-7, 25-14)
CCC #5 Wheatmore def. #4 East Davidson 3-2 (25-10, 22-25, 24-26, 27-25, 15-13)

SPORTSTONE VOLLEYBALL

FLAG FOOTBALL

Asheboro 15, Southeast Guilford 0
Eastern Guilford 28, Asheboro 0 (at Southeast)

WOMENS GOLF

PAC 7 Championship at Sapona Golf Club - RESULTS

TEAM SCORES
1- 270 Central Davidson
2- 320 Ledford
3- 338 Randleman

TAAC Championship at Forest Oaks Country Club - RESULTS

TEAM SCORES
1- 322 Northern Guilford
2- 425 Asheboro
2- 425 Southeast Guilford

WOMENS TENNIS - DUAL TEAM (Round 1)

#13 Nash Central def. #20 Uwharrie Charter 5-4
#12 Asheboro def. #21 Harding 5-0

#17 Randleman def. #16 Southwest Onslow 7-2

RHS match winners: Eva Davis, Callie Dixon, Riley York, Layla Boyd; Eva Davis & Rylee Brown, Callie Dixon & Riley York, Haisley Humble & Isabel Kirkpatrick.

SPORTSTONE WOMENS TENNIS

October 10, 2026 - Saturday Results

CROSS COUNTRY

Trinity, Wheatmore at Kernersville Invitational - RESULTS

October 9, 2026 - NCHSAA TENNIS PLAYOFFS

Six Randolph County tennis teams will begin play next week in the state Dual Team playoffs.

Southwestern Randolph is one of three teams with a bye in Monday's 4A first round after capturing the program's first ever conference championship in women's team tennis. Also receiving first round byes were Trinity and Wheatmore, co-champions of the Central Carolina 3A Conference. Those three teams will take the court in Round 2 on Wednesday.

In 6A tennis on Monday, #12 Asheboro will host #21 Harding University High School in a first round match while in 4A #17 Randlelman travels to #16 Southwest Onslow and #20 Uwharrie Charter will play at #13 Nash Central.

One of the second round match-ups is already set with Wheatmore hosting #10 Piedmont Community Charter due to lower seeded teams opting out of the playoffs. Also in the second round, Southwestern Randolph will host the winner of the #16-#17 match-up which will feature either Randleman or Southwest Onslow. The Cougars will be hosting playoff matches at Asheboro Memorial Park.

Schedules for Randolph County teams and 3A, 4A and 6A conference members are available on the Womens Tennis page.

SPORTSTONE WOMENS TENNIS

October 9, 2026 - Friday Results

FOOTBALL

Providence Grove 52, Trinity 0
Wheatmore 35, East Davidson 7

Eastern Randolph 28, SW Randolph 7

The Cougars struck first with a 2-yard quarterback run by Levi Dalke early in the second quarter but Day'Veion Ford recovered a Southwestern fumble and returned it 93 yards for a touchdown then Cade McCallum connected with Jayden Spinks on a 36-yard pass and Eastern Randolph led 14-7 at halftime.

The Wildcats added a 62-yard scoring pass to Cainan Glover in the third and Kobe Walker scored a rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter for the final score.

McCallum was 8-for-14 passing for 162 yards, an interception and two touchdowns while Walker led Eastern's rushing attack with 71 yards on 13 carries. Glover made four receptions for 95 yards.

Dalke completed 16 of 26 passes for Southwestern Randolph for 149 yards and Carson Wood 1-for-1 for 51 yards. Trivette Kennedy (78 yards) and Nathan Garner (43 yards) made six catches each. Garner had 16 carries for 65 rushing yards.

Asheboro 38, Southeast Guilford 10

Dallas Brinton rushed for 177 yards and 4 Asheboro touchdowns on 14 carries while Connor Brinton added another score with 106 yards. Micah McLaughlin totaled 40 yards on 4 carries and DJ Scott added 31 yards to the 355 rushing total.

Through the air, Dallas Brinton completed 13-of-19 passes for 153 yards with an interception. Nirey White made 7 catches for 78 yards, Shane Immel three for 24 yards, DJ Scott two catches for 24 and Connor Brinton made one reception for 27 yards.

Jefferson Aguilar connected on all five of his PAT kicks and added a field goal and the defense recorded an interception courtesy of Quanta McRae.

Central Davidson 42, Randleman 41

Kayden Saunders rushed for 135 yards and 5 touchdowns but the Tigers ended up one point short in their PAC 7 matchup against the Spartans.

Saunders' first score was a 1-yard run in the first minute of the second quarter. The conversion kick by Jeremy Vasquez tied the game 7-7. Lincoln Lawson returned a Central kick-off 69 yards for a touchdown and Saunders' 2-point run put Randleman ahead 15-14 with 8:31 left in the first half. A Saunders 8-yard run saw Randleman lead 21-14 when the conversion run failed but Central Davidson scored in the final minute before halftime for a 21-21 tie.

Saunders returned the second half kick-off to the Spartans 27 yard line and carried the ball in for his third touchdown on the next play. Central's Ahmad Saunders responded with his second touchdown for the Spartans and then a Spartan intercepted a pass and returned it for a score and a 35-27 lead.

Early in the fourth, Kayden Saunders tied the game with a 7-yard touchdown run followed by a 2-point conversion run but Ahmad Saunders reached the end zone for his third touchdown and a 42-35 lead for Central Davidson with 3:09 remaining. Kayden Saunders and the Tigers answered with 28 seconds remaining but were unable to add the extra two points following Saunders' fifth touchdown and the game ended in favor of the Spartans.

Reid Herring 7-for-10 passing for 102 yards. Harold “Trey” Burnett made four catches for 52 yards and Lincoln Lawson had three for 50 yards. Christian McNair had 7 carries for 50 rushing yards.

October 8, 2026 - Thursday Results

MENS SOCCER

Providence Grove 8, West Davidson 0
East Davidson 3, Trinity 1

Asheboro 3, Southern Guilford 1
AHS: Goals by Jonathan Ortega, Samuel Paul and Alexander Diaz. Assists by Zamire Bush, Owen Leroy and Ortega.

VOLLEYBALL

Providence Grove def. Thomasville 3-0 (25-10, 25-10, 25-9)

Eastern Randolph def. Jordan-Matthews 3-1 (25-20, 24-26, 25-15, 25-19)
ER: Raegan Beaver had 9 kills, 16 digs and 3 aces; Leah McLeod had 9 kills, 2 blocks and 2 aces; Gracie McNeill had 7 kills and 4 aces; Danica Davis had 4 kills, 6 blocks and 4 aces; Jersey Jones had 34 assists, 12 digs and 1 ace; Shelby Williams had 15 digs.

Asheboro def. Southern Guilford 3-0
AHS: Adalynn Scherer had 11 kills and 9 aces; Maliyah Brady had 7 kills and 4 blocks; Cora Little had 6 kills; Lily Hunt had 9 digs and 5 aces; Lydia Scearce had 15 assists, 9 digs and 4 aces; Haley Macon had 11 assists and 4 aces.

SW Randolph def. North Moore 3-0
SWR: Cheyenne Dixon had 15 kills, 19 digs and 3 aces; Payson Hammer had 7 kills and 1 block; Mary Kathryn Coltrane had 19 assists 4 aces; Miah Williams had 10 assists; Marijose Medina had 9 assists and 3 aces.

Trinity def. Wheatmore 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-11, 25-6)
THS: Avalynn Johnson had 46 assists, 7 digs and 2 aces; Dakota Odell had 14 kills and 1 block; Ari Pinkston had 12 kills and 3 blocks; Mya Hooker had 10 kills and 6 blocks; Addison McCoy had 10 kills and 2 blocks.

Uwharrie Charter def. Northwood 3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-6)
UCA: Caroline Way had 9 kills; Carly Rush had 7 kills, 1 block and 4 digs; Ellie Bryant had 5 kills and 2 blocks; Alyvia Spinks had 27 assists.

CROSS COUNTRY

4:30 SW Randolph, Uwharrie Charter at Eastern Randolph

Wheatmore at West Davidson

From WHS: Our cross country team traveled to West Davidson for a dual meet on Thursday. Our boys' team won while our girls' team didn't have enough present to score.

Our only girl finisher was: Teagan Gall 28:08

Our top boys: Chandler Holland 23:33, Lawson Wolfe 23:47, Jake Hollingsworth 23:48, Ayden Fitzgerald 23:49, Daylan Rada 23:50, Gabe Mason 23:50, Levi Hurt 23:51

Chandler finished third overall and beat his PR by one minute as he followed close behind the West Davidson leaders. Lawson finished 4th overall and beat his PR by two minutes surrounded by a pack of his teammates cheering him on throughout the race.

October 7, 2026 - Wednesday Results

MENS SOCCER

Jordan-Matthews 5, Uwharrie Charter 0
North Moore 3, Eastern Randolph 2

Thomasville 4, Providence Grove 1
PG: Goal by Kevin Bautista-Jimenez.

SW Randolph 3, Northwood 3
SWR: Goals by David Leon, Griffin Hall and Gio Hernandez. Assists by Alejandro Jimenez, Manny Dominguez-Torres and Jayden Santos. Troy Adkins had 7 saves. Hayden Morrow had 1 save.

Trinity 6, Wheatmore 1

WHS: Goal by Easton Dewitt. Emmit Frazier had 15 saves.

VOLLEYBALL

Asheboro def. Randleman 3-0 (25-18, 26-24, 25-17)

WOMENS GOLF

Four Rivers Conference at SW Randolph - RESULTS

TEAM SCORES
1- 169 North Moore
2- 173 Northwood
3- 177 Southwestern Randolph
4- 186 Jordan-Matthews
5- 189 Eastern Randolph

Triad Area Athletic Conference at Northern Guilford - RESULTS

TEAM SCORES
1- 168 Northern Guilford
2- 207 Southeast Guilford
3- 228 Asheboro

CROSS COUNTRY

Triad Area Athletic Conference at Southeast Guilford - RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1- 15 Northern Guilford
2- 52 Asheboro
3- 72 Eastern Guilford

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1- 19 Northern Guilford
2- 51 Southeast Guilford
3- 67 Asheboro
4- 118 Southern Guilford

October 6, 2026 - Tuesday Schedule

MENS SOCCER

Ledford 2, Randleman 0

Asheboro 7, Northeast Guilford 0
AHS: Goals by Manuel Alarcon (2), Zamire Bush, Ivan Castaneda, Milton Ramos and Alexander Diaz. Assists by Castaneda (3), Alarcon, Diaz and Jonathan Ortega.

VOLLEYBALL

Asheboro def. Northeast Guilford 3-0 (25-11, 25-12, 25-9)
Providence Grove def. Wheatmore 3-1
SW Randolph def. Northwood 3-0 (25-16, 25-10, 25-8)
Uwharrie Charter def. Jordan-Matthews 3-0 (25-12, 25-10, 25-13)

North Moore def. Eastern Randolph 3-2
ER: Gracie McNeill had 14 kills; Raegan Beaver had 6 kills and 4 aces; Shelby Williams had 5 kills, 18 digs and 2 aces; Jersey Jones had 22 assists; Sanica Davis had 3 kills, 3 aces and 1 block.

Randleman def. Ledford 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-22)
RHS: Karrington Jones had 10 kills; Kaylee Phillips had 9 kills and 11 digs; Corbyn Davis had 7 kills, 10 digs and 4 aces; Olivia Ashby had 23 digs; Kenzlie Vaughn had 21 assists and 2 aces; Jolee McKinney had 12 assists and 3 aces.

Trinity def. West Davidson 3-0 (25-11, 25-10, 25-15)
THS: Avalynn Johnson had 21 assists, 2 blocks and 5 aces; Dakota Odell had 8 kills and 2 blocks; Hayli Cox had 3 kills and 4 blocks; Ari Pinkston had 6 kills and 1 block; Charlee Phillips had 11 digs and 4 aces.

FLAG FOOTBALL

Jordan-Matthews 33, Uwharrie Charter 18 (at Northwood)
Northwood 54, Uwharrie Charter 6

WOMENS GOLF

CCC Championships at Sapona Golf Club - RESULTS

TEAM SCORES
1- 303 East Davidson
1- 329 West Davidson
3- 336 Providence Grove
4- 368 Wheatmore

Individual Medalist: Adison Johnson, Providence Grove

CROSS COUNTRY

Trinity, Providence Grove at East Davidson - RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1- 25 East Davidson
2- 48 Trinity
3- 55 Providence Grove

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1- 18 East Davidson
2- 53 Trinity
3- 65 Providence Grove

October 5, 2026 - NCHSAA Fall Sports Championships

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has announced dates and locations for the 2026 fall sports championships.

The inaugural NCHSAA Flag Football Championships are set for November 14 and will be held at Helen & Leonard Moretz Stadium on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University.

Women's Tennis Dual Team Championships as well as the 3A and 4A Individual State Tournaments return to Burlington Tennis Center. The 1A and 2A Individual Tournaments will be held at Cary Tennis Center, the 5A and 6A tournaments at North Main Athletic Complex in Holly Springs, and the 7A and 8A tournaments at Millbrook Exchange in Raleigh.

Women's Golf Championships will take place at five different courses again this year. The 1A/2A Championship will be played at Gates Four Golf and Country Club in Fayetteville for the second consecutive year. The 3A and 4A Championships will return to Longleaf Golf and Family Club in Southern Pines, while Sapona Golf Club in Lexington will host the 5A and 6A Championships. The 7A Championship will be held at Seven Lakes Golf Club in West End. The 8A Championship will be played at Pinehurst No. 1.

Volleyball Championships will be held at a new venue this year as Gilbert Craig Gore Arena at Campbell University will host both days of the championships. Four championship matches will be held on both Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31.

Cross Country Championships return to the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville on November 6 and 7. This will mark the 14th consecutive NCHSAA Cross Country Championship at Ivey Redmon and the 17th time the championships have been held in Kernersville.

Men's Soccer Championships will be held at Durham County Memorial Stadium for the first time this year.

Cheerleading Championships return to Cabarrus Arena, where it was held last year for the first time.

Football Championships will be held Dec. 10-12 at Kenan Stadium on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Helen & Leonard Moretz Stadium on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University and Barker-Lane Stadium on the campus of Campbell University.

Kenan Stadium will host four championship games, bringing its all-time total to 92 NCHSAA Football Championship Games dating back to 1929. Moretz Stadium will host two championship games for the second consecutive year, while Barker-Lane Stadium will make its debut as an NCHSAA Football Championship venue with two games. Classification assignments and game times for each site will be announced at a later date.

October 5, 2026 - ALUMNI NEWS

Ellie Garrison (WHS '24) was named the Frontier Natural Gas Player of the Month for September for her efforts during September for Appalachian State women's soccer. The mid-fielder scored four goals, three in Sun Belt Conference play, helping the Mountaineers to a 3-0-2 record in September.

ASU tied the program's longest streak of 7 unbeaten matches on September 10 with Garrison scoring a goal in a 2-0 win at East Tennessee State. She scored both goals in a 2-0 conference win at Louisiana Tech on September 24 which was the 9th consecutive match without a loss.

The new record streak of matches without a loss ended at 10 with a 3-1 setback at James Madison on October 1st.

App State 9/24 game ARTICLE

October 5, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

As high school volleyball enters the final week of regular season play, Trinity coach Kathryn Vaden spoke with Dennis Garcia about Bulldog goals for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

October 5, 2026 - Monday Results

MENS SOCCER

Trinity 8, West Davidson 0
Jordan-Matthews 3, SW Randolph 1

Eastern Randolph 2, Uwharrie Charter 0
ER: Goals by Joel Medina Salinas (2).

Providence Grove 5, Wheatmore 4

WHS: Goals by Grayson Carter, Easton Dewitt, Regis Tuyishime and Trey Parker. Assist by Dewitt. Emmit Frazier had 13 saves.

VOLLEYBALL

Bishop McGuinness def. Wheatmore 3-1 (25-23, 25-19, 19-25, 25-22)
WHS: Addison Phillips had 16 kills, 16 digs and 13 assists; Lylah Gower had 10 kills; Kinsley Davis had 6 kills and 12 digs; Anya Evans had 5 kills, 7 digs and 4 aces; Mackenzie Edwards had 12 digs and 2 aces.

FLAG FOOTBALL

Asheboro 13, Southeast Guilford 12
Asheboro 14, Southern Guilford 13 (at Southeast)

WOMENS GOLF

Piedmont Athletic Conference at Central Davidson - RESULTS

TEAM SCORES
1- 145 Central Davidson
2- 158 Randleman
3- 165 Ledford

Non-Conference Match at Asheboro - RESULTS

TEAM SCORES
1- 167 Rockingham County
1- 167 Ragsdale
3- 170 Asheboro
4- 184 Eastern Randolph

WOMENS TENNIS - PRE-REGIONALS

10:00 Asheboro at Piedmont High School
Trinity at Hanes Park
4:00 Wheatmore at West Davidson
Randleman, SW Randolph, Uwharrie Charter at Jordan-Matthews

October 3, 2026 - Saturday Results

CROSS COUNTRY

Randleman at Hagan Stone Classic (at Keeley Park) - RESULTS

October 2, 2026 - Friday Results

FOOTBALL

East Davidson 49, Trinity 6
Thomasville 51, Wheatmore 6

Randleman 35, Montgomery Central 28

Kayden Saunders rushed for 184 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries for the Tigers who accumulated 267 total yards on the ground. Christian McNair had 9 carries for 64 yards abd 2 touchdowns.

Reid Herring completed four passes for 103 yards and a touchdown with one interception. Harold Burnett made two catches for 55 yards and a touchdown. Saunders, Linciln Lawson and Aiden Cassidy had one reception each.

Jeremy Vasquez was 5-for-5 on extra point kicks.

Eastern Randolph 42, Northwood 0

The Wildcats continued winning conference games with shutdown defense and five different players reaching the end zone.

Kobe Walker ran the ball in for two scores with 126 rushing yards in the game. Cameron Hinton rushed for 41 yards with a touchdown.

Cade McCallum connected on 14-of-19 passes with three touchdowns and an interception. Cainan Glover had 6 catches for 95 yards and a score, Jaydon Spruill caught a 73-yard touchdown pass or the bulk of his 78 receiving yards and Braylon Little made 3 receptions for 61 yards and a score. Gio Perez was 6-for-6 in PAT kicks.

Eastern's defense held Northwood to 6 yards rushing and 53 passing yards.

West Davidson 23, Providence Grove 0

The Dragons used four Patriots turnovers to give Providence Grove their first shut-out loss in over two years (September 20, 2024).

Providence Grove totaled 72 rushing yards. Nick Straughn had 27 yards on 7 carries, Landon Fox rushed for 16 yards on 10 carries, Chase Collins carried twice for 23 yards and Hunner Norris had 3 carries for six yards.

Fox was 22-for-36 passing for 122 yards and an interception. Collins had 9 catches for 43 yards, Connor Haithcock 5-for-24 yards, Straughn 4-for-26 and Connor Tozer 3-for 28 yards.

Northern Guilford 51, Asheboro 8

Connor Brinton rushed for 72 yards on 7 carries but the Blue Comets only managed 86 rushing yards and 92 passing yards in the conference loss.

Cortavious Currie had 7 carries for 10 yards and Dallas Brinton added 6 yards on 5 carries.

Dallas Brinton completed seven of 14 passes for 92 yards with an interception. Nirey White had 2 catches for 37 yards. Shane Immel made 2 catches for 13 yards and the Asheboro touchdown. DJ Scott carried the ball in for the 2-point conversion.

October 1, 2026 - Thursday Results

MENS SOCCER

Randleman 3, High Point Central 0

Thomasville 8, Wheatmore 3
WHS: Goals by Easton Dewitt (2) and Grayson Carter. Emmit Frazier had 9 saves.

VOLLEYBALL

6:00 Randleman at High Point Central

Providence Grove def. East Davidson 3-1 (20-25, 25-14, 25-18, 25-18)
SW Randolph def. Jordan-Matthews 3-0 (25-5, 25-6, 25-12)
West Davidson def. Wheatmore 3-2 (18-25, 25-19, 17-25, 25-20, 15-13)

Asheboro def. Eastern Guilford 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-3)
AHS: Cora Little had 10 kills; Adalynn Scherer had 9 kills and 4 aces; Maliyah Brady had 6 kills and 2 blocks; Lydia Scearce had 9 assists and 6 aces; Emma Ingold had 7 digs and 5 aces; Lily Hunt had 11 digs and 3 aces; Kailey Brown had 27 assists.

Uwharrie Charter def. Eastern Randolph 3-0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-10)
UCA: Caroline Way had 18 kills, 5 digs and 1 block; Alyvia Spinks had 17 assists, 3 kills, 3 blocks and 2 aces; Kenzie Cain 2 assists, 6 digs and 2 aces; Amya Brewer 4 kills and 4 blocks.

Trinity def. Thomasville 3-0 (25-4, 25-9, 25-8)
THS: Avalynn Johnson had 36 assists and 8 aces; Hayli Cox had 13 kills; Addison McCoy had 9 kills; Emery Lockwood had 6 kills and 1 block; Ari Pinkston had6 kills and 1 block.

WOMENS GOLF

4:00 Asheboro, Rockingham County at Graham

WOMENS TENNIS

Central Davidson def. Randleman 9-0

Asheboro def. Southeast Guilford 5-4
AHS match winners: Madalynn Adams, Anson Frazier, Delaney Nall; Adams & Frazier, Gretchen Phipps & Ghia Crandall.

CROSS COUNTRY

Triad Area Athletic Conference at Northeast Guilford - RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1- 15 Northern Guilford
2- 49 Asheboro

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1- 17 Northern Guilford
2- 56 Asheboro
3- 64 Northeast Guilford