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November 30, 2017 - From Southwestern Randolph

SWRHS Swept a Tri meet against North Moore and Albemarle on Wednesday 11/29.

SWRHS 66 Albemarle 18

Winners for SWRHS:
106 Zac Brim Forfeit
113 Tripp Mabe Forfeit
132 Alex Medina by Fall
138 Saeed Rosales by Forfeit
145 Deven Auman by Forfeit
152 Luke Hall by Fall
160 Jordan Castro by Fall
170 Sam Voncannon by Forfeit
182 Cole Leonard by Forfeit
220 Joseph Turner by Fall
285 Keith Guthrie by Fall

SWRHS 60 North Moore 18

Winners for SWRHS:
106 Zac Brim by Forfeit
132 Alex Medina by Fall
138 Saeed Rosales by Fall
145 Deven Auman by Forfeit
152 Luke Hall by Fall
160 Jordan Castro by Fall
170 Sam Voncannon by Fall
182 Cole Leonard by Fall
220 Joseph Turner by Fall
285 Keith Guthrie by Fall

November 30, 2017 - From Asheboro High School

AHS Wrestling Team comes away with two big wins [Wednesday night] against East Montgomery and
Eastern Randolph. Final scores were:
AHS 67 Eastern Randolph 12
AHS 71 East Montgomery 0

Individual winners last night were:
106 Abraham Mora going 2 and 0
113 Ricardo Salinas 2 - 0
120 Kyle Hicks 2 - 0
126 Ricardo Salinas 2 - 0
132 Cruz Parral 1 - 1
138 Sheng Lin 2 - 0
145 Austin Curry 2 - 0
152 Isaiah Ridley 2 - 0
160 Luis Mena 2 - 0
170 Cameron Clark 1 - 1
182 Drew Bullins 2 - 0
195 Nate Otero 2 - 0
220 Michael Smith 2 - 0 (Michael Smith had a big win pinning the #1 wrestler in the
state at 220 2A Classification from East Montgomery Robert Alvarez)
HWT Austin Callicutt 2 - 0

This Saturday December 2nd AHS Wrestling Team will be hosting the Courier Tribune
Wrestling Tournament starting at 9:00 am. All day admission is $8. Please come out
and support your Blue Comet Wrestling.

Eastern Randolph winners:

Eastern Randolph 12 vs. Asheboro 67

Eastern Randolph 42 vs. East Montgomery 43

November 30, 2017 - Thursday basketball

Women

Independence 57, Uwharrie Charter 5

Thursday wrestling

Wheatmore at Randleman

November 29, 2017 - From Wheatmore High School

Wheatmore went 1-1 in a Tri-Meet at Ledford High School Wednesday night.

The Warriors defeated the Panthers 65-10.  

Winning for the Warriors were Seth Miller (106) by pin, Hayden Caldwell (113) by pin, 
Ethan Oakley (120) by pin, Conner Nelson (126) by pin, Jared Niemitalo (132) by pin, 
Damon Hudspeth (138) by decision, Chase McKinney (152) by pin, Wil Shores (160) by pin, 
Christian Chester (170) by pin, Brentley Aikens (195) by major decision, 
Joey Ferguson (220)by pin, and Devin Daugherty (285) by pin.

Hayden Caldwell's win was the 100th of his career.

Northwest Guilford defeated Wheatmore 45-30.  

Winning for the Warriors were Ethan Oakley (120) by major decision, 
Conner Nelson (126) by pin, Jared Niemitalo (132) by tech fall, 
Chase McKinney (152) by pin, Joey Ferguson (220) by pin, and 
Mikel Long (285) by decision.

Wheatmore is now 8-3 and opens the PAC-7 season with at Randelman on
Thursday.  Wrestling will begin at 7:00pm.

November 29, 2017 - Wednesday basketball

Women

Men

THS: Hunter Neal 16 points 4 assists 
 Tyler Hammonds 10 Points 6 Rebounds 
 Conner Stanley 10 Rebounds 
 Thunder Levy 10 Rebounds

November 29, 2017 - Wednesday wrestling

Wednesday swimming

November 28, 2017 – Tuesday basketball

November 27, 2017 – Monday basketball

Women

Rockingham County 62, Eastern Randolph 23

Men

Rockingham County 70, Eastern Randolph 46

November 27, 2017 - Nick Coe (AHS '16) has been named the SEC defensive lineman of the week following Auburn's 26-14 win over Alabama.

Article from Auburn Undercover

November 27, 2017 – From Wheatmore High School

Ethan Oakley (126) and Chase McKinney (152) took first place.  Hayden Caldwell (106), Jared Niemitalo (132), and Devin Daugherty (285) finished in second place.  Conner Nelson (120), Brentley Aikens (195), and Joey Ferguson (220) took third place.  Seth Miller (113) and Damon Hudspeth (138) took fourth.

Wheatmore will travel to Ledford on Tuesday.

November 25, 2017 – Friday basketball

Asheboro women's basketball open the season in the Headliner's Challenge event at High Point Central Friday night. The Comets are 1-0 after their 45-37 victory over Hopewell High School from Huntersville.

November 25, 2017 – From Asheboro High School

Asheboro High School Wrestling Team takes the Cold Turkey Duals
Wrestling Tournament at Asheboro High School defeating the following teams:

AHS 69 Chatham Central 12
AHS 78 Providence Grove 6
AHS 66 Southwestern Randolph 12
AHS 58 Richmond Senior High 24

Outstanding individuals with winning records were:
106 Abraham Mora 2 - 2
113 Ernesto Salinas 4 - 0
120 Kyle Hicks 4 - 0
126 Ricardo Salinas 2 -2
132 Sam Cornwall 2 - 2
138 Sheng Lin 4 -0
145 Austin Curry 4 - 0
152 Isaiah Ridley 3 - 1
160 Luis Mena 3 - 1
170 Cameron Clark 3 - 1
182 Drew Bullins 4 - 0
195 Nate Otero 3 - 1
220 Michael Smith 4 - 0
HWT Austin Callicutt 4 - 0

Most Oustanding Wrestler went to Austin Curry.

AHS Wrestling will be traveling to East Montgomery High School on Wednesday November
29th for a tri match against East Montgomery and Eastern Randolph.  Match will start
at 6:00 pm. Also next Saturday December 2nd AHS will be hosting this years Courier
Tribune/ County Tournament starting at 9:00 am. All day admission will be $8.00.

Other reported results for wrestlers with at least one victory:

November 25, 2017 - Saturday wrestling

Asheboro's 'Cold Turkey Duals' begin at 9 am featuring the host team along with Providence Grove, Southwestern Randolph, Union Pines, Chatham Charter and Richmond County.

'Tigerland Classic' matches also begin at 9:00 at Ragsdale High School. Trinity, Wheatmore and more than a dozen other triad-area teams will take part. 

November 24, 2017 – Football playoffs

East Duplin 21, Randleman 13

November 24, 2017 – Football playoffs

2AA East Region

#4 Randleman at #1 East Duplin

Matchup

Randleman Tigers (11-1)

East Duplin Panthers (13-0)

November 23, 2017 – Football playoffs

The 2AA football playoff bracket has been narrowed to eight teams including the Randleman Tigers who are making their eighth consecutive appearance in the state playoffs. 2017 marks the program's 17th season in the post-season since the Tiger's last State Championship in 1983, but the first time in those 34 years that Randleman has won their way past the second round.

Piedmont Athletic Conference Champion Randleman is joined in the East Regional semi-finals by East Central Conference Champ East Duplin, Northern Carolina Champion South Granville and Central Carolina Champ North Davidson.

The four teams remaining in the western bracket are Rocky River Conference Champion Mount Pleasant, Mountain 6 Conference Champ Franklin, Northwestern Foothills Champion Hibriten and Southwestern Conference #2 seed Shelby.

Shelby eliminated the SWC champion South Point last week and have won four straight state championships, last year's 2AA title and the 2A crowns in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

2AA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP THIRD ROUND PAIRINGS

East

West

#8 Shelby (11-2) at #4 Mount Pleasant (11-2)
#2 Hibriten (13-0) at #3 Franklin (13-0)

November 22, 2017 - From Asheboro High School

Asheboro High School Wrestling team had a clean sweep at the Randleman Quad Meet defeating the following teams:

AHS 48 - East Davidson 35
AHS 48 - South Davidson 36
AHS 64 - Randleman 13

Outstanding Individuals with winning records were:
(106) Abraham Mora 3 - 0
(113) Ernesto Salinas 3 - 0
(120) Kyle Hicks 3 - 0
(145) Sheng Lin 1 - 0
(145) Austin Curry 3 - 0
(152) Isaiah Ridley 2 - 0
(160) Luis Mena 3 - 0
(182) Drew Bullins 2 - 1
(220) Michael Smith 3 - 0

This Saturday, November 25th, AHS Wrestling will be hosting the 2017 Cold Turkey Duals at Asheboro High School starting at 9:00am. Admission will be $8 for all day.

November 22, 2017 - Wednesday basketball

Women

Wheatmore 62, West Montgomery 23

Men

Wheatmore 72, West Montgomery 23

November 22, 2017 - Tuesday wrestling

November 21, 2017 - Tuesday basketball

Women

Men

November 21, 2017 - Grady Lawson passed away Monday at the age of 88. Lawson is well-known for his support of youth and youth athletics in Randolph County and served for decades on the Randolph County Board of Education.

The former Athletic Director for American Legion Post 81 baseball was inducted into the North Carolina American Legion Hall of Fame in 1983.

In 1984 Lawson was named to the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest honor given by the Governor of North Carolina “for persons who have made significant contributions to the state and their communities through their exemplary service and exceptional accomplishments.”

In September, Lawson was honored as an inaugural member of the Eastern Randolph High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Loflin Funeral Home of Ramseur is in charge of arrangements.

Article - The Courier Tribune 

November 20, 2017 - Monday basketball

Women

Men

November 19, 2017 - From Asheboro High School

AHS Wrestling finishes 2nd in the Raider Rumble Duels at Richmond Senior High School
falling short to the number 3 ranked team in the state Lumberton in the championship
match. AHS team scores are as follows:

Outstanding individuals with winning records were:
113 Ernesto Salinas 5-0
120 Kyle Hicks 5-0
126 Trevor Goldston 3-2
132 Sam Cornwall 3-2
138 Sheng Lin 4-1
145 Isaiah Ridley 4-1
145 Austin Curry 1-0
152 Ethan Stutts 2-2
160 Luis Mena 4-1
170 Khamisey Williams 1-0
195 Nate Otero 3-2
220 Michael Smith 5-0
HWT Austin Callicutt 3-2

AHS will be hosting the Cold Turkey Duals Wrestling Tournament on Saturday November 25th starting at 9:00 am at Asheboro High School. Admission is  $8.00 for all day.

November 18, 2017 – Saturday wrestling at Richmond County

Southwestern Randolph winners

- vs East Montgomery

Saeed Rosales (138), Jordan Castro (152), Brandon Mancilla (160)

November 18, 2017 – Saturday wrestling at Wheatmore

Wheatmore winners

- vs Central Davidson

Seth Miller (106), Hayden Caldwell (113), Conner Nelson (120), Ethan Oakley (126), Jared Niemitalo (132), Alston Chambers (138), Damon Hudspeth (145), Chase McKinney (152), Joey Ferguson (220), Colby Galloway (285)

- vs South Davidson

Hayden Caldwell (106), Ethan Oakley (126), Damon Hudspeth (145), Chase McKinney (152), Joey Ferguson (220), Colby Galloway (285)

- vs Trinity

Hayden Caldwell (113), Conner Nelson (120), Jared Niemitalo (132), Alston Chambers (138), Damon Hudspeth (145), Chase McKinney (152), Joey Ferguson (220)

- vs West Forsyth

Ethan Oakley (126), Chase McKinney (152)

- vs Ragsdale

Hayden Caldwell (106), Conner Nelson (120), Ethan Oakley (126), Jared Niemitalo (132), Damon Hudspeth (145), Chase McKinney (152), Wilmouth Shores (160)

Trinity winners vs Wheatmore

Sebastian Talent (160), Jose Chontal (182), Cody Hyatt (285)

November 18, 2017 - Friday wrestling at Trinity

Thomasville 42-36 over Trinity

East Montgomery 43-42 over Trinity

November 18, 2017 - Football playoffs

Randleman improved to 11-1 on the season with a 57-19 win over Nash Central Friday night at Gregory Stadium. The Tigers advance to the third round of the 2AA football playoffs and will travel to top seed East Duplin in Beulaville next Friday, November 24.

The Panthers (13-0) are champions of the East Central 2A Conference and eliminated West Stokes 49-14 Friday night to advance.

November 17, 2017 - Football playoffs

#4 Randleman 57, #5 Nash Central 19

November 17, 2017 - Friday basketball

Women

Men

November 17, 2017 – Football playoffs

2AA East Region

#5 Nash Central at #4 Randleman

The Randleman Tigers have a home game Friday night in the second round of the 2AA football playoffs against the Nash Central Bulldogs.

Randleman defeated Roanoke Rapids last week 43-7 while Nash Central (10-2) eliminated PAC 7 member TW Andrews by the score of 41-7.

The Bulldogs finished the regular season in a three way tie for first place in the Eastern Plains Conference going 4-1 along with Southwest Edgecombe and Beddingfield.

The winner will face the winner of #1 East Duplin vs #9 West Stokes in round three.

Matchup

Nash Central Bulldogs (10-2)

Randleman Tigers (10-1)

November 16, 2017 – From Wheatmore High School

Wheatmore defeated Chatham Central 53-28.  Winning for the Warriors were
Hayden Caldwell (106), Seth Miller (113), Conner Nelson (120), Ethan Oakley
(126), Jared Niemiatlo (132), Chase McKinney (152), Brentley Aikens (195),
Joey Ferguson (220), and Mikel Long (285).

Wheatmore is now 2-0, and will host the Warrior Duals on Saturday with
wrestling starting at 9:00am.

November 16, 2017 – Thursday basketball

Women

Southwestern Randolph 61, Trinity 30

Men

Trinity 52, Southwestern Randolph 28

November 15, 2017 – Soccer championships

Dail Soccer Stadium at NC State University will host the high school soccer championships this Saturday, Nov 18.

11:05 am - 4A  #1 Cardinal Gibbons (22-0-2) vs #1 Hough (24-1-0)

2:05 pm - 2A  #2 First Flight (21-1-0) vs #1 Newton-Conover (26-0-2)

5:05 pm - 3A  #5 Chapel Hill (22-4-1) vs #1 A C Reynolds (23-2-2)

8:05 pm – 1A  #1 Franklin Academy (23-0-1) vs #2 Bishop McGuinness (18-2-3)

November 15 - Wednesday basketball

Women

Wheatmore 59, West Montgomery 24

Men

Wheatmore 59, West Montgomery 23

November 15 - Congratulations to Anika Thomas (SWR '16) for being named JUCO Region X Player of the Year. Thomas recently finished her second year at Surry Community College in Dobson.

Region X is comprised of programs in North and South Carolina.

Article: Surry Community College, The Courier-Tribune

November 14 - Tuesday basketball

Women

Men

November 13 - Basketball opener

Eastern Randolph's basketball games against Rockingham County have been postponed at the request of RCHS because of the ongoing football playoffs. That makes the Wildcat's meeting with Union Pines on Monday, November 20 the season opener. Those games will be played at ERHS.

The Rockingham County games will be played on Monday, November 27.

November 12, 2017 – Opening Wrestling matches for the 8 Randolph County programs.

See the complete county schedule HERE.

November 11, 2017 – Basketball opening games for the 10 Randolph County schools.

See the complete county schedule HERE.

November 11, 2017 – Football playoffs

The Randleman Tigers advanced to the second round of the football playoffs with a 43-7 win over Roanoke Rapids Friday night at Gregory Stadium. The win marks the first time Randleman has played in round two since 2014. As the #4 seed in the 2AA east bracket, the Tigers will host #5 Nash Central on November 17th.

Nash Central eliminated TW Andrews 41-7 Friday night.

Wheatmore traveled to South Columbus for a first round game which saw the Warriors fall 14-0 to the Stallions. Wheatmore's season ends with a record of 9-3.

November 10, 2017 – Football playoffs

#4 South Columbus 14, #13 Wheatmore 0

#4 Randleman 43, #13 Roanoke Rapids 7

November 10, 2017 – Football playoffs

2A West Region

#13 Wheatmore at #4 South Columbus

Wheatmore's nine wins this season is the most in the program's history but the two losses came against conference opponents – Randleman and TW Andrews – which got the Warriors into the state playoffs as an 'at large' team and a road game in the first round.

South Columbus finished in a three way tie for first place in the Three Rivers 1A/2A Conference with East Bladen and Whiteville. The Stallions' only loss came against Whiteville in last week's season finale.

The winner will face the winner of Graham vs Linconton in round two.

Matchup

November 10, 2017 – Football playoffs

2AA East Region

#13 Roanoke Rapids at #4 Randleman

Randleman won the Piedmont Athletic Conference with a single loss which came just over two months ago, 27-21 to Ledford, a #7 seed in the 2AA west.

The Yellowjackets started the season with seven straight wins but ended with losses in three of their last four games. Roanoke Rapids ended up in a tie for third place in the Northern Carolina 1A/2A Conference.

The winner will face the winner of TW Andrews vs Nash Central in round two.

Matchup

November 9, 2017 – Randolph County soccer came to and close for 2017 when Southwestern Randolph was eliminated from the 3A playoffs at Cox Mill High School Wednesday night. The Cougars end the season with a record of 22-4-0.

November 8, 2017 – Today's soccer playoff schedule for Mid-Piedmont, Piedmont Athletic and Yadkin Valley Conference teams. This list will be updated if we learn of any changes due to weather conditions.

#4 Cox Mill 2, #5 SW Randolph 1

#3 Lee County 6, #11 Walter Williams 1

#12 Mt Airy 1, #4 Gray Stone Day 0

#5 Jordan-Matthews 2, #4 Carrboro 1 (OT)

November 7, 2017 – Playoff schedules

  Men's Soccer (remaining schedule)

  Football

State Championships – Saturday, December 9

November 6, 2017 – Soccer playoffs

Southwestern Randolph (22-3-0) has advanced to the third round of the state soccer playoffs and will play at Cox Mill High School in Concord at 6:30 Wednesday evening.

The Chargers (15-4-3) are champions of the South Piedmont Conference and have made it to the fourth round of the playoffs each of the last two years before being eliminated.

Cox Mill defeated North Iredell 2-1 in overtime in the first round of this year's tournament and then won 3-0 over Tuscola High School in round two.

The Cougars tied with Burlington's Walter Williams High School at the top of the Mid-Piedmont Conference standings and have home playoff wins over West Henderson (5-3) and Watauga (1-0).

The other teams remaining in the Cougar's side of the western bracket are also conference champions or co-champions. Top seed A C Reynolds (Asheville) finished in a tie for first place in the Western Mountain Conference while #8 seed Forestview (Gastonia) won the Big South Conference.

November 4, 2017 – Emma Luther led the Randolph County runners who qualified for today's State Championship in Cross Country. The Eastern Randolph freshman finished in ninth place in the 2A women's race at Ivy Redmon Park in Kernersville. Luther was selected to the 2017 All-State Cross Country Team.

Another freshman runner, Olivia Frankel of Providence Grove finished 55th out of 169 racers in the women's event.

Also in the championship run were sophomores Ellen Moore of Eastern Randolph who finished 108th and Trinity's Victoria Abate in 142nd.

The men's event featured the Randleman Tiger's, one of 23 teams which qualified to race for a team championship. The Tigers finished 18th in the team competition.

Seniors led the way among the Randolph County men with Noe Mercado leading the Tigers with an 88th place finish. Nick Gimble finished 99th for Randleman with Grayson Browder of Providence Grove finishing 102nd, and Nick Malpass of Eastern Randolph crossing the line in 118th. Other Tigers in the championship event were sophomores Benjamin Garcia (109) and William Flores (141), juniors Brad Cassidy (160) and Khalid Abdul-Matin (185) and senior Mason Matthews (178).

November 4, 2017 – Soccer playoffs

Round Two

#5 Chapel Hill 1, #21 Asheboro 0

#5 SW Randolph 1, #12 Watauga 0

#25 Southwest Onslow 2, #24 Wheatmore 1 (2 OT)

#4 Carrboro 3, #13 Randleman 1

November 4, 2017 – Football playoffs

Only two Randolph County teams are in the 2017 North Carolina Football Playoffs.

The Randleman Tigers, champions of the Piedmont Athletic Conference is seeded 4th in the 2AA East and will host #13 Roanoke Rapids in the first round Friday, November 10th.

Wheatmore finished in a tie for second place in the PAC with TW Andrews High School but got lost out on an automatic bid due to Andrews winning the team's head-to-head meeting. The Warriors qualified as an 'at large' entry into the playoffs and travel to South Columbus in the 2A East Regional.

Andrews also travels in round one with a match-up at Nash Central.

In the Mid-Piedmont Conference, Eastern Guilford and Southeast Guilford got the two automatic bids with Walter Williams gaining an 'at large' spot.

November 4, 2017 – It's a very busy Saturday in high school sports across North Carolina with State Championships to be determined in Cross Country, Volleyball and Team Tennis.

The second round of the soccer playoffs are scheduled for most teams and, at some point today, expect the pairings to be released for the football playoffs.

CROSS COUNTRY

The Cross Country Championships will be held at Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville with runners from four Randolph County schools competing. The 2A Men's Championship begins at 3:00 pm with Randleman's team racing for a team title along with runners from Providence Grove and Eastern Randolph racing for the individual championship.

The 2A Women's Championship will start at 4:00 pm featuring individual racers from Eastern Randolph, Trinity and Providence Grove.

The racing starts at 10:00 this morning with the 1A men's event followed at thirty minute intervals by the 3A men, 1A women and 3A women. An awards presentation willow follow the final race of the morning session.

This afternoon, the 2A men will be followed by the 4A men, 2A women and 4A women. The awards presentation for the afternoon session will close out the day in Kernersville.

DUAL TEAM TENNIS

The 2017 Team Tennis Championships are being hosted by Burlington Tennis Center with the 1A and 3A matches starting at 9:30 am followed by the 2A and 4A championships at 12:30 pm.

Volleyball

Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh will host today's State Volleyball Championships. The 1A match starts at 12 noon followed by the 2A championship at 2:30, 3A at 5:00 and the 4A match is scheduled for 7:30 this evening.

SOCCER

Asheboro got the second round of the men's soccer playoffs started Friday night as the Blue Comets season came to an end with a 1-0 loss at Chapel Hill High School.

Other area teams will be in action today with Southwestern Randolph hosting Watauga High School at 5:00 pm. Wheatmore will be home against Southwest Onslow at 6:00 and Randleman plays at Carrboro this evening at 7:00.

FOOTBALL

Check back with SportsTone for playoff match-ups involving Mid-Piedmont Conference and Piedmont Athletic Conference teams.

November 4, 2017 - Soccer playoffs

#5 Chapel Hill 1, #21 Asheboro 0

November 3, 2017 - Friday night football - UPDATED

Open Date: Asheboro, Randleman

November 3, 2017 – Soccer playoffs

The second round of the men's soccer playoffs is scheduled for Saturday but one area team will be in action today.

November 3, 2017 - Friday night football

Open Date: Asheboro, Randleman

November 2, 2017 – American Legion Post 87 and the High Point-Thomasville HiToms have been awarded the 2018 North Carolina Baseball State Championship Tournament.

The event will feature eight teams from around the state during the last week of July. The tournament champion will represent North Carolina in the American Legion Southeast Regional Tournament.

In addition to Legion Baseball's new 7-inning-game format, the 2018 State Tournament will reportedly feature a 'pool play' schedule for the first time.

Read more from the Lexington Dispatch.

November 2, 2017 - Soccer playoffs

Four Randolph County teams advanced in the men's soccer playoffs with first round wins Wednesday.

In the 3A East Region, 21^st seeded Asheboro Blue Comets defeated the 12^th seed Clayton 2-0 and will travel to Chapel Hill High School for a Saturday meeting with the Tigers. Chapel Hill won the Big Eight Conference and eliminated West Johnston 3-0 in the first round.

In the 3A West Regional, #5 Southwestern Randolph defeated 28^th seeded West Henderson 5-3 and will host Watauga High School on Saturday. The 12^th seeded Pioneers defeated Kannapolis Brown in overtime Wednesday 2-1. Watauga, located in Boone, finished in a tie for second place in the Northwestern 3A/4A Conference.

Thirteenth seed Randleman needed penalty kicks to move on in the 2A East Region with a win over #20 Wallace-Rose Hill. Saturday the Tigers will travel to #4 Carrboro to face the Jaguars who eliminated Trinity 3-1 in the first round.

Wheatmore, the 24^th seed in the 2A east, traveled to Washington and defeated the ninth seeded Pam Pack 2-0 Wednesday. That gives the Warriors a home game in round two against the 25^th seeded Stallions of Southwest Onslow, 1-0 upset winners over #8 North Johnston.

Eastern Randolph was eliminated by top seeded East Duplin 5-0 in 2A east action and Uwharrie Charter fell at #11 Hayesville 3-1.

November 1, 2017 - Soccer playoffs

#5 SW Randolph 5, #28 West Henderson 3

#21 Asheboro 2, #12 Clayton 0

#24 Wheatmore 2, #9 Washington 0

#4 Carrboro 3, #29 Trinity 1

#11 Hayesville 3, #22 Uwharrie Charter 1

#13 Randleman 2, #20 Wallace-Rose Hill 1 (2 OT)

#1 East Duplin 5, #32 Eastern Randolph 0

November 1, 2017 – Volleyball State Champioships

The NCCSA State Volleyball Championships were held last Saturday, October 28, at Alamance Christian School. The 2A title was won by Wilmington Christian Academy (26-6) over Vandalia Christian School (19-4) in three sets. This was Wilmington's fifth consecutive state title.

Three champions from last year will return when the NCHSAA Championships take place this Saturday, November 4, at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh. The 1A match starts at 12 noon followed by the 2A championship at 2:30, 3A at 5:00 and the 4A match is scheduled for 7:30 Saturday evening.

1A: Community School of Davidson (21-1) vs Roxboro Community School (28-2). CSD eliminated RCS in the west regional finals last season on the way to the 2016 1A title.

2A: West Iredell (27-3) vs Carrboro (30-0). Carrboro is the defending 2A champion.

3A: North Iredell (27-2) vs Chapel Hill (25-6). Chapel Hill fell to Cox Mill in last years 3A title match.

4A: Hough (26-5) vs Green Hope (30-2). Hough High School from Cornelius against defending 4A champion Green Hope High School from Cary .

Tickets are $9.00 for each match.