LOCAL SPORTS ROUNDUP: Volleyball teams advance as teams move deep into playoffs

Uwharrie Charter and Trinity advanced to this week’s regional volleyball finals, Asheboro is racking up soccer routs as the season ends and Randleman’s Laurel Bernhard captured the girls cross country championship in the PAC. Here are those and other highlights from last week.

Volleyball

■ Kinsley Davis had 9 kills, 13 digs and 2 blocks in No. 19 Wheatmore’s 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 18-25, 25-14) loss to No. 14 Mount Airy in the first round of the 3-A state playoffs. Addison Phillips had 19 assists, 9 kills, 10 digs and 2 blocks. Lylah Gower had five kills. Jordyn Scott had 4 kills and 2 aces. Isabella Maxwell had 3 kills and 3 blocks. Arabella Grant had 22 digs and Hensan Bednarek had a pair of aces.

■ Carly Rush had 12 kills, 7 digs and 2 blocks as No. 1 Uwharrie Charter swept No. 17 Nash Central 3-0 (25-9, 25-9, 25-12) in the second round of the 4-A state playoffs. Alyvia Spinks had 28 assists, 5 digs and 3 aces. Aly Hussey had 9 kills and 3 blocks. Caroline Way had 12 digs, 7 kills and 2 aces.

■ Avalynn Johnson had 38 assists and a pair of blocks in No. 2 Trinity’s 3-0 (25-7, 25-14, 25-18) win in the second round of the 3-A state playoffs. Ari Pinkston had 11 kills and 9 blocks. Hayli Cox had nine kills and a block. Charlee Phillips had six aces.

■ Sara-Kate Marion pounded 11 kills in No. 2 Southwestern Randolph’s 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-20) sweep of No. 15 West Craven in the second round of the 4-A East state playoffs. Cheyenne Dixon had 8 kills, 10 digs and 7 aces. Makayla Aaron had 8 digs while Kardunn Rush and Kaylea Beck each had 4 kills.

■ Olivia Ashby had 41 digs and Karrington Jones blasted 25 kills as No. 9 Randleman outlasted No. 8 East Duplin 3-2 (25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 9-25, 18-16) in the second round of the 4-A East state playoffs. Kaylee Phillips had a double-double of 10 kills and 15 digs. Lilah Covington also posted a double-double of 10 kills and 16 digs along with 3 blocks and 3 aces. Kenzlie Vaughn also had a double-double of 36 assists and 14 digs as well as 5 aces. Maya Slomka had 8 kills and 15 digs. Jolee McKinney had 20 assists.

■ Maliyah Brady had 9 kills and 3 blocks in No. 7 Asheboro’s 3-0 sweep (25-19, 25-20, 25-14) of No. 7 Asheville in the 6-A West state playoffs. Ady Scherer had 8 kills while Cora Little had

7 kills and 5 aces. Roxanne Davis had 5 kills and 6 blocks. Kailey Brown had 31 assists, 13 digs, 4 kills and 4 aces. Madeline Hodge had 4 kills and 4 blocks. Lily Hunt had 16 digs.

■ Spinks had 52 assists, 3 blocks, an ace and a kill as No. 1 Uwharrie Charter beat No. 9 Randleman 3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-20) in the third round of the 4-A state playoffs. Way had 9 kills, 6 digs and 2 aces. Rush had 6 kills, 11 digs and 2 blocks. Amya Brewer had 3 kills and 7 blocks.

■ Dixon had 14 kills, 18 digs and 3 aces in No. 2 Southwestern Randolph’s 3-2 (13-25, 16-25, 25-21, 26-24, 15-13) loss to No. 10 Carrboro in the third round of the 4-A state playoffs. Coltrane had 20 assists, 13 digs and 3 aces. Marijose Medina had 15 assists and 3 aces. Beck had 8 kills and 3 blocks. Payson Hammer had 7 kills and 2 blocks. Kennedie Welborn had 7 kills, 6 aces and 2 blocks.

■ Johnson had 41 assists as No. 2 Trinity swept No. 10 McMichael 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-23) in the third round of the 3-A state playoffs. Dakota Odell had 16 kills and 2 blocks. Cox had 13 kills and 3 blocks. McCoy had 6 kills, 9 digs and an ace. Phillips had 15 digs.

Boys Soccer

■ Grayson Carter scored two goals in Wheatmore’s 5-1 win over West Davidson. Trace Craddock, Eddie Gomez and Jake Edwards got the other goals. Easton Dewitt and Craddock both had an assist. Emmit Frazier made seven saves.

■ Holt Tyl scored the goal in Southwestern Randolph’s 2-1 loss to Eastern Randolph. Alejandro Jimenez had the assist. Southwestern Randolph outshot Eastern Randolph 15-5.

■ Manuel Alarcon scored three goals and Juan Macias tallied two in Asheboro’s 8-1 win over Eastern Guilford. Kevin Martinez Cruz, Joshua Garcia and Milton Ramos got the other goals. Zamire Bush and Ivan Castaneda both had two assists. David Romero, Benny Zentella, Alacon and Ramos all had one assist.

■ Saul Cortes-Aguirre scored two goals and had an assist in Providence Grove’s 3-1 win over Wheatmore. Kevin Bautista-Jimenez got the other goal. Criss Cancino-Lopez had an assist. Aldo Rubio-Cortes made 15 saves.

Carter scored the Wheatmore goal, with Dewitt getting the assist. Frazier made 12 saves.

■ Rafael Montanez scored the goal in Eastern Randolph’s 1-0 win over Uwharrie Charter.

■ Bush, Castaneda and Alarcon all scored two goals in Asheboro’s 9-2 romp over Northeast Guilford. Alexander Diaz, Ramos and Cruz each had one goal. Castaneda had two assists. Noah Rebollar, Matthew Jaimes, Owen Leroy, William Miranda, Macias, Cruz and Alarcon all had one assist.

■ Griffin Hall and Jayden Santos scored the goals in Southwestern Randolph’s 3-2 loss to Jordan-Matthews. Logan Wood had an assist.

Girls Golf

■ Southwestern Randolph’s Dani Jaeck shot 97 to finish in a tie for sixth overall in the 4-A East Regional at Washington Yacht and Country Club. That earned the senior a third trip to the state tournament, which was held at Longleaf Golf and Family Club in Southern Pines Oct. 26-27.

Randleman’s Layla White shot 104 to finish 11th and qualified for the state tournament.

■ Asheboro’s Paige Kotlowski qualified for the 6-A meet.

■ Adison Johnson was third overall with a 94, leading Providence Grove to a second-place finish in the 3-A East Regional at Seven Lakes Golf Course. The Patriots earned a berth in the state tournament.

Girls Tennis

■ Southwestern Randolph’s Larson Kelly reached the semifinals of the 4-A regionals where she fell 6-3, 7-5 to Carrboro’s Eva Noar. Kelly finished the season 15-1 over-all and 8-0 in the Four Rivers Conference.

■ Kayla Neam, Alexi Austin, Melanie Wilson, Mackenzie Hill and Hope Blakely won in singles as No. 3 Trinity beat No. 11 Princeton 5-1 in the second round of the 3-A dual team state playoffs.

■ Kelly won in singles as No. 1 Southwestern Randolph fell 5-1 to No. 8 First Flight in the second round of the 4-A dual team state playoffs.

Boys Cross Country

■ Wheatmore’s Ayden Fitzgerald won the overall title by 29 seconds and led the host Warriors to the Central Carolina Conference championship. The Warriors’ Daylan Rada was third and Jake Hollingsworth was seventh.

Trinity’s Tommy Smithers was eighth.

■ Uwharrie Charter’s Jordan Beebe was eighth overall in the Four Rivers Conference championship at North Moore.

Julio Ortiz of Eastern Randolph was ninth.

■ Ellis Leroy was Asheboro’s top finisher, placing 13th in the Triad Area Athletic Conference championship.

■ Jack Gilmartin of Randleman was fifth in the PAC championship at Ledford. The Tigers were fifth in the team standings.

Girls Cross Country

■ Wheatmore’s Scarlet Hildreth was the overall winner in the CCC championship meet.

East Davidson (46) edged out Trinity (52) for the team championship. Trinity’s Madison Hill was third and Kayla Franklin was fourth. The Bulldogs’ Fatima Ijaz was eighth and Ryanne Burrow came in ninth.

Bailee Mitchell was Providence Grove’s top runner, placing seventh.

■ Uwharrie Charter senior Gracilyn Elliott was second overall in the Four Rivers Conference championship at North Moore. The Eagles were second in the team standings to Northwood. No other FRC teams had enough points to be in the standings.

Eastern Randolph’s Peyton Brooks finished eighth.

■ Asheboro’s Waverly Adams was 10th overall in the TAAC championship meet at Keeley Park in Greensboro. The Blue Comets were third out of three teams in the standings.

■ Randleman’s Laurel Bernhardt was the overall winner in the PAC championship at Ledford and the Tigers were second in the team standings. The Tigers’ Reagan Henley was fourth and Anna Henley was eighth.