RANDLEMAN — Southwestern Randolph High School varsity girls basketball coach Seth Baxter wasn’t pleased with his team’s performance in an overtime loss to Mid-Piedmont Conference foe and crosstown rival Asheboro on Tuesday. So the next night the Cougars got down to business, working on defense in practice.
Lesson learned.
Thursday, SWR romped over Randleman 65-25 in nonleague action at RHS in a split as the Tigers’ boys team topped SWR 61-37.
“Our focus and energy were there from the tip,” Baxter said. “I was disappointed in our effort on Tuesday.
Tonight, We did a great job rebounding and everyone contributed.”
Heaven Maness paced SWR (13-2) with 19 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals, while Sarah Crews added 10 points and seven boards. Jessie Ann Lanier had 10 points, and Jordan Claborn added nine points and eight rebounds.
For the Tigers (1-11), Kristin Sutphin had 12 points with Taylor Gantt adding eight.
In the boys’ game, RHS led 15-7 after the first quarter, but pulled ahead by as many as 20 in the second and never looked back.
“We were locked in on defense,” Tigers coach Daniel Mitchell said. “It was our third game in three nights, so I was a little worried about the mental part — about them being focused. Plus, it’s a familiar opponent that’s given us problems before.”
Dominick Poole had 13 points to lead RHS (8-4), while Timothy York and Nate Cassidy each added 11.
For SWR (5-10), Ethan Reynolds had 10 points.
AHS swept by BW
BURLINGTON — The Burlington Williams High School girls basketball team ended the game on an 11-3 run to pull away from visiting Asheboro for a 53-46 victory in MPC play.
Freshman Diamond McDowell led Asheboro (3-3, 9-7, 3-3) with 16 points.
Taela Whitehead scored back-to-back baskets to send the Bulldogs (1-3, 5-6) into a 46-43 lead.
Brooke Gainey’s bucket extended the spurt to 6-0, and later Mekayla White went 3-for-4 on free throws in the final 54 seconds to help secure the outcome.
BW won the boys game 72-46.
Tysean Freshwater had 11 points for AHS (2-4, 6-9), while Noah Watkins added 10 and Cory Durrant and Jamel Carl each chipped in six.
SWR grapplers win
ASHEBORO — The Southwestern Randolph High School varsity wrestling team beat Burlington Williams 54-22 Thursday in an MPC match.
Zac Brim, Michael Casey, Alex Medina, Elijah McCracken, Luke Hall, Jordan Castro, Sam Voncannon, Chase Reed and Joseph Turner all had wins for the Cougars.
AHS beats BW
ASHEBORO — The Asheboro High School varsity wrestling team beat Burlington Williams 66-18 in MPC action Thursday.
Abraham Mora, Ernesto Salinas, Kyle Hicks, Cruz Parral, Sheng Lin, Isaiah Ridley, Luis Mena, Cameron Clark, Crew Allred, Nathan Otero and Michael Smith all had wins for the Blue Comets (4-1, 21-2).
UCA splits with NM
ROBBINS — The Uwharrie Charter Academy varsity boys basketball team beat North Moore 64-48 Thursday in Yadkin Valley Conference action.
Thomas McIntosh led the Eagles with 15 points, while Garrett McCollum added 13.
UCA (3-3, 6-6) hosts Gray Stone Day Tuesday.
The Mustangs won the girls game 47-28.
Mia Leonard led UCA (0-6, 2-9) with nine points with Haedyn Hill adding seven and Abbie Barker chipping in five.
AMS clinches title
ASHEBORO — The Asheboro Middle School wrestling team topped Southwestern Randolph 58-36 Thursday to improve to 10-0 on the season and clinch the Randolph County Conference regular-season title.
Winner for AMS were Nick Chaves, Diego Gutierrez, Xavier Allred, Cruz Carona, Sean Nance, Yu Chen, Graham Clayton, Luke Bunting, Matthew Perdue and Armahn Tyson.
RMS sweeps NERMS
RANDLEMAN — The Randleman Middle School basketball teams swept Northeastern Randolph on Thursday.
The RMS boys won 31-27.
Lucas Gneigting paced RMS (7-4) with 13 points, while Jozey Akines added 10.
Luke Thomas had 14 points for NERMS.
RMS won the girls game 38-20 to improve to 10-1 on the season.
Gracyn Hall scored 11 points for RMS with Veronica Marlow adding 10 and Elizabeth York chipping in eight.
RMS travels to Archdale-Trinity on Wednesday.
SAMS beats SERMS
The South Asheboro Middle School boys basketball team defeated Southeastern Randolph 53-33 Thursday.
RiKhyland Lindsay notched 16 points for the Comets, followed by Hakeeme Butler and Naheim Lily with 12 each.
Brody Gardner and Landon Loflin each had 11 points for the Wildcats.
UR tops A-TMS
TRINITY — Uwharrie Ridge topped Archdale-Trinity 27-20 Thursday in middle school girls basketball.
Kassidy Glasgow had 10 points and 10 rebounds to lead UR (6-6), while Alley Lowe had eight points and five steals. Lauren Gordon chipped in four points and five rebounds.
Samantha Heglar led A-TMS with six points.
UR travels to Southwestern Randolph on Wednesday.
Late Wednesday
THS boys top J-M
The Trinity High School varsity boys basketball team beat Jordan-Matthews 40-30 in Piedmont Athletic Conference play.
Tyler Hammonds had 12 points, while Hunter Neal, Leland Hayes and Connor Stanley all had eight with Stanley grabbing seven rebounds.
