TRINITY — Third-seeded Trinity beat 11th-seeded Princeton 5-1 on Wednesday at Trinity in the third round of the NCHSAA 3A East girls tennis dual-team playoffs.
Kayla Neam, Alexi Austin, Melanie Wilson, Mackenzie Hill and Hope Blakely won in singles for the Bulldogs (9-2) — who have reached the fourth round for the second season in a row.
Trinity will visit second-seeded Greene Central in the fourth round Monday.
LEDFORD, WEST STANLY
OAKBORO — Fifth-seeded Ledford outlasted fourth-seeded West Stanly 5-4 on Wednesday at West Stanly in the third round of the NCHSAA 4A East girls tennis dual-team playoffs.
The Panthers (16-3) will host eighth-seeded First Flight in the fourth round Monday.
FOOTBALL
EAST-WEST ALL-STARS SELECTED
GREENSBORO — Ragsdale’s Asante Muhammad has been selected for the NC Coaches Association East-West All-Star Football Game.
Muhammad, an offensive lineman, will play alongside 35 seniors from 30 other high schools on the West team. The East will also feature 36 players from 24 schools.
The game will be Saturday, Dec. 19, at Grimsley’s Jamieson Stadium.
CROSS-COUNTRY
PTAC CHAMPIONSHIP
KERNERSVILLE — High Point Christian’s Blaine Hamlett took second in the boys race while a trio of teams finished in the top five to highlight Wednesday’s PTAC cross-country championship at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex.
Hamlett, a sophomore, finished in 16:10.98 to take runner-up behind Calvary Day’s Grant Childress. Wesleyan Christian’s Jaxon Artz (eighth, 17:46.61) was also in the top 10. Burlington Christian’s Blakeley Bork won the girls race in 18:12.95.
Calvary Day won the boys team title with 23 points. HPCA was fourth with 104 and Wesleyan was fifth with 122. Burlington Christian won the girls team championship with 26 points. Wesleyan and HPCA each had 146 points, with the Trojans taking fifth on the tiebreaker sixth runner.
Also placing in the top 25 were: Allester Bryson (17th boys, 18:38.96), Adam Bialobrzeski (25th boys, 19:30.58) and Ashley Bialobrzeski (23rd girls, 22:55.03) for HPCA; Max Barber (14th boys, 18:23.58), Toku Sakamaki (24th boys, 19:28.21) and Kinley Barber (22nd girls, 22:31.82) for Wesleyan.
PTC CHAMPIONSHIP
KERNERSVILLE — Mason Moore won the boys race and Oak Grove was runner-up in both team scores during Wednesday’s Piedmont Triad 5A/6A Conference cross-country championship at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex.
Moore won the boys race in 16:28.44 — just ahead of Bryson Vann in 16:41.13 in second. Elsa Helms led the girls in fifth in 21:30.25. Caroline Moore (seventh, 22:24.46) and Isabella Lockamy (10th, 23:10.02) were also in the top 10.
Mount Tabor won both team titles — totaling 37 points for the boys and 19 points for the girls. The Grizzlies followed with 50 points for the boys, edging Atkins on the sixth-place tiebreaker, and 52 points for the girls.
Also placing in the top 25 were: Drew Gearren (14th, 18:22.24), Sutton Hunt (15th, 18:23.48), Kevin Morales (20th, 19:08.92) and Reece Meredith (24th, 19:46.06) for the boys, plus Lena Kotris (13th, 24:17.19), Annika Borgen (17th, 24:57.19), Amelia Kotris (19th, 25:09.56), Avie Helms (20th, 25:10.97), Makayla Acosta (21st, 25:20.39), Ansley Ferree (22nd, 25:27.35), Brooklyn Hurt (24th, 26:25.50) and Cadence Barber (25th, 27:18.64).
BOYS SOCCER
OAK GROVE, GLENN
KERNERSVILLE — Oak Grove won 5-2 against Glenn in Piedmont Triad 5A/6A Conference boys soccer Wednesday at Glenn.
Chase Roberts scored three goals for the Grizzlies (10-10 overall, 3-5 conference), while Dylan Sky and Zachary Portis each scored one.
TRINITY, WEST DAVIDSON
TYRO — Trinity won 3-1 against West Davidson in Central Carolina 3A Conference boys soccer Wednesday at West Davidson.
The Bulldogs improved to 11-7 overall and 5-4 in the conference.
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY
WOMEN’S SOCCER SHUTS OUT PRESBYTERIAN
CLINTON, S.C. — High Point University defeated Presbyterian 4-0 in Big South Conference women’s soccer Wednesday at Presbyterian.
Sophie Redner, a sophomore transfer, scored in the third minute for the Panthers (4-8-2 overall, 3-2-1 conference), who are fourth place in the conference standings with two matches to go.
Morgan Wilcox, Kari Powell and Gianna Rizzo each scored in the second for High Point, which went a player up in the 60th minute. Sabba Haghgoo, Brooke Potter, Taylor Howarth, Aleena Ulke and Chloe Edwards each had an assist.
Nylah Mirshafiei made three saves as the Panthers totaled a 23-7 advantage in shots — 12-3 on goal.