LOCAL ROUNDUP: Southern volleyball beats Eastern

GIBSONVILLE — Fourth-seeded Southern Guilford edged fifth-seeded Eastern Guilford 25-15, 22, 25, 23-25, 25-22, 15-11 on Monday at Eastern in the first round of the TAAC Six 5A/6A girls volleyball tournament.The Storm (6-15) advanced to Tuesday’s semifinals.LEDFORD, TW ANDREWSWALLBURG — Third-seeded Ledford beat sixth-seeded TW Andrews 3-0 on Monday at Ledford in the first round of the PAC Seven 4A/5A girls volleyball tournament.The Panthers (13-8) advanced to face second-seeded Randleman in the semifinals Tuesday, with the winner visiting top-seeded Central Davidson in Wednesday’s championship. The Lady Raiders moved to 6-14 overall.HIGH POINT CENTRAL, RANDLEMANRANDLEMAN — Seventh-seeded High Point Central lost 3-0 against second-seeded Randleman on Monday at Randleman in the first round of the PAC Seven 4A/5A girls volleyball tournament. The Bison fell to 0-22 overall.SOUTHWEST GUILFORD, SMITHHIGH POINT — Second-seeded Southwest Guilford swept seventh-seeded Smith 25-26, 25-8, 25-15 on Monday at Southwest in the opening round of the Metro 6A/7A Conference girls volleyball tournament.The Cowgirls (22-5) advanced to Tuesday’s semifinal against third-seeded Page. The winner will visit top-seeded Grimsley in the championship Wednesday.WESLEYAN CHRISTIAN, WAKE CHRISTIANHIGH POINT — Wesleyan Christian beat Wake Christian 25-23, 22-25, 25-14, 25-19 in nonconference girls volleyball Monday at Wesleyan.Nejari Crooks had 18 kills, 15 assists seven digs, five aces and two blocks for the Trojans (18-4). Elle Gardner added 13 kills, while Ryleigh Lennon had 10 kills. Laila Hawkins had three blocks. Kaylee Hedrick and Ella Kate Johnson each had seven digs, and Reese Jordan had 15 assists.PHOENIX ACADEMY, BETHANY COMMUNITYSUMMERFIELD — Sixth-seeded Phoenix Academy lost 25-18, 25-13, 25-14 against third-seeded Bethany Community on Monday at Bethany in the first round of the Northwest Piedmont 1A/2A Conference girls volleyball tournament.The Firebirds moved to 4-16 overall.RAGSDALE, DUDLEYJAMESTOWN — Fourth-seeded Ragsdale won 18-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-17, 15-7 against fifth-seeded Dudley on Monday at Ragsdale in the opening round of the Metro 6A/7A Conference girls volleyball tournament.The Tigers (9-10) advanced to Tuesday’s semifinal at top-seeded Grimsley.THOMASVILLE, PROVIDENCE GROVEFRANKLINVILLE — Sixth-seeded Thomasville lost 25-6, 25-7, 25-14 against third-seeded Providence Grove on Monday at Providence Grove in the first round of the Central Carolina 3A Conference girls volleyball tournament.The Bulldogs moved to 3-23 overall.WHEATMORE, EAST DAVIDSONTHOMASVILLE — Fifth-seeded Wheatmore edged fourth-seeded East Davidson 3-2 on Monday at East in the first round of the Central Carolina 3A Conference girls volleyball tournament.The Warriors improved to 10-13 overall and advanced to Tuesday’s semifinal against top-seeded Trinity, while the Golden Eagles dipped to 12-10.GIRLS TENNISSOUTHWEST GUILFORD, MOORESVILLEMOORESVILLE — Twentieth-seeded Southwest Guilford lost 5-1 against 13th-seeded Mooresville on Monday at Mooresville in the first round of the NCHSAA 7A West girls tennis playoffs.Samika Dash won 6-3, 6-3 in singles for the Cowgirls (11-11), who will compete in this weekend’s 7A Midwest regional at Davie County.OAK GROVE, ENKAMIDWAY — Thirteenth-seeded Oak Grove 8-1 against 20th-seeded Enka on Monday at Oak Grove in the first round of the NCHSAA 5A West girls tennis playoffs.The Grizzlies (11-8) will visit fourth-seeded East Lincoln in the second round Wednesday.RAGSDALE, ALEXANDER CENTRALJAMESTOWN — Sixteenth-seeded Ragsdale lost 6-0 against 17th-seeded Alexander Central on Monday at Ragsdale in the first round of the NCHSAA 6A West girls tennis playoffs.The Tigers moved to 6-10 overall and will compete in this weekend’s 6A Midwest regional at Northern Guilford.FLAG FOOTBALLTW ANDREWS, GLENNKERNERSVILLE — TW Andrews lost 22-6 against Glenn in flag football Monday at Glenn. The Lady Raiders moved to 1-3 overall.SOUTHWEST GUILFORD, GRIMSLEY/PAGEGREENSBORO — Southwest Guilford beat Grimsley 21-13 and Page 32-0 in Metro 6A/7A Conference flag football Monday at Page.The Cowgirls improved to 11-3 overall and 9-1 in the conference.GIRLS GOLFAT JAMESTOWN PARK GCJAMESTOWN — Southwest Guilford won Monday’s girls golf match against Grimsley and Ragsdale at Jamestown Park.The Cowgirls posted a team score of 136, followed by Grimsley with 155.Avery Pfeifer shot a 42 to earn medalist and lead Southwest. Zoey Chiu added a 46, while Kyndel Berry shot a 48.Carolina Bumgarner shot a 50 for Ragsdale.AT SAPONA GSTCLEXINGTON — Ledford took second in Monday’s PAC Seven 4A/5A girls golf championship at Sapona Golf, Swim & Tennis Club.Central Davidson won with a 207 team score, followed by Ledford at 320 and Randleman at 338.Bailey Cooke (96), Lucy Broos (111) and Joslyn McClelland (113) posted counting scores for the Panthers.Emory Johnson had a 121 for High Point Central.AT SILER CITY CCSILER CITY — Bishop McGuinness won the Greater Triad 1A/2A Conference girls golf championship Monday at Siler City Country Club.The Villains posted a team score of 274, followed by South Stokes (307), Chatham Central (304) and College Prep and Leadership (378).Katherine Ayer shot an 86 to lead Bishop, while Gracie Hersome (91) and Aveanna Woelfel (97) added counting scores.BOYS SOCCERTHOMASVILLE, WHEATMORETRINITY — Thomasville won 8-0 against Wheatmore in Central Carolina 3A Conference boys soccer Monday at Wheatmore.Nery Martinez scored two goals for the Bulldogs (13-3-1 overall, 4-2 conference). Alexander Robles, Roque Zepeda, Carlos Ponicano-Diaz, Melvin Acosta and Axel Dominguez-Sosa each scored a goal, while Nelson Vasquez and Eddy Hernandez-Ramirez each had an assist. Oscar Ortiz made eight saves in goal.Emmett Frazier made 14 saves for the Warriors (3-11-3, 1-5).TRINITY, EAST DAVIDSONTHOMASVILLE — Trinity beat East Davidson 3-0 in Central Carolina 3A Conference boys soccer Monday at Brown Middle.The Bulldogs improved to 10-5 overall and 4-2 in the conference, while the Golden Eagles dipped to 15-2 and 5-1.HIGH POINT UNIVERSITYBEHRMANN NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKHIGH POINT — High Point University’s Noah Behrmann has been named the Week 8 College Soccer News Defensive Player of the Week.Behrmann set up both goals in the HPU men’s soccer 2-1 win at USC Upstate on Saturday night. It was his second career double-assist game to give him a team-high six assists, which is tied for 19th in the country.The game-winning assist was a clutch buzzer beater to help the Panthers’ extend their winning streak to six games. The senior defender now has career-highs 11 starts, six assists and six points.SARANTAKOS EARNS THIRD BIG SOUTH FRESHMAN OF THE WEEKCHARLOTTE — High Point University’s Nick Sarantakos has been named the Big South Conference Men’s Soccer Freshman of the Week for the third time this season.Sarantakos assisted Lucas Kelly’s game-winning goal with three seconds remaining to lift High Point to a 2-1 road victory at USC Upstate. The assist was Sarantakos’ fourth of the season and his second in as many games. He also put one shot on goal in 54 minutes of action.VOLLEYBALL COLLECTS THREE BIG SOUTH WEEKLY AWARDSCHARLOTTE — High Point University’s Maya Bukovcan, Remy Catojo and Kea Whillock are this week’s Big South Conference volleyball weekly award winners.Bukovcan was the Player of the Week for the second week in a row. Catojo was the Setter of the Week, and Kea Whillock was as the Libero of the Week as the Panthers went 2-0 with wins over Gardner-Webb and Winthrop.Bukovcan averaged 2.75 kills per set, 1.88 blocks per set for 3.94 points per set. She had 12 kills versus Gardner-Webb on a .360 hitting percentage and 10 kills versus Winthrop on a .600 hitting percentage. She had a weekend-high nine blocks versus the Eagles to add to her 15 total blocks. Bukovcan punched in two service aces versus the Runnin’ Bulldogs and totaled five digs on the weekend.This was Bukovcan’s third Player of the Week award for the season.Catojo dished out 76 total assists, averaging 9.50 assists per set. She handed out a weekend-high 40 assists versus Winthrop. She added 2.25 digs per set and picked up a double-double versus Gardner-Webb with 36 assists and 10 digs. She also added six kills on a .286 hitting percentage and a service ace. This was Catojo’s third Setter of the Week award this season.Whillock had 4.38 digs per set after posting 19 digs against Gardner-Webb and 16 digs against Winthrop. She collected a reception percentage of .925 on 40 attempts. She also eclipsed her 1000th career dig to join 20 of the best passers in program history. Whillock also contributed nine assists over the eight sets played in. This was Whillock’s first Libero of the Week award this season.