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LOCAL ROUNDUP: Wheatmore hires Sheffield as football coach

the high point enterprise, n.c.
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Mar. 4—TRINITY — Jacob Sheffield has been named the varsity football head coach at Wheatmore, the school announced late last week.

Sheffield comes to the school following a season at rival Trinity, where he was the associate head coach, run game coordinate and special teams coordinator under Jason Bear Bradley. The Bulldogs went 5-6 overall and 2-3 in the PAC 1A/2A last season.

Previously, Sheffield was the head coach at High Point Central. He was hired right at the start of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. In three seasons, he led the Bison to seven wins — including a four-win season in 2021 and a pair of wins over rival T.W. Andrews.

Sheffield, who graduated from Trinity in 2005, was also an assistant coach at Page before his tenure at Central. He replaces Philip Yarbrough, who has coached the Warriors the last seven seasons — highlighted by 34 wins that includes 12 wins and a trip to the third round of the playoffs in 2018.

BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS

BISHOP McGUINNESS BOYS, CPLA

KERNERSVILLE — Third-seeded Bishop McGuinness defeated No. 19 College Prep & Leadership 73-54 on Friday at Bishop in the second round of the NCHSAA 1A West boys basketball playoffs.

The Villains (26-3) will host No. 11 Murphy (18-9) in the third round Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Nicholas Graves scored 17 points to lead Bishop, which led 35-29 at halftime. Miller Aho had 13, followed by Cal Barrett with 11 and Aiden Martin with 10.

TRINITY BOYS, NEWTON-CONOVER

NEWTON — Nineteenth-seeded Trinity lost 85-71 against third-seeded Newton-Conover on Friday at Newton-Conover in the second round of the NCHSAA 2A West boys basketball playoffs.

Dominic Payne scored 40 points to lead the Bulldogs (19-10). Brandon Campbell added 13 points, while Walker Parrish had nine points.

BISHOP McGUINNESS GIRLS, HAYESVILLE

KERNERSVILLE — Second-seeded Bishop McGuinness 71-34 against 15th-seeded Hayesvillle on Friday at Bishop in the second round of the NCHSAA 1A West girls basketball playoffs.

The Villains (24-4) will host No. 7 North Rowan (25-3) in the third round Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Adelaide Jernigan scored 24 points to lead Bishop, which led 33-16 at halftime. Claire Sullivan added 12 points, followed by Jenna Moore with 11 and Emma Wagoner with seven.

OAK GROVE GIRLS, PISGAH

MIDWAY — Fourth-seeded Oak Grove fell 62-49 against 13th-seeded Pisgah on Friday at Oak Grove in the second round of the NCHSAA 3A West girls basketball playoffs.

Trista Charles had 20 points for the Grizzlies (25-3), while Avery Ray had 10 points and Kalin Favreau had eight points.

LACROSSE

BISHOP McGUINNESS, PAGE

GREENSBORO — Bishop McGuinness edged Page 15-14 in nonconference girls lacrosse Saturday at Page.

Kate Dennen had 10 goals and two assists to lead the Villains (3-0). Ella Suire had three goals and two assists, while Sarah Pulliam had two goals and an assist, and Marian Waterman had an assist.

Grace Khol (seven saves) and Maddie Edwards (two saves) split time in goal.

In the boys game, Bishop rallied to beat Page 16-15 to improve to 2-1. John Miller and Miles Fuehler each had five goals and an assist. Matthew Cetrone added three goals and two assists, while Nick Hargett had three goals and Mason Payne had an assist.

BASEBALL

GLENN, WHEATMORE

KERNERSVILLE — Glenn rolled past Wheatmore 11-0 in six innings Saturday in nonconference baseball at Glenn.

Christopher Shoemaker went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs to lead the Bobcats (1-0), who led 2-0 through four innings before adding nine in the sixth. Craig McGhee added two hits and an RBI.

Carmine Lancaster got the pitching win, striking out 10 in five innings. Logan Stump added a perfect sixth.

Caleb Coggins had a double while Sean Jennison added a hit and a walk for the Warriors (1-2). Jonathan Heraldo threw three solid innings to highlight the pitching.

WESLEYAN TAKES THIRD IN PERFECT GAME TOURNEY

HOOVER, Ala. — Wesleyan Christian took third place in the Perfect Game High School Showdown last week at the Hoover Met Sports Complex.

After winning Thursday's opener 10-0 against Chelseas, the Trojans defeated Grissom 3-0 on Friday to reach Saturday's semifinals. They lost 8-5 against Bob Jones before winning the third-place game 9-2 against Thompson.

Wesleyan moved to 3-1 overall and will host Covenant Day on Tuesday.

CENTRAL-ANDREWS BASEBALL MOVED TO APRIL 1

HIGH POINT — The baseball game between rivals High Point Central and T.W. Andrews at Truist has been moved to April 1. The game was scheduled for Friday but had to be moved because of the rain.

PROFESSIONAL SOCCER

CAROLINA CORE FC TO COMPETE IN LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP

HIGH POINT — Carolina Core FC will participate in this year's Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

The field will include eight MLS clubs, including last year's Open Cup champion Houston Dynamo FC, and 11 MLS NEXT Pro teams — nine MLS-affiliated teams and two independent teams, including CCFC.

The nine MLS-affiliated teams will be based on their 2023 MLS NEXT Pro final standings, other than those clubs who MLS first teams are competing in the 2024 U.S. Open Cup or the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup.

Play will begin with the first round March 19-21. Subsequent rounds will be every couple weeks throughout the summer before culminating with the final Sept. 25.