ASHEBORO Southwestern Randolph and Asheboro High School are in the same county, the same town and the same conference.

So any time the schools face off, its tough to predict the outcome.

Thursday night, the varsity volleyball teams met at AHS and, in the end, the Blue Comets notched a 25-14, 25-20, 25-20 win to improve to 4-0 in the Mid-Piedmont Conference.

The competition was great, Asheboro coach Karen Blanchard said. There were a lot of rallies. The girls just practice hard every day. Im pleased with how they played together. Everybody played up to par and we were able to work in every offensive play.

The Blue Comets (7-1 overall) went on a 13-0 run in the first game and never looked back. The Cougars pulled to within 10, but couldnt come closer as Asheboro took a 1-0 match lead.

Southwestern Randolph responded with a 4-0 run to start the second game, but the Blue Comets went on a seven-point streak to go ahead 10-8. The Cougars came back to tie it at 16-all on an Anna Laton kill, but Asheboro scored the next five points and kept Southwestern Randolph at bay to go ahead 2-0 in the match.

The third game was less streaky, featuring seven lead changes and eight ties before the Blue

Comets grabbed a 12-11 lead on a Courtney King hit. Asheboro proceeded to go on a 4-0 run and grew its lead to as many as six. The Cougars pulled within four points twice, but couldnt get over the hump as King ended the game with a kill for the match point.

We have a lot of young ones who play really timid, Southwestern Randolph coach Darby Kennedy said. When we play stron teams, especially Asheboro, they feel like they get in each others way. They need to trust each other. A lot of its that its Asheboro.

King led the Blue Comets with 19 kills, while Salem Davidson added eight and Amy Yates chipped in seven. Yates had 16 points, and Hannah Ferguson and King each had eight. Gilliam Foscue dished out 28 assists and Ferguson had nine.

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