Prep football: Eastern Randolph, Providence Grove take down county opponents

Eastern Randolph and Providence Grove won matchups between Randolph County football teams Friday night.

They were convincing results in both cases in games early in their respective conference seasons. But the outcomes could be key for both of the winning teams.

Wheatmore was the only other team from the county to win last week, with the Warriors picking up their first victory of the season.

Here’s a look:

Eastern Randolph 38, Southwestern Randolph 10: At Ramseur, Cade McCallum threw two of his four touchdown passes to freshman Cainin Glover in the Four Rivers Conference victory on homecoming.

McCallum finished with 341 passing yards, completing 12 of 21 throws with an interception. Glover had 158 yards on seven catches.

Eastern Randolph (6-2, 2-0) trailed 10-6 before Glover’s first scoring reception on a 38-yard play.

Then the Wildcats got rolling. McCallum threw 16 yards to Caden Revelle before Eastern Randolph tacked on a safety for a 23-10 halftime lead.

The Wildcats’ first possession of the second half ended with McCallum’s 56-yard touchdown pass to Glover. McCallum later threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Chance Holdaway.

The only touchdown for Southwestern Randolph (4-3, 0-1) came on Levi Dalke’s 5-yard pass to Devonte Dukes. Running back Brody Sheppard had 51 yards on 23 carries.

Eastern Randolph’s first points came on James Combs’ 44-yard run.

Providence Grove 56, Trinity 6: At Climax, Jackson Lawver threw for three touchdowns and Jacob Flinchum rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns in the Central Carolina 3-A Conference home game.

Half of Lawver’s six passes resulted in touchdowns, with TD catches made by Andrew Thomas (30 yards), Connor Tozer (17 yards) and Holden Swift (34 yards). Flinchum did his work on seven carries.

Thomas also ran for a touchdown. Connor Haithcock scored on a 65-yard interception return, helping the Patriots (5-2, 2-0) to a 49-6 halftime lead.

Trinity (1-6, 0-2) failed to reach a double-figure point total for the fourth time this season.

Wheatmore 32, East Davidson 20: At Thomasville, the visiting Warriors won by topping a team that had defeated them in each of the past four seasons.

Wheatmore (1-6, 1-1) racked up a season-high point total after failing to reach the 20-point mark in its last 15 games.

East Davidson is also 1-6, 1-1.

Southeast Guilford 21, Asheboro 3: At Greensboro, the host Falcons scored the game’s final 21 points as Asheboro lost for the second week in a row in the Triad Area Athletic Conference.

Asheboro (5-2, 0-2) went ahead on Micah Garcia’s 21-yard field goal in the second quarter.

Connor Brinton’s 88 rushing yards on 15 carries led Asheboro’s offense, but that wasn’t enough to keep up with Southeast Guilford’s Travis Motley.

Motley gained 191 yards on 21 carries and scored a touchdown in the homecoming victory. Parker Fleming threw for touchdowns to Nassim Motley and Joshua Penn as the Falcons (5-2, 2-0) won their third consecutive game.

Central Davidson 40, Randleman 29: At Lexington, the host rattled off 19 consecutive points in the second quarter and Tigers couldn’t catch up in a clash between the Piedmont Athletic Conference’s top two teams.

John Kirkpatrick threw for three touchdowns and ran for another for Randleman (5-3, 3-1). But Kirkpatrick was intercepted three times, with one of those returned for a touchdown.

Central Davidson (7-1, 4-0) broke away from a 14-14 tie to lead 33-14 at the break. The only blemish on the Spartans’ record is a one-point home loss to Eastern Alamance.

Kirkpatrick scored Randleman’s first points on a run before hooking up with Lincoln Lawson for touchdown pass plays of 45 and 57 yards. He also threw a 26-yard scoring pass to Trey Burnett and a two-point conversion pass to Ryan McCauley.

Randleman was within 40-29 with more than eight minutes to play but couldn’t convert again.

Kirkpatrick finished 15-for-34 for 259 yards.