Prep football: Wildcats, Patriots make pushes for league titles

Eastern Randolph and Providence Grove closed in on conference football championships with victories last week.

Eastern Randolph clinched at least a share of the Four Rivers Conference title, while Providence Grove will hold at least a piece of the Central Carolina 3-A Conference crown.

Here’s a look at Friday night’s area results:

Eastern Randolph 56, North Moore 0: At Ramseur, the host Wildcats (7-2, 3-0) recorded their second shutout in league play. Eastern Randolph finished the regular season at fourth-place Jordan-Matthews.

North Moore (3-6, 0-3) has scored a total of 26 points during a four-game losing streak.

Southwestern Randolph 20, Northwood 14: At Asheboro, Brody Sheppard racked up 204 rushing yards with two touchdowns on 29 carries in the home victory in the Four Rivers Conference.

Nathan Garner had a 7-yard touchdown catch from Levi Dalke for second-place Southwestern Randolph (6-3, 2-1). Northwood is 3-6, 2-2.

Providence Grove 48, Wheatmore 28: At Trinity, quarterback Jackson Lawver ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more in the road victory.

Providence Grove (7-2, 4-0) can claim the outright championship by defeating visiting Thomasville this week. A Thomasville victory would create at least a two-way tie at the top, with West Davidson joining that duo if it tops host East Davidson.

Andrew Thomas had a receiving touchdown and a rushing touchdown, while Connor Tozer caught at TD pass. Carson Jones notched 12 points with field goals from 41 and 47 yards out and going 6-for-6 on extra-point kicks.

Providence Grove’s Holden Swift intercepted three passes.

Connor Benton threw for four touchdowns for Wheatmore (1-8, 1-3), with Bentley Mills, who had 165 receiving yards, on the receiving end of three of those. Kenny Hoover also scored on a pass play.

West Davidson 51, Trinity 13: At Lexington, West Davidson (6-3, 3-1) rolled in its home finale for its third consecutive victory in Central 3-A Conference play in its highest scoring game of the season.

Trinity (1-8, 0-4) has lost all five of its road games.

Randleman 49, Ledford 14: At Randleman, John Kirkpatrick threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Tigers wrapped up their regular season with a Piedmont Athletic Conference romp.

Kirkpatrick made scoring passes to Nazir Staton (27 yards), Connor Cassidy (30 yards) and Jamari Rice (56 yards). Brandon Boone’s 2-yard run and Kayden Sanders’ 16-yard run also resulted in touchdowns. Tate Andrews returned a fumble 11 yards for a touchdown for the Tigers (7-3, 5-1), who’ll finish as runners-up in the PAC unless first-place Central Davidson loses this week at Montgomery Central.

In perhaps his final home game, Kirkpatrick threw for 241 yards on 18-for-27 passing. Cassidy had six catches for 88 yards and Rice posted 79 yards on his three receptions.

Ledford (2-7, 1-4) scored first but trailed 35-7 at halftime.

Northeast Guilford 38, Asheboro 35: At Asheboro, a rough third quarter hurt the Blue Comets in their home finale in the Triad Area Athletic Conference.

Dallas Brinton rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns and threw for a touchdown for Asheboro (6-3, 1-3). Connor Brinton and DJ Scott added touchdown runs and Jewel Barrett-Riggins made a 20-yard scoring catch.

Northeast Guilford (7-2, 3-1), which trailed 21-14 at halftime before outscoring Asheboro 21-0 in the third quarter, is one game behind first-place Northern Guilford.