Staying undefeated in high school football meant dramatics for Randleman and Eastern Randolph in Friday night’s games.
Randleman needed a fourth-quarter comeback and overtime to withstand host Asheboro.
Eastern Randolph scored the on the final play to top visiting Central Davidson.
Randleman 34, Asheboro 27, OT: Brayden Gladden scored on a touchdown run in overtime and the Tigers (5-0) began the extra session with points.
Randleman’s stopped the Blue Comets on the ensuing possession to notch the non-conference victory.
Randleman’s Tyshaun Goldston scored on two second-half touchdowns reception, and then ran for the tying two-point conversion following the second of those.
John Kirkpatrick threw touchdown passes to Chase Farlow and Tate Andrews. Kirkpatrick threw for 215 yards – with 92 of those on four plays to Goldston – and four touchdowns with an interception.
Asheboro (2-2), which led 27-19 after three quarters, took advantage of four Randleman turnovers and some big-play offense and special teams.
Quincey Lee scored three touchdowns, two on rushes and the other on a pass from Logan Laughlin. Elijah Woodle returned a kickoff for a touchdown. Connor Brinton gained 120 yards on the grown on 28 carries. Ben Luck made an interception for the Blue Comets.
Farlow and Asthon Dillow had interceptions for Randleman.
Eastern Randolph 27, Central Davidson 21: At Ramseur, Rayden West turned a short pass into a 53-yard touchdown play as time expired to lift the host Wildcats (4-0) in the non-conference game.
West took Cade McCallum’s toss and made sure overtime wouldn’t be needed.
It marked the second touchdown catch of the game for West. Lucas Smith and Kobe Walker ran for Eastern Randolph touchdowns.
Central Davidson (2-3), which had a two-game winning streak end, trailed 7-0 at halftime.
Albemarle 22, Southwestern Randolph 15: At Albemarle, the Cougars had their two-game winning streak snapped with the road defeat.
Dre Davis ran for a touchdown and threw for a touchdown for Albemarle (2-3).
Southwestern Randolph dropped to 2-2.
Ledford 17, Providence Grove 0: At Ledford, the visiting Patriots managed only 146 yards of total offense.
Quarterback Jackson Lawver threw for 95 yards and rushed for 23 yards, but Providence Grove (1-4) lost its fourth game in a row.
Ledford (3-2) led 14-0 after the first quarter and added a fourth-quarter field goal.
Union Academy 14, Trinity 7: At Trinity, Eli Williams rushed for two touchdowns and 134 yards for the visiting Cardinals.
Union County (4-1) had 364 yards of total offense, including 260 on the ground.
Trinity (2-3) has lost its last two games by a combined eight points.
South Stanly 41, Wheatmore 18: At Trinity, the Rowdy Rebel Bulls had 457 yards of total offense, boosted by Jasiah Holt’s two touchdown catches.
Six different players scored touchdowns for South Stanly (3-1).
Johnathan Kelly ran for two touchdowns and Danny Martin made a touchdown catch for Wheatmore (0-5).
