RAMSEUR – Eastern Randolph is the last football team standing in Randolph County.
The Wildcats whipped visiting Cherokee 42-0 in the second round of the Class 1A state playoffs Friday night.
Mason Carson returned an interception for a touchdown for the first points of the game and Eastern Randolph was in control. Cade McCallum threw for two touchdowns and Lucas Smith rushed for 145 yards.
Eastern Randolph (12-0), which is the No. 4 seed in the West Region, will next take on fifth-seeded Corvian Community (12-0), a 42-6 winner against No. 12 seed Mitchell, on Friday night at home.
Eastern Randolph scored 21 points in each of the first and second quarters on the way to a romp for the second week in a row.
Smith, Kobe Walker and James Combs ran for touchdowns. McCallum’s touchdown passes went to DeSean Shamberger for 40 yards and Aiden Goodman for 26 yards.
The Wildcats have won at least two games in the state playoffs for three years in a row.
No. 13 seed Cherokee ended with a 7-5 record.
Class 2A
At Randleman, the season ended for Randleman with a 38-21 home loss to No. 13 seed Forest Hills.
The No. 4 seed Tigers (9-3) lost three of their last four games.
Forest Hills (9-3) scored the only second-half points with 14 in the third quarter, pulling away from a 24-21 halftime lead.
Randleman’s John Kirkpatrick threw touchdown passes to Chase Farlow and Tyshaun Goldston. Micah Thurston ran for a touchdown as part of his 121-yard effort on the ground.
Forest Hills rolled up 450 yards of total offense, with 347 of through the air.
The Yellow Jackets visit fifth-seeded Salisbury (11-1) in the third round.
There was a major upset in the classification in the second round with defending state champion Reidsville, which was the top seed in the West Region, falling at home by 27-26 to No. 17 seed East Rutherford.
Reidsville’s season ended with an 11-1 record.
