Asheboro runs past Northwood for first 2-0 start to a season in nine years

Asheboro’s Ayden Letterlough, left, and Dallas Brinton make the stop on Northwood’s Grayson Cox during Thursday night’s football game in Pittsboro. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record)

PITTSBORO — Asheboro quarterback Dallas Brinton scored three touchdowns and gained 189 rushing yards on nine carries in a 49-7 road victory against Northwood on Thursday night.

The Blue Comets are 2-0 for the first time since 2016.

Asheboro scored the last 42 points of the game, beginning early in the second quarter.

Brinton had the first points of the game on a 25-yard run and later provided scoring runs of 27 yards and 61 yards.

Connor Brinton scored on runs of 43 and 6 yards. DJ Scott and Garrison Cheek also scored on runs.

Northwood (0-2) was charted with 101 yards of total offense.