It’s easy to rank Randolph County football teams

Senior William Sherrod has been a key contributor for Asheboro’s football team. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record)

Even with conference memberships spread across four leagues, there’s a simple way to put the teams in order

Five of the seven football-playing schools in Randolph County will finish with winning records in the regular season.

Yet there’s a clear pecking order within the county ranks, something that has been rather evident for several weeks.

Results of this week’s regular-season finales wouldn’t change this order, so here’s how the rankings go for the county teams:

1. Asheboro (6-3)

The Blue Comets will have their first winning record since 2016.

They only faced two county teams, conquering Randleman and Eastern Randolph.

2. Eastern Randolph (7-2)

The Wildcats would have been without question at the top of this list for the past four years. They haven’t slipped much even as the composition of their schedule has changed quite a bit.

They beat Randleman again, though this time it came early in the season rather than in a regular-season finale.

The Wildcats are one victory away from their fifth consecutive season without a loss in league play.

3. Randleman (7-3)

The Tigers have completed their regular season. Their spot on this list is easily defined – road losses to Eastern Randolph and Asheboro, but home victories against Providence Grove and Southwestern Randolph.

4. Providence Grove (7-2)

The Patriots’ only losses came to neighboring schools Randleman and Eastern Randolph.

They defeated the three teams below them on this list.

The Patriots might still claim a big prize. As members of the Central Carolina 3-A Conference, a victory this week against Thomasville would give them the program’s first championship.

5. Southwestern Randolph (6-3)

The Cougars have suffered all three of their losses to the three teams immediately above them on this list. Each of those setbacks came by double-figure margins.

Southwestern Randolph played every team in the county except for Asheboro. So intra-county games accounted for half the Cougars’ schedule.

6 / 7. Wheatmore (1-8) and Trinity (1-8) … or Trinity and Wheatmore

This will get sorted out this week when they face each other, so the rivals have something to play for.

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This week’s games

Thursday

North Moore at Southwestern Randolph

Friday

Wheatmore at Trinity

Thomasville at Providence Grove

Eastern Randolph at Jordan-Matthews

Asheboro at Southern Guilford