Prep football: Blue Comets run past Randleman to stay perfect; Patriots sock Southwestern Randolph

ASHEBORO — Quarterback Dallas Brinton ran for two touchdowns and 136 yards in Asheboro’s 21-7 victory against visiting Randleman on Friday night.

Connor Brinton added 73 rushing yards and one touchdown for the Blue Comets, who have a 3-0 record for the first time since 2006.

Asheboro scored first on a 10-play drive, capped by Dallas Brinton’s 24-yard run with less than two minutes left in the second quarter.

Randleman responded quickly on John Kirkpatrick’s 26-yard touchdown pass to Connor Cassidy to help tie the score 7-7 before halftime.

Dallas Brinton 25-yard run broke the tie in the third quarter. Connor Brinton’s 16-yard TD run came in the opening minute of the fourth quarter.

Kirkpatrick finished 25-for-35 for 236 yards with an interception. He also led the Tigers (1-2) with 35 rushing yards. Cassidy racked up 120 receiving yards on seven catches.

Providence Grove 31, Southwestern Randolph 0: At Asheboro, Holden Swift returned a kickoff for a touchdown and Conner Haithcock intercepted two passes among the four turnovers collected by the visiting Patriots’ defense.

Carson Jones kicked field goals from 35, 32 and 39 yards, with two of those in the first half. Jackson Lawyer threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Conner Tozer and ran in a two-point conversion. Andrew Thomas had a 27-yard touchdown run.

The Patriots, who led 14-0 at halftime, have posted back-to-back shutouts.

Southwestern Randolph is 2-1.

Union Pines 34, Eastern Randolph 7: At Cameron, the host Vikings led 20-7 at halftime and didn’t allow a second-half point.

Ian Hicks threw touchdown passes to three different players for Union Pines (2-1).

Caden Revelle made a touchdown catch for Eastern Randolph (2-1). It marked the Wildcats’ first regular-season road loss since the 2022 opener at Eastern Alamance.

South Rowan 38, Trinity 23: At China Grove, Nick Wolf Jr. ran for 210 yards and two touchdowns for the host Raiders (3-0).

Wolf had 20 carries. Lincoln Carlberg threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Landon Deal.

Quarterback Khad’n Fuller ran for two touchdowns and a team-high 64 yards for Trinity (0-3).

South Davidson 21, Wheatmore 0: At Denton, Gage Underwood had a touchdown run among his 149 yards on the ground for the host Wildcats, who scored one touchdown in the second quarter and two more in the third quarter.

George Nilson ran for 127 yards and one touchdown for South Davidson (3-0). Underwood threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Duke Howell.

Wheatmore fell to 0-3.