Prep Football Roundup: Blue Comets knock off Eastern Randolph

Asheboro’s Connor Brinton runs for a late touchdown against Eastern Randolph during Friday night’s football game in Ramseur. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record)

RAMSEUR — Asheboro came up with late-game plays to defeat host Eastern Randolph 20-13 in a football showdown Friday night.

Connor Brinton’s 48-yard touchdown run capped the scoring, extending a one-point lead.

Asheboro (5-0) added to its best start to a season in two decades. The Blue Comets, who didn’t lead until the third quarter, defeated Eastern Randolph for the first time since 2017.

Eastern Randolph (3-2) has its first regular season with more than one loss since falling twice in 2019. Longtime Wildcats coach Burton Cates lost for just the third time to Asheboro across nearly three decades worth of games covering two stints.

Britton racked up 135 rushing yards on 16 carries. Dallas Brinton also ran for a touchdown, while he also threw a touchdown pass to Garrison Cheek.

Eastern Randolph’s Cade McCallum threw two touchdown passes to Caden Revelle. Kobe Walker’s 67 yards on 23 carries led the Wildcats on the ground.

Trailing 14-7, McCallum threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Revelle with 2:57 remaining to complete a 10-play drive, but Asheboro blocked the extra-point attempt to maintain a 14-13 lead.

Connor Britton responded on its second play from scrimmage with a 48-yard scoring run. A two-point conversion run failed.

The Wildcats moved into Asheboro territory in the final minute before a failed fourth-down pass play.

Revelle finished with 152 receiving yards on seven catches. McCallum threw for 231 yards.

Southwestern Randolph 40, Wheatmore 6: At Asheboro, Brody Sheppard scored five touchdowns and added a two-point conversion run in the home victory.

Sheppard was charted for 245 rushing yards on 18 carries.

The Cougars (3-2) had 285 rushing yards. Wheatmore fell to 0-5.

Randleman 41, High Point Andrews 20: At Randleman, Kayden Saunders and John Kirkpatrick each ran for two touchdowns in the Piedmont Athletic Conference opener.

Kirkpatrick fired a touchdown pass to Tate Andrews. Owen Leonard booted two field goals (31, 24 yards) for the host Tigers (3-2).

High Point Andrews fell to 4-1 under first-year coach Mook Reynolds.

Providence Grove 47, Jordan-Matthews 8: At Siler City, Jackson Lawyer had two carries for touchdowns and threw for a score as the visiting Patriots rolled.

Nick Straughn compiled 106 rushing yards and a touchdown run on 17 carries and he also recovered a fumble in the end zone. Jacob Flinchum also had a TD run and Connor Tozer made a touchdown reception.

Providence Grove (3-2) also scored twice on safeties.

Jordan-Matthews (4-1) had 165 yards of total offense. The Jets had allowed a total of 27 points prior to Friday.

Trinity 48, Surry Central 28: At Trinity, Khad’n Fuller scored three rushing touchdowns and threw for a touchdown and the Bulldogs got untracked offensively for their first victory under coach Mark Raynor, an alum of the school.

Zaire Gill scored on a kickoff return and a reception for Trinity (1-4), which had scored 36 points in its first four games combined.

Surry Central is 0-5.