Quarterback Logan Laughlin of Asheboro will be playing against his former team this week. (Scott Pelkey/Randolph Record) Football friends set to meet weeks after transfer RANDLEMAN – Logan Laughlin wanted a different situation as a high school quarterback this fall, so during the summer he chose to leave Randleman and transfer to Asheboro. “It’s going […]
Randleman’s Daylan Atkins runs for a touchdown against Union Pines on Friday night. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) CLIMAX – Logan Fox ran for 235 yards and two touchdowns as undefeated Providence Grove, facing a team directed by its former coach, overcame visiting Asheboro for a 24-14 non-conference victory Friday night. Calvin Brown coached for 11 seasons, […]
New Providence Grove football coach David Hayes, left, and former coach Calvin Brown talk at a Providence Grove basketball game last winter. (Randolph Record file photo) Asheboro staff stocked with ex-Providence Grove coaches CLIMAX – Providence Grove’s football team has thrived in the opening weeks of the season. Next comes a version of show-and-tell in […]
Asheboro receiver Elijah Woodle makes a move against Albemarle on Friday night. (Scott Pelkey/Randolph Record) ASHEBORO – Logan Laughlin threw three touchdown passes to Elijah Woodle as Asheboro defeated visiting Albemarle 24-22 in a successful debut for new coach Calvin Brown. The outcome wasn’t secure until Kai Matthews’ interception. Matthews earlier scored a touchdown on […]
Asheboro High School seeks community interest ASHEBORO – The first Blue Comets Fan Fest for Asheboro High School athletics will be held Friday night at Lee Stone Stadium on campus. Athletics director Wes Berrier said the objective is to create a massive community event. “The main reason is trying to bridge that gap between the […]
School’s new football coach is Trinity alum CLIMAX – David Hayes has been around high school football teams for more than a decade as an assistant coach. Now it’s something different. He’ll be a head coach. Providence Grove hired Hayes, who has close ties to a couple of other schools in Randolph County, as its […]
Cody Moran has been on Providence Grove’s football staff. (Courtesy photo) CLIMAX – Cody Moran figured that staying at Providence Grove might fit him best. Moran is the new athletics director at the school. “This might be my opportunity to move up here,” he said. Moran replaces Calvin Brown, who was named the new football […]
CLIMAX – New Asheboro football coach Calvin Brown is still finishing his time at Providence Grove. While no longer the football coach of the Patriots, Brown is remaining at the school in other roles, including as athletics director, through Jan. 20. Then he makes the full transition to Asheboro. In more than a month’s time […]
Asheboro’s Hakemme Butler goes up for a shot as Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Ethan Kinney, left, and Walker Wilkins look on. Both teams are in this week’s Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic, though at different sites. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) CLIMAX – The Davidson-Randolph Christmas Classic is set for another go-around using two sites, but the field isn’t quite […]
Mount Airy players cling to Eastern Randolph’s Ervodd Cassady during the Class 1-A West Regional semifinal in November. Mount Airy went on to win the state championship. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) The coaching change at Asheboro isn’t the only change atop a football program in the Mid-Piedmont Conference. Calvin Brown is leaving Providence Grove to be […]
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