Eastern Randolph Wildcats - Randolph Record

26 Aug

Prep football: Cougars, Tigers, Patriots move to 2-0; Wildcats top Asheboro

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Eastern Randolph’s Will Stalker makes a tackle on Asheboro receiver Ben Luck. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) ROBBINS – Southwestern Randolph built a first-half lead on a couple of touchdown passes and held off host North Moore for a 22-12 victory Friday night. Noah Stills threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Robertson for the game’s first points. Nathan Ellis threw to Colton Law for a second-quarter touchdown. The other touchdown came on Stills’ 12-yard scramble on a fourth-and-10 play. The Cougars (2-0) defeated one of the state’s top Class 1-A teams from a year ago. It marked the Mustangs’ first regular-season…

New eras, altered schedules greet teams for start of football season in Randolph County

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Returning Randleman defenders, here converging on a Southwestern Randolph player last year, include, from left to right, Thomas Dobias, Gregory Price, Bryson Atkins and Tanner Gneiting. (Randolph record file photo) The high school football season starts Friday night. Here are a few items of note involving Randolph County teams: ** Asheboro, Providence Grove and Trinity play under first-year coaches. Asheboro’s Calvin Brown came from Providence Grove to take the coaching role. Asheboro’s non-conference slate has been slightly rearranged, though four of the five non-conference opponents are from within Randolph County. The change from the past couple of years comes…

Norwood eyes big impact in final season for Eastern Randolph Wildcats

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Eastern Randolph’s Jani Norwood is set for his senior season. (Bob Sutton/Randolph Record) North Carolina football commit excels as Eastern Randolph lineman RAMSEUR – Jani Norwood’s goal is to take care of business on the football field for Eastern Randolph in the coming months. The focus became clear after he made a college commitment in the spring. The offensive lineman chose North Carolina for his college destination. “I wanted to do it before the start of my senior season,” Norwood said. “UNC felt like the most home to me.” Eastern Randolph, the two-time defending Piedmont Athletic Conference champion, opens the…