Tigers climb over Bunker Hill

Mike Duprez

Randolph Hub

It was a busy week on the gridiron, with some Randolph County teams even playing twice due to postponements from the previous week. Here’s a look at what happened.

Trinity wins twice

The Bulldogs edged Albemarle 34-28 on Monday as Daniel Rogers ran 32 times for 198 yards and a touchdown. Zorn Williams had 59 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 11 carries. Quarterback Noah Bradley was 5-of-7 for 72 yards and a touchdown. Bradley also had a touchdown run. Nazir Staton caught a 7-yard touchdown pass.

- Bradley had a sensational night in Trinity’s 54-22 rout of East Davidson. The 6-foot-3 senior was 16-of-18 for 338 yards and 6 touchdowns with 2 interceptions. Gage Griffiths had 2 receptions for 96 yards and 2 touchdowns. Leyland White caught 3 passes for 83 yards and a touchdown. Cam Nelson, Kha’Dn Fuller and Ethan Willard all had a touchdown catch.

Zaire Gill ran 15 times for 57 yards and a touchdown while Rogers had 62 yards on 13 carries. Cason Dillard recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown.

Randleman beats Bunker Hill

- Quarterback John Kirkpatrick fired three touchdown passes covering 42, 32 and 19 yards to Tyshaun Goldston in the undefeated Tigers’ 35-21 win over Bunker Hill. All three of those came in the second quarter as Randleman built a 21-0 lead.

Bunker Hill stormed back to tie the game before Kirkpatrick put the Tigers back in front for good on a 2-yard keeper. Brandon Boone’s 22-yard fumble return for a touchdown rounded out the scoring.

Kirkpatrick was 19-of-29 for 275 yards. Goldston had 9 catches for 174 yards. 

SWR routs North Moore

n Noah Stills ran for two touchdowns as the Cougars overcame a slow start to beat North Moore 34-7 in a Monday game. Asher Perkins, Brody Shepard and Owen Whelan also had rushing touchdowns. North Moore led 7-0 at halftime. SWR had an open date on Friday.

Providence Grove falls to Bishop McGuinness

Jackson Rhyne ran for a touchdown and Carson Jones kicked a field goal in Providence Grove’s 14-10 loss to Bishop McGuinness. Malachi Combo led the defense with an interception.

Other scores

Sept. 2

East Davidson 14, Wheatmore 6

Sept. 6

Eastern Randolph 22, Southern Lee 0

Ledford 37, Wheatmore 6

FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Friday, Sept. 13

Providence Grove at Asheboro

Union Pines at Randleman

Southwestern Randolph at McMichael

Trinity at West Davidson

Bishop McGuinness at Wheatmore 

Sept. 20
Randleman at Asheboro

Central Davidson at Eastern Randolph 

Providence Grove at Ledford

Southwestern Randolph at Albemarle

Union Academy at Trinity

Bishop McGuinness at Wheatmore