The Wheatmore Warriors will make a trip across Randolph County Aug. 27 to face Providence Grove High School after winning their first football game in school history Aug. 20.

The Warriors started off with a bang when linebacker Andrew Bazen recovered a fumble and ran into the end zone, bringing the score to 6-0. The Wildcats answered with a march downfield, capping the drive with a quarterback sneak by Jordan Hughes to tie the score at 6-6 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter Wheatmore scored again off a 3-yard touchdown run by Josh Rickert, who showed strength and consistency throughout the entire game. Two more points were added by a 2-point conversion by Alex Kestner to Dalton Albertson.

South Davidson scored another touchdown to bring the score to 14-12. Wheatmore followed with another touchdown to end the half at 20-12.

In the second half, Rickert made two more touchdowns to give Wheatmore the win.

The final score was 33-18 and the whole Wheatmore community was excited.

Wheatmore had 301 yards of total offense. Coach Eugene Everhart summed up the game: “I’m very proud of our players. We played with great heart and pride. We had outstanding defensive effort by Albertson, Chris Clubb, and Kris Brown.

“The offense was led by a great effort by the offensive line and Rickert.”

Bulldogs open season

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Trinity High School will tackle East Davidson Friday night, 7:30 p.m. at the ’Dog Pit. The Bulldogs will push extra hard after losing last week’s opener to Ledford.

The score was tied 7-7 at halftime. The Panthers scored, but the Bulldogs blocked the PAT. The Panthers stalled the Bulldog offense and scored again for the win at 29-7.