Football Preview: Trinity Bulldogs vs. Randleman Tigers
Trinity hasn't had much luck against Randleman recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Trinity Bulldogs will head out to challenge the Randleman Tigers at 7:30 p.m.
Trinity is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They fell just short of Wheatmore by a score of 3-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Bulldogs haven't been shut out since back in August.
Meanwhile, Randleman put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Southwestern Randolph 34-14. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Cougars are ranked 228th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Randleman's victory came down to the chemistry between John Kirkpatrick and his top target Tyshaun Goldston. Kirkpatrick threw for 195 yards and a touchdown on only 13 passes while Goldston gained 166 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Goldston a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Randleman was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Randleman didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Chase Farlow and Goldston.
Trinity's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Randleman, their win was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0.
Trinity was taken down by Randleman 58-21 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Trinity was down 51-15.
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