ASHEBORO A dream beginning for the Asheboro High School Blue Comets Friday night meant a nightmare start for the Providence Grove Patriots.

AHS scored touchdowns on its first three possessions of the first quarter and used that momentumn to roll to a 47-21 victory over PG at Lee J. Stone Stadium.

The victory is the second in a row for the Blue Comets, who improved to 3-2 heading into the Mid-Piedmont Conference opener next week against Southwestern Randolph. The loss was the fourth in a row for the Patriots, who now stand 2-4 on the season. PG has next week off before beginning Piedmont Athletic Conference play at High Point Andrews.

Asheboro scored on a three-play 64-yard drive on its first possession, a five-play 64-yard drive on its second possession and a four-play 87-yard drive on its third possession to jump into a 20-0 lead.

We felt we needed to go out there and set the tone at the line of scrimmage, AHS coach Owen George said. The thing is we were able to go out there and execute. We were able to iron out some of the wrinkles we had.

Jake Hall hauled in a 37-yard TD strike from Shyheim Lineberry, Wayne Robertson scored on a 14-yard run and Terry Richmond scored on a 40-yard run for the Blue Comets in the first quarter. Miguel Santos hit two of the three PATs for the 20-0 lead.

Im thinking we just need to get something positive going because they were dominating the line of scrimmage, PG coach Danny Martin said. Owen and his staff did a great job. They had his pegged. We did not execute at all in the first half.

The Blue Comets also used Lineberry in the slot in certain formations, bringing in Nathan Sloan at quarterback.

We had been practicing that for awhile and thought it was something we wanted to do as we prepared for conference play, George said.

Both teams added touchdowns before the end of the first half as Providence Grove forced an Asheboro fumble at the PG 33 and the Patriots took it in, scoring on a 1-yard run by Tanner Breedlove.

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