Tigers top Ranburne
- Updated: October 29, 2016
Randolph County tunes up for its road playoff game with a 35-7 victory over Ranburne
Ranburne’s Jordan English is tripped up by the Randolph County defense. The Bulldogs struggled to get anything going against the Tigers. On the cover, Jai Wright scores Randolph County’s second touchdown of the game. (Photos by Jeremy Wortham/Tiger Den Photography)
By East Alabama Sports Today
WEDOWEE – Trent Lane scored two first-quarter touchdowns and Andrew Prestridge had a touchdown throw and a catch as Randolph County closed its regular season with a 35-7 win over Ranburne.
The Tigers (8-2), winners of seven straight, are the No. 3 team from Class 3A Region 5 and will play at J.B. Pennington (8-2) in their opening-round tournament game Friday.
Lane sandwiched runs of 2 and 45 yards around a 25-yard run by teammate Jai Wright. Prestridge threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Knight and caught a 24-yard scoring pass from Brody Wortham.
Ranburne ruined the Tigers’ shutout bid by scoring a touchdown with 2.2 seconds remaining. It would have been their second shutout of the year.
Before the game Randolph County officials honored former Tigers head coach Ron Watters by naming the field after him.
Watters coached the Tigers from 1979-2000, winning 147 games and making three trips to the championship game.
Randolph County 35, Ranburne 7
Randolph Co. 21 7 7 0 — 35
Ranburne 0 0 0 7 — 7
RC – Trent Lane 2 run (PAT kick), 9:30 1Q
RC – Jai Wright 25 run (PAT failed), 4:57 1Q
RC — Trent Lane 45 run (Seth Hannah conversion), 1:23 1Q
RC – Aaron Knight 8 pass from Andrew Prestridge (PAT failed), 1:38 2Q
RC – Andrew Prestridge 24 pass from Brody Wortham (PAT kick), 1:33 3Q
R – Touchdown (PAT kick), 0:02 4Q
Former Randolph County coach Ron Watters and his family were recognized Friday with the coach having the football field named in his honor.
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