Ashbrook football scores dominant NCHSAA 6A Round 1 win. Here's how.
Home losses for Ashbrook football’s 2027 class have been an extreme rarity the past three seasons. With its Friday, Nov. 6 matchup against Central Cabarrus potentially the senior class’ last game in front of home fans, the Green Wave made sure not to disappoint. Ashbrook is on the Round 2 for a third year in a row, the No. 12 Green Wave advancing in the NCHSAA 6A West playoffs with a 47-21 win over 21-seed Central Cabarrus. Ashbrook will next travel to Winston-Salem for a Friday, Nov. 13 matchup against fifth-ranked Mount Tabor. FIRST ROUND FINALS: NC high school football first round scoreboard for Gastonia, Shelby CAN GASTON TEAMS RAISE THE BAR?: Can Gaston County high school football make waves in NCHSAA playoffs? “I feel like this whole season we haven’t really been playing to our standard,” said Ashbrook senior quarterback A.J. McClain. “This week, I told myself and I told my team: ‘We’re going to have to turn it up a notch to get to where we want to go.” Ashbrook scored touchdowns on each of its five possessions in the first half, including four TD passes by McClain. It only took two plays for Ashbrook to draw first
