STANDINGS
JAMES KENAN 10-1
WALLACE ROSE HILL 8-3
KINSTON 7-4
EAST DUPLIN 6-5
*NORTH LENOIR 4-7
*SOUTHWEST ONSLOW 2-8
*SOUTH LENOIR 0-10
*Season over

LAST WEEK RESULTS
(4)Wallace Rose Hill 27
(29)Washington 13
(12)James Kenan 35
(21)Roanoke Rapids 13
(19)Kinston 38
(14)South Columbus 29
(6)Ayden Grifton 45
(27)North Lenoir 22
(25)East Duplin 33
(8)St. Pauls 13

THIS WEEK GAMES

(12)James Kenan @ (5)Martin County
(19)Kinston @ (3)Southeast Alamance
(20)Southwest Edgecombe @ (4)Wallace Rose Hill

GAME OF THE WEEK
(25)EAST DUPLIN @ (24)WEST CRAVEN

MY PICKS (Last Week 5-0 43-10 Season) *I changed my pick on the East Duplin @ St. Paul’s game later in the week.

(12)JAMES KENAN @ (5)MARTIN COUNTY
Last Week my Tigers 🐅 offense was rolling, only punted one time. MC surprised me with how bad they beat North Johnston. Well that let's me know that they have some fire power on offense. I believe that my Tigers 🐅 defense will be up for the challenge and come away with a victory. JK 28 MC 6

(19)KINSTON @ (3)SOUTHEAST ALAMANCE
Kinston has the athletes to compete with SEA, but i don't know if they'll have the right balance on offense with their play calling. This will be SEA toughest game thus far, and i think the Vikings will hang around for awhile but come up short. SEA 34 K 28

(20)SOUTHWEST EDGECOMBE @ (4)WALLACE ROSE HILL
This is a tough one, and I really don't know which team is going to show up. We do know that both teams are battle tested, and both are playing their best ball right now. Who gets the most stops on defense? I think Southwest goes in the Dog 🐕 Pound and pull off another upset. SWE 21 WRH 17

GAME OF THE WEEK
(25)EAST DUPLIN @ (24)WEST CRAVEN
This game is a rematch from earlier in the season, where the Eagles edged the Panthers 34-29. In that meeting ED had some key players go down with injuries, and i don't believe they had their starting qb. WC has a qb that ran wild on the Panthers in that earlier meeting, but I don't think he'll be able to this time. I think that ED has the better defense and will make enough stops to ground the Eagles. ED 31 WC 21

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THE ECC TEAMS!!!

will Thomasville make it past the first-round vs Robbinsville? Could they possibly pull an upset?

Should be a good one. Any thoughts on this game.

Good luck to all!!!!!

7-2 West Charlotte will take on 4-5 Huss. Any thoughts with this game

This looks like there are 26 schools in the 1A West. Maybe 10 of these have a football team. The SMC looks to be a good possible league, but the outliers like S Davidson and N Stokes are stuck like Chuck with few options. Probably end up in split leagues?

1. Hayesville — 387 Football
2. Triad Math & Science — 383
3. Bethany Community — 379
4. South Davidson — 368 Football
5. Thomas Jefferson Classical — 356 Football
6. NC Leadership Academy — 348
7. Phoenix Academy — 335
8. Robbinsville — 334 Football
9. North Stokes — 309 Football
10. NC Science & Math: Morganton — 300
11. Carolina International — 270
12. Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy — 263 Football
13. Rosman — 254 Football
14. Andrews — 225 Football
15. College Prep & Leadership — 217 Football
16. Jackson Day — 203
17. Valor Prep — 191
18. Winston-Salem Prep — 177 Football
19. Tri-County Early College — 151
20. Hiwassee Dam — 137
21. Blue Ridge Early College — 129
22. Millennium Charter — 126
23. Highlands — 90
24. Summit Charter — 82
25. Nantahala — 31
26. NC School for the Deaf — 22

2025-2029 Class by 2024 Final ADM

Final Standings
🧸Bunker Hill 8-2, 6-1 🏆
🐺Lincolnton 6-4, 6-1 🏆
Ⓜ️Maiden 7-3, 5-2
🛶Bandys 7-3, 4-3
🤠West Lincoln 6-4, 4-3
👹Newton-Conover 2-8, 2-5
⚔️East Burke 2-8, 1-6
🚾West Caldwell 0-10, 0-7


Projections - this is not official and may change but wanted to get it started. I will update when official brackets released. But one can sure hope for the 15 v 18 matchup, even though it stinks conference teams playing 1st round.

The 🧩 piece collecting, The Facemask grabbing, the making players quit, the tired in 2nd half playing, the smoke rolling, boom deviling Blue devils at the Co-Conference Champ Big Bad Wolves.
15. Lincolnton vs 18. Maiden

7. Mount Pleasant vs 26. West Lincoln

10. Community School of Davidson vs 23.Bandys (what a good draw if this stays)

8. Bunker Hill vs 25. Hendersonville

ND at North Lincoln
OG vs North Iredell
MC at South Point
Aboro at Dudley
CD at AC Reynolds

It's that time, and unfortunately I only see Oak Grove winning. Unfortunately even more, I see OG going out in the second or third round. Bad draw but this year there aren't many weak teams after round one imo. Good luck to all!

ND will be a big underdog to NL but we've been here before... this team doesn't have the talent that the one that beat Scotland County did but it has happened just saying... if we get blown out we were supposed to be anyway haha.

OG will destroy North Iredell. Then it gets hard quick. Rematch with Crest from a few years ago. Then if they survive that Hickory awaits. Grizzlies have the ability but need the statement win to be taken seriously as the team from the weak conference in the establishments eyes...

MC will be killed. Ditto for Aboro. And make it triple for CD.

Any thoughts with this game.

The HSOT "Insider" just updated those ADM numbers AGAIN ... Now, Richmond falls back to 7A ... Is there is a "non-paywall" version of this to pass along to folks ...🙄🤔

The conference has a great first round showing. Upsets by Greene Central, West Craven, and SW Edgecombe. Home victories by Farmville Central and Ayden Grifton. A solid, strong showing in a loss by Washington vs WRH. And North Pitt lost, but to another EPC team (Farmville). The fact that every team got in makes no sense, but that's the world we live in now. I mean, West Craven finished dead last in the conference, but gets to have a home playoff game next week lol. Make that make sense lol. I do think all five get eliminated next week though, but for one week, the EPC was strong💪🏽.

Give me JH Rose 32 Northern Nash 25

Can Hayesville keep it competitive? Should be a lot closer than last week but Heritage wins comfortably in the end.

What's Hayesville's strengths?

With y'all getting a bye I was wondering how do you feel about 2 weeks in a row with no game?

First time these schools have met in football. Rams need to score 10 or more points to extend state-best streak to 130 and they need to avoid shutout to extend that state-best streak to 390.

Major question mark for Reidsville: Who will step up at running back with Jariel Cobb out for the year? He finished the season with 1524 yards and 23 TDs while averaging 10.7 yards per carry. Next in yardage on the running backs list is freshman Josiah Samalou with 74 yards on 14 carries but I heard he was also injured.

Let's hear it, teams that can pull off a upset in the first round. These are the teams that I think will get the job done on the road in round one.
(17)Greene Central over (16)Midway
(20)Southwest Edgecombe over (13)Cummings
(23)Princeton over (10)East Carteret
(19)Kinston over (14)South Columbus
The biggest upset i think could happen is (28)North Johnston over (5)Martin County.

Show some mercy. A hurting team will be headed your way.
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/n...en-nc/83-b0b276ff-2eeb-48f4-8a01-c1c662055461

Late Oct/Early Nov '24: Receive ADM numbers from NCDPI

Date TBA (probably late 1st semester): Draft of initial plan distributed to member schools

Jan 'Jan'25: Deadline for schools to submit concerns or adjustments to initial draft

Jan: Realignment Committee reviews submissions from schools

Jan: Initial in-person appeals heard by Committee (Chapel Hill)

Feb: Revised draft distributed to schools

Late-Feb: Realignment Committee holds final meeting before submitting plan to #NCHSAA Board of Directors

March:NCHSAA Board of Directors call meeting to approve a Realignment Plan; new conferences confirmed with 8-classifications using ADM numbers only.

August: New alignment begins

Note: All appeals will be open to all member schools via live-streaming

Late Oct/Early Nov '24: Receive ADM numbers from NCDPI

Date TBA (probably late 1st semester): Draft of initial plan distributed to member schools

Jan 'Jan'25: Deadline for schools to submit concerns or adjustments to initial draft

Jan: Realignment Committee reviews submissions from schools

Jan: Initial in-person appeals heard by Committee (Chapel Hill)

Feb: Revised draft distributed to schools

Late-Feb: Realignment Committee holds final meeting before submitting plan to #NCHSAA Board of Directors

March:NCHSAA Board of Directors call meeting to approve a Realignment Plan; new conferences confirmed with 8-classifications using ADM numbers only.

August: New alignment begins

Note: All appeals will be open to all member schools via live-streaming

Late Oct/Early Nov '24: Receive ADM numbers from NCDPI

Date TBA (probably late 1st semester): Draft of initial plan distributed to member schools

Jan 'Jan'25: Deadline for schools to submit concerns or adjustments to initial draft

Jan: Realignment Committee reviews submissions from schools

Jan: Initial in-person appeals heard by Committee (Chapel Hill)

Feb: Revised draft distributed to schools

Late-Feb: Realignment Committee holds final meeting before submitting plan to #NCHSAA Board of Directors

March:NCHSAA Board of Directors call meeting to approve a Realignment Plan; new conferences confirmed with 8-classifications using ADM numbers only.

August: New alignment begins

Note: All appeals will be open to all member schools via live-streaming

Great match up in the second round. I know a few weeks ago, Reynolds was in position to grab the number 1 overall seed. Can they give Dudley a fight ? Thoughts on the game?