Any thoughts? This could be a good one.

Let's don't pretend it doesn't mean anything to everybody in the Big South. The whole world is hoping and wishing HH beats SP tonight.
Every little six year Charger with those 8 teeth in his head and his dad with almost as many teeth as Junior are wishing upon a star that HH can do some business tonight. Baby Hewey and others can't wait. They had that help last year, and made their year. Ashbrook's follower is excited as well. Probably got that same officiating crew that worked that HH game last year and this year's Ashbrook game with their money on HH, too, I bet. Those that live in Gaston County and go to Kings Mountain will be there I'm sure...skipping that other game, and pulling for their neighbors playing in Columbia blue. Shutdown will be late to the game due to getting his back of the neck acne keloids treated.

Come on HH - don't let those Red helmets turn the conference blue. Some people got their rent on the line. Come get you a mess.

Rivals 4 Star LB Thomas Davis Jr. has officially committed to Notre Dame.

Looks like Lexington is coming down to Marshville to play Forest Hills in a battle of the Yellow Jackets. Can anyone tell me anything about them? We have one common opponent North Rowan. We pretty much handled North Rowan 33-8 Lexington only beat them by one point 34-33. Appreciate any info.

Bahakel has posted that their 11/15/2024 game to be streamed live on YouTube will be Lake Norman and Mallard Creek. They have been known to change games at the last minute, so I hope this turns out to be true.

I am Raidertime, a long time member. For whatever reason, I lost access to the site some time ago. I have sent multiple emails to the email contact information listed on the site but received no response. I did forgot password but got no email to update. I re-upped under a new account this morning in hopes of making contact. I would like to have my old account back. Thanks.

STANDINGS
JAMES KENAN 9-1 5-1
WALLACE ROSE HILL 7-3 5-1
KINSTON 6-4 4-2
EAST DUPLIN 5-5 3-3
NORTH LENOIR 4-6 3-3
SOUTHWEST ONSLOW 2-8 1-5
SOUTH LENOIR 0-6 0-10

FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS

(27)NORTH LENOIR @ (6)AYDEN-GRIFTON
(19)KINSTON @ (14)SOUTH COLUMBUS
(21)ROANOKE RAPIDS @ (12)JAMES KENAN
(29)WASHINGTON @ (4)WALLACE ROSE HILL

GAME OF THE WEEK
(25)EAST DUPLIN @ (8)ST. PAUL’S

MY PICKS (38-10 Season)
(27)North Lenoir 4-6 @ (6)Ayden-Grifton 6-4
North Lenoir had one of their best seasons in years, and they had a big win over co-conference champs Wallace Rose Hill. Can or will the team that defeated the Bulldogs show up again! I don’t think so. AG 43 NL 6

(19)Kinston 6-4 @ (14)South Columbus 8-2
Both of these teams have had a great season, but one has to end here. The key to this game will be if the Vikings can stop the run, and can the Stallions cover the pass. I'm going with Kinston in this one. K 28 SC 20

(21)Roanoke Rapids 6-4 @ (12)James Kenan 9-1
The Yellow Jackets comes into Warsaw to face an Tigers 🐅 team with a bad taste in their mouths from the lost to the Bulldogs. I think the Tigers 🐅 gets back on track and run through the Jackets. JK 42 RR 6

(29)Washington 4-6 @ (4)Wallace Rose Hill 7-3
The Pam Pack found some success later in the season, and put together some impressive wins. The Bulldogs once again proved all their naysayers wrong, and finish the regular season playing their best ball of the season. The dogs 🐕 will continue to roll in this one. Wrh 38 W 0

GAME OF THE WEEK
(25)EAST DUPLIN 5-5 @ (8)ST. PAUL’S 8-2
This has to be the best game slated for a first round match up. I don't think neither team would want a difficult first round opponent as this. The Bulldogs has been on a roll heading into the playoffs, and they have a running qb that has caused trouble for the Panthers this season. What happens when two great coaching staffs collide, who comes up with the best game plan for this one! St.P 31 ED 21

Good luck to all of the ECC!!

What lower seeds can advance to round 2?

I got Hayesville over Union Academy but don't see many upsets happening in the west.

How about the east?

Early Thoughts

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OK. It's finally here. Playoffs. Unfortunately, Week 1 is a lot of yawns and blowouts as too many teams that have no business in a playoff get one more game. Bottom line, it is money week for the NCHSAA. I appreciate and respect the job this organization does, but this is about an extra week of revenue. The true playoffs don't start until Week 2 once the pretenders have been weeded out. A little harsh but also reality. Hopefully, all teams stay healthy for when it gets real.

I assume Madison opted out - otherwise 2A looks good to me. There will be a delay period to give time for coaches to ask about changes, before brackets are finalized.

2A Playoffs:​

#30 T.W. Andrews @ #3 Monroe​

#20 Lexington @ #13 Forest Hills​

#24 Anson Co. @ #9 Brevard​

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3A Playoffs:​

#32 Parkwood @ #1 Erwin​

Andrews @ Monroe:
Monroe shouldn't have any problems with Andrews. Not sure what's happened to Andrews because I remember when they use to be a state power. Probably a running clock in this one.

Lexington @ Forest Hills:
Hopefully Forest Hills plays a little better than they did against Anson Co. FH still won 25-8 but there were way too many penalties mostly in the second half which kept Anson in the game way too long. Depending on which FH team shows up against Lexington it could be close or a blowout.

Anson Co. @ Brevard:
Anson Co. is not a bad team if they get their star RB back. He was hurt mid-way through the FH game two weeks ago. He is a beast with speed and hard to bring down. Anson always has athletes but they're never consistent. If the RB is back Anson could hang around awhile in this one.


3A Parkwood @ Erwin:
Not much too say about this one. Won't be close and probably a running clock. FH and Monroe crushed Parkwood a combined 105-13 towards the end of the conference season. Parkwood is only in because they won the 3A part of the RRC conference which consists of two 3A teams and the other team Piedmont is worse. 😆

Two 6-2 teams. Should be a good one!

Old NPC foes match up in the playoffs.

Alexander has a decent team w/ some good talent in spots but depth and OL have been the issue for the Cougars. Alexander Central will be disciplined and They will try do ball control but they have the ability to pass.

Mooresville: Can’t over look AC and can’t make mistakes. Fundamentals tackling and defense will be key. Mooresville is more talented than AC but must play like it! Can’t turn the ball over and penalties have been somewhat of a issue

7-3 is Mooresville over AC since 2004. Last time they played was 2016.

Looks just like mine for 4A. There will be a delay period to give time for coaches to ask about changes, before brackets are finalized.

what are your thoughts on this game

JM has had a couple battles in the last two weeks. NW and MP gave them all they wanted.

Who do you have in this one?

Why was the Robbinsville and TC Roberson game put on Max Preps and counted toward there record?

Looks just like mine for 3A. There will be a delay period to give time for coaches to ask about changes, before brackets are finalized.

Any idea who might be a good candidate for the next coach at EB football.

I assume Rocky Mount Prep and Hobgood Charter opted out - otherwise 1A looks good to me. There will be a delay period to give time for coaches to ask about changes, before brackets are finalized.

After reading the NCHSAA bylaws for seedings in the playoffs, I believe the NCHSAA needs clarifying language or improvements on three parts of the seeding process. The three points of clarification that I believe that the NCHSAA needs to make or fix are related to co- conference champions, undefeated top seeds, and seeds awarded to split conference playoff teams. (1) When a conference has a co-champion the co-champion that is not seeded as the conference champ for playoff purposes should always be seeded ahead of teams that it finished in front of in their conference and also teams that did not win or share their conference titles. (For example a co-conference champion should be seeded higher than a third place team in their conference and any other team that did not win or share a conference title irregardless of rpi).
(2) Undefeated conference champions should be seeded higher than conference champions that are not undefeated. For example in the 3A West teams like Hickory, Dudley, Robinson, should be seeded higher than one loss teams like South Point and Erwin.
(3) teams from split conferences should be seeded as conference champions ONLY if those teams win their overall conference championship. Those split conference who do not win their overall conference should be seeded by rpi after conference champions AND co-conference champions are seeded. We have too many teams that only has to beat one or two teams in their split conference that are awarded conference champion seedings.
Just three common sense solutions that I think needs to be clarified and have language addressing these circumstances in the bylaws.