How the Sweet 16 fared

Observer rankings of the top 16 high school football programs in our circulation area

Rk	Team	Cl	This week	Rec	Next week
1	Mallard Creek	4A	Def. N. Meck 63-0	7-0	Hopewell
2	Butler	4A	Def. Ar. Kell 43-40	6-1	at Providence
3	Charlotte Catholic	3A	Def. Harding 49-0	7-0	at Berry
4	Belmont South Point	3A	Def. Forestview 49-7	8-0	Idle
5	Porter Ridge	4A	Def. Parkwood 58-6	7-0	Weddington
6	Burns	3A	Def. E.Ruthrfrd 45-13	7-1	at Patton
7	Rock Hill So. Pointe	3A	Def. Nation Ford 26-8	6-1	Fairfield Central
8	A.L. Brown	3A	Def. Mt.Pleasant 33-17	7-1	Hickory Ridge
9	Independence	4A	Def. S. Meck 42-28	7-1	Rocky River
10	South Iredell	2A	Def. Draughn 27-20	8-0	Bandys
11	Olympic	4A	Def. West Meck 20-19	7-1	At Harding
12	Berry	3A	Idle	6-1	Catholic
13	Rock Hill N'western	4A	Def.Spartanburg 24-21	5-2	Lancaster
14	Lincolnton	2A	Def. Cherryville 42-14	7-1	at Bessemer City
15	West Rowan	3A	Def. Reidsville 26-10	6-2	at North Iredell
16	Freedom	3A	Def. Hunter Huss 45-7	6-1	at E. Rutherford

AREA SCORES

North Carolina

Myers Park 38, Providence 28

Butler 43, Ardrey Kell 40

Hough 24, West Charlotte 21

Mooresville 21, Hopewell 19

Mallard Creek 63, North Mecklenburg 0

Providence Day 27, Charlotte Latin 17

Charlotte Country Day 35, Q Found. 0

Independence 42, South Mecklenburg 28

Olympic 20, West Mecklenburg 19

Rocky River 35, East Mecklenburg 0

Porter Ridge 58, Parkwood 6

Monroe 42, West Stanly 0

Charlotte Christian 49, Carolina Pride 29

Marvin Ridge 31, Sun Valley 14

A.L. Brown 33, Mount Pleasant 17

Alexander Central at Watauga

Bessemer City at Highland Tech

Newton-Conover 35, Bunker Hill 25

South Iredell 27, Draughn 20

Burns 45, East Rutherford 13

East Gaston 28, Garinger 14

Charlotte Catholic 49, Harding 0

N. Iredell 17, East Rowan 9

Lake Norman Char. 35, N. Lincoln 0

Albemarle 51, N. Rowan 0

Shelby 37, Chase 23

NW Cabarrus 14, Hickory Ridge 13

Vance 20, Lake Norman 14

Weddington 35, Anson County 24

West Montgomery 27, South Stanly 20

South Point 49, Forestview 7

Lincolnton 42, Cherryville 14

Cannon School at Hickory Grove

Carson at South Rowan

Central Cabarrus at J.M. Robinson

Salisbury 63, Central Davidson 22

Christ School at Southlake Christian

Comm Sch Davidson at Metrolina

Concord at Cox Mill

Hibriten 38, Fred T. Foard 36

Kings Mountain at Ashbrook

Maiden 31, Bandys 21

NE Prep at Davidson Day

N. Gaston at Crest

N. Stanly at Cuthbertson

Piedmont at Central Academy

R-S Central at Patton

S. Caldwell at Hickory

Union Academy at Forest Hills

West Iredell at Statesville

East Lincoln 28, West Lincoln 14

West Rowan at Reidsville

Westminster Catawba at First Assembly

South Carolina

Chesterfield 42, Lewisville 0

Gaffney 55, Clover 3

Chester 21, Fort Mill 14

Cheraw 28, Indian Land 20

Great Falls 48, North Central 21

Lancaster 29, Rock Hill 28, OT

South Pointe 26, Nation Ford 8

Northwestern 24, Spartanburg 21

York 39, Fairfield Central 21

CAROLINAS SCORES

North Carolina

Albemarle 51, North Rowan 0

Apex Middle Creek 36, Morrisville Green Hope 0

Arden Christ School 45, Southlake Christian 28

Ashe County 35, Alleghany County 12

Asheville 34, McDowell County 14

Asheville Reynolds 34, Enka 20

Asheville Roberson 20, Asheville Erwin 16

Asheville School 42, Rabun Gap-Nachoochee, Ga. 14

Ayden-Grifton 60, Seven Springs Spring Creek 0

Belmont South Point 49, Gastonia Forestview 7

Bessemer City 37, Gastonia Highland Tech 26

Black Mountain Owen 14, Madison County 12

Boonville Starmount 33, West Wilkes 17

Burlington Cummings 33, Eastern Randolph 6

Burnsville Mountain Heritage 54, Thomas Jefferson 21

Camden County 15, South Creek 12

Cape Fear 36, Fayetteville Sanford 20

Cary 34, St. David's 31

Chapel Hill 33, Northern Vance 6

Charlotte Catholic 49, Charlotte Harding 0

Charlotte Christian 49, Carolina Pride 29

Charlotte Mallard Creek 63, North Mecklenburg 0

Charlotte Vance 20, Lake Norman 14

China Grove Carson 42, South Rowan 27

Chocowinity Southside 48, Perquimans County 20

Clayton 15, East Wake 14

Clayton Cleveland 42, Pikeville Aycock 6

Concord 35, Cox Mill 21

Concord Robinson 28, Central Cabarrus 7

Currituck County 54, Bertie County 28

Davidson Day 55, Hargrave Military, Va. 42

Davie County 23, West Forsyth 17

Dunn Midway 14, Pender County 12

Durham Hillside 36, Durham Jordan 7

East Bladen 42, West Bladen 0

East Burke 42, West Caldwell 6

East Duplin 38, Croatan 13

East Forsyth 45, Greensboro Grimsley 0

East Gaston 28, Charlotte Garinger 14

East Henderson 37, Sylva Smoky Mountain 7

East Lincoln 28, West Lincoln 14

East Montgomery 40, North Moore 0

East Surry 21, South Stokes 13

Eastern Alamance 34, Eden Morehead 12

Eastern Guilford 18, Rockingham County 14

Eastern Wayne 17, Southern Wayne 16

Edenton Holmes 53, Kill Devil Hills First Flight 6

Elizabeth City Northeastern 44, Woodrow Wilson, Va. 12

Elkin 21, North Wilkes 14

Fayetteville Britt 35, Fayetteville Smith 6

Fayetteville Byrd 35, Western Harnett 0

Fayetteville Christian 46, Village Christian 12

Fayetteville Seventy-First 30, Fayetteville Pine Forest 7

Fayetteville Westover 40, Cameron Union Pines 14

Franklin 64, North Henderson 27

Franklinton 19, Bunn 14

Fuquay-Varina 38, Raleigh Athens Drive 21

Garner 55, West Johnston 0

Goldsboro 41, Rosewood 0

Graham 21, Siler City Jordan-Matthews 20

Greensboro Dudley 20, Southeast Guilford 17

Greensboro Page 42, Greensboro Smith 12

Greenville Conley 37, West Carteret 20

Harnett Central 47, Smithfield-Selma 21

Harrells Christian Academy 50, North Raleigh Christian 48

Havelock 42, South Central Pitt 3

Hertford County 35, Pasquotank County 6

Hickory St. Stephens 56, North Buncombe 36

High Point Andrews 54, Trinity 7

High Point Central 12, Winston-Salem Parkland 2

Hillsborough Cedar Ridge 31, Granville Central 20

Holly Springs 41, Apex 24

Hope Mills Gray's Creek 38, Hope Mills South View 16

Indian Trail Porter Ridge 58, Monroe Parkwood 6

Jacksonville 31, West Craven 12

Jacksonville Northside 55, South Lenoir 13

Jacksonville White Oak 21, Washington 0

Kannapolis Brown 33, Mt. Pleasant 17

Kernersville Glenn 24, Southwest Guilford 17

Kings Mountain 17, Gastonia Ashbrook 3

Kinston 54, Tarboro 48, OT

Lake Norman Charter 35, North Lincoln 0

Lawndale Burns 45, East Rutherford 13

Lejeune 51, East Carteret 20

Lenoir Hibriten 38, Newton Foard 36

Lexington 44, West Davidson 14

Lincolnton 42, Cherryville 14

Louisburg 30, Warren County 28

Lumberton 30, Hoke County 20

Maiden 31, Catawba Bandys 21

Manteo 60, Pinetown Northside 6

Marshville Forest Hills 55, Union Academy 13

Marvin Ridge 31, Monroe Sun Valley 14

Mitchell County 21, Hendersonville 20Monroe 42, West Stanly 0

Monroe Piedmont 43, Monroe Central 25

Mooresville 22, Huntersville Hopewell 19

Morganton Freedom 45, Gastonia Huss 7

Mt. Airy 53, North Surry 33

Murphy 28, Andrews 13

Nash Central 31, Wilson Fike 23

New Bern 35, Wilmington Hoggard 34

New Hanover County 54, Wilmington Ashley 21

Newton-Conover 35, Claremont Bunker Hill 25

North Davidson 24, Pfafftown Reagan 10

North Duplin 42, Princeton 27

North Forsyth 20, Asheboro 17

North Iredell 17, East Rowan 9

North Johnston 35, Northwest Halifax 20

North Pitt 32, SouthWest Edgecombe 28

Northeast Guilford 41, Southern Guilford 29

Northern Durham 44, East Chapel Hill 22

Northern Guilford 55, Mayodan McMichael 23

Northwest Cabarrus 14, Hickory Ridge 13

Northwest Guilford 31, Jamestown Ragsdale 28

Orange County 50, Oxford Webb 21

Panther Creek 24, Lee County 14

Person County 38, South Granville 34

Pittsboro Northwood 28, Carrboro 20

Plymouth 40, Riverside Martin 26

Polk County 51, Avery County 31

R-S Central 27, Morganton Patton 0

Raleigh Broughton 45, Raleigh Enloe 27

Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 23, Southern Vance 17

Raleigh Leesville Road 53, Raleigh Sanderson 7

Raleigh Millbrook 48, Wake Forest Heritage 14

Randleman 35, Winston-Salem Carver 7

Red Springs 47, East Columbus 34

Richmond County 42, Pembroke Swett 41

Roanoke Rapids 44, Wendell Corinth-Holders 0

Rocky Point Trask 40, Hobbton 10

Rosman 41, Robbinsville 28

Salisbury 63, Central Davidson 22

Scotland County 41, Southern Pines Pinecrest 17

Shelby 37, Forest City Chase 23

Shelby Crest 52, North Gaston 21

South Caldwell 31, Hickory 19

South Columbus 35, North Brunswick 26

South Davidson 34, Chatham Central 33

South Iredell 27, Vldese Draughn 20

South Johnston 49, North Lenoir 7

Southeast Halifax 19, Northampton-West 18

Southeast Raleigh 43, Knightdale 13

Southern Durham 58, Durham Riverside 17

Southern Nash 28, Northern Nash 13

Southwest Onslow 21, Jones County 6

Spring Lake Overhills 35, Southern Lee 33

Statesville 23, West Iredell 13

Surry Central 47, Kernersville McGuinness 26

Swain County 49, Cherokee 7

Swansboro 47, Richlands 19

Thomasville 48, East Davidson 6

Thomasville Ledford 52, Southwestern Randolph 35

Topsail 49, Clinton 20

Wake Forest-Rolesville 14, Raleigh Wakefield 13

Wallace-Rose Hill 55, Clinton Union 20

Warsaw Kenan 21, Lakewood (Salemburg) 7

Watauga County 28, Alexander Central 10

Waynesville Tuscola 28, Canton Pisgah 27

Weddington 35, Anson County 24

West Brunswick 27, Whiteville 6

West Henderson 21, Brevard 20

West Montgomery 27, South Stanly 20

West Rowan 26, Reidsville 10

West Stokes 45, North Stokes 6

Western Alamance 47, Burlington Williams 14

Western Guilford 19, Southern Alamance 7

Wheatmore 52, Winston-Salem Atkins 14

Wilkes Central 35, East Wilkes 0

Wilmington Laney 51, Greenville Rose 28

Wilson Beddingfield 34, Farmville Central 7

Wilson Hunt 27, Rocky Mount 14

Winston-Salem Mt. Tabor 29, Winston-Salem Reynolds 13

South Carolina

A.C. Flora 48, Airport 24

Abbeville 56, McCormick 0

Allendale-Fairfax 44, Ridgeland 21

Andrews 17, Lake City 14

Bamberg-Ehrhardt 56, Hardeeville 0

Baptist Hill 20, Burke 12

Belton-Honea Path 34, Pickens 16

Berkeley 60, Battery Creek 0

Bishop England 44, Kingstree 0

Blackville-Hilda 40, North 0

Bluffton 42, Cane Bay 14

Blythewood 29, Spring Valley 12

Boiling Springs 31, Dorman 28

Brookland-Cayce 24, Lower Richland 20

Buford 30, Andrew Jackson 24, OT

C.A. Johnson 45, McBee 26

Calhoun Academy 40, Pee Dee Academy 12

Calhoun County 20, Fox Creek 13

Carolina Forest 47, Lugoff-Elgin 7

Carvers Bay 33, Green Sea Floyds 13

Central 35, Lee Central 14

Cheraw 28, Indian Land 20

Chesnee 40, Crescent 22

Chester 21, Fort Mill 14

Chesterfield 42, Lewisville 0

Christ Church Episcopal 48, Blacksburg 14

Clinton 29, Blue Ridge 28

Colleton Prep 55, Charleston Collegiate 6

Columbia 44, Gilbert 35

D.W. Daniel 14, Seneca 0

Dillon 49, Mullins 0

Dorchester Academy 38, St. John's Christian Academy 20

Dreher 28, Midland Valley 21

Dutch Fork 49, Richland Northeast 30

Easley 42, Hillcrest 7

East Clarendon 32, Timmonsville 22

Edisto 14, Barnwell 6

Emerald 35, Broome 34, OT

Estill 34, Bethune-Bowman 24

Florence Christian 42, Robert E. Lee Academy 13

Gaffney 55, Clover 3

Garrett Academy of Technology 12, North Charleston 8

Georgetown 36, North Myrtle Beach 14

Goose Creek 35, West Ashley 3

Great Falls 48, North Central 21

Greenville 68, Eastside 0

Greenwood 45, Westside 0

Greer 51, Chapman 10

Hammond 38, Laurence Manning Academy 7

Hanahan 70, Academic Magnet 13

Hannah-Pamplico 23, C.E. Murray 14

Hartsville 28, Camden 3

Hemingway 40, Latta 0

Hilton Head 21, Lake Marion 6

Hilton Head Christian Academy 56, Palmetto Christian Academy 16

Hilton Head Prep 27, Northwood Academy 7

Irmo 14, Ridge View 7

J.L. Mann 35, Mauldin 21

James F. Byrnes 73, Riverside 0

James Island Christian 30, Beaufort Academy 20

Lake View 37, Creek Bridge 8

Lakewood 40, Darlington 21

Lamar 10, Scott's Branch 6

Lancaster 29, Rock Hill 28, OT

Landrum 33, St. Joseph 17

Laurens 49, T.L. Hanna 34

Lexington 59, North Augusta 56

Liberty 28, Palmetto 25

Loris 49, Waccamaw 7

Marion 40, Aynor 22

Marlboro County 16, Crestwood 14

Mid-Carolina 37, Saluda 20

Military Magnet Academy 38, Lincoln 18

Myrtle Beach 38, Socastee 21

Ninety Six 49, Calhoun Falls 0

Northwestern 24, Spartanburg 21

Ridge Spring-Monetta 13, Denmark-Olar 12

Silver Bluff 23, Wade Hampton (H) 7

South Pointe 26, Nation Ford 8

Thomas Heyward Academy 47, First Baptist 0

W. Wyman King Academy 56, Summerville Faith Christian 20

Wade Hampton (G) 52, Travelers Rest 13

West Florence 20, Conway 14

York Comprehensive 39, Fairfield Central 21