Friday’s high school football schedule, previews
KEY MATCHUPS
(Observer Sweet 16 rankings are noted)
No. 10 Hough (11-2) at No. 4 Vance (12-1), 7:30 p.m. (4AA playoffs) – Vance’s eight-game winning streak includes a 25-0 blanking of Hough three weeks ago. Can the Huskies’ high-powered passing attack overcome a Vance defense allowing an average of eight points?
No. 7 Myers Park (12-1) at No. 5 Richmond Senior (11-1), 7:30 p.m. (4AA) – Myers Park’s explosive offense faces a defense allowing only 10 points per game. Sophomore QB Caleb Hood leads the Raider attack, with 1,835 passing yards and 21 touchdowns.
Indian Trail Porter Ridge (9-4) at West Mecklenburg (9-2), 7:30 p.m. (4A) – RB Jaylen Coleman and QB Grayson McCall have accounted for more than 3,100 rushing yards this season for Porter Ridge. The Hawks prefer the pass, and QB Preston Brown has thrown for 2,036 yards and 23 touchdowns.
No. 9 Weddington (12-1) at No. 13 Boone Watauga (13-0), 7:30 p.m. (3AA) – Weddington scores points in bunches, and if the game is close, kicker Ian Williams (four field goals last week) is a huge weapon. Bryce Satterfield (1,587 rushing yards, 22 touchdowns), son of Appalachian State head coach Scott Satterfield, leads the Pioneers.
No. 3 Charlotte Catholic (12-1) at No. 11 Gastonia Huss (13-0), 7:30 p.m. (3A) – The first team to six points might win this game. These two state title contenders are superb defensively, with both teams allowing less than seven points per contest.
Catawba Bandys (12-1) at No. 15 Lenoir Hibriten (13-0), 7:30 p.m. (2AA) – Ethan Howard has 11 games of 100 or more rushing yards for Bandys, which has been among the area’s surprise stories this fall. Defending state champ Hibriten is averaging 350 yards and six touchdowns a game – just from its rushing attack!
Chester (13-0) at Union County (11-3), 7:30 p.m. (S.C. 3A) – Chester RB Pha’leak Brown has rushed for 1,360 yards and 27 touchdowns this season, and the Cyclone defense is holding foes to 14 points a game. Union County has won nine straight and is averaging 40 points a contest.
N.C. PLAYOFFS
Friday’s regional semifinals
Class 4AA
West
Hough (11-2) at Vance (12-1)
Myers Park (12-1) at Richmond Senior (11-1)
East
Raleigh Leesville Road (10-2) at Wake Forest (12-0)
Southern Pines Pinecrest (10-3) at Wilmington Hoggard (10-1)
Class 4A
West
Greensboro Grimsley (7-5) at East Forsyth (12-0)
Indian Trail Porter Ridge (9-4) at West Mecklenburg (9-2)
East
Hope Mills South View (11-2) at Fayetteville Seventy-First (10-3)
Scotland County (8-5) at Fayetteville Pine Forest (10-2)
Class 3AA
West
Weddington (12-1) at Boone Watauga (13-0)
Asheville Erwin (11-1) at Asheville Reynolds (12-1)
East
Durham Hillside (10-3) at Clayton Cleveland (11-2)
Greensboro Dudley (10-3) at Southeast Guilford (12-1)
Class 3A
West
Kings Mountain (11-2) at Northwest Cabarrus (13-0)
Charlotte Catholic (12-1) at Gastonia Huss (13-0)
East
Fayetteville Sanford (10-3) at Havelock (12-0)
Eastern Alamance (10-3) at Jacksonville (9-1)
Class 2AA
West
North Lincoln (10-3) at Shelby (10-3)
Catawba Bandys (12-1) at Lenoir Hibriten (13-0)
East
Hertford County (7-6) at Ledford (12-1)
North Davidson (11-2) at SouthWest Edgecombe (11-2)
Class 2A
West
Brevard (10-3) at Trinity Wheatmore (12-1)
Burnsville Mountain Heritage (11-1) at Reidsville (13-0)
East
Kinston (12-0) at Elizabeth City Northeastern (12-0)
Wallace-Rose Hill (9-3) at Southwest Onslow (11-2)
Class 1AA
West
East Surry (9-3) at Mount Airy (12-0)
Polk County (5-8) at Boonville Starmount (6-6)
East
North Stanly (11-2) at Tarboro (12-0)
Martin Riverside (10-3) at Edenton Holmes (11-1)
Class 1A
West
Robbinsville (10-2) at Mooresboro Thomas Jefferson (12-0)
Murphy (10-1) at Bakersville Mitchell County (10-2)
East
Rosewood (8-2) at Northampton County (11-1)
Gates County (10-2) at Pamlico County (11-1)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Friday’s state semifinals
Class 5A
Upper State
Duncan Byrnes (11-2) at Anderson T.L. Hanna (13-0)
Lower State
Dutch Fork (11-0) at Summerville (11-2)
Class 4A
Upper State
Central Daniel (11-1) at Greer (12-1)
Lower State
Myrtle Beach (10-1) at Hartsville (12-0)
Class 3A
Upper State
Chester (13-0) at Union County (10-3)
Lower State
Wade Hampton (10-2) at Dillon (11-0)
Class 2A
Upper State
Abbeville (12-0) at Simpsonville Southside Christian (11-1)
Lower State
Hemingway Carvers Bay (11-0) at Barnwell (12-0)
Class 1A
Upper State
Lamar (10-1) at Dixie (10-2)
Lower State
Hemingway (8-3) at Green Sea-Floyds (8-3)
This story was originally published November 29, 2018 at 1:42 PM.