High School Football: Friday’s NC, SC scores, how The Sweet 16 fared, next week’s schedule
Friday is Week 2 of the high school football season, and some extreme temperatures are expected.
Many schools have pushed back kickoff times, up to an hour, to 8 p.m. Please check with the home school for times before heading out for games Friday.
Note: The Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 is a regional ranking of teams in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and Union Counties in North Carolina and York and Lancaster in South Carolina. The poll is in its 40th season
Friday’s Coverage
Mallard Creek gives Buford a scare
West Charlotte rallies, three times, to beat Monroe
Cabarrus County GOTW: Northwest Cabarrus runs past AL Brown in second half
Gaston County GOTW: Mountain Island Charter gets monster win over Latin
Iredell County GOTW: Mooresville stops Reagan
Lincoln County GOTW: North Lincoln holds off Lincolnton
Union County GOTW: Weddington rolls past Ardrey Kell
Friday’s North Carolina Scores
Alexander Central 20, Wilkes Central 13
Andrews 54, East Henderson 30
Ashe County 48, North Wilkes 0
Asheville Reynolds 28, Shelby 21
Asheville Roberson 56, East Rutherford 6
Ayden-Grifton 17, Riverside Martin 7
Bear Grass 43, Rose Hill Union 22
Benedictine Military, Ga. 42, Chambers 9
Boonville Starmount 32, North Iredell 29
Buford, Ga. 10, Charlotte Mallard Creek 7
Canton Pisgah 56, Enka 3
Cardinal Gibbons, Fla. 28, Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 21
Carrboro 41, Siler City Jordan-Matthews 13
Catawba Bandys 49, Newton Foard 6
Catholic, Va. 29, Kill Devil Hills First Flight 22
Central, S.C. 35, Monroe Parkwood 3
Chapel Hill 42, Orange 7
Charlotte Catholic 49, Northern Durham 0
Charlotte Independence 68, Hickory Ridge 42
Charlotte Providence Day 47, Asheville 7
Cherokee 47, Cosby, Tenn. 6
Claremont Bunker Hill 49, Hickory St. Stephens 7
Clayton Cleveland 42, Wake Forest Heritage 26
Clinton 58, Wallace-Rose Hill 22
Commerce, Ga. 56, Murphy 13
Concord 28, Mount Pleasant 14
Concord Robinson 35, West Cabarrus 6
Croatan 23, Pamlico County 0
Davidson Community School 29, Charlotte Country Day 21
Davie County 60, West Rowan 28
Durham Jordan 42, Southern Alamance 29
East Bladen 49, West Bladen 0
East Burke 29, Morganton Freedom 13
East Chapel Hill 62, Montgomery Central 0
East Davidson 42, Trinity Wheatmore 41
East Duplin 28, West Craven 13
East Forsyth 55, Fayetteville Britt 0
East Gaston 34, Corvian 7
East Lincoln 39, Gastonia Forestview 8
Eastern Guilford 39, Burlington Williams 14
Eastern Randolph 27, Asheboro 16
Edenton Holmes 48, Bertie County 22
Elizabeth City Northeastern 40, Greenville Rose 35
Farmville Central 74, North Lenoir 36
Fayetteville Seventy-First 41, Fayetteville Pine Forest 7
Fayetteville Westover 40, Smithfield-Selma 6
Forest City Chase 38, Belmont Cramer 14
Fuquay-Varina 28, Apex 19
Granville Central 26, Hillsborough Cedar Ridge 13
Gray’s Creek 47, Red Springs 19
Grayson County, Va. 14, Alleghany County 12
Greensboro Dudley 57, Southeast Guilford 0
Greensboro Grimsley 63, Rolesville 34
Greensboro Smith 27, Charlotte Harding 14
Greenville Conley 27, Washington 0
Harrells Christian 36, Wayne Christian 16
Havelock 20, Wilmington Laney 17
Hayesville 55, Madison County 20
Hickory 56, Newton-Conover 36
Hickory Grove Christian 42, Gastonia Highland Tech 0
High Point Andrews 25, High Point Central 6
Hope Mills South View 32, Hoke County 0
Indian Trail Porter Ridge 49, South Iredell 3
Jacksonville 23, Jacksonville White Oak 8
Jacksonville Northside 26, Swansboro 12
John Paul II Catholic 45, Lawrence Academy 26
Kernersville McGuinness 47, North Stokes 0
Kings Mountain 37, Concord Cox Mill 13
Kinston Parrott Academy 49, Northwest Halifax 26
Kinston 34, Greene Central 29
Knightdale 20, East Wake 14
Knoxville Catholic, Tenn. 40, Brevard 13
Knoxville Webb, Tenn. 38, Asheville School 14
Lake Norman 14, Statesville 13
Lake Norman Charter 30, Winston-Salem Prep 6
Lee County 42, St. Pauls 14
Lejeune 58, Seven Springs Spring Creek 16
Lenoir Hibriten 22, Gastonia Huss 19
Lexington 32, Winston-Salem Carver 16
Marshville Forest Hills 41, North Rowan 7
Matthews Butler 50, Richmond County 13
Matthews Weddington 35, Charlotte Ardrey Kell 0
Mayodan McMichael 44, East Bend Forbush 28
Mitchell County 35, McDowell County 6
Monroe Sun Valley 35, Anson County 7
Mooresville 14, Pfafftown Reagan 13
Mount Airy 49, East Surry 0
Mt. Holly Mountain Island Charter 24, Charlotte Latin 21
Nash Central 56, SouthWest Edgecombe 28
New Bern 31, Northern Guilford 21
Norfolk Academy, Va. 46, Currituck County 21
Norfolk Christian School, Va. 34, Manteo 0
North Brunswick 61, West Carteret 26
North Buncombe 32, Swannanoa Owen 13
North Duplin 14, Pinetown Northside 13
North Gaston 10, Bessemer City 6
North Henderson 41, Rosman 14
North Johnston 12, Goldsboro Rosewood 6
North Lincoln 21, Lincolnton 20
North Mecklenburg 19, Charlotte Olympic 14
North Stanly 37, East Rowan 31
North Surry 48, South Stokes 20
Northeast Guilford 34, Western Guilford 6
Northern Nash 55, Wilson Fike 12
Northwest Cabarrus 30, Kannapolis Brown 19
Northwest Guilford 27, North Davidson 0
Palisades 44, East Mecklenburg 0
Pembroke Swett 25, Fairmont 8
Perquimans 36, Camden County 20
Person 62, Halifax County, Va. 20
Pikeville Aycock 33, Eastern Wayne 20
Pittsboro Northwood 20, Cameron Union Pines 19
Princeton 28, Harnett Central 22
Providence Grove 45, Southern Guilford 12
Raleigh Athens Drive 36, Morrisville Green Hope 34, OT
Raleigh Leesville Road 49, Cary Panther Creek 14
Randleman 14, West Stokes 7
Reidsville 31, Greensboro Page 17
Richlands 14, Southwest Onslow 13
Robbinsville 26, Franklin 0
Robert B. Glenn 21, Jamestown Ragsdale 7
Rockingham County 22, Eden Morehead 20
Rocky Point Trask 57, Newton Grove Hobbton 39
Salemburg Lakewood 50, Gaston KIPP Pride 7
Salisbury 62, Walkertown 6
Shelby Crest 49, Lawndale Burns 29
South Columbus 48, South Brunswick 44
South Davidson 40, Chatham Central 0
South Johnston 28, Erwin Triton 14
South Lenoir 42, Jones County 0
South Stanly 27, South Rowan 19
Southeast Raleigh 21, Raleigh Wakefield 14
Southern Durham 14, Durham Hillside 0
Southern Lee 55, Hickory Home School 7
Southern Nash 42, South Granville 0
Southern Pines Pinecrest 44, Spring Lake Overhills 20
Southwest Guilford 19, Winston-Salem Reynolds 0
Southwestern Randolph 22, North Moore 12
St. Joseph-Montvale, N.J. 49, Arden Christ School 10
Swain County 14, Sylva Smoky Mountain 10
Tarboro 49, Hertford County 22
Thomasville Ledford 42, West Davidson 7
Topsail 52, Holly Ridge Dixon 6
Trinity 29, Albemarle 19
Valdese Draughn 49, Morganton Patton 6
Vance County 52, Roanoke Rapids 14
Wake Forest 31, South Garner 21
Warsaw Kenan 80, Newton Grove Midway 58
Washington County 28, Chocowinity Southside 6
Watauga County 55, Avery County 6
Waxhaw Cuthbertson 22, Central Davidson 8
Waxhaw Marvin Ridge 42, Huntersville Hopewell 12
Waynesville Tuscola 29, Polk County 23
Wendell Corinth Holders 21, Raleigh Broughton 7
West Columbus 52, Sandhills Titans 6
West Forsyth 40, Oak Grove 29
West Henderson 44, Hendersonville 0
West Johnston 45, Western Harnett 0
West Lincoln 67, Cherryville 7
West Mecklenburg 18, Mint Hill Rocky River 6
West Stanly 28, China Grove Carson 20
West Wilkes 28, Elkin 21
Whiteville 31, West Brunswick 7
Wilmington Ashley 62, East Carteret 0
Wilson Hunt 27, Wilson Beddingfield 7
Wilson Prep 50, East Columbus 0
Winston-Salem Mt. Tabor 28, North Forsyth 6
Winston-Salem Parkland 21, Winston-Salem Atkins 14
Friday’s South Carolinas Scores
Abbeville 35, Powdersville 34
Appling County, Ga. 54, Aiken 13
Ashley Ridge 33, Cane Bay 12
Aynor 30, Kingstree 14
Ben Lippen 21, Heathwood Hall 14
Berkeley 34, Hanahan 33
Bethesda Academy, Ga. 44, John Paul II 0
Blythewood 35, Richland Northeast 18
Boiling Springs 55, Mauldin 0
Brookland-Cayce 49, Airport 0
Broome 49, Chesnee 20
Camden 59, Lugoff-Elgin 6
Cardinal Newman 55, Pee Dee Academy 7
Central 35, Monroe Parkwood, N.C. 3
Chapin 63, Mid-Carolina 0
Chester 38, Fort Mill 24
Clinton 49, Laurens 7
Crescent 58, Dixie 7
Cross 46, Hemingway 8
Denmark-Olar 22, Bamberg-Ehrhardt 15
Dillon 38, Lamar 6
Edisto 30, Williston-Elko 19
Fairfield Central 33, Andrew Jackson 16
Fort Dorchester 34, Beaufort 17
Franklin County, Ga. 28, Pickens 11
Gaffney 63, Union County 7
Gilbert 35, Batesburg-Leesville 7
Hampton County 41, Allendale-Fairfax 8
Hartsville 55, Darlington 26
Hillcrest 41, Greer 20
Hilton Head Island 29, Claxton, Ga. 12
J.L. Mann 42, Riverside 14
James Island 51, R.B. Stall 0
Lake View 38, Mullins 14
Lakewood 20, Fox Creek 3
Latta 55, East Clarendon 18
Laurence Manning Academy 34, Pinewood Prep 19
Lee Central 34, Great Falls 6
Lincoln County, Ga. 49, McCormick 6
Loris 27, North Myrtle Beach 21
Lucy G. Beckham 43, Wando 0
Manning 50, Scott’s Branch 0
Marion 32, Wilson 24
Midland Valley 21, Strom Thurmond 16
Myrtle Beach 51, Conway 14
Northside Christian 18, Greenwood Christian 17
Patrick Henry Academy 33, St. John’s Christian Academy 6
Philip Simmons 41, St. James 30
River Bluff 56, Swansea 7
Sandy Creek, Ga. 41, Greenwood 7
Seneca 40, Palmetto 0
Silver Bluff 46, Socastee 0
South Florence 28, Oceanside Collegiate Academy 6
South Pointe 35, Rock Hill 13
Spartanburg 17, Dutch Fork 6
Summerville 33, Carolina Forest 26
Sumter 42, Ridge View 19
T.L. Hanna 28, Greenville 17
Waccamaw 21, Carvers Bay 19
West Florence 28, Lake City 0
West Oak 35, Carolina High and Academy 12
Whitmire 32, Spartanburg Christian 19
Williamsburg Academy 52, Palmetto Christian Academy 6
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=
Spring Valley vs. White Knoll, ccd.
W.J. Keenan vs. Orangeburg-Wilkinson, ccd.
Next Week’s Schedule
FRIDAY, SEPT. 1
Mecklenburg nonconference
Ardrey Kell at Marvin Ridge
Berry Academy at Hopewell
Charlotte Catholic at Providence Day
Charlotte Latin at Metrolina Christian
Christ the King at Lake Norman Charter
Cox Mill at Charlotte Country Day
Cuthbertson at South Mecklenburg
Garinger at Harding
Glenn at Chambers
Hough at Dutch Fork (SC)
Independence at West Charlotte
Monroe at Rocky River
Palisades at Indian Land (SC)
Parkwood at East Mecklenburg
Providence at Hunter Huss, 7:30
South Point at Charlotte Christian
South Wake Crusaders at Hickory Grove Christian
West Cabarrus at Olympic
West Mecklenburg at Ashbrook, 7:30
Piedmont Athletic (NCISAA)
SouthLake Christian at Covenant Day
Catawba Shores 1A-2A
Corvian Community at Community School of Davidson
South Piedmont 3A
Jay M. Robinson at Concord
Area nonconference
Avery County at Bessemer City, 7:30
Blacksburg (SC) at Cherryville, 7:30
Cannon School at Ravenscroft
East Gaston at Stuart Cramer, 7:30
Forestview at Freedom, 7:30
Fred T. Foard at West Lincoln, 7:30
Hickory Ridge at Porter Ridge
Highland Tech at Union Academy
Lake Norman at Asheville
Lincolnton at East Lincoln, 7:30
Mooresville at West Rowan, 7:30
Mount Pleasant at Central Cabarrus
North Iredell at Alexander Central, 7:30
Piedmont at Jesse Carson, 7:30
Roanoke Rapids at Pine Lake Prep, 7:30
South Iredell at Statesville, 7:30
Walkertown at Forest Hills
West Forsyth at Weddington
S.C. nonconference
Andrew Jackson at Crestwood, 7:30
Buford at Lee Central, 7:30
Catawba Ridge at Nation Ford, 7:30
Hillcrest at Clover, 7:30
Lancaster at Rock Hill, 7:30
Palisades at Indian Land
South Pointe at Gaffney, 7:30
Union County at York, 7:30
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2
CIN Classic
(at Lakewood Stadium, Atlanta)
Rabun Gap School (GA) vs. Mays (GA), 5
Butler vs. Langston Hughes (GA), 8
Area nonconference
North Wake Saints at Cabarrus Stallions
Open week: A.L. Brown, Mallard Creek, Mountain Island Charter, North Gaston, North Lincoln, North Mecklenburg, Northwest Cabarrus, West Iredell. Fort Mill, Northwestern
This story was originally published August 24, 2023 at 3:00 PM.
