High School Sports

It’s rivalry week on Talking Preps: breaking down the region’s biggest games

Friday is the final day of the high school football regular season, and we’ve got your rivalry week preview on Talking Preps.

The show goes live here at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24 with replays after.

On tap:

We preview a bevy of area games including Mallard Creek-Chambers; Charlotte Christian-Country Day; Crest-Kings Mountain; Ashbrook-Hunter Huss; Concord-AL Brown; Burns-Shelby; and Porter Ridge-Sun Valley.

Jonathan Grice breaks down the two North Carolina games of the week: Independence at Butler and Mooresville at Lake Norman. Plus we’ve got exclusive interviews with the head coaches of all four teams.

We’ll break down the latest statewide rankings.

And on Coach vs. Coach, Grice and Sam Greiner debate if Providence Day can still win a state title, if Concord and AL Brown’s “Bell Game” has lost is luster and whether Gary Richmond’s recent proposal to seed the top two teams in a conference and make everyone else a playoff wild card.

This story was originally published October 24, 2023 at 7:20 AM.

Langston Wertz Jr.
The Charlotte Observer
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