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It was a topsy-turvy kind of week where two of our preseason #1 teams fell. It all started on Thursday when Rocky Mount, the 16th ranked 3A squad knocked off Tarboro, the top-ranked 1A program, 12-0. The upsets continued as Wilson Hunt (who is ranked 31st in our extended rankings) knocked off the top-ranked 3A team, Greenville Rose by a score of 34-26.
In another surprising (but not shocking) outcome, the 3A Franklin Panthers, who we knew would be a very solid team, took it to Murphy 35-15. The Panthers have certainly been trending upwards since the spring season and spoiled Joseph Watson’s debut as the new Murphy head coach.
Sticking with the 1A, I’m not sure if it would be considered an upset, but Eastern Randolph, who by the way served notice that they are a force to be reckoned with, knocked off a senior-heavy Eastern Alamance squad, and did so in impressive fashion, 34-6.
For those of you who stayed up late into the wee hours of Saturday morning, you were treated to an Instant Classic game in Raleigh as Julius Chambers held on to defeat Cardinal Gibbons by a score of 35-29.
Check out how the rest of the Top-25 ranked teams fared below.
4A Classification
| Rank | School | Record | Result |
| 1 | Chambers | (1-0) | Def. Gibbons 35-29 |
| 2 | Hough | (1-0) | Def. Myers Park 32-16 |
| 3 | Grimsley | (1-0) | Def. Clayton 56-0 |
| 4 | Butler | OPEN | |
| 5 | Rolesville | Pinecrest (Sat) | |
| 6 | Cardinal Gibbons | (0-1) | Lost to Chambers 35-29 |
| 7 | Richmond | (1-0) | Def. Mt. Tabor 56-41 |
| 8 | Cleveland | (1-0) | Def. Cary 52-0 |
| 9 | Myers Park | (0-1) | Lost to Hough 32-16 |
| 10 | New Bern | at North Pitt (Mon) | |
| 11 | Charlotte Catholic | (1-0) | Def. South Meck 13-6 |
| 12 | South View | (1-0) | Def. Overhills 43-0 |
| 13 | Glenn | Terry Sanford | |
| 14 | East Forsyth | (1-0) | Def. NW Guilford 48-7 |
| 15 | Wake Forest | at Southern Durham (Sat) | |
| 16 | Providence | (1-0) | Def. Chester 21-7 |
| 17 | Mount Tabor | (0-1) | Lost to Richmond 56-41 |
| 18 | Weddington | (1-0) | Def. Charlotte Christian 14-7 |
| 19 | Northern Guilford | (1-0) | Def. Eastern Guilford 35-7 |
| 20 | West Forsyth | (1-0) | Def. A.C. Reynolds 37-7 |
| 21 | Hickory Ridge | (1-0) | Def. Hunter Huss 68-13 |
| 22 | Ardrey Kell | OPEN | |
| 23 | Hoggard | (1-0) | Def. Northside-Jax 28-0 |
| 24 | Panther Creek | at Hillside (Sat) | |
| 25 | Mallard Creek | OPEN |
3A Classification
| Rank | School | Record | Result |
| 1 | J.H. Rose | (0-1) | Lost to Hunt 34-26 |
| 2 | Lee County | at Northwood (PP) | |
| 3 | Dudley | (1-0) | Def. Page 18-7 |
| 4 | Scotland | at Northern Durham (Mon) | |
| 5 | Havelock | at Croatan | |
| 6 | Eastern Alamance | (0-1) | Lost to Eastern Randolph 34-6 |
| 7 | Crest | OPEN | |
| 8 | Jacksonville | (1-0) | Def. SW Onslow 42-7 |
| 9 | North Davidson | (0-1) | Lost to Reagan 41-19 |
| 10 | Terry Sanford | at Glenn | |
| 11 | Oak Grove | (1-0) | Def. SW Guilford 26-14 |
| 12 | Statesville | (1-0) | Def. Carson 41-30 |
| 13 | Kings Mountain | (0-1) | Lost to Shelby 37-14 |
| 14 | East Lincoln | (1-0) | Def. Hibriten 39-7 |
| 15 | Western Alamance | (0-1) | Lost to Reidsville 35-14 |
| 16 | Rocky Mount | (1-0) | Def. Tarboro 12-0 |
| 17 | Southern Durham | Wake Forest (Sat) | |
| 18 | West Charlotte | OPEN | |
| 19 | Northwood | Lee County (Sat) | |
| 20 | Northern Nash | (1-0) | Def. SouthWest Edgecombe 53-0 |
| 21 | West Brunswick | (0-1) | Lost to Carolina Forest 70-41 |
| 22 | Hibriten | (0-1) | Lost to East Lincoln 39-7 |
| 23 | South Point | (1-0) | Def. Lincolnton 46-7 |
| 24 | Southern Nash | (1-0) | Def. East Wake 46-28 |
| 25 | Fike | (1-0) | Def. Beddingfield 40-0 |
2A Classification
| Rank | School | Record | Result |
| 1 | Reidsville | (1-0) | Def. Western Alamance 35-14 |
| 2 | Burns | (1-0) | Def. Forestview 8-6 |
| 3 | Shelby | (1-0) | Def. Kings Mountain 37-14 |
| 4 | Monroe | (0-1) | Lost to Marvin Ridge 37-6 |
| 5 | Salisbury | OPEN | |
| 6 | Northeastern | OPEN | |
| 7 | Clinton | (1-0) | Def. Goldsboro 41-6 |
| 8 | St. Pauls | OPEN | |
| 9 | Washington | (1-0) | Def. Pamlico 62-20 |
| 10 | Hendersonville | (1-0) | Def North Henderson 79-35 |
| 11 | Wallace-Rose Hill | at East Bladen (Mon) | |
| 12 | East Duplin | Dixon (Mon) | |
| 13 | West Craven | OPEN | |
| 14 | Southwest Onslow | (0-1) | Lost to Jacksonville 42-7 |
| 15 | Maiden | (1-0) | Def. Fred T. Foard 56-0 |
| 16 | Chase | (1-0) | Def. West Henderson 54-21 |
| 17 | Whiteville | at North Brunswick (Sat) | |
| 18 | J.M. Robinson | (1-0) | Def. Concord 20-0 |
| 19 | Mount Pleasant | (1-0) | Def. Central Cabarrus 24-0 |
| 20 | Randleman | (0-1) | Lost to Asheboro 20-7 |
| 21 | Brevard | OPEN | |
| 22 | SouthWest Edgecombe | (0-1) | Lost to Northern Nash 53-0 |
| 23 | Princeton | (1-0) | Def. Smithfield-Selma 42-21 |
| 24 | Polk County | (1-0) | Def. Newton-Conover 28-7 |
| 25 | John A. Holmes | OPEN |
1A Classification
| Rank | School | Record | Result |
| 1 | Tarboro | (0-1) | Lost to Rocky Mount 12-0 |
| 2 | Mountain Heritage | OPEN | |
| 3 | Murphy | (0-1) | Lost to Franklin 35-15 |
| 4 | Eastern Randolph | (1-0) | Def. Eastern Alamance 34-6 |
| 5 | Robbinsville | (1-0) | Def. Asheville 45-23 |
| 6 | Thomas Jefferson | Draughn | |
| 7 | Mitchell | (1-0) | Def. Erwin 47-7 |
| 8 | Mount Airy | (1-0) | Def. North Surry 43-0 |
| 9 | Winston-Salem Prep | OPEN | |
| 10 | Draughn | at Thomas Jefferson | |
| 11 | Perquimans | (1-0) | Def. Manteo 50-6 |
| 12 | Northside | (1-0) | Def. Camden 56-21 |
| 13 | Northampton County | (0-1) | Lost to Roanoke Rapids 40-14 |
| 14 | Rosewood | at C.B. Aycock (Mon) | |
| 15 | East Wilkes | (1-0) | Def. West Wilkes 42-7 |
| 16 | Mountain Island Charter | (1-0) | Def. Anson 34-27 |
| 17 | Elkin | (1-0) | Def. North Wilkes 42-33 |
| 18 | Thomasville | (1-0) | Def. Albemarle 50-0 |
| 19 | North Rowan | OPEN | |
| 20 | Starmount | (0-1) | Lost to East Surry 37-0 |
| 21 | Hobbton | Midway (Mon) | |
| 22 | Cherokee | (0-1) | Lost to Smoky Mountain 41-13 |
| 23 | Pender County | (1-0) | Def. Lejeune 24-0 |
| 24 | Andrews | (1-0) | Def. Hickory Hawks 36-11 |
| 25 | Riverside Martin | North Edgecombe (Mon) |
