Week 3: Top-25 Preview

Here is a look at the opponents for teams ranked in the CarolinaPreps.com Top-25 Power Rankings.

4A 

Rank School Record Week 3 Matchup
1 Grimsley (2-0) at Reagan
2 Weddington (2-0) vs. West Forsyth
3 East Forsyth (2-0) vs. A.C. Reynolds
4 Mallard Creek (1-1) OPEN
5 Leesville Road (2-0) at Overhills
6 Pinecrest (2-0) at Middle Creek
7 Charlotte Catholic (2-0) at #1 Providence Day
8 Cleveland (2-0) at West Johnston
9 Cardinal Gibbons (1-1) at Richmond
10 Rolesville (1-1) at East Wake
11 Butler (1-1) at Langston Hughes (GA)
12 Independence (1-1) at #6 (3A) West Charlotte
13 Hough (1-1) at Dutch Fork
14 Chambers (0-1) vs. Glenn
15 Mooresville (2-0) at West Rowan
16 New Bern (2-0) at #15 (2A) West Craven
17 Millbrook (1-0) vs. Garner
18 South View (2-0) at Riverside
19 Hoggard (0-1) at #12 (2A) Wallace-Rose Hill (Thursday)
20 Laney (1-1) OPEN
21 Porter Ridge (2-0) vs. Hickory Ridge
22 Jordan (1-1) vs. Heritage
23 Mount Tabor (1-1) at Page (Thursday)
24 Marvin Ridge (2-0) vs. Ardrey Kell
25 Lake Norman (2-0) vs. Asheville

 

3A

Rank School Record Week 3 Matchup
1 Crest (2-0) at #24 (2A) Shelby
2 Dudley (2-0) at Hillside
3 Kings Mountain (2-0) at #9 (2A) Burns
4 Seventy-First (2-0) OPEN
5 East Lincoln  (2-0) vs. Lincolnton
6 West Charlotte (2-0) vs. #12 (4A) Independence
7 Northern Nash (2-0) vs. #20 J.H. Rose (Thursday)
8 Scotland (2-0) at Marlboro County
9 Havelock (2-0) OPEN
10 North Brunswick (2-0) at Swansboro
11 Southern Nash (2-0) at Fike (Thursday)
12 Cape Fear (1-0) vs. #14 Terry Sanford
13 South Point (1-0) at #3 Charlotte Christian
14 Terry Sanford (1-1) at #12 Cape Fear
15 J.M. Robinson (2-0) at Concord
16 West Henderson (2-0) vs. #21 (1A) Polk County
17 Lee County (2-0) at Southeast Guilford
18 Eastern Alamance (2-0) vs. Northern Guilford
19 Eastern Guilford (2-0) OPEN
20 J.H. Rose (1-1) at #7 Northern Nash (Thursday)
21 Hickory (2-0) OPEN
22 Jacksonville (2-0) OPEN
23 Southern Durham (1-1) at Walter Williams
24 Northwest Cabarrus (2-0) OPEN
25 Pisgah (2-0) vs. Hampton (Tennessee)

 

2A

Rank School Record Week 3 Matchup
1 Clinton (2-0) at Lumberton
2 Reidsville (2-0) at Rockingham County (Thursday)
3 Salisbury (2-0) vs. East Rowan
4 Whiteville (2-0) vs. #14 James Kenan
5 Forest Hills (2-0) vs. Walkertown
6 East Duplin (2-0) at Richlands
7 Monroe (1-1) at Rocky River
8 Princeton (2-0) vs. Rosewood (Thursday)
9 Burns (1-1) vs #2 (3A) Kings Mountain)
10 John A. Holmes (1-0) at Rocky Mount (Thursday)
11 Northeastern (2-0) OPEN
12 Wallace-Rose Hill (0-2) vs. #19 (4A) Hoggard (Thursday)
13 Chase (2-0) OPEN
14 James Kenan (2-0) at #5 Whiteville
15 West Craven (1-1) vs. #16 (4A) New Bern
16 Maiden (1-0) vs. Watauga
17 Bunker Hill (2-0) OPEN
18 Community School of Davidson (2-0) vs. Corvian Community
19 West Lincoln (2-0) vs. Fred T. Foard
20 Nash Central (2-0) vs. Goldsboro
21 Randleman (2-0) vs. Cedar Ridge
22 Bandys (2-0) OPEN
23 Hertford County (1-1) vs. Bertie
24 Shelby (0-2) vs. #1 (3A) Crest
25 East Gaston (2-0) at Stuart Cramer

 

1A

Rank School Record Result
1 Mount Airy (2-0) at Surry Central
2 Tarboro (2-0) vs. North Edgecombe (Wed)
3 Robbinsville (2-0) at #8 Mountain Heritage
4 Mitchell (2-0) vs. Alleghany
5 Northampton County (2-0) at KIPP Pride (Saturday)
6 Murphy (1-1) OPEN
7 Swain County (2-0) vs. Franklin
8 Mountain Heritage (1-1) vs. #3 Robbinsville
9 Mountain Island Charter (2-0) OPEN
10 West Columbus (2-0) at West Bladen
11 Thomasville (1-1) vs. T.W. Andrews
12 North Rowan (1-1) at Anson County
13 Draughn (1-1) vs. East Burke
14 Andrews (2-0) vs. New Faith Christian
15 Starmount (2-0) at Forbush
16 Eastern Randolph (1-1) vs. Southern Lee
17 Hayesville (2-0) at Georgia Force
18 North Duplin  (2-0) vs. Jones
19 East Wilkes (2-0) at North Wilkes
20 North Moore (1-1) vs. Northwood (Thursday)
21 Polk County (1-1) at #16 (3A) West Henderson
22 East Bladen (1-1) at Ashley (Saturday)
23 Washington County (2-0) at First Flight
24 Perquimans (2-0) at Pasquotank
25 Northside (1-1) vs. Martin County (Thursday)

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Nicknamed the 'Guru of High School Football' by Charlotte Observer columnist Langston Wertz, Jr., Chris Hughes is the Founder and Managing Editor of CarolinaPreps.com. A lifelong fan of the game, Chris grew up in Kannapolis and has devoted most of his life to covering the sport. Before starting CarolinaPreps, he spent time as a coach at multiple schools and is a U.S. Army veteran.

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