Chris Hughes

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.

Top-25 Power Rankings: Week 2

Here are the latest CarolinaPreps.com Red Zone Strength Power Rankings. 4A Rank High School Record 1 Weddington (Matthews) 1-0-0 2 Rolesville (Rolesville) 1-0-0 3 East Forsyth (Kernersville) 1-0-0 4 Independence (Charlotte) 1-0-0 5 Grimsley (Greensboro) 1-0-0 6 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) 1-0-0 7 Mallard Creek (Charlotte) 1-0-0 8 Hough, William A. (Cornelius) 0-1-0 9 Cleveland (Clayton) 1-0-0 10 Clayton (Clayton) 1-0-0 …

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Top-25 Roundup: Week 1

With the first weekend of the 2024 High School Football season in the books, here is a look at how the teams ranked in the CarolinaPreps.com Top-25 Power Rankings fared. 4A Rank School Record Opponent 1 Weddington (1-0) Def. Providence Day 13-7 2 Independence (1-0) Def. Myers Park 24-21 3 …

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CarolinaPreps debuts preseason Top-25 Power Rankings

  With the 2024 High School Football season preparing to kick off next week, here are the CarolinaPreps.com Preseason Power Rankings presented by Red Zone Strength. For those new to CarolinaPreps.com, these rankings have been released every week since 2008 and the purpose is to rank each team based on …

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The 2024 High School Football season is here

The arrival of August means the start of the 2024 High School Football season across the Carolinas.  Stay tuned to CarolinaPreps.com for lots of new features as the season nears.  To better serve our fans, we’ve completely revamped our Team Pages and added many new features. As always, we’ll feature …

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2024 N.C.C.A. East-West All-Star Game Women’s Basketball Roster

2024 NCCA East- West All-Star Women’s Basketball EAST PlayerPos.Ht. High School HS Coach Ziahmiya Adams G 5’3 Southeast Raleigh Tamia Darden G 5’9 South Garner Jasmine Felton F 5’11 Northeastern Audra Hillman F 6’0 Wake Forest Zamareya Jones G 5’7 North Pitt Laila Lewis F 5’10 Rolesville Laynie Smith F …

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Asheboro seeking Baseball Coach

Asheboro High School has an opening for its head baseball coach.  Any interested individuals please email a resume to Wes Berrier at wberrier@asheboro.k12.nc.us and to Ryan Moody at rmoody@asheboro.k12.nc.us.

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Montgomery Central Scrimmage August 9th

Montgomery Central HS is looking for a 4th team to join them and Pinecrest and South View on Friday, August 9th from 8-10 a.m. Interested coaches please contact head football coach Chris Metzger at 239-248-0808.Montgomery Central Scrimmage August 9th

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Gray’s Creek looking for assistant football coaches

Gray’s Creek High School (4A) located in Cumberland County is looking for qualified coaches on both sides of the football, but preferably on the defensive side for defensive line and defensive backs. Teaching positions that are open as of now are in Math, English, and EC. Further positions may come …

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