As the scoreboards ticked down to zero and the final horns blew in last Friday’s prep football games, we saw the conclusion of the 2021 regular season and boy what a regular season it was. For casual fans and observers, this year may have seemed like any other season, but …
Read More »Top25 Roundup for Week 11
Here is a look at how the teams ranked in the CarolinaPreps Top-25 fared during Week 11. 4A Classification Rank School Record Result 1 Hough (10-0) Def. Hopewell 58-0 2 Chambers (9-1) Def. Mallard Creek 33-7 3 Cleveland (9-0) Def. Clayton 55-6 4 Grimsley (10-0) Def. Northern Guilford 42-36 …
Read More »Friday Night Scoreboard – Week 11
Here are the scores from around the state from Week 11 of the North Carolina High School Football season. A.C. Reynolds 60, McDowell 0 A.L. Brown 47, Concord 0 Andrews 22, Murphy 12 Apex 27, Green Hope 13 Apex Friendship 47, Green Level 26 Ardrey Kell 49, Berry 7 Ashbrook …
Read More »Week 11’s Extended Football Rankings
Each week of the High School Football season, we rank every single team and evaluate every game that is played. This process is done by watching coaches’ films, streamed games, reading media reports, studying and comparing statistics, conversations with coaches, and of course decades of experience in knowing teams, regions, …
Read More »Red Zone Strength Top-25 Power Rankings for Week 11
Here are this week’s CarolinaPreps Top-25 Power Rankings presented by Red Zone Strength for Week 11. Check back later this afternoon for the CP Extended Power Rankings. 4A Classification Rank School Record Prev. 1 Hough (9-0) 1 2 Chambers (8-1) 2 3 Cleveland (8-0) 3 4 Grimsley (9-0) 4 5 …
Read More »Week 11 Schedule: Guru’s Picks
Here is the Week 11 schedule across North Carolina with the Guru’s Gameday Picks. Guru’s Pick Albemarle (2-6) at North Stanly (4-4) North Stanly Anson (3-6) at West Stanly (2-5) West Stanly Apex (4-5) at Green Hope (3-5) Apex Apex Friendship (3-6) at Green Level (2-7) Apex Friendship Ardrey Kell …
Read More »It’s Rivalry Week across the Carolinas
Just a few short months ago, I wrote about the new season that was upon us, about the smell of freshly cut bermudagrass, the sweltering heat of those first practices, and the high hopes that teams had for winning conference and state titles. Now we’re in the final week …
Read More »Grading the Guru – Week 10
This week the Guru of High School Football went 135-68 for 80.36 percent in his Friday Night Picks! Let’s see where he was right! Guru’s Pick A.C. Reynolds 56, T.C. Roberson 0 A.C. Reynolds Albemarle 46, Union Academy 20 Albemarle Ardrey Kell 13, Olympic 12 Ardrey Kell Asheville 48, North …
Read More »Top25 Roundup for Week 10
Here is a look at how the teams ranked in the CarolinaPreps Top-25 fared during Week 10. 4A Classification Rank School Record Result 1 Hough (9-0) Def. West Cabarrus 52-3 2 Chambers (8-1) Def. West Charlotte 48-28 3 Cleveland (8-0) Def. Garner 50-21 4 Grimsley (9-0) Def. Page 52-22 …
Read More »Friday Night Scoreboard – Week 10
Here are the scores from around the state from Week 10 of the North Carolina High School Football season. A.C. Reynolds 56, T.C. Roberson 0 Albemarle 46, Union Academy 20 Ardrey Kell 13, Olympic 12 Asheville 48, North Buncombe 6 Ashley 30, Topsail 8 Bandys 37, West Caldwell 26 Bartlett …
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