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.

Week 8 Schedule and Guru’s Gameday Picks

Last week, my record was 137-20 winning percentage of 87.2. 4A West Guru’s Pick Alexander Central (4-2) at Watauga (4-2) Watauga Asheville (4-2) at T.C. Roberson (2-3) Asheville Berry (2-4) at Olympic (4-1) Olympic Butler (4-2) at Rocky River (2-4) Butler Charlotte Catholic (5-1) at Garinger (1-5) Charlotte Catholic Davie …

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Every team gets ranked in the Week-8 Extended 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, …

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Red Zone Strength Top-25 Power Rankings for Week 8

Here are this week’s CarolinaPreps Top-25 Power Rankings presented by Red Zone Strength for Week 8. Check back tomorrow for the CP Extended Power Rankings. 4A Classification Rank School Record Prev. 1 Hough (6-0) 1 2 Chambers (5-1) 2 3 Cleveland (6-0) 3 4 Grimsley (6-0) 4 5 Northern Guilford …

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Top25 Roundup for Week 7

Here is a look at how the teams ranked in the CarolinaPreps Top-25 fared during Week 7. 4A Classification Rank School Record Result 1 Hough (6-0) Def. West Mecklenburg 53-0 2 Chambers (5-1) OPEN 3 Cleveland (6-0) Def. Fuquay-Varina 49-6 4 Grimsley (6-0) Def. Western Guilford 56-0 5 Northern Guilford …

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Week 7 Scoreboard

Here are the High School Football Scores for Week 7 broken down by classification and region. 4A West Asheville 6, A.C. Reynolds 5 Alexander Central 42, Ashe County 36 Berry 24, Harding 14 Butler 57, East Mecklenburg 0 Charlotte Catholic 30, Rocky River 13 Cox Mill 16, A.L. Brown 3 …

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Video: Week 7 NCHSAA Games of the Week

The season keeps marching right along and Friday we’ll enter the 7th week of play.  Most all conferences have begun league play and we’ll see several key matchups take place across all classifications.  Here is a list of the Top-25 public school games of the week. Top 25 Games of …

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Week 7 Prep Football Schedule

Here are this week’s North Carolina High School Football games broken down by region and classification. 4A West A.C. Reynolds (3-2) at Asheville (3-2) A.L. Brown (3-2) at Cox Mill (3-3) Ashe County (1-3) at Alexander Central (3-2) Berry (1-4) at Harding (2-4) Butler (3-2) at East Mecklenburg (1-5) Charlotte …

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Every team gets ranked in the Week-7 Extended 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 7

Here are this week’s CarolinaPreps Top-25 Power Rankings presented by Red Zone Strength for Week 7. Check back tomorrow for the CP Extended Power Rankings. 4A Classification Rank School Record Prev. 1 Hough (5-0) 2 2 Chambers (5-1) 1 3 Cleveland (5-0) 3 4 Grimsley (5-0) 6 5 Northern Guilford …

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