The latest CarolinaPreps.com – Red Zone Strength Top-25 Power Rankings have been released following the opening weekend of the 2023 season. Following an impressive 30-7 victory over Mount Tabor, Greensboro Grimsley holds on to the top spot in the 4A classification, but a 54-3 victory over Cox Mill on Thursday …
Read More »Top 25 Roundup: Week 1
The High School Football season kicked off across the Carolinas last night. Here is how the teams ranked in the CarolinaPreps.com Top-25 fared during Week 1. 4A Classification Rank School Record Result 1 Grimsley (1-0) Def. Mount Tabor 30-7 2 Hough (0-0) Byrnes (Saturday) 3 Independence (0-1) Lost to Mallard …
Read More »Inside the locker room: Pregame at A.L. Brown
Here is a look inside the locker room at A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis. New head football coach Justin Hardin gives his team some last-minute motivation before heading out to face West Rowan in the opening game of the 2023 season. The Wonders second-half surge secured a 38-27 victory …
Read More »Practice Report: Forest Hills ready to take next step in 2023
Coming off of an impressive 9-2 campaign a season ago, Forest Hills is ready to take the next step in 2023. We caught up with head football coach Jammie Deese following the Yellow Jackets first practice of the season.
Read More »2023 Preseason Football Rankings
Today is the release of the 2023 CarolinaPreps – Red Zone Strength Top-25 Preseason Power Rankings. 4A Classification Rank School 2022 Record 1 Grimsley (15-1) 2 Hough (11-3) 3 Independence (11-2) 4 Butler (10-3) 5 Weddington (13-2) 6 Cardinal Gibbons (9-3) 7 East Forsyth (12-1) 8 Cleveland (11-1) …
Read More »Could Hendersonville be on the verge of a breakout?
As I was making my rounds through the Western part of North Carolina today, I stopped by and visited with Hendersonville head football coach Kirron Ward to see how the Bearcats were looking for the upcoming 2023 season. Fresh off of a 9-3 campaign, Ward couldn’t be more excited about …
Read More »1 on 1 with new Kannapolis head coach Justin Hardin
I sat down tonight with new A.L. Brown head football coach Justin Hardin. Check out the interview.
Read More »Can the Carolinas ever reach the excitement level of Texas HSFB?
As I sit here on this May afternoon, slowly counting down the days until the start of the high school football season in the Carolinas, I happened to come across the movie Friday Night Lights on television. You know the movie, the Hoosiers-like story of a town, a team, and …
Read More »What’s your Favorite Stadium?
We’re only in the month of May and spring football for most schools is just now cranking up, but trust me when I tell you this, it won’t seem like long before we start feeling those cool, crisp breezes, and watching the leaves change from a warm shade of green …
Read More »Starmount searching for new coach in 2023
First reported by Deana King of NCPreps.com, Starmount High School will be searching for a new head football coach for the 2023 season. Starmount High School located in Boonville NC has an opening for Head Football Coach. Teaching position is TBA. Contact: Principal Jonathan Frasher at jonathan.frasher@yadkin.k12.nc.us. — Deana …
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