<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Ki0T9_1H59j4cx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Ki0T9_1H59j4cx00" width="3840" height="985" ><p>Northside’s football team remained unbeaten and moved on to the third round of the NC High School Athletic Association state playoffs with a win on Friday. Meanwhile, the season came to an end for Southside and Washington.</p><p><b>NORTHSIDE 56, WASHINGTON COUNTY 6</b></p><p>YEATESVILLE — Friday the 13th turned out to be bad luck quickly for Washington County in its game with Northside.</p><p>Northside needed one play to take control of its playoff opener, and the Panthers never let go. Washington County's Jireh Knight fumbled and Northside's Lee Griffin recovered. Anthony West cashed it in with a 19-yard touchdown run with 10:23 left in the first quarter, and the top-seeded Panthers (11-0) rolled from there.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TTQrIm9e-Ls?si=hCQJ58pxZSR5MY9y" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>Bryson Gibbs scored on an 18-yard run, and after Kevin Staton intercepted a Washington County pass, West broke a 58-yard touchdown run with 2:11 left in the first quarter for a 21-0 lead.</p><p>Zy'marian Oneal scored on a 4-yard run in the first minute of the second quarter to make it 28-0.</p><p>Washington County (3-9) got its only touchdown on a rushing score later in the quarter — the two-point try failed — but Oneal answered with an 8-yard touchdown and West added a 20-yard touchdown run, his third of the night, to send Northside to halftime up 42-6.</p><p>Diante Moore scored on a 16-yard run in the third quarter, and a fumble return for a touchdown closed out the scoring at 56-6. Kaden Rushton was perfect on extra points, making all eight.</p><p>The win sends Northside to a third-round home game on Friday, November 20 against North Edgecombe, which beat Southeast Collegiate Prep 20-8.</p><p><b>WEST COLUMBUS 50, SOUTHSIDE 33</b></p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QPZbnOuxDUY?si=eVie2y43fNcpHT1K" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>CHOCOWINITY — Southside nearly climbed all the way back Friday night. West Columbus wouldn't let the Seahawks finish it.</p><p>The Vikings led 23-19 at halftime and pushed the margin to 37-25 on a 3-yard touchdown run with nine minutes left, but Southside (7-4) kept coming. A long pass from Jaheem Moore to Jah'mere Blount set up a Moore touchdown pass to Marquis Jones, and Moore hit Keshawn Rouse for the two-point conversion to cut it to 37-33 with 4:19 to play.</p><p>West Columbus recovered the onside kick, though, and Vikings' quarterback DJ Graham broke a long touchdown run to restore the two-score lead. An interception by West Columbus' Xavier Savage killed Southside's next drive, and Graham finished the scoring with a touchdown pass to Santonio Vereen for the final margin.</p><p><b>EAST DUPLIN 41, WASHINGTON 20</b></p><p>BEULAVILLE — Washington spotted the top seed a 20-point head start Friday night, then matched East Duplin touchdown for touchdown the rest of the way.</p><p>Noah LeBlanc scored twice in the first half — a touchdown run after taking a handoff from Braden Jones, and a 23-yard receiving touchdown on a Jones rollout pass. Jones added a 3-yard touchdown run of his own as No. 1 East Duplin built a 20-0 halftime lead.</p><p>The Panthers ran for 323 yards as a team.</p><p>Washington (4-8) got all three of its touchdowns in the second half, two of them in the third quarter. Shamar Blo broke a 35-yard touchdown run to cut it to 20-7, and after East Duplin's Esiah Bennerman answered with a 1-yard score, Blo threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Anderson Thomas to make it 27-13.</p><p>East Duplin's Keeshon McKinnie scored on a 5-yard run early in the fourth quarter, but Blo struck again, hitting Justus Gibbs on a 68-yard touchdown pass to pull Washington within 34-20. LeBlanc closed it out with a 4-yard touchdown run.</p><p>LeBlanc finished with 240 rushing yards on 19 carries and two rushing touchdowns to go with his receiving score. Jones was 3 of 5 passing for 37 yards and the touchdown to LeBlanc.</p></div></body>

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YEATESVILLE — Friday the 13th turned out to be bad luck quickly for Washington County in its game with Northside. Northside needed one play to take control of its playoff opener, and the Panthers never let go. Washington County's Jireh Knight fumbled and Northside's Lee Griffin recovered. Anthony West cashed it in with a 19-yard touchdown run with 10:23 left in the first quarter, and the top-seeded Panthers (11-0) rolled from there.

Northside advances with win; Southside, Washington fall

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YEATESVILLE — Friday the 13th turned out to be bad luck quickly for Washington County in its game with Northside. Northside needed one play to take control

Northside advances with win; Southside, Washington fall

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