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It's time for the postseason. Here are the NC high school football playoff pairings
The NC high school football playoffs will begin Friday, Nov. 6, and the playoff pairings were released Saturday. There are two playoff brackets in the state — one for the N.C. High School Athletic Association, for mostly public schools, and the N.C. Independent Schools. Here are final NCHSAA brackets and some notes. The reigning champs A look at last year’s state champions and how they’ve fared this season. 8A: Hough beat Millbrook, 21-0. Hough is 10-0 and outscored opponents 421-33. It beat Providence Day 30-3, Cardinal Gibbons 35-10 and Mooresville 49-10. Millbrook, last year’s runner-up, is dominant in the East, so a rematch is possible. 7A: Grimsley beat Clayton, 24-14. Grimsley is 10-0 and outscored opponents 425-45, including a 24-0 win over West Charlotte. 6A: Watauga beat Middle Creek, 47-25. Watauga is 5-5. It started 1-5, then won its last four. 5A: Crest beat Hunt, 31-14. Crest is 9-1. It beat Shelby 27-24 in overtime, and its only loss was 35-21 at Weddington. 4A: Reidsville beat Brevard, 50-20. Reidsville is 7-3 and has won five straight. 3A: Shelby beat Kinston, 84-41 , the highest-scoring title game in state history. Shelby is 9-1, and its only loss was in overtime at
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Community college barber school opens in Charlotte with $10 haircuts
Central Piedmont Community College's new barbering program will start taking appointments Monday, Nov. 9, with haircuts at $10 as students log the hours needed for a license. The program opened in September at the college's west Charlotte campus. The quiet Harris campus is home to the newly renovated Cosmetic Arts Building, which houses a cosmetology salon, barbering school and esthetics area where the community can go for facials, massages and nail services.
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Beloved NC high school student with Down syndrome scores TD on Senior Night
All week long, South Mecklenburg High football coach Joe Evans told Evan Pech that he was going to score a touchdown. Pech, 17, is a senior who loves WWE wrestling and football. He has Down syndrome, a genetic condition that affects 1 in about 6,000 newborns in the US annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The condition can alter how the brain and body develop. Last Friday was likely South Meck’s last home game of the season, and the last home game of Pech’s high school career. Coach Evans wanted to make it memorable. “I go get Evan on Tuesdays and he comes with me and goes to (football) practice,” Joe Evans said, “and then he goes to the JV games on Thursdays. But this past week, against Garinger, it was our Senior Night, and he’s a senior.” So Evans called Garinger coach Jupiter Wilson and arranged for a pre-game play. South Meck would line up at the Garinger 20 and Evan would get the ball. And Evan would score. And everybody would go crazy. “So I call Jupiter,” Evans said, “and I asked, ‘Would you guys be willing?’ Jupiter’s a great dude and he’s like,
Niner Times
UNC Charlotte places three fraternities on interim restriction
As of Oct. 24, UNC Charlotte placed the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity on an interim restriction. On Oct. 27, the University also placed the Chi Phi and Sigma Tau Gamma fraternities on interim restriction. An interim restriction is a temporary limitation put on a campus organization when an investigation or...
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Copperheads ride gutsy late comeback to top Clover
CLOVER – Catawba Ridge scored two touchdowns, including a momentous 98-yard kickoff return that sparked an emotional late comeback, in the final 6:30 of action to top Clover High School 19-14 in the regular season finale. With the win, the Copperheads they improved to 6-4 overall and 4-2 in...
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Classroom Frontlines: Seven Candidates Compete for the Future of Fort Mill Schools
While all candidates are registered as Nonpartisan due to South Carolina school board statutes, their distinct histories, ideological perspectives, and localized four-year policy goals reveal deeply contrasting approaches to regional growth, structural budgeting, safety, and curriculum stability. Below are the detailed profiles, backgrounds, and specific four-year planks for each candidate, listed alphabetically: Larry Barnett (Nonpartisan)...