If you’re from North Carolina, you probably know about the Big Four Tournament – a now defunct early season hoops showcase involving Wake Forest, UNC, NC State and Duke.
North Carolina’s D3 football schools are waging their own version of a “Big Four Tournament” over the final two weeks of the regular season.
Today’s round (Nov. 8) featured Greensboro visiting North Carolina Wesleyan and Brevard traveling to Methodist, with the road teams prevailing in both contests. All four schools compete in the USA South Conference.
Our fifth NCAA Division III school, Guilford College, lost its home finale to Averett. The Quakers play in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
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Greensboro 38, North Carolina Wesleyan 29: The Pride rolled up 558 yards of offense and held the ball for more than 40 of the game’s 60 minutes to secure a pleasing first conference win. Quarterback Cameron Turner threw for 296 yards and four touchdowns, while also rushing for 110 yards and another score.
Brevard 47, Methodist 20: The Tornados spun up their fifth victory of the season and kept the Monarchs winless in conference play. Jeremyah Lane returned a punt 50 yards for a score in the second quarter, then took the second-half kickoff back 90 yards for a touchdown to lead Brevard. Quarterback Ethan Beamish had an efficient day, completing 12-of-17 passes for 165 yards and three TDs for the victors.
Averett 27, Guilford 21: Brandon Saunders threw three TD passes and rushed for another score, helping the visiting Cougars spoil the Quakers’ senior day festivities. D’Omarion Smalls rushed for a 4-yard TD midway through the fourth quarter to pull Guilford within 6. The Quakers got the ball back twice but were intercepted each time.
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| TOTAL | ||||||||
 | Greensboro | 6 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 38 | Final | |
 | NC Wesleyan | 0 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 29 | FloCollege | |
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 | Brevard | 7 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 47 | Final | |
 | Methodist | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 20 | Fan.hudl | |
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 | Averett | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | Final | |
 | Guilford | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | FloCollege |
✅ D3 Football Notebook & Game-Day Wrap-up
Quick-hitters from Nov. 8 action in North Carolina D3 football:
Greensboro scored multiple touchdowns on explosive plays against North Carolina Wesleyan. Cameron Turner completed TD throws of 62 yards (to KJ Brown), 30 yards (Shamar Privette) and 41 yards (Brown). Will Pailthorpe capped the game with a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown on the final play.
Greensboro ran 84 plays to North Carolina Wesleyan’s 54. The Pride tried three 2-point conversion plays though none were successful.
Camron Torrence-Kelly gave Greensboro two 100-yard rushers, joining Turner. Torrence-Kelly finished with 105 yards on 20 attempts. The Pride amassed 262 yards on the ground.
Brevard football has had good fortunes in recent years with running backs with hyphenated last names. In 2023 and 2024 Chancellor Lee-Parker piled up the yards and touchdowns. This season, sophomore Zion Fauntleroy-McDaniel (Hendersonville | North Henderson HS) has emerged as a solid contributor. Fauntleroy-McDaniel scored Brevard’s first TD on Saturday and now has 562 rushing yards on the season with four scores. He also has 20 receptions for another 136 yards and two TDs.
Ethan Beamish’s three touchdown passes for Brevard went to Adam Douglas, Reggie Taylor II and Josh Quinn. Darrius Billingsley had a rushing score for the Tornados.
Marvin Pulley set the tone early for the Brevard defense with a first-quarter interception. Abdulmalik Sholanke and Obadiah Grimes each had two sacks and forced fumbles for the Tornados.
Travis Burton had another monster performance for the Guilford defense, recording 9 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss and two sacks in the Averett game. Burton is now fifth-best in program history with 31.0 career TFLs and tied for sixth-best in sacks with 16.0. His 12 sacks this season rank fourth-best in the school annals.
Guilford’s Nick Iannone recorded seven tackles, giving him 125 for the season (fifth-most in school history). Iannone has 175 career solo stops, ranking second in the Quakers’ record book.
Methodist quarterback Asa Windham threw a touchdown pass to Tyrone Atkinson and rushed for a score in the Brevard loss. Kyan McCollum also found the end zone for the Monarchs on a rushing play. North Carolina Wesleyan got a pair of short-yardage touchdowns from Nahjiir Seagraves, who finished with 120 yards on the ground in 19 attempts. Seagraves has passed the 1,000-yard mark in rushing on the season.
Next Up: Another round of in-state rivalry matchups headlines the Nov. 15 calendar, with Greensboro hosting Methodist and Brevard welcoming North Carolina Wesleyan. Guilford closes its season at Bridgewater.
