The third round of the North Carolina high school football playoffs are in the books. Five games were completed on Thursday night, while the rest of the schedule played out on Friday.
All of the No. 1 seeds are still alive. No. 23 Independence scored the biggest upset of round three, knocking off No. 2 Watauga in the 4A West bracket. No. 7 Shelby upset No. 2 Salisbury in the 2A West.
The 2A East featured a pair of high-scoring games: Nash Central outlasted Hertford County 71-68, while Northeastern topped Princeton 62-53.
Below are all of this week’s high school playoff scores. Congrats to all of the teams who advanced to next week’s regional semifinals
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 4A EAST | |||
| (25) Fuquay-Varina | 21 | at (1) Rolesville | 69 |
| (13) Clayton | 28 | at (5) Cardinal Gibbons | 30 |
| (11) Laney | 10 | at (3) Hoggard | 43 |
| (10) New Bern | 13 | at (2) Cleveland | 56 |
| 4A WEST | |||
| (24) Charlotte Catholic | 7 | at (1) Weddington | 37 |
| (5) Hough | 35 | at (4) Grimsley | 42 |
| (19) Mount Tabor | 13 | at (6) Butler | 49 |
| (23) Independence | 34 | at (2) Watauga | 14 |
 3A EAST | |||
| (25) JH Rose | 6 | at (1) Havelock | 20 |
| (13) Northern Nash | 45 | at (5) Scotland | 44 |
| (27) Terry Sanford) | 21 | at (3) Southern Alamance | 47 |
| (7) Fike | 0 | at (2) Seventy-First | 48 |
| 3A WEST | |||
| (8) West Charlotte | 29 | at (1) Crest | 30 |
| (5) Robinson | 28 | at (4) Dudley | 50 |
| (6) Oak Grove | 24 | at (3) West Henderson | 45 |
| (7) AC Reynolds | 38 | at (2) Hickory | 61 |
 2A EAST | |||
| (24) Southeast Alamance | 7 | at (1) Clinton | 42 |
| (12) Hertford County | 68 | at (4) Nash Central | 71 |
| (6) Whiteville | 44 | at (3) SouthWest Edgecombe | 8 |
| (7) Princeton | 53 | at (2) Northeastern | 62 |
| 2A WEST | |||
| (8) Brevard | 20 | at (1) Reidsville | 41 |
| (5) Monroe | 23 | at (4) Bunker Hill | 24 |
| (11) Forest Hills | 48 | at (3) Community School of Davidson | 21 |
| (7) Shelby | 38 | at (2) Salisbury | 21 |
 1A EAST | |||
| (9) Southeast Halifax | 0 | at (1) Tarboro | 36 |
| (13) East Bladen | 47 | at (12) Rosewood | 14 |
| (6) North Moore | 15 | at (3) Wilson Prep | 42 |
| (7) Lakewood | 0 | at (2) West Columbus | 42 |
| 1A WEST | |||
| (9) Swain County | 24 | at (1) Robbinsville | 30 |
| (5) Mountain Heritage | 39 | at (4) North Rowan | 48 |
| (11) Thomasville | 19 | at (3) Eastern Randolph | 40 |
| (10) Murphy | 26 | at (2) Mount Airy | 64 |
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