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 <<>> <<>>
