Friday night matchups

No. 1 Garner 28, No. 17 Clayton 0 (final)

No. 2 Wakefield 57, Sanderson 20 (final)

No. 3 Leesville Road 50, Enloe 20 (final)

No. 4 Wake Forest-Rolesville 35, Heritage 7 (final)

No. 5 Cleveland 22, North Lenoir 16 (final)

No. 6 Cardinal Gibbons open

No. 7 Middle Creek 21, No. 13 Lee County 14 (final)

Harnett Central 17, No. 8 Southeast Raleigh 16 (final)

Fuquay-Varina 14, No. 9 Cary 0 (final)

No. 10 Chapel Hill 18, Cedar Ridge 6 (final)

No. 11 Erwin Triton 29, Pikeville Aycock 14 (final)

No. 12 Hillside 18, Southern Durham 13 (final)

No. 14 Knightdale 28, East Wake 20 (final)

Lumberton 20, No. 15 Athens Drive 14 (final)

No. 16 Carrboro at Northern Vance

Southern Guilford at No. 18 Orange

No. 19 West Johnston 39, Smithfield-Selma 7 (final)

No. 20 South Johnston 19, Eastern Wayne 12 (4th)

Other area games

Brougton 30, Millbrook 16 (final)
Ayden-Grifton 36, Pamlico 6 (final)
Pittsboro Northwood 27, Riverside 7 (final)
East Chapel Hill 21, Durham Jordan 7 (final)
Eastern Wayne 6, South Johnston 6 (3rd)
Franklinton 34, Corinth Holders 21 (final)
Green Hope 23, Holly Springs 13 (final)

Havelock 48, White Oak 7 (final)
Halifax Academy vs. Word of God at Wilder’s Grove

High Point Christian at Wake Christian
Scotland 56, Anson 6 (final)
Bunn 42, North Johnston 0 (3rd)
Northern Durham 49, Person 14 (final)
Panther Creek 35, Apex 7 (final)
Princeton 16, East Carteret 15 (final)
Rocky Mount 28, Greenville Rose 14 (final)
Ravenscroft 39, Fayetteville Village Christian 13 (3rd)
Siler City Jordan Matthews at Providence Grove
West Johnston 39, Smithfield-Selma 7 (4th)
South Central 26, West Carteret 7 (4th)
South Granville 23, Southern Nash 13 (final)
Southeast Halifax at North Edgecombe
Southwest Edgecombe 30, Kinston 20 (2nd)
Union Pines at Overhills
Warren County at Roanoke Rapids
Westover 32, Southern Lee 10 (final)
Southern Pines Pinecrest 36, Western Harnett 7 (final)
Wilmington Laney at Northern Nash
Wilson Beddingfield at Greene Central
Wilson Hunt 46, Wilson Fike 21 (final)
 

Friday night football updates

Friday night updates. East Wake stuns No. 1 Wake Forest-Rolesville in OT with fake field goal. Fuquay nips Clayton in OT. West Johnston out-scores South Johnston. Wakefield out-scores Holly Springs in a scoring battle.

Jordan ousts Broughton 3-0 and will face Green Hope in the third round of the NCHSAA 4-A soccer playoffs.

RALEIGH – Athens Drive trailed in the fourth quarter Friday, but rallied late to knock off Holly Springs 35-31 and end the regular on a positive note.

With the win, the Jaguars became eligible for a wild card berth in the playoffs.

Wake Forest-Rolesville tops Leesville Road 20-14 in overtime. Marcus Jones runs six yards for the winning score. Leesville had fumbled on its overtime possession.  Wake Forest, Wakefield and Leesville Road all finish 5-1 in the Cap 8.(FINAL)

No. 1-ranked Durham Hillside defeated Northern Durham 38-6 to finish the regular season 11-0 and claim the Piedmont Athletic 4-A championship. QB Vad Lee rushed for 138 yards and passes for 161. (FINAL)

Panther Creek got a 25-yard field goal from Garrett Lang in the final minutes to defeat Cary 10-7 and clinch the Tri-Nine's No. 1 seed into the playoffs.

Athens Drive 35, Holly Springs 31 (FINAL)

Broughton 51, Sanderson 20 (FINAL)

Cardinal Gibbons 28, Oxford Webb 6 (FINAL). Crusaders win league championship.

Cary Christian 57, Northeast Academy 56 (FINAL) (NCISAA eight-man semifinals) (Teams score on first 15 possessions and Cary Christian gets game winner with 15 seconds left)

Clayton 38, Smithfield-Selma 6 (FINAL) (Clayton coach Gary Fowler notches his 200th win. He is 200-11-1 in his career, all at Clayton. Comets grab No. 3 berth from Greater Neuse No. 3 berth)

Fuquay-Varina 31, Lee County 10 (FINAL). Bengals finish 10-1, share Tri-Nine title.

Garner 42, Harnett Central 0 (FINAL) (Garner goes undefeated in Greater Neuse) (Central QB Brian Taylor apparent shoulder injury and out)

Knightdale 28, East Wake 14 (FINAL)

Middle Creek 42, Apex 31 (FINAL)

Millbrook 21, Enloe 20 (FINAL)

Pittsboro Northwood 41, Cedar Ridge 17 (FINAL)

Rosewood 27, Princeton 6 (FINAL)

Triton 40, South Johnston 34 (FINAL)

Southeast Raleigh 47, West Johnston 30 (FINAL). Bulldogs finish runner-up in the Greater Neuse.

Word of God 54, Kinston Parrott 7 (FINAL): Undefeated Rams roll into NCISAA eight-man title game.

APEX – The state playoffs don't arrive for two weeks, but Athens Drive and Apex met in an elimination game of sorts as three-win teams trying to finish with five for the regular season to earn a possible at-large post-season berth.

Athens Drive took the step forward as Jaguars ended a five-game losing streak to improve to 4-6 with a 56-39 win over Apex Friday at the Cougars' field.

RALEIGH – Fuquay-Varina got four touchdowns from senior running back Cory Hunter on Friday as the Bengals rolled over host Athens Drive 50-21.
It was the Jaguars fifth straight loss.

“It’s tough,” Athens coach Jeff Smouse said. “The kids haven’t quit on us though. We knew this game would be tough because of the size mismatch. It’s just a tough situation.”

CARY – Panther Creek erased a 17-point deficit in the final nine minutes Friday night to beat visiting Athens Drive 33-30 and remain undefeated.

Louis Wilder gave Athens Drive a 7-0 lead when he hauled in a 10-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Ben Snotherly. Snotherly threw the ball to the right corner of the end zone and a diving Wilder pulled it in near the sideline with 4:17 left in the first quarter.

RALEIGH – Cary sophomore running back Marquise Sherrod-Cooper ran for 122 yards and two touchdowns Friday night to help push the Imps past Athens Drive 26-20 on the road.