4-AA

Garner 41, Leesville Road 21 (FINAL): Garner's Juwan Moye and Leesville Road's Braxton Berrios both top 200 yards rushing.

Fayetteville Britt 28, Middle Creek 14 (FINAL): Britt wears down the Mustangs

Greensboro Page 40, Charlotte Butler 26 (FINAL): Two-time defending champs ousted.

Charlotte Mallard Creek 42, Charlotte Myers Park 10 (FINAL)

4A

Scotland 35, Durham Hillside 7 (FINAL): Scotland handles Hornets

New Bern 31, New Hanover 20 (FINAL): New Bern pulls away in the fourth

Mooresville 42, Sun Valley 21 (FINAL)

3AA

Wilson Hunt 31, Cardinal Gibbons 17 (FINAL): Unbeaten Hunt handles Crusaders

Northern Guilford 35, Fayetteville Byrd 6 (FINAL)

Charlotte Catholic 45, Kannapolis Brown 7 (FINAL)

3A

Cleveland 42, Burlington Williams 28 (FINAL): First-year team with no seniors reaches the semifinals

Havelock 62, Currituck 36 (FINAL)

2AA

Kinston 47, Bunn 46 (FINAL, OT): Kinston stops two-point conversion try

2A

Tarboro 28, Edenton Holmes 26 (FINAL)

South Columbus 10, East Bladen 0 (FINAL)

Lincolnton 34, Maiden 21 (FINAL)

Thomasville 27, Salisbury 16 (FINAL)

1AA

Ayden-Grifton 35, Southwest Onslow 14 (FINAL)

1A

Manteo 40, Plymouth 12 (FINAL)

Jones 22, North Edgecombe 12 (FINAL)

Albemarle 45, Lakewood 14 (FINAL)

Each football bracket is down to eight teams apiece, and next week's third-round games means we'll have a winner for each of the 32 pods. Undefeated Leesville Road and undefeated Garner figures to be the largest match-up (and the only one in Wake County).

4-AA

Garner 55, Wilmington Laney 35 (FINAL) Demetrius Fairly has four TD

Leesville Road 49, Wake Forest-Rolesville 20 (FINAL) QB Braxton Berrios leads unbeaten Pride

Fayetteville Britt 31, Cary 0 (FINAL) Britt has not allowed a point in last 5 games

Middle Creek 34, Fuquay-Varina 20 (FINAL)

4-A

New Hanover 41, Southeast Raleigh 34  (FINAL) New Hanover stops Southeast at the nine in the final minute

Durham Hillside 40, Fayetteville Smith 12 (FINAL)

Scotland 55, Southeast Guilford 8 (FINAL)

3AA

Fayetteville Byrd 40, Chapel Hill 12 (FINAL)

Cardinal Gibbons 25, Erwin Triton 15 (FINAL)

3A

Cleveland 40, Southern Vance 34 (FINAL) Cleveland scored with 22 seconds left to tie the game and returns a blocked field goal for a touchdown with five seconds left for the win.

1A

Edenton Holmes 37, North Johnston 10 (FINAL)

NCISAA Eight-man finals

Word of God 46, Kinston Parrott 34 (FINAL)

Here are some other notes on the Berrios brothers that didn’t appear in the paper:

Braxton Berrios said he was excited that his older brother was going to return the opening kickoff for Senior Night – and not him. But Braxton also knew WF-R noticed the switch.

On the kickoff, the Cougars kicked the ball directly to Austin. Though Braxton said the Cougars were not intending on hurting Austin, he felt their move was smart and calculated.

“We expected a much closer game and you can’t hold anything back on a team like that,” Braxton said of Austin retuning the kick. “I understand what Wake Forest-Rolesville did trying to kick the ball to him.”

And as expected on its next kickoff, WF-R kicked the ball to Braxton.

“Once they kicked it to him, and that happen, I saw the ball come to me next,” Braxton said. “I said, ‘Let’s get down and ready for the next play.’ ”

The move was critical for Leesville Road as Braxton ran out of bounds after getting a couple yards. Braxton finished the game with 245 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

A mother’s request

Lee Berrios, the mother Austin and Braxton, has told her sons to help each other during their situation.

When Braxton is on the field leading the offense, Lee Berrios wants Austin to help his brother with what he sees on the sidelines. She hopes Austin gives Braxton advice on offensive line protection and the opponent’s coverage schemes.

When Austin comes off the field, she wants Braxton to listen to his older brother and make him feel part of the team.

Garner 44, Harnett Central 23 (FINAL). Garner trailed 17-7 at the half

Leesville Road 41, Wake Forest-Rolesville 16 (FINAL)

Wakefield 55, Heritage 10 (FINAL)

Broughton 35, Sanderson 19 (FINAL)

Millbrook 49, Enloe 15 (FINAL). Keith Marshall 298 rushing yards, 5 TD

Cardinal Gibbons 45, Oxford Webb 6 (FINAL)

Middle Creek 33, Apex 0 (FINAL)

Triton 55, South Johnston 9 (FINAL)

Cleveland 46, Southern Lee 21 (FINAL)

Cary 36, Athens Drive 12 (FINAL)

Orange 15, Chapel Hill 6 (FINAL)

Clayton 19, Knightdale 17 (FINAL)

Franklinton 45, Warren County 8 (FINAL)

Hillside 46, Northern Durham 20 (FINAL)

Jordan 42, Riverside 21 (THURSDAY FINAL)

East Chapel Hill 35, Person 21 (FINAL)

Lee County 17, Holly Springs 14 (FINAL)

Panther Creek 35, Green Hope 18 (FINAL)

Ravenscroft 49, Harrells Academy 26 (FINAL)

Northwood 22, Cedar Ridge 20 (FINAL)

West Johnston 26, East Wake 7 (FINAL)

Thirteen area football players made one of the four NCpreps.com preseason football teams, with the most coming at the 4-A level.

Will Baker of Wakefield was named as the Cap Eight 4-A baseball player of the year and Ben Duncan of Leesville Road was selected as the league's pitcher of the year.

Friday night playoff updates.

Defending champ Grayson Murray of Leesville opens with a 71.

The Triangle area now boasts three top-ranked girls soccer teams.