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Friday night football updates, Aug. 26

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.

Soccer scrimmages on Saturday

The fifth annual Kick It for Cancer boys soccer showcase is scheduled for Saturday at CASL's WRAL soccer complex in Raleigh. The event is expected to involve 22 teams.

Wake Forest-Rolesville 28, Panther Creek 7

WAKE FOREST -- John Conyers knew he had done his job. With the entire fourth quarter still to be played, he stood at the sideline and tried to control his excitement. Conyers, the quarterback for Wake Forest-Rolesville, knew he wasn’t going to throw the ball again.

That’s because he didn’t need to. The Cougars’ celebrating had begun after Conyers’ 31-yard touchdown throw. And after a 28-7 victory over Panther Creek on Friday in the 4-AA east regional, Conyers and the rest of the Cougars had made school history: they advanced to their first state championship game in football.

Panther Creek 35, Fuquay-Varina 28

CARY - Panther Creek and Fuquay-Varina started off as if they were engaging in another shootout. Instead, a second-half shutout was the difference.

The Catamounts defeated their Tri-Nine Conference foe for the second time this year, holding Fuquay to zero second-half points to come from behind to win 35-28 in the second round of the 4-AA football playoffs.

Panther Creek 44, South View 21

CARY – Panther Creek cruised into the second round of the NCHSAA 4-AA state football playoffs Friday night. The Catamounts, the No. 2 seed in the Mideast Region, forced four turnovers and piled up 404 yards of total offense en route to a 44-21 win over No. 7 South View.

Panther Creek 10, Cary 7

CARY -- For the second straight year, Panther Creek met Cary in the final week of the season for what P.C. fans were calling the "biggest game in school history."

Last year, the Catamounts needed a win to secure a berth in the NCHSAA 4-A playoffs. This year, a conference championship was on the line, and for the second straight year the Cats edged their cross-town rivals in the "biggest game in school history" as Panther Creek won 10-7.

Friday Night football updates

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.

 

 

Panther Creek 28, Lee County 0

CARY – Panther Creek celebrated its senior night Friday with a 28-0 rout of Lee County. The Catamounts’ defense stifled the Yellow Jackets offense all evening – holding them to a mere 136 yards of total offense.

“This win is huge,” Panther Creek coach Wayne Bragg said. “Lee County is a good football team. They’re big, physical and have some really good skill guys. It seems like we keep playing playoff caliber teams every week now. We know we have to win these, and our guys really played well.”

Middle Creek 42, Panther Creek 21

APEX – Middle Creek tradition calls for the the Mustangs to emerge from a grandstand tunnel amid smoke and music while the players make their way to the field.

The anticipated shootout between Panther Creek and Middle Creek appeared to going up in smoke with the plume until Middle Creek quarterback Garrett Leatham connected on three fourth-quarter touchdown passes en route to a 42-21 upset win Friday on the Mustangs' field.

Panther Creek 33, Athens Drive 30

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.

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