No. 1 Garner 37, Broughton 13 (FINAL, Thursday)

No. 2 Southeast Raleigh 55, Enloe 24 (FINAL)

No. 3 Hillside vs. Canes Bay, S.C. (Saturday)

No. 4 Cary 29, Holly Springs 7 (FINAL)

No. 5 Wakefield 42, Knightdale 32  (FINAL)

 Fayetteville Britt 42,  No. 6 Southern Durham 28 (FINAL)

No. 7 Leesville Road 39, Durham Jordan 6 (FINAL, Thursday)

No. 8 Wake Forest-Rolesville 37, Northern Durham 19 (FINAL)

No. 10 Middle Creek 48, No. 9 Fuquay-Varina 47    (FINAL 2OT)

No. 11 Harnett Central 22, Western Harnett 15 (FINAL)

Millbrook 26, No. 12 East Wake 9 (FINAL)

Green Hope 30, Sanderson 27 (FINAL, OT)

West Johnston 26, Cleveland 21 (FINAL)

Lee County 21, Apex 16 (FINAL)

Fayetteville Pine Forest 66, Smithfield-Selma 6 (FINAL)

Heritage 33, Corinth Holders 14 (3rd)

Panther Creek 23, Athens Drive 20, (FINAL)

Cedar Ridge 48, East Chapel Hill 34 (FINAL)

Cardinal Gibbons 44, Union Pines 0 (FINAL)

Southern Nash 21, Bunn 17 (FINAL)

Franklinton 41, Ravenscroft 27 (FINAL)

Jordan-Matthews 29, Northwood 12 (FINAL)

East Bladen 43, North Johnston 36 (FINAL)

Princeton 34, Dixon 0 (FINAL)

South Johnston 42, Clayton 35 (FINAL Thursday)

Could the development of feeder patterns be more of a hold-up on the new Wake County student assignment plan than coming to an agreement on achievement-choice schools?

As noted in today's article, staff's update on the student assignment plan included discussion on achievement schools and a presentation on sample feeder patterns. During the meeting, board members said zilch on the achievement schools but went into detail on the feeder patterns.

"We know this is contentious," Superintendent Tony Tata said to board members in response to the feeder pattern concerns. "This is high stakes. We want your feedback to make this right."

N&O football previews (9-12)

No. 9 Panther Creek Catamounts

• Panther Creek's surprised us all last year. The Catamounts lost senior leaders who weathered close games, dramatic comebacks and a tough schedule, but an outstanding offensive line will help. Read the preview by clicking here.

No. 10 Leesville Road Pride

• They've had a coaching change and only five defensive starters return. But the Pride has been one of the best Triangle programs in recent years and has some playmakers. Read the preview by clicking here.

No. 11 Fuquay-Varina Bengals

• Fuquay-Varina may have lost some of last year's stars, but the program speaks for itself. The Bengals are one of three 4-A programs to have won at least 11 games in each of the last five seasons. Read the preview by clicking here.

No. 12 Millbrook Wildcats

• The Wildcats are aiming for consistency this season after ending last season poorly. Millbrook has one of the nation's fastest players in Keith Marshall. Read the preview by clicking here.

Keith Marshall has been rated the No. 3 high school football prospect in the state by Rivals.com, a national recruiting website.

Marshall, who is rated a 4-star prospect by Rivals...

Wake County school board candidate Jennifer Mansfield is praising the actions of the new school board majority while also warning that things have become too politicized.

In an interview Thursday on the Rick and Donna Martinez Show on WPTF, Mansfield highlighted he tightrope she's walking on of trying to get people who disagree with incumbent Kevin Hill to vote for her instead of Heather Losurdo.

"District 3 for the last four years has not had a voice for parents and students so that's first and foremost is to be a voice for District 3 residents," Mansfield answered when asked why she's running. "And we need somebody who's in there whose experienced and I've been doing this for over six years, been involved in school issues."

Panther Creek announced today that it has hired Daniel Hall as varsity baseball coach. Hall becomes the second coach in Catamounts school history after Harry Jones took the Broughton head coaching job earlier this month.

Here is the release from the school:

Should a new high school on Green Level Church Road in Cary or on Humie Olive Road in Apex be built first?

As noted in today's article, that's an issue facing Wake County school board members deciding how to use nearly $100 milion in unspent bond money. The board could make the final call on Tuesday, which would also impact whether the district immediately starts work on a new elementary school in Wake Forest, a new elementary school in Wendell or a new middle school in northwest Raleigh.

As you guys may recall, staff had proposed in June two options for using bond savings and other cuts to fund some interim construction projects until the next bond issue goes forward.

Ashley Clark, a recent graduate of Panther Creek and Campbell University girls soccer recruit, is having quite a summer.

Baseball coach Harry Jones is going back to the Cap Eight 4-A conference. Jones, an Enloe graduate, left his position as Panther Creek baseball coach to take the same position at Broughton.

Panther Creek's leading scorer from a year ago has made her college choice.