No. 1 Garner 41, No. 6 Southeast Raleigh 34 (FINAL)

No. 2 Leesville Road 55, Heritage 0 (FINAL)

No. 3 Hillside 45, East Chapel Hill 7 (FINAL)

No. 4 Wake Forest-Rolesville 55, Millbrook 23 (FINAL)

No. 5 Wakefield 45, Broughton 21 (FINAL)

No. 7 Fuquay-Varina 21, Apex 0 (FINAL)

No. 8 Triton 22, Eastern Wayne 0 (FINAL)

No. 9 Southern Durham 43, Northern Durham 7 (FINAL)

No. 10 Middle Creek 28, Holly Springs 14 (FINAL)

No. 11 Cary 28, Green Hope 8 (FINAL)

No. 12 Cardinal Gibbons 35, Orange 21 (FINAL)

Athens Drive 29, Lee County 21 (FINAL)

Chapel Hill 17, Southern Vance 12 (FINAL)

Cleveland 62, South Johnston 59 (FINAL)

East Wake 59, Smithfield-Selma 13 (FINAL)

Enloe 26, Sanderson 21 (FINAL)

North Johnston 30, Franklinton 29 (FINAL)

North Raleigh Christian 24, Wake Christian 21 (FINAL)

Northwood 42, Union Pines 7 (FINAL)

Panther Creek 20, Jordan 12 (FINAL)

Riverside 15, Person 12 (FINAL)

Ravenscroft 42, Charlotte Christian 21 (FINAL)

Warren County 40, Corinth Holders 6 (FINAL)

West Johnston 35, Clayton 30 (FINAL)

The kickoffs of a couple of high school football games tonight have been moved to 6:30 p.m. Fuquay-Varina plays at Clayton at 6:30 tonight and Wake Forest Heritage goes to North Johnston at 6:30.

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 County schools, plus West Johnston, will open cross country season with 6,000-meter relay.

The Triangle's youth soccer players get a chance to learn from professional players on Sunday when the Carolina RailHawks host a free clinic.

The clinic, which is open to ages 5-13, takes place at 10:30 a.m. and
lasts until 2 p.m. at Bond Park in Cary. Registration starts at 9:30
a.m. Players from the RailHawks, who lead the United Soccer Leagues
First Division, will teach skills and offer tips.

Every year when special sections go out at the newspaper I meet what one could consider those that are the fabric of the local area.

In just two years of producing the Heritage Edition, autumn's special section, I've met some of the most interesting people in the area. What I've really done is made some good friends.

When starting the search for prospective individuals, it seems I always find the perfect person for the story, and even when I haven't, the person I contact first has humbly directed me to the right person.

I've now had nice chats with two farmers of two generations, a man who restores tractors (and has his whole life), a gospel singer, a local hunter, the knowledgeable gentlemen that crowd Aubrey's each morning — if I went into other special sections, the list would go on and on.

Now when taking to the streets, I have a rolodex of people to run into that offer a friendly wave in return. It's those people that give small towns like Zebulon and Wendell the small town charm they possess.