Now that the third round of the NCHSAA football playoffs is over, the field has been whittled to 32 teams. Some of the biggest upsets of the third round include No. 19 Kinston, which stunned No. 6 Ayden - Grifton in the 2A East,

Welcome to “Friday Night Live,” a place to keep up with North Carolina high school football scores in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties.

The third round of the North Carolina high school state playoffs is Friday night and some upsets have shaken up the brackets. Here is how we see it. Cleveland turned up its defense in a 21-3 win over Ashley last week while Jordan dispatched Apex Friendship 41-14.

Scores for the North Carolina high school football playoffs in the third round of the 2024 NCHSAA football playoffs

The Celina Bobcats enter the field to face Kennedale in a Class 4A Division I area-round high school football playoff game played on Friday, November 22, 2024, at Pennington Field in Bedford. (Steve N

The third round (R16) of the North Carolina high school football playoffs continue this weekend - and SBLive Sports is the place to follow of the live scoring updates and updated brackets. Follow all the games on the SBLive North Carolina High School Football Scoreboard every game day.

The West Texas high school football postseason continues as local teams continue to the area round of the bracket, hoping to advance to the regional final after Thanksgiving week and to the state tournament in mid-December.

The New York state football playoffs are down to the final four teams in each class. The NYSPHSAA football semifinals are Friday, Nov. 29 (11/29/2024), and Saturday, Nov. 30 (11/30/2024), in Middletown (East) and Vestal (West).