Championship weekend has arrived for NCHSAA football, with eight teams vying for four state titles in games scheduled for Friday and Saturday at NC State’s Carter-Finley Stadium and UNC’s Kenan Memorial Stadium.
Seventy-First opens play Friday (7 p.m., NFHS Network) against Hickory as the Falcons try for the fourth state championship in program history, looking to add to banners from 1984, 1986 and 2008.
Both teams are 15-0, with the Falcons carrying a perfect regular-season record into playoffs the last three years. The Red Tornadoes are playing in their first state title game since 1996.
2023 NCHSAA football championships
1A: Tarboro (13-0) vs. Mount Airy (15-0), Saturday, noon, Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill
2A: Clinton (15-0) vs. Reidsville (14-1), Saturday, 3 p.m., Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh
3A: Seventy-First (15-0) vs. Hickory (15-0), Friday, 7 p.m., Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill
4A: Hoggard (14-1) vs. Weddington (13-2), Saturday, 7 p.m., Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh
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NCHSAA football championship scores
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