By Patrick O'Brien
Carolina Gridiron heads into the second week of high school football, with already some early upsets that shook up the preseason rankings. Heading into Week 2 though, there are even more intriguing matchups on paper that should have high school football followers salivating beforehand.
Check out some of the top games going on Friday night, along with Carolina Gridirons Top 15 for each class and where they will be on Friday night.
Top Games:
Mallard Creek @ Butler
Middle Creek @ Rocky Mount
New Bern @ Havelock
Hibriten @ Maiden
Laney @ J.H. Rose
Franklin @ Murphy
Plymouth @ Riverside-Martin
Independence @ Scotland County
Lincolnton @ South Point
Cleveland @ Garner
Check out the rest of the Top 15 for each class below, as most of them will be in action on Friday night. With several Top 15 matchups, there will be a few shake-ups heading into Week 3.
4A Top 15 Teams vs Opponents
#1 Mallard Creek @ #6 Butler
Independence @ #2 Scotland County
Ragsdale @ #3 Dudley
#4 East Forsyth @ R.J. Reynolds
#5 Middle Creek @ Rocky Mount
#1 Mallard Creek @ #6 Butler
#7 Hough @ Mooresville
Anson County @ #8 Richmond County
Apex @ #9 Wake Forest
Ledford @ #10 North Davidson
East Meck @ #11 South Meck
South Rowan @ #12 A.L. Brown
#13 Northwest Guilford @ Western Guilford
Ardrey Kell @ #14 Myers Park
Providence Day @ #15 Charlotte Catholic
3A Top 15 Teams vs Opponents
New Bern @ #1 Havelock
Middle Creek @ #2 Rocky Mount
East Gaston @ #3 Kings Mountain
E.E. Smith @ #4 Terry Sanford
#5 Southern Durham Lost to Cardinals Gibbons 55-42 (Thursday)
Lincolnton @ #6 South Point
#7 Western Alamance @ S. Alamance
#8 Cleveland @ Garner
Ashbrook @ #9 Crest
#10 Sun Valley @ North Stanly
Cummings @ #11 Eastern Alamance
Albemarle @ #12 Concord
#13 J.M. Robinson @ Central Cabarrus
#14 West Rowan @ Davie County
Manteo @ #15 Jacksonville
2A Top 15 Teams vs Opponents
#1 Shelby @ AC Reynolds
Southwest Onslow @ #2 Clinton
Northwest Halifax @ #3 Bunn
#4 Lincolnton @ South Point
#5 Northeastern @ Northern Nash
#6 Reidsville @ Rockingham
#7 East Lincoln – OFF
#8 Andrews @ Tellico Plains TN
#9 Monroe @ Marvin Ridge
Hibriten @ #10 Maiden
#11 Mountain Heritage @ Erwin
Wallace Rose Hill @ #12 East Duplin
#13 Greene Central @ C.B. Aycock
Perquimans @ #14 Holmes
#15 Kinston @ North Pitt
1A Top 15 Teams vs Opponents
#1 Wallace Rose Hill @ East Duplin
#2 James Kenan – OFF
Washington @ #3 Tarboro
#4 Mitchell @ Cherokee
West Stanly @ #5 West Montgomery
Franklin @ #6 Murphy
#7 East Carteret @ West Carteret
#8 Walkertown @ West Forsyth
#9 Plymouth @ Riverside-Martin
#10 Mount Airy @ West Stokes
Surry Central @ #11 East Wilkes
Eastern Randolph @ #12 East Montgomery
Plymouth @ #13 Riverside-Martin
#14 Pine Lake Prep @ West Wilkes
#15 Robbinsville @ Charlotte Country Day
