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

The second round of the North Carolina high school football playoffs are rolling, meaning every game takes on a special meaning. SBLive Sports is the place to follow of the live scoring updates and updated brackets.

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

Teams throughout North Carolina were competing in the second round of the playoffs, which eventually culminate in the state championship games on Dec. 20 and 21

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.

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, and No. 10 Lakewood, which won over No. 2 North Duplin.

Friday night playoff scores from high school football action around Columbia and South Carolina.

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 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