Separate playoff brackets could be in the future for charter schools and parochial schools if a proposal is adopted by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The NCHSAA Board of Directors will consider in their meeting this week a proposal by Nash Central High School Principal Jonathan Tribula to do just that.

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,

The 2024 NCHSAA football playoffs are in the final stages as Round 3 concluded Friday night. Two area teams earned victories and will play in regional semifinals next week as Hoggard and Pender kept their seasons alive. Here is every score from area teams in Round 3 of the 2024 NCHSAA football playoffs.

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

Follow along for live updates from Kernersville as East Forsyth (12-0) takes on Mooresville (11-1) in the third round of the NCHSAA 4-A playof… Live updates from East Forsyth vs. West Forsyth in the second round of the NCHSAA 4-A state playoffs.

Here's your statewide scoreboard from the third round of NCHSAA football playoffs, including Seventy-First and Cape Fear.

Here are my predicted winners of each game of the third round of the 2024 NCHSAA football playoffs. I'm going with a lot of road upsets this week! Feedback is welcome at my X account: @JoelBryantHSOT.