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The @newsobserver & @TheHerald_Sun's coverage of high school athletics in the Triangle.

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The NCHSAA volleyball, tennis and the NCISAA fall sports playoffs continue. Get pairings and live scores

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Hough High QB Ethan Royal is next up on The Talking Preps Interview

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Talking Preps OT: Who are the state's playoff darkhorses https://t.co/so9GFSQnrR

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Mooresville High's Weston Michalak has helped his team battle back from an 0-4 start with 4 straight wins.
He's a Talking Preps NC player of the week and joined us in studio this week

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From Fayetteville, Terry Sanford's Sebastian O'Keefe was a Talking Preps NC player of the week
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Hibriten QB Elan Lipford was a Talking Preps NC high school football player of the week

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Follow tonight's NCHSAA second round volleyball playoffs and the start of NCISAA private school playoffs in multiple sports

Live scoreboards, match times, etc

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TALKING PREPS: The Week 10 high school football preview show

On tap:

➡️Is this new-look AL Brown team ready for prime time?
➡️Dale still backs Weddington in 7A, but is Grimsley catching up?
➡️How do teams avoid all these 'trap' games this week from becoming upsets? And which 3 under-the-radar teams can make real playoff runs?
➡️The Talking Preps interview: Ethan Royal, Hough

NC players of the week

🏈Sebastian O'Keefe, Terry Sanford
🏈Elan Lipford, Hibriten
🏈Aury Greenfield, Jay M. Robinson
🏈Weston Michalak, Mooresville
🏈Amari Pearson, Jacksonville
🏈Ashur Tesh, East Rowan
🏈Samuel Raphael, Eastern Alamance
🏈Emory McClain, West Charlotte

BUCK ON SPORTS

Former Clemson Tiger, Carolina Panther Brentson Bucker on:

➡️Would the Charlotte 49ers be making a mistake by moving on from coach Tim Albin next month and starting our (again)?
➡️What's harder: Coaching a prep powerhouse or a rebuild?
➡️What's the hardest position to coach?

CHARLOTTE CONFERENCES

We asked Gary and Dale for their thoughts on how to best realign CMS conferences. The discussion gets lively

HUSKY HILL

Sam updates his Hough "Husky Hill" tier rankings of the state's best team, and one former NC Super 25 member falls off after a Game of Thrones-style "Red Wedding"

MR FOOTBALL

The semifinalist list for the state's top high school player does something unprecedented: It grows. Find out who was added.

GAMES OF THE WEEK

Regional

Freedom (7-1) at Alexander Central (6-2
Southern Durham (6-2) at Hillside (6-2)
Asheboro (7-1) at NE Guilford (6-2)
West Rowan (6-2) at NW Cabarrus (7-1)
West Craven (6-2) at SouthWest Edgecombe (6-2)
Franklinton (7-1) at Wake Forest (6-2)
Reagan (7-1) at West Forsyth (7-1)

CHARLOTTE GAMES

Myers Park at Hough
Chambers at West Charlotte
Mt. Pleasant at Monroe
Corvian at Christ the King
Country Day at Charlotte Latin

COACH VS COACH

1. What is the toughest position to coach in football and why?
2. Should NC offer to bring in private schools to the association and to the playoffs? Let’s assume they have same 25-mile radius as charters.
3. Is Charlotte widening the gap with other areas of the state or is it tightening up?

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NCHSAA fall sports update

➡️NCHSAA announces changes to girls dual-team tennis playoffs
➡️Updated brackets for tennis, volleyball
➡️Pairings for NCISAA playoffs that begin Tuesday
➡️Live scoreboard widgets for all sports

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Be like Marshall recruit Ethan Royal of Hough High and watch the No. 1 high school football show in North Carolina.

A new episode of Talking Preps drops every Monday at https://t.co/sa1ZlC89H8

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The NC Independent Schools have released fall sports state playoff pairings

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The NC high school volleyball playoffs begin today. Track live scores, plus see the brackets for volleyball and dual-team tennis

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Find out how where team falls in the current NC high school football playoff projections

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Follow Friday's live Charlotte-area and NC high school football scores all night. Check back often (link below).

Get updates via @charlottepreps

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BREAKING: The NC high school volleyball playoff brackets have been released

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Mallard Creek junior linebacker averages more than 11 tackles per game and he's next up on The Talking Preps interview

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Talking Preps: The Week 9 NC high school football preview show https://t.co/qF45nwmQih

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Talking Preps OT: Deep dive into football, flag football playoff possibilities https://t.co/1L1dLZauqC

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Talking Preps OT: Deep dive into football, flag football playoff possibilities https://t.co/vER2F8n23J

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TALKING PREPS: The Week 9 high school preview show

On tap

➡️Mr. Football semifinalists announced
➡️What should teams be trying to accomplish with three weeks left in the regular season?
➡️NCHSAA not bringing state finals to Charlotte again. Should they?
➡️We discuss a referee who puts his hands on a player last week.
➡️Sam updates his Husky Hill and Buck walks biggest college and pro football surprises, plus best and worst teams.

THE NC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

We highlight:

🏈William Alt, Charlotte Latin
🏈Ra'cere Bruton, North Stanly
🏈Seth Belote, Hickory Grove
🏈Ja'Braylan Patterson, West Iredell (live in studio)
🏈Aury Greenfield, Jay M. Robinson
🏈Bryson Gray, Millbrook
🏈Ayden Hoffler, Middle Creek
🏈Gavin Bronikowski, Providence Day (live in studio)

THE TALKING PREPS INTERVIEW

Cam sits down with Mallard Creek junior LB Isaiah Johnson, who averages more than 11 tackles per game and visited NC A&T Saturday.

NC GAMES OF THE WEEK

STATEWIDE/REGIONAL

SE Raleigh (6-2) at Cleveland (6-1)
Page (7-0) at Grimsley (7-0)
J.M. Robinson (7-0) at West Rowan (6-1)
Northeastern (7-1) at Hertford Co. (5-2)
East Lincoln (7-1) at Hickory (6-2)
Northern Nash (5-2) at Hunt (7-0)
South Point (7-1) at Kings Mountain (6-1)
Stuart Cramer (5-2) at Lincolnton (6-2)
Mountain Heritage (5-2) at Mitchell (5-2)
Enka (7-0) at T.C. Roberson (5-2)

CHARLOTTE-AREA

Hickory Ridge (6-1) at A.L. Brown (7-0)
Community School of Davidson (5-2) at Corvian (6-1)
Butler (4-3) at West Charlotte (4-3)
Palisades (6-1) at Providence (3-4)
Berry (3-4) at Central Cabarrus (1-6)

COACH VS COACH

1. What do you miss most about playing football as a player?
2. What is the most important “character trait “ in a high school football player?
3. Who has the best football uniform?
4. What is your “bucket list “ football game to go to?

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