East Duplin slipped past rival Wallace-Rose Hill 28-26 on Friday night to win the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2-A East football championship and advance to the state title game.
The Panthers (14-1) will play West champion Reidsville (14-1) for the 2-A championship Saturday at 11 a.m. inside Kenan Stadium on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Here are Friday’s regional championship scores and pairings for the Dec. 9-10 state championship games.
FRIDAY’S REGIONAL SCORES
Seeding in parenthesis
1A
East
(1) Tarboro 35, (3) Rosewood 7
West
(4) Mount Airy 35, (6) Valdese Draughn 6
2A
East
(2) East Duplin 28, (12) Wallace-Rose Hill 26
West
(1) Reidsville 32, (3) Lawndale Burns 14
3A
East
(1) Northern Nash 23, (3) Seventy-First 22
West
(4) East Lincoln 14, (11) Belmont South Point 7
4A
East
(2) New Bern 35, (12) Raleigh Millbrook 27
West
(1) Greensboro Grimsley 28, (6) Matthews Weddington 27
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
4A
Friday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m., Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill
(2) New Bern (15-0) vs. (1) Greensboro Grimsley (15-0)
2A
Saturday, Dec. 10, 11 a.m., Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill
(2) East Duplin (14-1) vs. (1) Reidsville (14-1)
1A
Saturday, Dec. 10, 1 p.m., Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh
(1) Tarboro (14-1) vs. (4) Mount Airy (14-1)
3A
Saturday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m., Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh
(1) Northern Nash (15-0) vs. (4) East Lincoln (15-0)
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