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Carolinas Top 25: Heading to Week 4, here are the best high school football teams in NC, SC

Two new S.C. teams join the Carolinas Top 25 rankings of the best high school football teams in North and South Carolina.

The poll ranks the best high school football teams in North and South Carolina, and appears in McClatchy newspapers and websites in both states weekly during the regular season.

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Joining the poll this week are Simponsville’s Hillcrest High School and Lexington’s White Knoll High.

Hillcrest is 3-0 and has outscored opponents 99-41, including last week’s 28-21 win against 0-3 Greer.

White Knoll is 2-1 after beating 0-2 Brookland-Cayce 49-19 last week.

Rank

School

State

Hometown

Record

LW.

1

Weddington

NC

Weddington

(3-0)

1

2

Dutch Fork

SC

Irmo

(2-0)

2

3

Gaffney

SC

Gaffney

(2-0)

4

4

Northwestern

SC

Rock Hill

(3-0)

5

5

Providence Day

NC

Charlotte

(2-1)

3

6

Grimsley

NC

Greensboro

(3-0)

6

7

East Forsyth

NC

Kernersville

(3-0)

7

8

Westside

SC

Anderson

(2-0)

9

9

Summerville

SC

Summerville

(3-0)

10

10

Rolesville

NC

Rolesville

(2-1)

8

11

Hickory

NC

Hickory

(2-0)

11

12

Irmo

SC

Irmo

(3-0)

12

13

Independence

NC

Charlotte

(3-0)

13

14

Hough

NC

Cornelius

(2-1)

16

15

Cardinal Gibbons

NC

Raleigh

(2-0)

14

16

Sumter

SC

Sumter

(3-0)

18

17

South Pointe

SC

Rock Hill

(2-1)

20

18

Mallard Creek

NC

Charlotte

(1-1)

15

19

J.L. Mann

SC

Greenville

(2-1)

21

20

Daniel

SC

Central

(2-1)

19

21

Seventy-First

NC

Fayetteville

(2-0)

22

22

Dudley

NC

Greensboro

(3-0)

23

23

West Charlotte

NC

Charlotte

(2-0)

24

24

Hillcrest

SC

Simpsonville

(3-0)

NR

25

White Knoll

SC

Lexington

(2-1)

NR