NCHSAA releases 2024 high school football playoff pairings

The N.C. High School Athletic Association has released final pairings for its 2024 football playoffs.

The six-week postseason begins Friday. The 2A and 4A state finals will be held at North Carolina. The 1A and 3A finals will be held at N.C. State.

The state championship games will be played Friday, Dec. 20 and Saturday Dec. 21.

The top four seeds in each region are listed below.

1A East

1. Tarboro

2. North Duplin

3. Wilson Prep

4. Pender

1A West

1. Mount Airy

2. Mountain Heritage

3. Murphy

4. Eastern Randolph

2A East

1. Northeastern

2. Whiteville

3. Southeast Alamance

4. Wallace-Rose Hill

2A West

1. Reidsville

2. Shelby

3. Monroe

4. Randleman

3A East

1. Havelock

2. Seventy-First

3. Northern Nash

4. Charles B. Aycock

3A West

1. Erwin

2. South Point

3. Hickory

4. Robinson

4A East

1. Cleveland

2. Cardinal Gibbons

3. Hoggard

4. Richmond

4A West

1. Grimsley

2. Weddington

3. East Forsyth

4. Watauga

Final NCHSAA playoff brackets

NCHSAA football playoff schedule

Friday’s first round

CLASS 4A

West

Western Guilford at Grimsley

Southeast Guilford at Reagan

Porter Ridge at Charlotte Catholic

Page at Palisades

South Iredell at Hough

Independence at Mount Tabor

Lake Norman at Mallard Creek

Ragsdale at Watauga

Butler at East Forsyth

Cuthbertson at West Forsyth

Alexander Central at Mooresville

Olympic at Northwest Guilford

Marvin Ridge at Asheville

West Cabarrus at Northern Guilford

T.C. Roberson at Sun Valley

A.L. Brown at Weddington

East

Heritage at Cleveland

Laney at Ashley

Enloe at Jordan

Pine Forest at Apex Friendship

Middle Creek at Rolesville

New Hanover at Pinecrest

Corinth Holders at Clayton

Topsail at Richmond Senior

Broughton at Hoggard

D.H. Conley at Leesville Road

Grays Creek at New Bern

South View at Millbrook

Wake Forest at Jack Britt

Hillside at Overhills

Southeast Raleigh at Garner

Willow Spring at Cardinal Gibbons

CLASS 3A

West

Parkwood at Clyde Erwin

Smoky Mountain at Pisgah

Hunter Huss at West Charlotte

West Rowan at Freedom

Asheboro at Dudley

Central Davidson at A.C. Reynolds

East Lincoln at Kings Mountain

Northeast Guilford at Jay M. Robinson

Tuscola at Hickory

Franklin at Statesville

North Iredell at Oak Grove

Eastern Guilford at Crest

South Rowan at West Henderson

North Davidson at North Lincoln

Northwest Cabarrus at Ashbrook

Montgomery Central at South Point

East

Westover at Havelock

Vance County at Western Alamance

South Central at Terry Sanford

Scotland County at Union Pines

East Wake at Williams

West Carteret at Jacksonville

Southern Alamance at Cape Fear

Eastern Alamance at C.B. Aycock

J.H. Rose at Northern Nash

Harnett Central at Southern Nash

Fike at Southern Durham

West Johnston at Currituck County

Lee County at White Oak

Hunt at North Brunswick

Richlands at Rocky Mount

Croatan at Seventy-First

CLASS 2A

West

R-S Central at Reidsville

East Rutherford at North Surry

Hendersonville at Bunker Hill

Anson County at Brevard

West Davidson at Salisbury

Surry Central at Walkertown

Lexington at Forest Hills

East Gaston at Randleman

T.W. Andrews at Monroe

North Stanly at Burns

Southwestern Randolph at East Surry

North Forsyth at West Stokes

West Lincoln at Mount Pleasant

Bandys at Community School of Davidson

Maiden at Lincolnton

Morehead at Shelby

East

Hertford County at Northeastern

Greene Central at Midway

East Duplin at St. Pauls

West Craven at Nash Central

North Johnston at Martin County

Roanoke Rapids at James Kenan

SouthWest Edgecombe at Cummings

Washington at Wallace-Rose Hill

Heide Trask at Southeast Alamance

Kinston at South Columbus

North Lenoir at Ayden-Grifton

Holmes at South Granville

Northwood at Eastern Wayne

Princeton at East Carteret

North Pitt at Farmville Central

Pasquotank at Whiteville

CLASS 1A

West

Thomas Jefferson Academy at Mount Airy

Bishop McGuinness at Mountain Island Charter

Avery County at South Stanly

Andrews at Starmount

Elkin at Corvian Community

Draughn at Mitchell County

Carver at Cherokee

Swain County at Eastern Randolph

Highland Tech at Murphy

Christ the King at Alleghany

South Stokes at Bessemer City

Thomasville at Robbinsville

Cherryville at North Rowan

Albemarle at East Wilkes

Hayesville at Union Academy

North Stokes at Mountain Heritage

East

Tarboro, bye

Lejeune at Weldon STEM

Northwest Halifax at Perquimans

Chocowinity Southside at Warren County

East Columbus at Pinetown Northside

Washington County at Gates County

Hobbton at Rosewood

Chatham Central at Pender

Wilson Prep, bye

West Columbus at KIPP Pride

Union at North Moore

North Edgecombe at Bertie

Pamlico at Bear Grass Charter

Northampton County at Lakewood

Southeast Halifax at East Bladen

North Duplin, bye