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NCHSAA unveils high school football playoff brackets: Wilmington teams set to clash in Round 1
The 2024 North Carolina high school football playoffs are now set.
The NCHSAA revealed its four-class, 64-team brackets Sunday. The first round of the state playoffs is slated for Friday, Nov. 15.
Eight Wilmington-area squads will play in this year’s state playoffs. In total, six rounds encompass the football postseason. The first five rounds are played at the higher seed, while state championship matchups will return to Kenan Memorial Stadium and Carter-Finley Stadium Dec. 20-21.
Here is every Wilmington-area high school football team’s seed and matchup in the 2024 NCHSAA playoffs. We’ll update this page throughout the postseason with the latest scores.
2024 NCHSAA high school football playoff brackets
NCHSAA 4A East – Round 1 (Friday, Nov. 15)
No. 17 Laney at No. 16 Ashley
No. 21 New Hanover at No. 12 Pinecrest
No. 29 Topsail at No. 4 Richmond
No. 30 Broughton at No. 3 Hoggard
NCHSAA 3A East – Round 1 (Friday, Nov. 15)
No. 23 James B. Hunt at No. 10 North Brunswick
NCHSAA 2A East – Round 1 (Friday, Nov. 15)
No. 30 Trask at No. 3 Southeast Alamance
NCHSAA 1A East – Round 1 (Friday, Nov. 15)
No. 29 Chatham Central at No. 4 Pender