10/19/2026
Talking Preps: The Week 10 NC high school football preview show:
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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
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
