Separate playoff brackets could be in the future for charter schools and parochial schools if a proposal is adopted by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The NCHSAA Board of Directors will consider in their meeting this week a proposal by Nash Central High School Principal Jonathan Tribula to do just that.

Now that the third round of the NCHSAA football playoffs is over, the field has been whittled to 32 teams. Some of the biggest upsets of the third round include No. 19 Kinston, which stunned No. 6 Ayden - Grifton in the 2A East,

We’re on to Round 3 of the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s football playoffs, and the field is shrinking for local teams. Here is a preview of the games. Bundle up, because this will be the coldest Friday night so far this football season: Charlotte Catholic (9-2) at Grimsley (12-0),