Area HS football teams prepare for Black Friday playoff games with Thanksgiving practices

GREENVILLE — On Black Friday, ten high school football teams from across the Touchdown Friday viewing area will play for spots in the East Regional finals, and one will play for a spot in the 1A State Championship.

The 1A bracket has less teams, and therefore one less round. So in Beaufort County, 2 seed Northside-Pinetown will host the Eastern finals against 4 seed Wilson Prep.

In 2A, Tarboro practiced on Thanksgiving for an 18th consecutive time. They will host 4 seed East Bladen on Friday night. On the other side of the bracket, 6 seed Edenton Holmes travels to 2 seed Warren County.

The 3A bracket features three area teams still alive. Kinston is the 14 seed and heads to Elizabeth City to battle 7 seed Northeastern after a pair of upset road playoff wins. In Duplin County, top seed James Kenan takes on 13 seed Farmville Central. The Jaguars have upset 4 seed Louisburg and 5 seed Martin County in their last two playoff games.

Two teams from the Three Rivers 4A Conference face off in a 4A fourth round playoff game, as 2 seed West Craven hosts 11 seed SouthWest Edgecombe. The Cougars upset 3 seed East Duplin in a 44-41 shootout last Friday, while West Craven handled 7 seed TW Andrews. 1 seed Reidsville and 4 seed Central Davidson face off on the other side of the bracket.

Croatan and Northside-Jacksonville march on in the 5A bracket. The Cougars are in the midst of their deepest playoff run in school history, and face top seed Wilson Hunt as they look to keep making history. Northside will host 7 seed Rocky Mount, as the Monarchs look for their first Eastern finals appearance since 2016.

The top four seeds all remain alive in the 6A East bracket. Top seed Jacksonville hosts 4 seed Union Pines, while 3 seed Middle Creek heads to 2 seed Northern Nash on the other side of the bracket.

Stay tuned to the final 2025 edition of Brian Bailey’s Touchdown Friday on WNCT News at 11 as we recap all of Friday’s action.

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