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Friday night football scores

Bandys 27, Lincolnton 7

Maiden 39, Lake Norman Charter 14

North Lincoln 24, East. Lincoln 16

West Lincoln 35, Newton-Conover 14

Bunker Hill 37, Draughn 20

Hibriten 53, Fred T. Foard 14

Patton 29, E. Burke 7

Freedom 38, Alexander Central 6

Clark leads Bandys in win over Red Devils

Elijah Clark's four touchdown helped the Bandys Trojans defeat the Newton-Conover Red Devils, 31-7.

Other scores:
West Lincoln 31
Maiden 18

Fred T. Foard 64
Bunker Hill Bears 29

St. Stephens 40
McDowell 36

Freedom 43
Hickory 22

Prep Football Round-up: Bandys hands Maiden first loss of season

The Bandys Trojans defeated the Maiden Blue Devils 37-28 behind a strong ground game led by Ethan Howard.
The Newton Conover Red Devils traveled to Lincolnton and came home with a 34-7 win over the Wolves.

Falcons survive to beat Panthers 31-24 in NFC South thriller

The Carolina Panthers somehow found a way to have a last-gasp chance to beat the Atlanta Falcons after twice trailing by 14 points in the second half.
Welcome back to the NFC South. It shaping up to be another entertaining race.

Bandys suffers first loss of season, Foard gets first win

The Hickory Red Tornadoes defeated Bandys 28-27 to give the Trojans their firs loss of the season.
The Fred T. Foard Tigers get their first win on the season after a 38-22 home victory over St. Stephens.

The Red Devils and Bunker Hill will have home games Thursday night.

Newton-Conover, Maiden, Bandys win their Friday night games

Alexander Central 56, N. Lincoln 24

Ashe County 47, W. Caldwell 0

Bandys 62, Bunker Hill 6

Cherryville 46, Draughn 38

E. Lincoln 41, N. Gaston 22

Freedom 49, Patton 6

Hibriten 56, S. Caldwell 12

Hunter Huss 35, Hickory 7

Ground game leads Panthers in win over Dolphins

The Carolina Panthers improved to 2-0 in the 2018 preseason with a 27-20 win over the Miami Dolphins Friday night at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.

Newton-Conover shuts out Bunker Hill in Pack's debut

Newton-Conover High School varsity football team scored in all three phases of the game and amassed more than 400 yards of total offense in a success blowout debut with a 56-0 victory for first-year head coach Steven Pack.

Murphy Post leaving St. Stephens

In a message to the O-N-E and other media outlets, Murphy Post said he is leaving St. Stephens High School.

Post was the varsity boys head basketball coach for seven seasons at Saint where he compiled a 77-97 overall record according to maxpreps.com records.

Hickory Post 48, Maiden Post 240 host home playoff games

The North Carolina American Legion Area 4 playoffs have been set.
Rutherford earned the top seed in the West and will host Mint Hill, the No. 8 seed from the East. Shelby earned the top seed in the East and will host Taylorsville, the No. 8 seed from the West.