EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA \u2014 Conference play takes center stage as the calendar turns to October, with several high school football games Friday that could help shape league title races.<\/p>\n
One of the marquee matchups features longtime rivals New Bern and Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
The Bears and Cardinals will meet for the 12th time in the past 14 years. Jacksonville has won the last three meetings.<\/p>\n
Amari Pearson rushed for six touchdowns against New Bern last season, helping the Cardinals continue their recent success in the rivalry.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville has played just four games this season and continues to gain experience heading into conference play.<\/p>\n
New Bern enters the matchup following a record-setting performance from running back Karvin Magwood, who rushed for eight touchdowns against Hertford County.<\/p>\n
New Bern and Jacksonville kick off at 7 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n
Another major game in Jacksonville features a battle of undefeated teams as Croatan takes on Northside.<\/p>\n
Ayden-Grifton alum scores first Wofford touchdown<\/p>\n
Former Ayden-Grifton standout Jack Ewell scored his first touchdown for Wofford University with a career-long play.<\/p>\n
The second-year tight end turned a short pass into a 76-yard touchdown against No. 10 Tennessee Tech.<\/p>\n
Wofford lost the game, but Ewell now has eight catches for 135 yards through five games this season.<\/p>\n
The Terriers travel to Furman on Saturday for the 100th meeting between the rivals.<\/p>\n
North Carolina prepares for No. 3 Notre Dame<\/p>\n
North Carolina returns to the field Saturday for the first time in two weeks when the Tar Heels host No. 3 Notre Dame.<\/p>\n
The Tar Heels are coming off their first loss of the season after giving up a late lead against Clemson.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame leads the all-time series 24-1. North Carolina’s only on-field victory in the series came in 1960.<\/p>\n
ECU and Duke are both off this weekend.<\/p>\n
Other Saturday games include Stanford at Wake Forest and LaGrange at N.C. Wesleyan.<\/p>\n
Panthers return home for Sunday night game<\/p>\n
The Carolina Panthers return to Charlotte on Sunday after a loss to Cleveland.<\/p>\n
Carolina will host the Detroit Lions in a Sunday night prime-time matchup while dealing with injuries to several key players.<\/p>\n
Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson have been placed on injured reserve.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the NFL, Pittsburgh and Cleveland meet Thursday night, while Washington and Indianapolis play Sunday morning in London.<\/p>\n
Hurricanes raise Stanley Cup banner<\/p>\n
The Carolina Hurricanes raised their 2026 Stanley Cup championship banner before hosting the Florida Panthers.<\/p>\n
Carolina lost the game in overtime.<\/p>\n
The Hurricanes remain in Raleigh for their next game, hosting the Washington Capitals at 7 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA \u2014 Conference play takes center stage as the calendar turns to October, with several high…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-415199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}