Franklin football players Dillon Daves, Logan Tallent and Jordan Nugent.

The website Carolina Gridiron has released its preseason polls for NCHSAA football:

CarolinaGridiron.com has ranked the football teams in North Carolina. Defending champions lead the way this year with Mallard Creek (4AA), Crest (3AA), Monroe (2AA) and Wallace-Rose Hill (1AA) taking the top spots in their respective classifications.

4A

1. Charlotte Mallard Creek
2. Scotland
3. Greensboro Dudley
4. East Forsyth
5. Apex Middle Creek
6. Charlotte Butler
7. Greensboro Page
8. Charlotte Catholic
9. Cornelius Hough
10. Richmond
11. Wake Forest
12. North Davidson
13. Kannapolis AL Brown
14. Northwest Guilford
15. Charlotte Myers Park

3A

1. Boiling Sprngs Crest
2. Havelock
3. Rocky Mount
4. Kings Mountain
5. Fayetteville Terry Sanford
6. Concord
7. Southern Durham
8. Belmont South Point
9. Western Alamance
10. Asheville AC Reynolds
11. Clayton Cleveland
12. Waxhaw Marvin Ridge
13. Weddington
14. Eastern Alamance
15. Jacksonville

2A

1. Monroe
2. Shelby
3. Clinton
4. Bunn
5. Kinston
6. Lincolnton
7. Elizabeth City Northeastern
8. Reidsville
9. East Lincoln
10. High Point TW Andrews
11. Burnsville Mountain Heritage
12. SouthWest Edgecombe
13. Franklin
14. East Burke
15. Maiden

1A

1. Wallace-Rose Hill
2. Warsaw James Kenan
3. Tarboro
4. Mitchell
5. Plymouth
6. West Montgomery
7. Murphy
8. Robbinsville
9. Swain
10. East Carteret
11. Community School of Davidson
12. Walkertown
13. East Surry
14. Mount Airy
15. Whiteville

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