The third round of the North Carolina state football playoffs kicks off in a little more than 27 hours. Here is what you need to know about the playoff games for South Iredell and Mooresville. The Vikings are at West Stokes, and the Blue Devils host Sun Valley.
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South Iredell and West Stokes meet this week in a battle of unbeaten teams. The Vikings and Wildcats, both 13-0, look to stretch their winning streak to 14 games with a third-round victory in the 2AA Midwest sectional final.
Mooresville quarterback Deonte Black surpassed 1,500 yards rushing this season with his 155 yards in the first half Friday. Black, who was clocked earlier this year with a 4.31-second 40-yard dash, is the second-leading rusher in Iredell County.
Maybe Watauga should’ve saved its gas money and stayed in Boone.
Lake Norman travels to Asheville today to face T.C. Roberson in the quarterfinals of the 4A state boys soccer playoffs. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.
There would be no repeat of 2010. Facing the team that unceremoniously ended its perfect season last year, South Iredell played one of its best games of the year and throttled Forest Hills 51-21 in the second round of the 2AA state playoffs.
Mooresville’s football team could get used to this.
This week's playoff matchups for Iredell County football teams includes a couple of rematches.
Mallard Creek came out on the attack in the first half Wednesday. The Mavericks beat the Wildcats to loose balls and were in control of the third-round playoff match between the two conference opponents.
Michael Fisher has lofty expectations for South Iredell in the 2011-12 girls basketball season. The Vikings head coach looks for a lot from senior Aaliyah Jackson. Jackson averaged a double-double (16 points, 14.9 rebounds) for the Vikings as a junior.
The Wildcats survived a quadruple overtime and went to penalty kicks to beat the Olympic Trojans on Saturday in the second round of the 4A state soccer playoffs.
Deonte Black, Charles Wilkes, Scott Markofski and Antonio Vanderburg walked to midfield Friday as captains for Mooresville’s playoff game against East Gaston. They were the representatives selected by the players Thursday before the game against the Warriors.
There was no letdown this year.
South Caldwell picked up its seventh shutout of the season Friday with a 35-0 win over Lake Norman in the first round of the 4AA West playoffs.
Mooresville’s offense came to its defense's defense Friday night.
Tonight’s opening round of the state football playoffs is all about timing.
One game doesn’t define a season. South Iredell head football coach Scott Miller still feels that way a year after the Vikings’ perfect season was spoiled in the first round of the state playoffs.
Four teams from Iredell County advanced to the second round of the 2A, 3A and 4A state soccer playoffs. South Iredell, Statesville, West Iredell and Lake Norman all have games later this week in the second round.
In case you need a look at the standings and playoff pairings for all Iredell County prep football teams. This includes the final standings for the Catawba Valley, North Piedmont and I-Meck conferences as well as the brackets for the 2AA (South Iredell), 3A (Statesville, West Iredell), 4A (Mooresville) and 4AA (Lake Norman) playoffs
The first round of the playoffs are here, and the R&L sports staff has put togehter what you need to know about the five game featuring Iredell County teams.
The Vikings are on to Round 2 of the 2A state soccer playoffs after a 3-1 victory over Starmount. The Wildcats survived the first round of the state soccer playoffs Wednesday with a 1-0 victory over Sun Valley.
Mooresville wiped out a 1-0 Watauga High lead late in regulation, then surrendered a goal in the second 10-minute overtime period to fall, 2-1, Wednesday night in the first round of the state 4-A high school soccer playoffs.
The cards wound up falling in favor of Lake Norman and Mooresville for the opening round of the state 4A soccer playoffs.
A big-time potential postseason rematch looms for South Iredell. The Vikings, the No. 2 seed in the 2AA Midwest, could play Forest Hills in the second round of the 2AA playoffs if both teams win their first-round games.
In the first Associated Press poll after the end of the regular season, South Iredell is still ranked No. 2 behind Lincolnton.
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