Friday night football updates

Whew. Deep breath, everyone, we've got a final.

After 3 overtimes, Catholic outlasted Providence 48-47 when Providence went for 2 and the pass came up short.

Final stats: Chauncey Concepcion had a monster day, scoring 6 TDs (5 throwing) and racking up 312 yards. For Providence, RB Joe Piraino racked up 105 yards and 3 scores.

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Lid-lifter Alert: WR Damon Magazu caught a 27-yard pass on 4th-and-goal as Providence tied Catholic 21-21 with :54 left.
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West Rowan 33, NW Cabarrus 6 (final)
Kevin Parks rushed for 265 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries.

A final score - Hickory Grove 36, Wake Christian 9
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A final score - Olympic 35, Myers Park 14.
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North Meck's Xavier Joplin rushed for 238 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries.
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Another lopsided score -
West Charlotte 48, West Meck 18...third quarter.
West Charlotte's Scoot Simmons has 163 yards rushing and three touchdowns on nine carries, a pretty sweet yards-per-carry average, eh ?

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The night's first final was a blowout - North Mecklenburg 51, Ardrey Kell 21.

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Independence 49, Hopewell 6...Anthony Carrothers is 16-of-24 passing for 289 yards and three touchdowns...Kierre Brown has six receptions for 173 yards.

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Hopewell is making mistakes, and Independence is making them pay.
The Titans have lost fumbles on three straight possessions, leading to Independence's 42-6 lead.
Quarterback Anthony Carrothers is 14-of-22 passing for 237 yards and two touchdowns.

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Rain casualty -
West Iredell at Alexander Central was postponed to 6 p.m. Saturday.

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Independence 35, Hopewell 6....Indy's Carlton Brown scored on a 5-yard run, and Jeremy Inglesi returned a fumble 56 yards for a score on the Patriots' fifth sack.
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East Meck 15, Vance 7 (third quarter)

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North Meck's crushing Ardrey Kell 41-14, midway through the third period.
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Mallard Creek leads Harding 44-0. Marquise Williams has thrown for 165 yards and four touchdowns, and run for 73 yards and a score.

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West Rowan is crushing NW Cabarrus 27-0 at halftime.
Kevin Parks has 14 carries for 181 yards and two touchdowns.
B.J. Sherrill is 6-for-6 passing for 102 yards and two scores.
Jon Crucitti has five receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown.

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Olympic 21 Myers Park 14 (third quarter)

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Mallard Creek is ruining Harding coach Jeremy Buck's debut - it's 30-0 after one quarter. ...Ouch !
Most of the other Rams aren't enjoying it either.

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Catholic and Providence are tied 14-14 in the second quarter.
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Halftime - Independence 21, Hopewell 6.
Patriots quarterback Anthony Carrothers is 10-of-16 passing for 211 yards and a touchdown.

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Charlotte Christian leads 21-0 after one quarter on the road against Augusta (Ga.) Christian.

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Halftime - North Mecklenburg 27, Ardrey Kell 14.
No rain. Lots of points.

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End of the first quarter - West Rowan 13, NW Cabarrus 0

West Rowan's Kevin Parks has six carries for 96 yards and two touchdowns....that's seven TDs in five quarters for Parks.
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Providence 7, Charlotte Catholic 7 (end of first quarter). Providence scored on a 67-yard reception by Jarrid McKinney.
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Mallard Creek has two safeties in a 23-0 lead over Harding. Quarterback Marquise Williams has more than 150 yards total offense and two touchdowns.

Independence's Kierre Brown caught a 67-yard. The Patriots lead Hopwell 14-6; Independence's Anthony Carrothers is 6-of-8 passing for 165 yards....Two minutes left in the first half.