Football Friday: Regular Season's Close Is Here

Here’s the thing that amazes me: We’re in this horrible drought, yet we have lost two Football Friday shows this season because of rain or severe weather. Since 1989, this had happened only three other times – and that was because of hurricanes. And in this severe drought, it has also rained on two other Friday’s.

We certainly need the rain and are very grateful for it, but I will be honest – I wish all the rain had hit at the first of the week. Mother Nature always does what she wants, however, and you just have to roll with what it is. The weather pattern this fall has been unkind to high school football, though.

When I went home last Thursday, with what Greg and Mike were saying, I was pretty sure we weren’t going to have a show on Friday. I was so sure I didn’t even finish my preparations. And when I got up Friday morning and saw the deluge, the first words out of my mouth were not ”good morning,” but, “There’s no way anybody will play football tonight.”

By 4 o’clock that afternoon, 25 of the 27 games were had planned on covering were postponed. So it was an easy decision to cancel Football Friday. It was nice getting home before 1 a.m. but I will tell you, I always want to do the show and was disappointed not to have the opportunity to do one this past Friday.

Well, this Friday is supposed to be nice, and it’s the final week of the regular season with some very key games to be played. Conference championships and playoff seeds will be determined.

As I write this, we’re having some photographer issues because several of our regulars are off this week, so I’m not quite sure of the schedule. Right now, though, here’s what we’re looking at covering:

Southern Wayne at C.B. Aycock

Wilson Hunt at Wilson Beddingfield

Rocky Mount at Northern Nash

SouthWest Edgecombe at Wilson Fike

Hoke County at Richmond County

Jack Britt at Scotland County

Orange at Cedar Ridge

Midway at Hobbton

Southeast Raleigh at West Johnston

Lakewood at Union

Wallace-Rose Hill at James Kenan

South Johnston at Gray’s Creek

Westover at Douglas Byrd

Oxford Webb at Northern Vance

Franklinton at Southern Vance

Enloe at Millbrook

Wake Forest-Rolesville at Leesville Road

Middle Creek at Panther Creek

Fuquay-Varina at Cary

Broughton at Sanderson

Northwood at Cardinal Gibbons

Durham Riverside at Southern Durham

Person at Durham Hillside

Garner at Holly Springs

Athens Drive at Green Hope

Warren County at Bunn

Nash Central at Southern Nash

This schedule is very much subject to change. Hopefully, we’ll be able to add a couple.

Regardless, call 1-888-472-9725 to make sure that we get your school’s score.

I can’t believe this is the last week of the regular season. Next week, it’s on to the playoffs.