Crest, Shelby high school football live updates for North Carolina third round playoffs

Welcome to the area high school football scoreboard, where you can keep up with scores in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties — and beyond. Scores refresh every 60 seconds, keeping you up to date as changes occur.

You can also check here following Friday night's action for final results, as well as links to stories from key area games and photo galleries. And while you’re at bookmark The Gaston Gazette and Shelby Star high school football landing page, offering end zone-to-end zone coverage of action this fall.

LAST TEAMS STANDING: NCHSAA third round playoff predictions, preview for Crest, Shelby high school football

ROUND 3 SCHEDULE: NCHSAA football brackets for NC high school playoffs 2023: Third-round pairings

Here are a few storylines to prepare you for Round 3 of the state football playoffs:

• Old rivals collide as Crest welcomes West Charlotte for a third round playoff matchup. Can the Chargers push their way into the 3A West semifinal round?

• Something has to give: either Shelby’s nine-game win streak or Salisbury’s undefeated record. Which will it be?

• Who takes Friday’s clash of the titans between Greensboro Dudley and Jay M. Robinson?

• Community School of Davidson and Forest Hills match wits in a 2A West quarterfinal game.

• What teams advance on the other side of the 3A West bracket as Hickory hosts A.C. Reynolds and Oak Grove travels to West Henderson?

• Can Reidsville and Monroe set up a “Black Friday” clash, or can upset-minded teams in Brevard and Bunker Hill flip the 2A West bracket on its head?

NCHSAA regional scoreboard, live updates

NCHSAA Round 2 playoff rewind

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LIGHTS OUT: Shelby short-circuits potent Lincolnton offense, advance in NCHSAA 2A West playoffs

ROUND 2 HONOR ROLL: Here are the top Gastonia, Shelby area performers in NCHSAA football playoffs' second round

DEMORALIZING END FOR KINGS MOUNTAIN: How Reynolds football totaled 23 yards on offense and survived to reach the third round

MUSTANGS NO MATCH FOR WEST HENDERSON: How 169-pound Carson Dimsdale carried West Henderson football into third round of state playoffs

STATEWIDE PLAYOFF SCOREBOARD: NC high school football scores: NCHSAA playoffs second round in North Carolina 2023

This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: NC high school football second round: Scores, updates Crest, Shelby