And then there were three. The Triangle area is down to three teams left in the state high school football playoffs. Garner, playing inspired ball for retiring coach Nelson Smith, whipped Leesville Road and I’m predicting that they’ll do the same to Jack Britt in the 4-AA Eastern Finals. Orange has had a terrific season but beating Havelock down east is a tall order. I’ve got the Rams in that Eastern 3-A final. Carrboro, fighting for the Eastern 2-A title, is the only road team of I’ve got winning this week. Northside-Jax is strong but haven’t had as tough a schedule as Carrboro. Games start at 7:30 p.m. Last week I was 2-1 in predictions. I finished the regular season at 112-23. Together with playoff predictions, I’m 134-28. That’s about 83 percent correct. Game predictions are as follows.

Carrboro at Northside-Jax
Jack Britt at Garner
Orange at Havelock