The high school football playoffs begin tonight in dreary, rainy, cold weather. There are 13 games within close driving distance though. Most games start at 7:30 p.m. You might want to check with local officials as some games start at 7. In bold below are the predicted winners. I’m picking Leesville Road to top Broughton even without their injured starting quarterback. His brother, a sophomore, takes over the reigns. Last week my record was 9-2 for a 93-18 final regular season mark, which is 84 percent correct. The News & Observer provides details of some of these matchups here.

Asheboro at Chapel Hill

Athens Drive at Garner

Broughton at Leesville Road

D.H. Conley at Cardinal Gibbons

E.E. Smith at Southern Durham

Greenville Rose at Southeast Raleigh

Wilmington Laney at Wakefield

Lumberton at Cary

Millbrook at Wake Forest-Rolesville

Panther Creek at Middle Creek

Purnell Swett at Durham Hillside

Seventy-First at Fuquay-Varina

Southeast Guilford at Northern Durham

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