The first week of the playoffs are upon us. Most of those teams that eeked into the playoffs last week, including Cary, will be heavy underdogs and will probably go down to defeat. In fact, the only visiting team (the supposed underdog) that I predict to win this week is Hoggard to defeat Southern Durham, which has been inconsistent this season. Temperatures should dip into the high 40s tonight but there is no chance of rain. Most games start at 7:30 p.m. You might want to check with local officials as some games start at 7. Last week I was 13-3 in predictions to finish the regular season at 112-23. That’s 83 percent correct. Game predicts are as follows.

Athens Drive at Garner
Cary at Richmond County
Chapel Hill at Douglas Byrd
Cummings at Carrboro
East Chapel Hill at Scotland County
Eastern Wayne at Orange
Gray’s Creek at Cardinal Gibbons
Green Hope at Fuquay-Varina
Heritage at Leesville Road
Hoggard at Southern Durham
Knightdale at Clayton
Laney at Middle Creek
Northern Durham at E.E. Smith
SE Guilford at Hillside
SE Raleigh at New Hanover
WF-Rolesville at Wakefield