The Triangle area is down to four teams left in the state high school football playoffs. Leesville Road travels to Garner in perhaps the biggest, most emotional game of the season. Garner coach Nelson Smith is retiring at the end of the season and that would be after this game if the Trojans lose. Both teams are undefeated. Leesville had a couple of close games over the last month while Garner is rolling. If this game were at Leesville Road and Smith weren’t retiring, I’d give the edge to the Pride but I’m going to go with Garner. Orange, which lost only to Carrboro and Cardinal Gibbons, travels to high-scoring Eastern Alamance. I’m going with the home team. Carrboro, undefeated and averaging 43 points per game, plays at home and should beat Reidsville. Games start at 7:30 p.m. Last week I was 6-2 in predictions. I still think Cardinal Gibbons, 24-20 losers, would have beaten Wilson Hunt if their QB had been able to play. I finished the regular season at 112-23. Together with playoff predictions, I’m 132-27 That’s about 83 percent correct. Game predictions are as follows.

Leesville Road at Garner
Orange at Eastern Alamance
Reidsville at Carrboro