NCHSAA football playoff pairings RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — First-round pairings for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association football playoffs: 16) Raleigh Leesville Road (5-6) at (1) Wake Forest (11-0 9) Apex Middle Creek (9-2) at (8) Southern Pines Pinecrest (9-2 14) Apex (5-6) at (3) Morrisville Green Hope (9-2 11) Holly Springs (6-5) at (6) Cary Panther Creek (9-2 10) Raleigh Wakefield (6-5) at (7) Wake Forest Heritage (8-3 16) McDowell County (2-9) at (1) East Forsyth (10-1 13) Charlotte Myers Park (5-6) at (4) Charlotte Mallard Creek (10-1 10) West Forsyth (9-2) at (7) Cornelius Hough (8-3 15) Charlotte Olympic (5-6) at (2) Charlotte Independence (11-0 12) Fayetteville Smith (8-3) at (5) Durham Hillside (7-4 10) Northern Durham (4-7) at (7) Cape Fear (8-3 15) South Central Pitt (7-4) at (2) Wilmington Hoggard (10-0 12) Mint Hill Rocky River (7-4) at (5) Asheville Roberson (5-6 (13) Winston-Salem Mt. 14) Davie County (6-5) at (3) Charlotte Catholic (10-1 15) Kannapolis Brown (6-5) at (2) Pfafftown Reagan (10-1 16) Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons (6-5) at (1) Southern Durham (11-0 12) Chapel Hill (8-3) at (5) West Brunswick (5-6 14) Cameron Union Pines (6-5) at (3) Wendell Corinth-Holders (8-3 9) Rocky Mount (7-4) at (8) Western Alamance (9-2 16) Southwestern Randolph (5-6) at (1) Shelby Crest (11-0 15) East Rowan (5-6) at (2) Morganton Freedom (10-0-1 13) Franklinton (7-4) at (4) Roanoke Rapids (8-3 16) Sylva Smoky Mountain (2-9) at (1) East Lincoln (11-0 16) Red Springs (4-7) at (1) East Bladen (9-2 16) Lake Norman Charter (3-8) at (1) Black Mountain Owen (10-0 12) Burnsville Mountain Heritage (6-5) at (5) North Rowan (9-2 (13) East Rutherford (6-5) at (4) Mt. 16) Seven Springs Spring Creek (2-8) at (1) Wallace-Rose Hill (10-1 13) Northampton County (3-8) at (4) Princeton (10-1 (10) Swain County (8-3) at (7) Mt. Airy (10-1) 12) Durham Kestrel Heights (3-7) at (5) North Edgecombe (8-3 11) Columbia (3-7) at (6) Salemburg Lakewood (6-5 9) Rosman (5-6) at (8) Davidson Community (5-6 12) South Robeson (3-8) at (5) Monroe Union Academy (5-6 11) Kernersville Bishop McGuinness (3-8) at (6) Alleghany County (7-4 15) South Stanly (3-8) at (2) Mooresboro Jefferson Classical (8-3