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Freedom receives bye in football playoffs; EB, Patton, Draughn also qualify
After finishing in a three-way tie with Alexander Central and Watauga for first place in the Northwestern 6A/7A Conference during the regular season, the Freedom football team will have a bye in the opening round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 6A state playoffs.
According to brackets released on Saturday, the seventh-seeded Patriots (8-2) will face the winner of a first-round matchup between No. 10 seed Charlotte Catholic (6-4) and 23rd-seeded Piedmont (3-7) in the second round on Nov. 13.
Burke County’s other three gridiron squads — East Burke (5-5), Patton (1-9), and Draughn (0-10) — also qualified for the postseason. Each of those teams will play first-round contests on Nov. 6.
The 16th-seeded Cavaliers will host No. 17 seed North Surry (5-5) to begin the 4A playoffs, while 22nd-seeded Patton will visit No. 11 seed Union Academy (7-3) and 23rd-seeded Draughn will travel to No. 10 seed West Wilkes (7-3) in 3A matchups.
The North Surry-EB winner will visit top-seeded Hibriten (10-0) in Round 2, while the Patton-Union Academy winner will be at sixth-seeded Mount Airy (7-3) and the Draughn-West Wilkes winner will be at seventh-seeded Chase (8-2).
The third round of the playoffs is scheduled for Nov. 20, the fourth round is slated for Nov. 27, regional title games will take place on Dec. 4, and state championship contests are set for Dec. 10-12.
NOTE: Full brackets are available online at nchsaa.org/championships/football.
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