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Triangle high school football: Middle Creek 56, Cary 0, and Friday's Week 10 finals

Middle Creek beat Cary 56-0. Garner won 31-21 at Clayton. Broughton beat Athens Drive 28-14. Scores are from High School On SI and NCFootballNews, checked against each other.

ConfirmedThe main facts are confirmed by official or first-hand sources.

By Triangle Local Newsroom · Published

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What we know

Confirmed

  • Middle Creek beat Cary 56-0 on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. High School On SI and NCFootballNews both list that final. Middle Creek's MaxPreps team page also lists 56-0.Confirmed by High School On SI finals list; NCFootballNews Week 10 scoreboard; MaxPreps Middle Creek team page
  • Broughton beat Athens Drive 28-14. Garner beat Clayton 31-21. Cleveland beat Smithfield-Selma 56-0. Holly Springs beat Felton Grove 49-7. Jordan beat Green Level 62-14. Millbrook beat Wakefield 59-0. High School On SI and NCFootballNews list the same finals for those games.Confirmed by High School On SI finals list; NCFootballNews Week 10 scoreboard
  • Other Friday area finals that match on both scoreboards are listed in the story. Scores that did not match, or that we could not confirm, are left out.Confirmed by High School On SI finals list; NCFootballNews Week 10 scoreboard
  • Both scoreboards list the games as Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, finals. NCFootballNews labels the slate Week 10.Confirmed by High School On SI; NCFootballNews
  • NCHSAA football playoff brackets are set Oct. 31, and the first round is Nov. 6.Confirmed by North Carolina High School Athletic Association

Still unknown

  • How each team scored. The scoreboards used here do not include a play-by-play we could verify
  • Records for most teams. This story does not list records
  • Finals that did not match between High School On SI and NCFootballNews, including Apex at Panther Creek, Apex Friendship at Willow Spring, and Franklinton at Wake Forest

What happened

In Apex, Middle Creek beat Cary 56-0 on Friday in Week 10 of high school football.

Scores below appear on both the SI statewide finals list and the NCFootballNews Week 10 scoreboard. A score that did not match, or that we could not confirm on both boards, is left out. We are not listing records, scorers or how teams scored.

Notable Friday finals

  • Middle Creek 56, Cary 0. Middle Creek's MaxPreps team page lists the same score.
  • Broughton 28, Athens Drive 14
  • Garner 31, Clayton 21
  • Cleveland 56, Smithfield-Selma 0
  • Holly Springs 49, Felton Grove 7
  • Jordan 62, Green Level 14
  • Millbrook 59, Wakefield 0
  • Orange 15, South Granville 14
  • Enloe 25, Corinth Holders 20
  • Western Harnett 21, West Johnston 14

Other area finals

These Friday results also match on both scoreboards. The list covers schools in Wake, Durham, Johnston, Harnett, Chatham, Orange, Franklin, Granville, Cumberland, Sampson, Robeson and Lee counties.

Wake County: Heritage 31, Knightdale 6. Rolesville 35, Leesville Road 0. East Wake 26, Vance County 6. North Raleigh Christian 41, Wayne Christian 21. Faith Christian 42, South Wake Christian 24. Nash Central 14, Wake Prep 2.

Durham and Orange: Northern Durham 20, Chapel Hill 14. Riverside-Durham 35, East Chapel Hill 7.

Johnston, Harnett and Lee: Triton 35, South Johnston 7. Harnett Central 62, Southern Lee 14. Union Pines 49, Lee County 14. James Kenan 35, Princeton 15. Richmond Senior 42, Overhills 27.

Chatham, Franklin and Granville: Chatham Central 20, South Stokes 19. Bunn 12, Louisburg 6.

Cumberland, Sampson and Robeson: Cape Fear 62, Terry Sanford 27. Jack Britt 46, Pine Forest 20. E.E. Smith 48, Douglas Byrd 14. Seventy-First 28, Westover 3. St. Pauls 34, South View 24. Clinton 49, Heide Trask 0. Scotland 46, Lumberton 8. Whiteville 40, Red Springs 0. Fairmont 46, South Brunswick 13.

What we left out

The SI list had Panther Creek 14, Apex 7. NCFootballNews had that game 20-7. The boards disagree.

SI posted Apex Friendship 24, Willow Spring 24. NCFootballNews posted 34-31 in the same pairing. Those scores conflict.

For Franklinton at Wake Forest, SI had 45-3 and NCFootballNews had 49-10.

Gray's Creek vs. Purnell Swett is 6-0 on SI and 35-0 on NCFootballNews.

Several area games, including Cardinal Gibbons at Sanderson and South Garner at Fuquay-Varina, were still blank on that SI page when we checked, so they are not in this roundup.

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association says playoff brackets are set Oct. 31, with the first round on Nov. 6.

Why it matters

Friday was Week 10 for Triangle high school football, the last Friday before NCHSAA brackets are set. Families checking scores need a compact, cross-checked list, not a copy of one scoreboard.

Sources

  1. North Carolina High School Football Final Scores, Results - October 23 (High School On SI statewide finals list)

    Published by High School On SI · Checked Oct 24, 2026, 11:38 PM

  2. NC High School Football Scores: Week 10 (Oct. 23, 2026) (NCFootballNews scoreboard; sources listed as MaxPreps, VarsityNC, HighSchoolOT, social media)

    Published by NCFootballNews · Checked Oct 24, 2026, 11:38 PM

  3. Middle Creek Football (MaxPreps team page: vs. Cary W 56-0, Oct. 23, 2026)

    Published by MaxPreps · Checked Oct 24, 2026, 11:38 PM

  4. Football season details (bracketing date Oct. 31, 2026; first round Nov. 6, 2026)

    Official sourcePublished by North Carolina High School Athletic Association · Checked Oct 24, 2026, 11:38 PM

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