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Triangle high school football: Cleveland 21, Clayton 20, and Friday's Week 11 finals

Cleveland beat Clayton 21-20. Triton beat Harnett Central 41-34. 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 Staff · Published

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What we know

Confirmed

  • Cleveland beat Clayton 21-20 on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. High School On SI and NCFootballNews both list that final. Cleveland's MaxPreps team page also lists 21-20.Confirmed by High School On SI finals list; NCFootballNews Week 11 scoreboard; MaxPreps Cleveland team page
  • Triton beat Harnett Central 41-34. High School On SI, NCFootballNews, Triton's MaxPreps page and a HighSchoolOT recap all list that final.Confirmed by High School On SI finals list; NCFootballNews Week 11 scoreboard; MaxPreps Triton team page; HighSchoolOT Triton recap
  • Rolesville beat Enloe 52-0. Cardinal Gibbons beat Cary 43-7. Lumberton beat Purnell Swett 28-26. High School On SI and NCFootballNews list those finals. MaxPreps recaps or team pages list the same three scores.Confirmed by High School On SI finals list; NCFootballNews Week 11 scoreboard; MaxPreps Rolesville recap; MaxPreps Cardinal Gibbons team page; MaxPreps Lumberton team page
  • Millbrook was awarded Friday's game over Corinth Holders by forfeit. NCFootballNews records that result as 2-0. JoCo Sports reported the forfeit. A MaxPreps recap also calls it a forfeit. The SI finals list did not include this pairing.Confirmed by NCFootballNews Week 11 scoreboard; JoCo Sports, Oct. 30, 2026; MaxPreps Corinth Holders recap
  • 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 11 scoreboard
  • Both scoreboards list the games as Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, finals. NCFootballNews labels the slate Week 11, the last Friday of the regular season.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
  • First-round playoff pairings. Official NCHSAA classification bracket pages exist, but we could not read local matchups from them at the time of writing
  • Finals that did not match between High School On SI and NCFootballNews, including Jack Britt at Hoke County, Chapel Hill at Riverside-Durham, Wake Forest at Heritage, North Raleigh Christian at Ravenscroft, Midway at Goldsboro, and Southern Durham / SSEAS at East Chapel Hill

What happened

In Johnston County, Cleveland beat Clayton 21-20 on Friday in Week 11, the last Friday of the high school football regular season.

Scores below appear on both the SI statewide finals list and the NCFootballNews Week 11 scoreboard, except where a note says a second check came from somewhere else. A score that did not match, or that we could not confirm, is left out. Records, scorers and how teams scored are omitted.

Notable Friday finals

  • Cleveland 21, Clayton 20. Cleveland's MaxPreps team page shows 21-20.
  • Triton 41, Harnett Central 34. Triton's MaxPreps page and a HighSchoolOT recap show 41-34.
  • Lumberton 28, Purnell Swett 26. The Pirates' MaxPreps page matches that final.
  • Rolesville 52, Enloe 0. MaxPreps recaps show 52-0.
  • Cardinal Gibbons 43, Cary 7. Gibbons' MaxPreps page lists 43-7.
  • Knightdale 17, East Wake 13
  • Hillside 35, Northern Durham 20
  • Orange 66, Cedar Ridge 0
  • Westover 33, E.E. Smith 14
  • Union Pines 49, Western Harnett 0
  • Millbrook over Corinth Holders, forfeit. The SI list skipped this pairing. NCFootballNews records it as 2-0. JoCo Sports reported the forfeit, and a MaxPreps recap also calls it one.
  • Wake Prep 22, Louisburg 21
  • Cary Christian 34, John Paul II 7
  • Garner 51, Fuquay-Varina 28
  • Middle Creek 39, Holly Springs 14
  • Jordan 35, Willow Spring 32
  • Leesville Road 42, Broughton 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: Green Hope 47, Green Level 7. Apex Friendship 31, Panther Creek 14. Sanderson 56, Felton Grove 14. Wakefield 50, Athens Drive 36. Southeast Raleigh 55, South Garner 7. South Brunswick 40, North Wake Saints 0. GRACE Christian 22, South Wake Christian 20. Arendell Parrott 43, Wake Christian 42.

Johnston, Harnett and Lee: West Johnston 34, South Johnston 8. Princeton 52, Rosewood 28. Lee County 37, Southern Lee 8. SouthWest Edgecombe 34, North Johnston 8.

Chatham, Franklin and Granville: Chatham Central 42, South Davidson 28. West Carteret 16, Northwood 13. Franklinton 43, Vance County 22. Roanoke Rapids 27, Bunn 25. South Granville 13, J.F. Webb 12.

Cumberland, Sampson and Robeson: Gray's Creek 36, Terry Sanford 29. Scotland 21, Cape Fear 13. Seventy-First 42, South View 22. St. Pauls 54, Douglas Byrd 14. Fairmont 52, Red Springs 0. Clinton 30, Southwest Onslow 16. Trinity Christian 47, Harrells Christian 15.

What we left out

For Jack Britt at Hoke County, SI posted 33-30. NCFootballNews posted 27-27. Those conflict, so that result is not here.

SI listed Chapel Hill 7, Riverside-Durham 6. NCFootballNews had the opposite winner, 7-0 for Riverside-Durham.

For Wake Forest at Heritage, SI had 56-7 and NCFootballNews had 42-7.

SI posted North Raleigh Christian 27, Ravenscroft 24. NCFootballNews posted 60-0.

Midway vs Goldsboro is 55-6 on SI and 55-0 on NCFootballNews.

SI listed SSEAS 70 at East Chapel Hill. NCFootballNews named the winner Southern Durham, 70-0. Those labels do not match, so that Durham score is not in this list.

Several area games, including Overhills at Pine Forest, Seaforth at Carrboro and Hobbton at North Duplin, were still blank on that SI page when we checked.

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association says playoff brackets are set Oct. 31, with the first round on Nov. 6. First-round pairings from unofficial roundups are omitted here.

Why it matters

Friday was Week 11, the last Friday of the high school football regular season in the Triangle. 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 30 (High School On SI statewide finals list)

    Published by High School On SI · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

  2. NC High School Football Scores: Week 11 (Oct. 30, 2026) (NCFootballNews scoreboard; sources listed as MaxPreps, VarsityNC, HighSchoolOT, NCHSAA, NCISAA, social media)

    Published by NCFootballNews · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

  3. Cleveland Football (MaxPreps team page: vs. Clayton W 21-20, Oct. 30, 2026)

    Published by MaxPreps · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

  4. Triton Football (MaxPreps team page: at Harnett Central W 41-34, Oct. 30, 2026)

    Published by MaxPreps · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

  5. Triton scores three times on defense to storm past Harnett Central (final 41-34)

    Published by HighSchoolOT · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

  6. Cardinal Gibbons Football (MaxPreps team page: vs. Cary W 43-7, Oct. 30, 2026)

    Published by MaxPreps · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

  7. Lumberton Football (MaxPreps team page: at Purnell Swett W 28-26, Oct. 30, 2026)

    Published by MaxPreps · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

  8. Football Recap: Rolesville Adds Another Dominant Win to Their Ledger (final 52-0 at Enloe)

    Published by MaxPreps · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

  9. Corinth Holders decides to forfeit tonight's game at Millbrook

    Published by JoCo Sports · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

  10. Football Recap: Corinth Holders Takes a Loss (forfeit at Millbrook)

    Published by MaxPreps · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM

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

    Official sourcePublished by North Carolina High School Athletic Association · Checked Oct 31, 2026, 10:19 AM