The opening week of the 2026 North Carolina high school football season is here.
In Western North Carolina, there are several intriguing games, like No. 4 Franklin at No. 5 Murphy, No. 14 Mountain Heritage at No. 16 Pisgah and No. 11 North Henderson at No. 24 Enka.
Four WNC games kick off on Aug. 20, which include No. 19 West Henderson at No. 18 Erwin, No. 25 Polk County at Chase, No. 17 Owen at No. 28 Rosman and No. 1 Roberson at Huss.
The Citizen Times and Times-News have WNC high school football fans covered for Week 1 scores in the area and around the state.
See score updates throughout Aug. 20 and 21 below.
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Aug. 20
A.L. Brown at Porter Ridge 7 p.m.
Athens Drive at Green Level 7 p.m.
Atkins at Walkertown 7 p.m.
Bandys at St. Stephens 8 p.m.
Bartlett Yancey at Northern Durham 7 p.m.
Broughton at Apex Friendship 7 p.m.
Bunn at South Granville 7 p.m.
Carrboro at Jordan-Matthews 7 p.m.
Carver at Parkland 7 p.m.
Chapel Hill at Seaforth 7 p.m.
Concord at Mount Pleasant 7:30 p.m.
Dixon at Topsail 7:30 p.m.
Douglas Byrd at Cape Fear 7 p.m.
East Forsyth at Glenn 7 p.m.
East Gaston at North Gaston 7 p.m.
East Surry at Statesville 7 p.m.
Eastern Alamance at Eastern Guilford 7:30 p.m.
Enloe at Southeast Raleigh 7 p.m.
Fairmont at Lumberton 7 p.m.
Felton Grove at Green Hope 7 p.m.
Fike at North Moore 7:30 p.m.
First Flight at Perquimans 7:30 p.m.
Forbush at Bishop McGuinness 7:30 p.m.
Freedom at Patton 7:30 p.m.
Garinger at Winston-Salem Prep 7 p.m.
Gray's Creek at Pine Forest 7 p.m.
Greene Central at North Lenoir 7 p.m.
Harnett Central at Northwood 7 p.m.
Heritage at Wakefield 7 p.m.
Hertford County at Gates County 7 p.m.
Highland Tech at Langtree Charter 7 p.m.
Hillside at E.E. Smith 7 p.m.
Holly Springs at Panther Creek 7 p.m.
Jack Britt at South View 7 p.m.
Jordan at Leesville Road 7 p.m.
Lakewood at Clinton 7 p.m.
Ledford at Oak Grove 7 p.m.
Marvin Ridge at Cox Mill 7 p.m.
McDowell at R-S Central 7:30 p.m.
Montgomery Central at Central Cabarrus 7 p.m.
Morehead at Northeast Guilford 7:30 p.m.
North Brunswick at Corinth Holders 7 p.m.
North Iredell at Wilkes Central 7:30 p.m.
North Johnston at Beddingfield 7 p.m.
North Rowan at West Rowan 7 p.m.
North Stokes at Cherryville 7 p.m.
North Wilkes at South Stokes 7 p.m.
Northampton County at Roanoke Rapids 7:30 p.m.
Northern Nash at J.H. Rose 7:30 p.m.
Northside-Pinetown at Camden County 7 p.m.
Northwest Cabarrus at West Cabarrus 7 p.m.
Northwest Guilford at Western Alamance 7 p.m.
Orange at Southeast Alamance 7 p.m.
Owen at Rosman 7:30 p.m.
Pamlico County at KIPP Pride 7 p.m.
Pasquotank at Holmes 7 p.m.
Person at Franklinton 7 p.m.
Pine Lake Prep at Bessemer City 7 p.m.
Polk County at CHASE 7:30 p.m.
Providence at Hickory Ridge 7 p.m.
Purnell Swett at St. Pauls 7 p.m.
R.J. Reynolds at North Forsyth 6:30 p.m.
Randleman at Providence Grove 7:30 p.m.
Red Springs at Anson 7 p.m.
Roberson at Hunter Huss 7:30 p.m.
Rocky Mount at Tarboro 7 p.m.
Scotland at Asheboro 8 p.m.
Smithfield-Selma at South Johnston 7 p.m.
South Davidson at Trinity 7 p.m.
South Garner at West Johnston 7 p.m.
South Point at Hickory 7:30 p.m.
South Rowan at Union Academy 7 p.m.
Southern Durham at Wake Forest 7 p.m.
Southern Guilford at Ragsdale 7 p.m.
Southern Lee at Overhills 7 p.m.
Southern Nash at Knightdale 7 p.m.
Southern Wayne at James Kenan 7 p.m.
Southwest Guilford at Rockingham County 7 p.m.
Stuart Cramer at Forestview 7:30 p.m.
T.W. Andrews at Thomasville 7:30 p.m.
Terry Sanford at Seventy-First 7 p.m.
Trask at East Bladen 7 p.m.
West Bladen at Pender 7 p.m.
West Columbus at Whiteville 7:30 p.m.
West Henderson at Erwin 7 p.m.
Western Guilford at Southeast Guilford 7:30 p.m.
Western Harnett at J.F. Webb 6:30 p.m.
Westover at Union Pines 7:30 p.m.
Willow Spring at Triton 7 p.m.
Aug. 21
ALA-Johnston at Lejeune 7 p.m.
Alexander Central at Newton-Conover 7:30 p.m.
Apex at Cary 7 p.m.
Asheville High at East Rutherford 7:30 p.m.
Asheville School at Corvian Community 7 p.m.
Ashley at Sanderson 7 p.m.
Bear Grass Charter at Wayne Christian School 7 p.m.
Ben L. Smith at South Caldwell 7:30 p.m.
Bertie at Northeastern 7 p.m.
Brevard at Reynolds 7:30 p.m.
Bunker Hill at Draughn 7:30 p.m.
Butler at Olympic 7 p.m.
C.B. Aycock at Rosewood 7 p.m.
Cherokee at North Buncombe 7 p.m.
Christ the King at Metrolina Christian 7 p.m.
College Prep & Leadership Academy at Albemarle 7 p.m.
Cummings at Williams 7 p.m.
Cuthbertson at Ardrey Kell 7 p.m.
D.H. Conley at Laney 7 p.m.
East Burke at West Iredell 7 p.m.
East Carteret at Croatan 7 p.m.
East Chapel Hill at Cedar Ridge 7 p.m.
East Davidson at Southwestern Randolph 7:30 p.m.
East Henderson at Hendersonville 7:30 p.m.
East Lincoln at South Iredell 7 p.m.
East Rowan at Wheatmore 7 p.m.
Eastern Wayne at Goldsboro 7 p.m.
Elkin at Surry Central 7 p.m.
Father Capodanno at Sandhills Classical Christian 5 p.m.
Forest Hills at Salisbury 7 p.m.
Franklin at Murphy 7:30 p.m.
Harrells Christian Academy at Arendell Parrott Academy 7 p.m.
Havelock at West Craven 7 p.m.
Hibriten at East Wilkes 7:30 p.m.
Hobbton at Midway 7 p.m.
Hoke County at Monroe 7 p.m.
Hopewell at East Mecklenburg 7 p.m.
Hunt at Lee County 7 p.m.
Jacksonville at West Carteret 7 p.m.
Kings Mountain at Shelby 7:30 p.m.
Lexington at West Davidson 7 p.m.
Lincolnton at Maiden 7:30 p.m.
Madison at Andrews 7:30 p.m.
Manteo at Washington County 7 p.m.
Mattamuskeet at Pungo Christian Academy 5 p.m.
Middle Creek at Fuquay-Varina 7:30 p.m.
Mitchell at Charlotte Latin 7:30 p.m.
Mount Airy at Starmount 7 p.m.
Mountain Heritage at Pisgah 7:30 p.m.
Mountain Island Charter at Lincoln Charter 7 p.m.
New Hanover at New Bern 7 p.m.
North Davidson at West Stokes 7:30 p.m.
North East Carolina Prep at North Wake Saints 7 p.m.
North Henderson at Enka 7 p.m.
North Lincoln at West Lincoln 7:30 p.m.
North Pitt at Martin County 7 p.m.
North Stanly at Community School of Davidson 7 p.m.
North Surry at Alleghany 7:30 p.m.
Northside-Jacksonville at White Oak 7 p.m.
Palisades at Ashbrook 7 p.m.
Parkwood at Piedmont 7 p.m.
Princeton at Ayden-Grifton 7 p.m.
Robbinsville at Tuscola 7:30 p.m.
Rocky Mount Prep at St. David's 7 p.m.
Rocky River at North Mecklenburg 7 p.m.
Smoky Mountain at Swain County 7:30 p.m.
South Central at Kinston 7 p.m.
South Lenoir at Jones 7 p.m.
South Mecklenburg at Charlotte Catholic 7 p.m.
SouthWest Edgecombe at Nash Central 7 p.m.
Southern Alamance at Eastern Randolph 7:30 p.m.
Southside at North Duplin 7 p.m.
Southwest Onslow at Richlands 7 p.m.
Swansboro at South Columbus 7 p.m.
Vance County at Warren County 7 p.m.
Wake Christian at Community Christian School 7 p.m.
Wallace-Rose Hill at East Duplin 7 p.m.
Washington at Farmville Central 7 p.m.
Watauga at Ashe County 7:30 p.m.
Wayne Preparatory Academy at Triangle Math & Science 7 p.m.
West Brunswick at South Brunswick 7 p.m.
West Stanly at South Stanly 7 p.m.
West Wilkes at Fred T. Foard 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 22
Northwestern (S.C.) at Hough 4 p.m.
Zachary Huber is a high school sports reporter for the Hendersonville Times-News. Email him at zhuber@gannett.com or follow him on X @zacharyahuber.
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