Here are the third-round matchups of the 2023 NCHSAA state football playoffs.

2023 NCHSAA STATE PLAYOFFS

1A EAST

9 SE Halifax at 1 Tarboro

13 East Bladen at 12 Rosewood

6 North Moore at 3 Wilson Prep

7 Lakewood at 2 West Columbus

1A WEST

9 Swain County at 1 Robbinsville

5 Mountain Heritage at 4 North Rowan

11 Thomasville at 3 Eastern Randolph

10 Murphy at 2 Mount Airy

2A EAST

24 SE Alamance at 1 Clinton

12 Herford County at 4 Nash Central

6 Whiteville at 3 SW Edgecombe

7 Princeton at 2 Northeastern

2A WEST

8 Brevard at 1 Reidsville

5 Monroe at 4 Bunker Hill

11 Forest Hills at 3 Community School of Davidson

7 Shelby at 2 Salisbury

3A EAST

25 JH Rose at 1 Havelock

13 Northern Nash at 5 Scotland

27 Terry Sanford at 3 Southern Alamance

7 Fike at 2 Seventy-First

3A WEST

8 West Charlotte at 1 Crest

5 JM Robinson at 4 Dudley

6 Oak Grove at 3 West Henderson

7 AC Reynolds at 2 Hickory

4A EAST

25 Fuquay Varina at 1 Rolesville

13 Clayton at 5 Cardinal Gibbons

11 Laney at 3 Hoggard

10 New Bern at 2 Cleveland

4A WEST

24 Charlotte Catholic at 1 Weddington

5 Hough at 4 Grimsley

19 Mount Tabor at 6 Butler

23 Independence at 2 Watauga