Back for another year for NCPreps.com is Brian Simmons of SimmonsRatings.com and his predictions for week 2 of the North Carolina high school football season.

WEEK 3 PICKS

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Arendell Parrott Academy (NC) at Wake Christian (0-2, Ind) - No pick

Athens Drive (0-2, 4A) at Cary (0-2, 4A) - C by 6

Beddingfield (0-2, 2A) at Greene Central (2-0, 2A) - G by 28

Carrboro (1-1, 3A) at East Chapel Hill (0-2, 4A) - C by 12

Corinth Holders (1-1, 4A) at Northern Nash (2-0, 3A) - N by 28

East Columbus (0-1, 1A) at Hobbton (1-1, 1A) - H by 25

East Wake (0-2, 3A) at Rolesville (1-1, 4A) - R by 35

Eastern Wayne (1-1, 2A) at Kenan, James (2-0, 2A) - K by 38

Enloe (0-2, 4A) at South Garner (1-1, 4A) - S by 22

Fike (1-1, 3A) at Southern Nash (2-0, 3A) - S by 32

Gates County (1-1, 1A) at Manteo (1-1, 2A) - M by 15

Green Level (0-2, 4A) at Southeast Raleigh (1-1, 4A) - G by 10

Harnett Central (0-2, 3A) at Apex (2-0, 4A) - A by 42

Heritage (2-0, 4A) at Broughton (2-0, 4A) - H by 22

Hickory (VA) at Currituck County (1-0, 3A) - H by 2

Hunt (1-1, 3A) at Southwest Edgecombe (1-1, 2A) - H by 14

Jefferson, Thomas (0-2, 1A) at Community School of Davidson (1-1, 2A) - C by 24

Lakewood (2-0, 1A) at Lejeune (0-2, 1A) - Lak by 43

North Lenoir (1-1, 2A) at Aycock, C.B. (2-0, 3A) - A by 42

North Moore (2-0, 1A) at South Davidson (2-0, 1A) - N by 29

North Stokes (0-2, 1A) at Chatham Central (0-2, 1A) - N by 20

Northeastern (1-1, 2A) at Rose, J.H. (1-1, 3A) - R by 23

Northern Durham (1-1, 4A) at Southern Durham (0-2, 3A) - S by 27

Northside (Pinetown) (1-1, 1A) at Riverside (Martin) (2-0, 1A) - Even - N

Overhills (1-1, 4A) at Green Hope (1-1, 4A) - O by 30

Patton (0-2, 2A) at Wilkes Central (1-1, 2A) - W by 18

Princeton (1-1, 2A) at Rosewood (1-1, 1A) - P by 22

Rockingham County (1-1, 3A) at Reidsville (1-1, 2A) - R by 45

Rocky Mount (1-1, 3A) at Holmes (1-0, 2A) - R by 6

Seaforth (0-2, 2A) at Willow Spring (0-1, 4A) - W by 25

Smithfield-Selma (2-0, 3A) at North Johnston (1-1, 2A) - S by 45

South Wake Crusaders (0-1, Ind) at Louisburg (0-0, 2A) - L by 56

Tarboro (1-1, 1A) at North Edgecombe (0-1, 1A) - T by 43

Wake Prep Academy (1-1, Ind) at North Wake Saints (0-2, Ind) - N by 47

Western Harnett (0-2, 3A) at Union Pines (1-1, 3A) - U by 21

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Albemarle (0-2, 1A) at Owen (0-1, 2A) - A by 9

Andrews (2-0, 1A) at North Buncombe (0-2, 3A) - A by 39

Ashbrook (1-1, 3A) at West Mecklenburg (2-0, 3A) - W by 18

Ashe County (1-1, 3A) at West Wilkes (1-1, 2A) - A by 4

Asheville Christian (0-2, Ind) at Asheville School (1-0, Ind) - AS by 41

Ashley (1-0, 4A) at Waccamaw (SC) - A by 16

Ayden-Grifton (0-2, 2A) at Kinston (1-1, 2A) - K by 20

Berry Academy (0-2, 4A) at Garinger (0-2, 4A) - B by 19

Bertie (0-2, 1A) at Hertford County (2-0, 2A) - H by 57

Bessemer City (0-2, 1A) at Pine Lake Prep (1-0, 2A) - P by 31

Brevard (1-1, 2A) at Asheville (1-1, 4A) - A by 31

Bunker Hill (2-0, 2A) at North Iredell (0-2, 3A) - B by 28

Bunn (2-0, 2A) at Webb, J.F. (0-2, 2A) - B by 40

Burns (2-0, 2A) at Kings Mountain (2-0, 3A) - K by 9

Cape Fear (1-1, 3A) at Sanford, Terry (2-0, 3A) - S by 36

Carrollwood Day (FL) at Christ School (1-1, Ind) - CD by 4

Carson (0-2, 3A) at South Stanly (0-2, 1A) - C by 44

Cedar Ridge (1-1, 3A) at Yancey, Bartlett (1-1, 2A) - Y by 37

Chambers (1-1, 4A) at Glenn (1-1, 4A) - C by 43

Charlotte Christian (1-1, Ind) at Cuthbertson (1-1, 4A) - CC by 16

Chase (2-0, 2A) at North Gaston (0-2, 3A) - C by 29

Cherryville (1-1, 1A) at Blacksburg (SC) - C by 1

Choctaw Central (MS) at Cherokee (0-2, 1A) - CC by 8

Cleveland (2-0, 4A) at Conley, D.H. (2-0, 4A) - Cle by 25

Concord (0-2, 3A) at Monroe (2-0, 2A) - M by 51

Covenant Day (1-0, Ind) at Carolina Bearcats (1-1, Ind) - CD by 23

Cramer, Stuart (1-1, 3A) at East Gaston (1-1, 2A) - E by 7

Cummings (1-1, 2A) at Orange (0-2, 3A) - C by 18

Davie County (0-2, 4A) at North Davidson (0-2, 3A) - DC by 3

Dixon (0-2, 3A) at Topsail (1-0, 4A) - T by 17

Draughn (2-0, 1A) at East Burke (1-1, 2A) - D by 11

East Carteret (2-0, 2A) at Croatan (1-1, 3A) - C by 1

East Davidson (1-1, 2A) at Trinity (2-0, 2A) - T by 5

East Henderson (1-1, 3A) at Hendersonville (1-1, 2A) - H by 43

East Lincoln (2-0, 3A) at Lincolnton (1-1, 2A) - E by 20

East Mecklenburg (1-1, 4A) at South Mecklenburg (0-2, 4A) - S by 43

East Surry (2-0, 2A) at West Stokes (2-0, 2A) - E by 25

Eastern Alamance (2-0, 3A) at Northern Guilford (2-0, 4A) - N by 1

Eastern Guilford (0-2, 3A) at Western Alamance (1-1, 3A) - W by 15

Eastern Randolph (1-1, 1A) at Walkertown (2-0, 2A) - E by 16

Fairmont (1-1, 2A) at Westover (2-0, 3A) - W by 49

First Flight (0-1, 3A) at Washington County (1-1, 1A) - W by 6

Foard (0-2, 3A) at West Lincoln (2-0, 2A) - W by 53

Forbush (0-2, 2A) at Starmount (1-1, 1A) - S by 19

Forest Hills (2-0, 2A) at Union Academy (1-1, 1A) - F by 50

Freedom (1-1, 3A) at Forestview (0-2, 3A) - Fre by 4

Fuquay-Varina (0-2, 4A) at Holly Springs (1-1, 4A) - H by 24

Goldsboro (1-1, 2A) at Southern Wayne (0-1, 3A) - S by 2

Grace Christian (0-2, Ind) at High Point Christian (2-0, Ind) - H by 51

Graham (0-2, 2A) at Bishop McGuinness (0-2, 1A) - G by 8

Granville Central (0-2, 2A) at Person (1-1, 3A) - P by 26

Hampton (TN) at Avery County (0-2, 1A) - H by 51

Harding (1-1, 4A) at North Mecklenburg (1-1, 4A) - N by 1

Hayesville (2-0, 1A) at North Georgia Falcons (GA) - H by 31

Hickory Grove Christian (2-0, Ind) at Anderson Cavaliers (SC) - H by 49

Hickory Hawks (1-1, Ind) at South Caldwell (1-1, 4A) - S by 23

Hickory Ridge (1-1, 4A) at Porter Ridge (2-0, 4A) - P by 8

High Point Central (0-2, 3A) at Southwest Guilford (1-1, 4A) - S by 47

Highland Tech (0-2, 1A) at Carver (0-2, 1A) - C by 22

Hillside (2-0, 4A) at Dudley (1-1, 3A) - H by 20

Hoggard (2-0, 4A) at Wake Forest (2-0, 4A) - W by 10

Hoke County (1-1, 4A) at South View (0-1, 4A) - S by 17

Hopewell (1-1, 4A) at Olympic (2-0, 4A) - O by 22

Huss, Hunter (1-1, 3A) at Central Cabarrus (0-2, 3A) - H by 7

Indian Land (SC) at Palisades (1-1, 4A) - I by 45

Lake Norman Charter (2-0, 3A) at Christ the King (2-0, 1A) - L by 16

Laney (0-1, 4A) at Lumberton (0-2, 4A) - Laney by 40

Leesville Road (2-0, 4A) at Wallace-Rose Hill (2-0, 2A) - L by 19

Lexington (0-2, 2A) at North Forsyth (1-1, 2A) - N by 40

Loris (SC) at South Columbus (1-1, 2A) - L by 33

Madison (1-1, 2A) at Unicoi County (TN) - U by 34

Mallard Creek (1-1, 4A) at South Pointe (SC) - S by 19

Marlboro County (SC) at Scotland (1-1, 3A) - S by 30

Marvin Ridge (0-2, 4A) at Ardrey Kell (2-0, 4A) - A by 41

McDowell (1-1, 4A) at East Rutherford (0-2, 2A) - M by 32

McMichael (1-1, 2A) at South Stokes (1-1, 1A) - M by 1

Metrolina Christian (1-1, Ind) at Charlotte Latin (1-0, Ind) - C by 33

Middle Creek (2-0, 4A) at Pinecrest (1-1, 4A) - M by 1

Midway (0-2, 2A) at South Lenoir (1-1, 2A) - M by 17

Millbrook (2-0, 4A) at Garner (0-2, 4A) - M by 28

Montgomery Central (0-1, 3A) at Randleman (1-1, 2A) - R by 18

Mountain Heritage (0-2, 1A) at Robbinsville (1-1, 1A) - R by 42

Myers Park (0-2, 4A) at Reagan (1-1, 4A) - R by 8

New Hanover (1-1, 4A) at Butler (2-0, 4A) - B by 33

Newton-Conover (1-1, 2A) at Hickory (1-1, 3A) - H by 17

North Duplin (0-2, 1A) at Jones Senior (0-2, 1A) - N by 26

North Lincoln (0-2, 3A) at Northwest Cabarrus (1-1, 3A) - NL by 4

North Myrtle Beach (SC) at West Brunswick (0-2, 3A) - W by 5

North Pitt (1-1, 2A) at Roanoke Rapids (1-1, 2A) - R by 15

North Raleigh Christian (1-1, Ind) at Southlake Christian (0-2, Ind) - N by 32

North Stanly (1-1, 2A) at North Rowan (2-0, 1A) - NR by 20

North Surry (0-2, 2A) at Elkin (0-2, 1A) - N by 27

North Wilkes (2-0, 2A) at East Wilkes (2-0, 1A) - E by 6

Northeast Guilford (2-0, 3A) at Morehead (2-0, 2A) - M by 11

Northwest Halifax (1-1, 1A) at Southeast Halifax (0-1, 1A)* - S by 24

Northwood (1-1, 3A) at Chapel Hill (2-0, 4A) - C by 18

Page (1-1, 4A) at Mount Tabor (2-0, 4A) - M by 12

Pamlico County (0-2, 1A) at Harrells Christian (1-1, Ind) - H by 22

Panther Creek (0-2, 4A) at Jordan (1-1, 4A) - P by 10

Parkwood (1-1, 3A) at Providence (1-1, 4A) - Prov by 37

Pasquotank County (0-2, 2A) at Perquimans (0-2, 1A) - Perq by 19

Piedmont (0-2, 4A) at Anson (1-1, 2A) - A by 6

Pine Forest (0-2, 4A) at Byrd, Douglas (1-1, 3A) - P by 45

Providence Day (2-0, Ind) at Charlotte Catholic (2-0, 4A) - P by 13

Providence Grove (2-0, 2A) at Jordan-Matthews (0-2, 2A) - P by 60

Rabun Gap (GA) (1-1, Ind) at Charlotte Country Day (1-1, Ind) - R by 34

Ragsdale (0-2, 4A) at Oak Grove (2-0, 3A) - O by 34

Ravenscroft (2-0, Ind) at Cabarrus (Cannon/Concord Acad. co-op) (2-0, Ind) - C by 16

Reynolds, A.C. (2-0, 4A) at Alexander Central (2-0, 4A) - R by 38

Reynolds, R.J. (1-1, 4A) at Northwest Guilford (1-1, 4A) - N by 38

Richlands (1-1, 3A) at East Duplin (1-1, 2A) - E by 21

Richmond Senior (0-2, 4A) at Cardinal Gibbons (0-2, 4A) - C by 39

Riverside (Durham) (1-1, 4A) at Vance County (2-0, 3A) - R by 9

Rocky Mount Prep (0-1, 1A) at Weldon (0-0, 1A)* - W by 39

Rocky River (0-2, 4A) at Brown, A.L. (2-0, 4A) - B by 8

Rosman (0-2, 1A) at Enka (0-1, 3A) - E by 43

R-S Central (1-1, 2A) at South Point (2-0, 3A) - S by 44

Salisbury (1-1, 2A) at East Rowan (0-2, 3A) - S by 41

Sandhills Titans (0-0, Ind) at West Columbus (2-0, 1A) - W by 33

Shelby (0-2, 2A) at Crest (1-1, 3A) - S by 10

Smith, E.E. (1-1, 3A) at Clinton (1-1, 2A) - C by 24

Smoky Mountain (2-0, 3A) at Roberson, T.C. (1-1, 4A) - S by 2

South Central (0-2, 3A) at Washington (1-1, 2A) - W by 7

South Creek (0-2, 1A) at Southside (2-0, 1A) - SS by 52

South Granville (1-1, 2A) at Lee County (2-0, 3A) - L by 16

South Iredell (2-0, 4A) at West Iredell (0-2, 3A) - S by 43

South Johnston (1-1, 3A) at Southern Lee (0-2, 3A) - SJ by 8

South Rowan (1-1, 3A) at Robinson, J.M. (1-1, 2A) - R by 37

Spring Creek (1-1, 2A) at Bear Grass Charter (1-1, 1A) - B by 15

St. Pauls (1-1, 2A) at Northside (Jacksonville) (0-2, 3A) - S by 8

St. Stephens (1-1, 3A) at Maiden (1-1, 2A) - M by 43

Statesville (1-1, 3A) at Lake Norman (2-0, 4A) - L by 27

Sun Valley (0-2, 4A) at Cox Mill (2-0, 4A) - C by 41

Surry Central (0-2, 2A) at Mount Airy (1-1, 1A) - M by 48

Swain County (1-1, 1A) at Franklin (2-0, 3A) - F by 12

Swansboro (1-1, 3A) at North Brunswick (1-0, 3A) - N by 45

Swett, Purnell (2-0, 4A) at Knightdale (2-0, 4A) - K by 37

Thomasville (1-0, 1A) at Andrews, T.W. (2-0, 2A) - T by 4

Triton (1-1, 3A) at Sanderson (2-0, 4A) - S by 21

Tuscola (2-0, 3A) at Erwin (1-1, 3A) - E by 9

Union (0-2, 1A) at Trask, Heide (1-1, 2A) - T by 34

Wakefield (0-2, 4A) at Clayton (0-2, 4A) - C by 15

Watauga (2-0, 4A) at Mitchell (2-0, 1A) - W by 11

Weddington (1-1, 4A) at West Forsyth (0-2, 4A) - Wed by 21

West Bladen (0-2, 2A) at South Brunswick (2-0, 3A) - S by 46

West Caldwell (0-2, 2A) at Hibriten (0-2, 3A) - H by 21

West Carteret (1-1, 3A) at Farmville Central (0-2, 2A) - W by 46

West Charlotte (1-1, 3A) at Independence (2-0, 4A) - I by 8

West Craven (1-1, 2A) at New Bern (2-0, 4A) - N by 47

West Davidson (1-1, 2A) at Central Davidson (2-0, 3A) - C by 49

West Henderson (2-0, 3A) at Polk County (1-1, 2A) - W by 10

West Johnston (2-0, 3A) at Gray's Creek (2-0, 4A) - G by 6

West Rowan (2-0, 3A) at Mooresville (1-1, 4A) - M by 8

West Stanly (2-0, 2A) at Mount Pleasant (2-0, 2A) - M by 11

Western Guilford (0-2, 4A) at Southern Guilford (0-2, 3A) - S by 14

Wheatmore (0-2, 2A) at Ledford (2-0, 3A) L by 58

White Oak (0-1, 3A) at Southwest Onslow (0-2, 2A) - S by 4

Whiteville (1-1, 2A) at East Bladen (1-1, 2A) - W by 14

Williams (1-1, 3A) at Southern Alamance (1-1, 4A) - S by 8

Wilson Prep (1-0, 1A) at Warren County (1-1, 1A)* - WC by 19

Winston-Salem Prep (0-1, 1A) at Parkland (0-1, 4A) - P by 27

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

KIPP Pride Academy (0-1, 1A) at Northampton County (1-1, 1A)* - N by 43