Back for another year for NCPreps.com is Brian Simmons of SimmonsRatings.com and his predictions for week 4 of the North Carolina high school football season.
WEEK 4 PICKS
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
East Rowan (0-3, 3A) at North Davidson (0-3, 3A) - N by 37 - N 48-14
Garinger (0-3, 4A) at West Charlotte (1-2, 3A) - W by 45 - W 48-8
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Albemarle (1-2, 1A) at Anson (2-1, 2A) - Ans by 19
Andrews (3-0, 1A) at Mitchell (2-1, 1A) - M by 18
Ardrey Kell (3-0, 4A) at Weddington (2-1, 4A) - A by 14
Ashley (1-1, 4A) at Knightdale (3-0, 4A) - K by 32
Athens Drive (1-2, 4A) at Apex Friendship (1-1, 4A) - AF by 29
Avery County (0-3, 1A) at McDowell (2-1, 4A) - M by 33
Bandys (1-1, 2A) at South Caldwell (2-1, 4A) - S by 25
Beddingfield (0-3, 2A) at Ayden-Grifton (0-3, 2A) - B by 2
Bertie (0-3, 1A) at First Flight (0-2, 3A) - F by 23
Bessemer City (0-3, 1A) at Christ the King (3-0, 1A) - C by 10
Bishop McGuinness (1-2, 1A) at North Raleigh Christian (2-1, Ind) - N by 38
Britt, Jack (1-1, 4A) at Scotland (1-2, 3A) - S by 8
Butler (2-1, 4A) at Myers Park (0-3, 4A) - B by 2
Cabarrus (Cannon/Concord Academy co-op) (2-1, Ind) at Providence Day (3-0, Ind) - P by 47
Camden County (2-0, 2A) at Gates County (2-1, 1A) - C by 22
Camden Military (SC) at Hickory Hawks (1-2, Ind) - H by 2
Chambers (2-1, 4A) at Hickory Ridge (2-1, 4A) - C by 10
Chapel Hill (3-0, 4A) at Carrboro (2-1, 3A) - CH by 42
Charlotte Christian (2-1, Ind) at Topsail (2-0, 4A) - C by 46
Charlotte Country Day (1-2, Ind) at Asheville School (2-0, Ind) - A by 1
Charlotte Latin (2-0, Ind) at Forest Hills (3-0, 2A) - C by 16
Chase (3-0, 2A) at Cherryville (2-1, 1A) - Chase by 43
Chatham Central (0-3, 1A) at Wheatmore (0-3, 2A) - W by 18
Cherokee (0-3, 1A) at Rosman (0-3, 1A) - C by 40
Chesnee (SC) at R-S Central (1-2, 2A) - R by 6
Conley, D.H. (2-1, 4A) at Northern Nash (3-0, 3A) - N by 14
Corvian Community School (0-2, 1A) at Lake Norman Charter (2-1, 3A) - L by 19
Cox Mill (3-0, 4A) at Hough (1-1, 4A) - H by 39
Croatan (2-1, 3A) at East Duplin (2-1, 2A) - E by 29
Currituck County (2-0, 3A) at Lake Taylor (VA) - L by 27
Dixon (0-3, 3A) at Trask, Heide (2-1, 2A) - T by 20
East Columbus (0-2, 1A) at West Bladen (0-3, 2A) - W by 16
East Rutherford (0-3, 2A) at Madison (1-2, 2A) (at Mars Hill Univ.) - M by 8
East Wilkes (3-0, 1A) at Wilkes Central (2-1, 2A) - E by 9
Eastern Alamance (3-0, 3A) at Reidsville (2-1, 2A) - E by 6
Erwin (1-2, 3A) at Brevard (1-2, 2A) - B by 6
Faith Christian (NC) at Bear Grass Charter (2-1, 1A) - No pick
Farmville Central (0-3, 2A) at Swansboro (1-2, 3A) - S by 21
Franklinton (0-2, 3A) at Webb, J.F. (0-3, 2A) - F by 32
Freedom (1-2, 3A) at Patton (0-3, 2A) - F by 31
Goldsboro (1-2, 2A) at Rocky Mount (2-1, 3A) - R by 45
Greene Central (3-0, 2A) at Eastern Wayne (1-2, 2A) - G by 26
Havelock (2-0, 3A) at West Craven (1-2, 2A) - H by 39
Hayesville (3-0, 1A) at Lookout Valley (TN) - H by 25
Hendersonville (2-1, 2A) at Mountain Heritage (0-3, 1A) - H by 25
High Point Christian (3-0, Ind) at Asheville Christian (0-3, Ind) - H by 28
Highland Tech (0-3, 1A) at Draughn (2-1, 1A) - D by 52
Hobbton (2-1, 1A) at Spring Creek (1-2, 2A) - H by 39
Independence (3-0, 4A) at Hopewell (1-2, 4A) - I by 31
Jacksonville (2-0, 3A) at West Carteret (2-1, 3A) - J by 25
Jordan (1-2, 4A) at Southeast Guilford (2-0, 4A) - S by 30
Kinston (2-1, 2A) at Pamlico County (1-2, 1A) - K by 12
Lake Norman (3-0, 4A) at Alexander Central (2-1, 4A) - L by 26
Landrum (SC) at Polk County (1-2, 2A) - P by 3
Laney (1-1, 4A) at East Bladen (1-2, 2A) - L by 36
Ledford (3-0, 3A) at East Davidson (2-1, 2A) - L by 20
Lee County (3-0, 3A) at Mecklenburg County (VA) - L by 41
Leesville Road (3-0, 4A) at Southern Durham (1-2, 3A) - L by 27
Legion Collegiate (SC) at Christ School (1-2, Ind) - C by 24
Lejeune (0-3, 1A) at North Duplin (1-2, 1A) - N by 45
Lexington (0-3, 2A) at Oak Grove (3-0, 3A) - O by 48
Mallard Creek (1-2, 4A) at Gaffney (SC) - G by 11
Martinsville (VA) at Morehead (2-1, 2A) - Mart by 9
McMichael (2-1, 2A) at Carver (1-2, 1A) - M by 14
Metrolina Christian (1-2, Ind) at Covenant Day (2-0, Ind) - M by 24
Midway (1-2, 2A) at Lakewood (3-0, 1A) - L by 4
Millbrook (3-0, 4A) at Broughton (2-1, 4A) - M by 32
Monroe (3-0, 2A) at Montgomery Central (0-2, 3A) - Mon by 56
Mount Airy (2-1, 1A) at Ashe County (2-1, 3A) - M by 37
Mountain Island Charter (1-0, 1A) at Union Academy (1-2, 1A) - M by 25
Murphy (1-1, 1A) at South Pittsburg (TN) - S by 19
New Bern (3-0, 4A) at Maury (VA) - N by 1
North Buncombe (0-3, 3A) at East Henderson (1-2, 3A) - E by 19
North Edgecombe (0-2, 1A) at Northampton County (2-1, 1A)* - NH by 32
North Johnston (1-2, 2A) at Nash Central (1-1, 2A) - NC by 25
North Lenoir (1-2, 2A) at Southern Wayne (1-1, 3A) - S by 14
North Mecklenburg (2-1, 4A) at Berry Academy (1-2, 4A) - N by 13
North Rowan (3-0, 1A) at West Rowan (2-1, 3A) - W by 6
North Stokes (1-2, 1A) at Patrick County (VA) - N by 1
North Wake Saints (0-2, Ind) at Grace Christian (0-3, Ind) - N by 21
North Wilkes (2-1, 2A) at Alleghany (1-1, 1A) - N by 7
Northside (Jacksonville) (0-2, 3A) at Clinton (2-1, 2A) - C by 24
Northside (Pinetown) (1-2, 1A) at South Creek (0-3, 1A) - N by 45
Northwest Cabarrus (2-1, 3A) at Mount Pleasant (2-1, 2A) - N by 4
Northwest Halifax (1-2, 1A) at Warren County (1-2, 1A)* - W by 15
Norview (VA) at Holmes (1-1, 2A) - H by 4
Olympic (3-0, 4A) at East Mecklenburg (1-2, 4A) - O by 45
Orange (0-3, 3A) at Granville Central (0-3, 2A) - O by 22
Owen (0-2, 2A) at North Henderson (1-1, 3A) - N by 36
Parkland (0-2, 4A) at Andrews, T.W. (2-1, 2A) - A by 19
Parkwood (1-2, 3A) at Marvin Ridge (0-3, 4A) - M by 9
Pender (2-0, 1A) at Wallace-Rose Hill (2-1, 2A) - W by 33
Perquimans (0-3, 1A) at Portsmouth Christian (VA) - Port by 34
Person (2-1, 3A) at Riverside (Durham) (2-1, 4A) - R by 25
Piedmont (0-3, 4A) at Pageland Central (SC) - PC by 19
Pine Lake Prep (2-0, 2A) at Starmount (2-1, 1A) - S by 21
Pinecrest (2-1, 4A) at Grimsley (2-0, 4A) - G by 18
Pisgah (1-1, 3A) at Swain County (2-1, 1A) - P by 3
Providence Grove (3-0, 2A) at Asheboro (0-2, 3A) - P by 46
Rabun Gap (GA) (2-1, Ind) at Reynolds, A.C. (3-0, 4A) - Rey by 24
Richmond Senior (0-3, 4A) at South View (0-2, 4A) - R by 9
Riverside (Martin) (3-0, 1A) at Southside (3-0, 1A) - R by 18
Robbinsville (2-1, 1A) at Smoky Mountain (2-1, 3A) - R by 5
Robinson, J.M. (2-1, 2A) at Carson (1-2, 3A) - R by 12
Rocky Mount Prep (0-2, 1A) at KIPP Pride Academy (0-2, 1A)* - K by 42
Rocky River (0-3, 4A) at Sun Valley (0-3, 4A) - S by 11
Rolesville (2-1, 4A) at Hillside (3-0, 4A) - H by 14
Rose, J.H. (2-1, 3A) at Southwest Onslow (0-2, 2A) - R by 39
Rosewood (1-2, 1A) at Whiteville (2-1, 2A) - W by 20
Salisbury (2-1, 2A) at South Rowan (1-2, 3A) - Sal by 42
Sanderson (3-0, 4A) at Heritage (3-0, 4A) - H by 26
Sandhills Titans (0-0, Ind) at Trinity Christian (1-0, Ind) - T by 28
Seaforth (0-3, 2A) at Northwood (1-2, 3A) - N by 43
Seventy-First (2-0, 3A) at Hoke County (2-1, 4A) - S by 19
Shelby (0-3, 2A) at Hibriten (1-2, 3A) - S by 21
Smith, Ben L. (0-2, 3A) at Randleman (2-1, 2A) - R by 10
South Columbus (1-2, 2A) at North Brunswick (2-0, 3A) - N by 45
South Davidson (2-1, 1A) at South Stanly (0-3, 1A) - SD by 10
South Iredell (3-0, 4A) at East Forsyth (2-0, 4A) - E by 48
South Lenoir (1-2, 2A) at Richlands (1-2, 3A) - R by 21
South Mecklenburg (1-2, 4A) at Cuthbertson (1-2, 4A) - S by 5
South Stokes (1-2, 1A) at East Surry (3-0, 2A) - E by 51
Southeast Halifax (1-1, 1A) at Weldon (1-0, 1A)* - S by 18
Southern Lee (0-3, 3A) at Fairmont (1-2, 2A) - S by 9
Southern Nash (3-0, 3A) at South Granville (1-2, 2A) - SN by 13
Southlake Christian (0-3, Ind) at Ravenscroft (3-0, Ind) - R by 49
Southwest Edgecombe (1-2, 2A) at Tarboro (2-1, 1A) - T by 31
Southwestern Randolph (2-0, 2A) at West Davidson (1-2, 2A) - S by 38
Thomasville (2-0, 1A) at Forbush (0-3, 2A) - T by 33
Trinity (2-1, 2A) at Jordan-Matthews (0-3, 2A) - T by 39
Union Pines (2-1, 3A) at St. Pauls (1-1, 2A) - S by 17
Vance County (2-1, 3A) at Northern Durham (1-2, 4A) - N by 1
Victory Christian (0-1, Ind) at Hickory Grove Christian (3-0, Ind) - H by 27
Wake Christian (0-3, Ind) at Graham (0-3, 2A) - G by 2
Wake Forest (3-0, 4A) at Cardinal Gibbons (1-2, 4A) - C by 7
Wakefield (0-3, 4A) at Enloe (0-3, 4A) - W by 24
Washington County (2-1, 1A) at Louisburg (1-0, 2A) - L by 17
Watauga (3-0, 4A) at Burns (2-1, 2A) - Even - W
West Cabarrus (0-2, 4A) at Catawba Ridge (SC) - C by 48
West Columbus (2-0, 1A) at North Moore (3-0, 1A) - N by 3
West Mecklenburg (3-0, 3A) at Harding (1-2, 4A) - W by 20
West Stanly (3-0, 2A) at North Stanly (1-2, 2A) - W by 13
West Wilkes (1-2, 2A) at Central Davidson (3-0, 3A) - C by 45
Western Alamance (2-1, 3A) at Southern Alamance (1-2, 4A) - S by 2
White Oak (0-1, 3A) at East Carteret (2-1, 2A) - W by 6
Williams (2-1, 3A) at Eastern Randolph (2-1, 1A) - W by 1
Willow Spring (1-1, 4A) at South Central (0-3, 3A) - S by 9
Wilson Prep (2-0, 1A) at Red Springs (0-2, 2A) - W by 16
Winston-Salem Prep (1-1, 1A) at Walkertown (2-1, 2A) - Wal by 44
Yancey, Bartlett (2-1, 2A) at East Chapel Hill (0-3, 4A) - Y by 43