In the month of April, HSOT Insiders will receive daily articles to preview the 2025 high school football season in North Carolina.

Today, we have a breakdown of the N.C. High School Athletic Association teams that won the most close games last year.

With so many variables affecting the outcomes of games, these close game win-loss stats don’t tend to stick year-to-year. Football also has the most variation year-to-year of any sport.

The below teams will try to avoid close games in 2025 in case the ball bounes a different way this year.

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Most Wins in One-Possession Games in 2024

Win-loss records are from games decided by eight points or less.

• Northern Guilford | 6-0 in one-score games (overall record: 11-2)
• Olympic | 5-1 in one-score games (overall record: 8-3)
• Gates County | 5-1 in one-score games (overall record: 8-5)
• Cleveland | 4-0 in one-score games (overall record: 13-1)
• East Forsyth | 4-0 in one-score games (overall record: 13-1)
• Murphy | 4-0 in one-score games (overall record: 12-2)
• East Wilkes | 4-0 in one-score games (overall record: 10-3)
• Vance County | 4-1 in one-score games (overall record: 8-3)
• Garner | 4-1 in one-score games (overall record: 8-4)
• East Wake | 4-1 in one-score games (overall record: 5-6)
• Lakewood | 4-2 in one-score games (overall record: 10-4)
• West Henderson | 4-2 in one-score games (overall record: 8-4)
• Ayden-Grifton | 4-2 in one-score games (overall record: 8-5)
• Southeast Guilford | 4-2 in one-score games (overall record: 7-5)
• West Lincoln | 4-2 in one-score games (overall record: 6-5)
• North Pitt | 4-2 in one-score games (overall record: 5-6)
• Greene Central | 4-3 in one-score games (overall record: 7-5)
• Pinecrest | 3-0 in one-score games (overall record: 10-2)
• Statesville | 3-0 in one-score games (overall record: 9-3)
• Holmes | 3-0 in one-score games (overall record: 7-5)
• Roanoke Rapids | 3-0 in one-score games (overall record: 6-5)
• West Carteret | 3-0 in one-score games (overall record: 6-5)
• North Lenoir | 3-0 in one-score games (overall record: 4-7)
• Apex Friendship | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 10-2)
• Erwin | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 10-2)
• Hoggard | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 12-2)
• James Kenan | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 12-2)
• Ashbrook | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 10-3)
• Bunker Hill | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 9-3)
• Jack Britt | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 7-4)
• Palisades | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 8-4)
• Perquimans | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 8-4)
• West Forsyth | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 8-4)
• Westover | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 7-4)
• Louisburg | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 5-5)
• Montgomery Central | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 6-5)
• Lee County | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 6-6)
• Ragsdale | 3-1 in one-score games (overall record: 4-7)
• Mount Pleasant | 3-2 in one-score games (overall record: 9-3)
• Southeast Raleigh | 3-2 in one-score games (overall record: 7-4)
• Wallace-Rose Hill | 3-2 in one-score games (overall record: 9-4)
• South Iredell | 3-2 in one-score games (overall record: 6-5)
• South Stanly | 3-2 in one-score games (overall record: 6-5)
• West Johnston | 3-2 in one-score games (overall record: 6-5)
• West Cabarrus | 3-2 in one-score games (overall record: 5-6)
• Wake Forest | 3-2 in one-score games (overall record: 5-7)
• Walkertown | 3-3 in one-score games (overall record: 8-4)
• Pasquotank County | 3-3 in one-score games (overall record: 5-6)

HSOT Insiders should stay tuned to the site throughout the spring and summer months for more football preview articles.