How the 2024 regional finalists have fared in past regional championships

How the 2024 regional finalists have fared in past regional championships

Of the 16 teams set to compete in this week’s N.C. High School Athletic Association regional championships, 14 of them have made it to this round before.

The two schools that haven’t made it to the state semifinal round are Wilson Prep and Corvian Community School. These two schools are the first pair of charter schools to ever make it this far in the state playoffs simultaneously.

Here is a refresher on how the other regional finalists have fared in these games in the past:

4A Regional Finalists

Cardinal Gibbons

Four appearances. 3-1 overall.

  • 2019 4Ae: def. Scotland 22-15
  • 2020 4Ae: def. New Bern 30-14
  • 2021 4Ae: def. Rolesville 36-28
  • 2023 4Ae: lost to Hoggard 40-21

Grimsley

Six appearances. 3-3 overall.

  • 1987 4Aw: lost to Harding 16-7
  • 1988 4Aw: lost to West Charlotte 42-21
  • 2005 4Aw: Crest forfeits to Grimsley
  • 2019 4Ae: lost to East Forsyth 21-20
  • 2020 4Aw: def. Butler 28-21
  • 2022 4Aw: def. Weddington 28-27

Rolesville

Two appearances. 1-1 overall.

  • 2020 4AAe: def. Wake Forest 24-21
  • 2021 4Ae: lost to Cardinal Gibbons 36-28

Weddington

Six appearances. 5-1 overall.

  • 2014 3AAw: def. Cuthbertson 24-21
  • 2016 3AAw: def. Hickory Ridge 24-7
  • 2018 3AAw: def. Mount Tabor 45-12
  • 2019 3AAw: def. Watauga 49-14
  • 2022 4Aw: lost to Grimsley 28-27
  • 2023 4Aw: def. Independence 34-14

3A Regional Finalists

Hickory

Two appearances. 2-0 overall.

  • 1996 3Aw: def. Statesville 35-0
  • 2023 3Aw: def. Dudley 42-41

Jacksonville

Six appearances. 4-2 overall.

  • 1980 4Ae: def. Goldsboro 24-13
  • 1982 4Ae: def. Pine Forest 14-10
  • 1994 4Ae: def. Seventy-First 23-19
  • 2016 3AAe: lost to Eastern Guilford 26-21
  • 2018 3Ae: def. Havelock 41-34
  • 2021 3Ae: lost to Rose 35-28

Seventy-First

Nine appearances. 4-5 overall.

  • 1984 4Ae: def. Scotland 46-22
  • 1986 4Ae: def. N. Nash 15-13
  • 1988 4Ae: lost to Richmond 35-7
  • 1989 4Ae: lost to Richmond 24-7
  • 1994 4Ae: lost to Jacksonville 23-19
  • 2008 4Aw: def. South Mecklenburg 27-6
  • 2018 4Ae: lost to Scotland 28-0
  • 2022 3Ae: lost to N. Nash 23-22
  • 2023 3Ae: def. N. Nash 50-36

West Charlotte

Nine appearances. 7-2 overall.

  • 1978 4Aw: def. R.J. Reynolds 14-0
  • 1986 4Aw: def. Harding 24-21
  • 1988 4Aw: def. Grimsley 42-21
  • 1991 4Aw: def. East Forsyth 37-12
  • 1993 4Aw: def. South Mecklenburg 24-23
  • 1995 4Aw: def. Crest 30-0
  • 2003 4Aw: lost to Mount Tabor 28-3
  • 2006 4Aw: def. Watauga 21-0
  • 2007 4AAw: lost to Independence 10-8

2A Regional Finalists

Brevard

Six appearances. 1-5 overall.

  • 1977 3Aw: lost to South Caldwell 16-6
  • 1978 3Aw: lost to Watauga 10-7
  • 1982 3Aw: def. Mount Airy 14-8
  • 1985 3Aw: lost to Forest Hills 23-15
  • 2005 2Aw: lost to Lincolnton 29-26
  • 2018 2Aw: lost to Reidsville 24-21

Monroe

Six appearances. 3-3 overall.

  • 1989 2Aw: def. Starmount 24-21 (OT)
  • 2012 1AAw: lost to Swain 28-21
  • 2013 2AA: def. Parkwood 48-20
  • 2015 2AAw: def. E. Lincoln 46-6
  • 2016 2AAw: lost to Shelby 28-7
  • 2020 3Aw: lost to Charlotte Catholic 24-14

Northeastern

Six appearances. 2-4 overall.

  • 2013 2Ae: lost to SW Onslow 19-9
  • 2014 2AAe: lost to Washington 41-17
  • 2018 2Ae: def. SW Onslow 47-36
  • 2019 2Ae: def. Clinton 23-8
  • 2020 2Ae: lost to Reidsville 49-21
  • 2023 2Ae: lost to Clinton 36-22

Whiteville

Five appearances. 4-1 overall.

  • 1981 2Ae: def. Fuquay-Varina 26-8
  • 1982 2Ae: def. North Duplin 32-7
  • 1984 2Ae: def. Wallace-Rose Hill 28-7
  • 1986 2Ae: lost to Ahoskie 33-31
  • 1987 2Ae: def. Ayden-Grifton 28-0

1A Regional Finalists

Mountain Heritage

Three appearances. 2-1 overall.

  • 2009 2Aw: def. Lexington 44-13
  • 2017 2Aw: lost to Reidsville 27-20
  • 2020 2Aw: def. Hendersonville 30-29

Tarboro

17 appearances. 14-3 overall.

  • 1984 3Ae def. J.F. Webb 14-16
  • 1987 3Ae: lost to Williams 21-15
  • 1993 3Ae: lost to West Brunswick 21-13
  • 1998 2Ae: def. Reidsville 49-18
  • 2008 2Ae: def. Northside-Jacksonville 28-14
  • 2009 2Ae: def. East Bladen 28-22
  • 2010 2Ae: def. East Bladen 33-7
  • 2011 2Ae: def. South Columbus 13-10
  • 2012 2Ae: def. South Columbus 46-0
  • 2016 1AAe: lost to Wallace-Rose Hill 35-17
  • 2017 1AAe: def. Holmes 50-7
  • 2018 1AAe: def. Holmes 48-7
  • 2019 1AAe: def. Holmes 35-6
  • 2020-2021 1AAe: def. Louisburg 66-13
  • 2021 1Ae: def. Pender 22-12
  • 2022 1Ae: def. Rosewood 35-7
  • 2023 1Ae: def. West Columbus 49-12

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