Several local high schools in North Carolina are competing for the state championship this Saturday.
In the 1A Division, Charlotte’s Corvian Community High School will play Tarboro on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium on N.C. State’s campus.
In the 2A Division, Monroe High School will take on Northeastern High School of Elizabeth City at Kenan Stadium at UNC.
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In the 3A championship, West Charlotte High School will play Seventy-First High School of Fayetteville at N.C. State.
The games will air live on TV64.
‘These kids have earned it’
It’s been nearly three decades since the West Charlotte High School Lions won a football state championship and now the team is one win away from snapping that streak.
West Charlotte was hard at work at practice this week preparing for Saturday’s state title game against Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville.
They are undefeated and averaging 50 points per game.
Lions head coach Sam Greiner has led stirring upsets before.