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Hough High opens the 8A playoffs at No. 1 as the EpiCentre sells

Plus, Hough High enters the 8A playoffs ranked No. 1 with a first-round bye.

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High School FootballTop story

Hough High enters the 8A playoffs ranked No. 1 with a first-round bye

Hough leads The Post's Magnificent Seven rankings

RankTeamRecord
1Hough10-0
2Mallard Creek8-2
3Palisades8-2
4Chambers9-1
5Ardrey Kell7-3
6Myers Park7-3
7West Charlotte6-4

Source: The Charlotte Post

If you follow high school football, start with Hough. The Huskies, the wire-to-wire No. 1 in The Charlotte Post's rankings, earned a first-round bye after a 49-0 win over Hopewell. The 8A playoffs start Friday, and seven Mecklenburg County programs are in the 10-team West region bracket.

  • Byes: four teams, including Hough, Mallard Creek and Chambers
  • Palisades hosts Ardrey Kell, a rematch of a 21-14 Palisades win
  • West Charlotte hosts Hoke County in the first round

Mallard Creek got its bye by beating Chambers on Oct. 30 for the title. HighSchoolOT reports the Mavericks held Chambers to 117 yards of total offense and won their 12th league title. "It's very possible we could see them again," coach Kennedy Tinsley said.

Mallard Creek beat Chambers 17-⁠7 for the league title

  • Chambers7
    Mallard Creek17
    FinalMavericks' 12th Meck Power Six title

Source: HighSchoolOT

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Christ the King

Christ the King High School in Huntersville cut the ribbon Tuesday on its new expansion wing. The celebration also marked the 15th anniversary of the original building, which opened in 2011. Catholic News Herald

I-77 fire

Huntersville Fire crews put out a blaze Tuesday after a skid-steer clearing brush on I-77 near Stumptown Road set a wooded area on fire. It took two engines and a tanker. Queen City News

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The Carolina Renaissance Festival is open 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on weekends

Carolina Renaissance Festival, 16445 Poplar Tent Road, Huntersville

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  • 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Festival open Saturdays and Sundays
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Saturdays and Sundays

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Kon Knueppel headed to the locker room about six minutes into his season debut Wednesday night against the Brooklyn Nets, grabbing his left hamstring. He had missed the first eight games with a hamstring strain and led the NBA in 3-pointers made as a rookie. The Hornets entered 3-5 and last in the NBA at 97 points per game. Boston visits Spectrum Center on Fri., Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. Charlotte ObserverThe News & ObserverWBTVNBA

Powerball

A $3 Power Play ticket sold at the Sam's Mart on N.C. 49 in Harrisburg won $2 million in Saturday's Halloween drawing. Bram Dunehew of Concord, a civil engineering student, says he only bought it because his receipt wouldn't print at the pump. A second ticket worth $50,000 sold at Stallion Monroe on U.S. 74 West in Monroe. Charlotte ObserverQueen City NewsWSOC TV

The Harrisburg ticket won 40 times the Monroe ticket's prize

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Hough High opens the 8A playoffs at No. 1 as the EpiCentre sells

Plus, Hough High enters the 8A playoffs ranked No. 1 with a first-round bye.

The TLDR

  1. Hough High is No. 1 and has a bye as 8A playoffs start Friday
  2. Christ the King cuts the ribbon on its new wing
  3. Kon Knueppel leaves his season debut with a hamstring issue
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