By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Only two football teams from Alamance County will have first-round games in the state playoffs, while four others received byes into the second round.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released the brackets for the playoffs Saturday. First-round games are set for Friday night. The second round is slated to be contested November 13.
In Class 5-A, undefeated Southeast Alamance received the No. 1 seed for the East Region, while Eastern Alamance was pegged No. 7 in the region.
Southeast (10-0) will tangle with the winner between No. 16 seed West Carteret (4-6) and No. 17 seed Currituck (4-6).
Eastern (7-2) could have a neighborhood matchup in the second round as the Eagles will meet the winner between No. 10 seed Orange (6-4) and No. 23 seed Richlands (2-8).
Western Alamance (5-5) is the No. 13 seed in the East Region with a first-round home game against No. 20 seed Southern Wayne (4-6). The winner goes to fourth-seeded Croatan (9-1) for the second round.
In Class 6-A, Southern Alamance (8-2) and Williams (6-2) received first-round byes in the East Region.
No. 6 seed Southern will face the winner between No. 11 seed Harnett Central (8-2) and No. 22 seed Western Harnett (4-6) in the second round at home.
Williams holds the No. 7 seed with a second-round home date against the winner between No. 10 seed Erwin Triton (9-1) and No. 23 seed South View (3-7).
Meanwhile, in the Class 6-A West Region, No. 19 seed Eastern Guilford (3-6) is at No. 14 seed Kernersville Glenn (6-4).
In Class 4-A, No. 21 seed Cummings (1-9) visits No. 12 seed Randleman (4-6) in the East Region first round. The winner earns a trip to fifth-seeded Reidsville (7-3).
Cummings’ lone victory came against Bartlett Yancey (1-9), which didn’t make the playoff field in Class 3-A.
