The defending state champion Grimsley Whirlies (10-0) will put their remarkable 26-game winning streak to the test when they host the West Cabarrus Wolverines (6-5) in the second round of the NCHSAA 7A Football Championships on Friday night at Jamieson Stadium in Greensboro.

BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina Central takes on No. 18 North Carolina after Gage Lattimore scored 38 points in North Carolina Central's 77-61 win over the Bluefield State Big Blues. North Carolina went 23-14 overall a season ago while going 12-3 at home. The Tar Heels gave up 74.7 points per game while committing 17.1 fouls last season.

The latest showdown between two of college basketball's blue bloods will take place when No. 19 Kansas faces No. 25 North Carolina at the Dean E. Smith Center on Friday in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels and Jayhawks both opened the season with a win earlier this week,