High school football in Fayetteville: Complete coverage from the 2022-23 season
Welcome to the 910Preps football landing page, a collection of our coverage from the 2022-23 season. In here, you'll find links to all of stories about Fayetteville-area football, including our Summer Grind series, players to watch, game coverage, players of the week and more.
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Week 1
►Ethan Emery, Jack Britt football’s movie star, lifts Bucs to 3OT win
►'Let everybody know about the O': Will Overhills football turn corner in 2022?
►Week 1 scores, top performers
►Top performers, scores from Week 1 of the high school football season
Week 2
►Trinity Christian has the only private school football team in Fayetteville
► Fayetteville high school football predictions: Who wins in Week 2?
► E.E. Smith football snaps 10-game losing streak, highlighting Week 2 takeaways in Fayetteville
► Hector Bautista, Seventy-First football's 'nonstop' sophomore, shines vs. Pine Forest
► North Carolina high school football scores for Week 2 of 2022 NCHSAA season
► Top performers from Week 2 in Fayetteville area
Week 3
► Fayetteville area high school football schedule for Week 3
► Week 3 predictions for Fayetteville area high school football games
► Terry Sanford to honor longtime coach Bill Yeager
► Emerging star helps Cape Fear solve problem in win at Terry Sanford
► Week 3 scores, top performers
Week 4
► Week 4 high school football predictions
►Top high school sports performers for Sept-5-9
►Week 4 high school football roundup
Week 5
►Week 5 high school football predictions
►Checking in on teams as conference play arrives
►First-year player leading Westover's rushing offense
►Top high school sports performers for Sept. 12-16
Week 6
►How Gray's Creek got off to its best start in 11 years
►Breakthrough players at the midpoint of the season
►Seventy-First plays the hits, stays unbeaten
Week 7
►Midseason high school football awards: Who are the favorites for player of the year?
►Seventy-First aces passing test to stay undefeated
►'Guts and tenacity': How Pine Forest moved a step closer to history
Week 8
►Week 8 high school football predictions
►DeAndre Nance key to Seventy-First's high hopes
Week 9
►Reload or rebuild? How South View football turned around its season
►How South View football stretched its win streak in Bridge blowout
Week 10
►Sargent's special play highlights Cape Fear's win at South View
►Which teams are fighting for a playoff spot?
Week 11
►Fayetteville stat leaders ahead of final week of regular season
►Pine Forest wins back-to-back conference championships in All American Conference
Playoffs
►Which Fayetteville teams can make a run in the NCHSAA playoffs?
►Players to watch in the NCHSAA playoffs
Video highlights
► Jack Britt football's Ethan Emery makes game-winning field goal in triple-OT
► Overhills football highlights in win against South View
► Seventy-First vs Pine Forest football highlights
► Terry Sanford vs Cape Fear football highlights
►Scotland vs. Jack Britt football highlights
►Seventy-First vs. Jack Britt football highlights
► Gray's Creek vs. South View football highlights
Features
►Jack Britt brings new tradition into 2022 season
►Despite string of losing seasons, here's why 2 Douglas Byrd football seniors decided to stay
►From the ACC to Army: Former Fayetteville standouts on Division I college football rosters
►Bill Yeager's 'football bug' becomes legacy that will put his name on Terry Sanford stadium
►Jack Britt football’s Mike Smith — and his ‘ham hocks’ — are thriving in multiple roles
►First-year player leading Westover's rushing offense
►Rebuild or reload? South View turns around season
Photo galleries
► 2022 preseason high school football practice in Fayetteville
► Trinity Christian football practice
► Pine Forest at Jack Britt football Week 1
► Seventy-First vs. Pine Forest football Week 2
► Terry Sanford vs. Cape Fear football Week 3
► Scotland at Jack Britt football Week 4
Team Schedules
►2022 Fayetteville high school football schedule by team and by week
Rodd's picks
► Fayetteville-area high school football predictions for Week 1 of the 2022 season
►Fayetteville-area high school football predictions for Week 2 of the 2022 season
►Fayetteville-area high school football predictions for Week 3 of the 2022 season
►Fayetteville-area high school football predictions for Week 4 of the 2022 season
►Fayetteville-area high school football predictions for Week 5 of the 2022 season
► Fayetteville-area high school football predictions for Week 6 of the 2022 season
Players to watch
► 30 Fayetteville high school football players to watch, 30 days before 2022 season
► Fayetteville's top running backs
► Fayetteville's topdefensive backs
► Fayetteville's top offensive and defensive linemen
► Fayetteville's top wide receivers
► Fayetteville's top linebackers
► Fayetteville's top quarterbacks
► Fayetteville's underrated players
► Players to watch for Trinity Christian football, Fayetteville's only private school team
Preseason Predictions
►All American Conference coaches' predictions
►United 8 Conference coaches' predictions
►10 questions for each of Fayetteville's high school football teams
►Southeastern Athletic Conference coaches' predictions
Jamborees
►Who stood out in Cumberland County Football Jamboree?
►Douglas Byrd, Gray's Creek compete in Lumberton jamboree
Games to watch
►Fayetteville’s top 5 high school football conference games to watch in 2022 season
►Fayetteville’s top 5 nonconference high school football games to watch in 2022 season
►Schedule set for Cumberland County Football Jamboree. What are the top 3 matchups?
Summer Grind
910Preps reporter Rodd Baxley checked in on all 10 Cumberland County public high school football programs for a summertime progress reporter. Here's what he learned with the Summer Grind series:
►Can Jack Britt football stay in tune for breakout 2022 season?
►Douglas Byrd football focused on changing its mindset in Year 2 under Huey
►Will growth in leadership give Cape Fear football a playoff breakthrough in 2022?
►With new pieces, Gray’s Creek football focusing on physicality ahead of 2022 season
►After ending 33-year drought, Pine Forest football looks for more in 2022
►After injury-plagued 2021, Terry Sanford football goes ‘back to the lab’
►Who's among the next set of leaders for Seventy-First football?
►Can South View football’s newcomers help the Tigers continue recent success?
►E.E. Smith football demands positive reinforcement after winless 2021 season
►Can Westover football build off best season in program history?
NIL and high school sports
► 'It's here much faster than we thought:' How NIL forced a reckoning in high school sports
►Across the South, NIL is forcing the hand of high school athletic associations
► Explaining Arch Manning's shocking NIL valuation — and what it means for his final LHSAA season
► Most states prohibit high school NIL deals. But what if you're Olympic swimmer Claire Curzan?
This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: High school football in Fayetteville: Complete coverage from 2022-23 season