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2026 NCHSAA Girls Flag Football State Championships
The first NCHSAA flag football championships: Saturday, Nov. 14, at Helen & Leonard Moretz Stadium, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory. Three finals, 8A, 7A and 1A-6A, each West champion against East champion. Game times come from the NCHSAA after the regionals.
8A · time to be announced by the NCHSAA
Palisades · West No. 2 seed · 16-2 · Southwestern · No. 1 in our statewide power rankings
Road to Hickory: first-round bye · W 42-6 vs Apex Friendship (7) · W 32-27 vs Hough (3) · W 27-14 at Providence (1)
Wakefield · East No. 2 seed · 20-1 · CAP · No. 5 in our statewide power rankings
Road to Hickory: first-round bye · W 20-13 vs Hoggard (7) · W 24-20 vs Willow Spring (3) · W 18-6 vs Apex (4)
Our pick: Palisades, 24-18, with a 64% chance to win
7A · time to be announced by the NCHSAA
Cox Mill · West No. 2 seed · 22-0 · Greater Metro GMAC · No. 7 in our statewide power rankings
Road to Hickory: first-round bye · W 28-0 vs Rocky River (15) · W 6-0 vs Ballantyne Ridge (7) · W 12-6 vs Butler (3) · W 7-0 vs Grimsley (5)
Holly Springs · East No. 2 seed · 18-0 · Triangle Six · No. 4 in our statewide power rankings
Road to Hickory: first-round bye · W 48-0 vs Southeast Raleigh (15) · W 41-0 vs Fuquay-Varina (7) · W 41-0 vs Riverside (6) · W 18-14 at Ashley (1)
Our pick: Holly Springs, 20-16, with a 58% chance to win
1A-6A · time to be announced by the NCHSAA
Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology · West No. 16 seed · 13-8 · Greater Metro GMAC · No. 28 in our statewide power rankings
Road to Hickory: W 13-2 vs Olympic (17) · W 12-6 at Brevard (1) · W 20-19 at Union Academy (9) · W 31-0 at Rockingham County (4) · W 20-13 at East Rowan (3)
Roxboro Community · East No. 3 seed · 14-1 · Diamond Nine · No. 18 in our statewide power rankings
Road to Hickory: first-round bye · W 25-13 vs Middle Creek (19) · W 38-13 vs Rocky Mount (11) · W 26-0 at Northwood (2) · W 7-6 at Eastern Guilford (1)
Our pick: Roxboro Community, 23-16, with a 67% chance to win
