Bryant Roche

One of the year’s most pivotal conference matchups heads this week’s slate of area high school football games.

1. Northeast Guilford (5-1, 1-0) at Northern Guilford (5-1, 1-0), 7:30 p.m.

This major TAAC Six 5A/6A Conference battle, the only area game featuring two Triad top 10 teams, could go a long way in deciding the league’s champion.

Triad No. 4 Northern enters having one of the area’s most balanced offenses in yardage, with a rushing attack at 1,062 yards effectively complemented by a big-play passing attack of 954 yards that is averaging 14.7 yards per completion (23.5 over the past two games) and scores a touchdown on 12.3% of its receptions.

Triad No. 9 Northeast’s defense has held opponents to just 8.2 points per game, with two shutouts and two games only allowin

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