A'son Best. Jacqui Smith Watson photo.

Staff report

SPENCER — There were 112 teams involved in Friday’s third round of the NCHSAA state playoffs.

None of those 112 teams are from Rowan County.

None of them were all that close. West Rowan lost 49-14 in the second round. North Rowan lost 45-7 in the second round.

The other four Rowan schools made the playoffs, but they were gone after the first round, so Rowan was 2-6 in the playoffs.

That’s not great news, but now that all the official stats for the 2025 season are in, it’s obvious that the 2025 season had great moments and great individual accomplishments.

It’s a shame North Rowan junior QB Mike Alford was injured in last week’s game at Corvian Community School, as Alford might have topped 3,000 passing yards for the season. That’s

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