Maiden chases 51st all-time playoff win with visit to East Rutherford
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Notes and tidbits about Greater Hickory teams that begin the state football playoffs with first-round games on Friday at 7:30 p.m.:
WEST 2A
MAIDEN (8-3, No. 10 seed)
Opponent: at No. 7 E. Rutherford (8-3)
Previous state playoff games against this opponent: 2011 2A first round – Maiden 26, E. Rutherford 13
Playoff bid: 43rd, 23rd straight
Most recent playoff game: Fred T. Foard 16, Maiden 0 (2017 2A, first round)
Last playoff win: Maiden 48, N. Surry 15 (2015 2AA, first round)
Last playoff road win: Maiden 41, Polk County 27 (2011 2A, second round)
Playoff record: 50-40; 17-19 away games
Deepest playoff run(s): State 2A champion 1978 (Maiden 36, Tabor City 14); State 2A runner-up 1992 (W. Brunswick 14, Maiden 6 at UNC)
PATTON (6-5, No. 13 seed)
Opponent: at No. 4 Wheatmore (10-1)
Playoff bid: Sixth, fourth straight
Most recent playoff game: Hibriten 35, Patton 0 (2017 2AA, second round)
Last playoff win: Patton 26, N. Surry 10 (2017 2AA, first round)
Last playoff road win: Patton 26, N. Surry 10 (2017 2AA, first round)
Playoff record: 2-5
West 2AA
BANDYS (10-1, No. 3 seed)
Opponent: No. 14 Franklin (6-5)
Playoff bid: 24th, 13th in 2AA
Most recent playoff game: Hibriten 57, Bandys 6 (2017 2AA, first round)
Last playoff win: Bandys 49, Newton-Conover 24 (2012 2AA, second round)
Last playoff home win: Bandys 34, E. Burke 7 (2012 2AA, first round)
Playoff record: 34-23, 20-4 home games.
Deepest playoff run(s): 1996 state 2A final (Clinton 26, Bandys 14 at UNC); 2002 state 2AA final (Reidsville 34, Bandys 14 at Wake Forest; 2003 state 2AA final (Reidsville 68, Bandys 12 at N.C. State)
FRED T. FOARD (6-5, No. 11 seed)
Opponent: at No. 6 W. Stokes (10-1)
Playoff bid: 15th and second straight
Most recent playoff game: Mount Pleasant 28, Fred T. Foard 14 (2017 2AA, second round)
Last playoff win: Fred T. Foard 16, Maiden 0 (2017 2AA, first round)
Last playoff road win: Fred T. Foard 16, Maiden 0 (2017 2AA, first round)
Playoff record: 3-13, 3-10 away games (7-0 at Franklin, 1982 2A West Division II first round; 28-25 at SW Guilford, 1982 2A West Division II final; 16-0 at Maiden, 2017 2AA first round)
Deepest playoff run(s): 1982 2A West Division final (Fred T. Foard 28, SW Guilford 25)
HIBRITEN (11-0, No. 2 seed)
Opponent: No. 15 E. Henderson (5-6)
Previous state playoff games against this opponent: 2005 2A at E. Henderson, first round (E. Henderson 24, Hibriten 21, OT; 2008 2AA at E. Henderson, third round (E. Henderson 14, Hibriten 13); 2010 3A second round (Hibriten 28, E. Henderson 25)
Playoff bid: 21st, 17th straight
Most recent playoff game: Hibriten 16, E. Duplin 14 (state 2AA final at UNC)
Last playoff win: Hibriten 16, E. Duplin 14 (state 2AA final at UNC)
Last playoff home win: Hibriten 19, Shelby 7 (2017 2AA West final)
Playoff record: 30-18, 24-7 home games
Deepest playoff run(s): 2017 state 2AA final (Hibriten 16, E. Duplin 14 at UNC)
EAST LINCOLN (5-6, No. 16 seed)
Opponent: at No. 1 Canton Pisgah (10-1)
Playoff bid: 23rd, 14th straight
Most recent playoff game: Mount Pleasant 35, E. Lincoln 0 (2017 2AA, first round)
Last playoff win: E. Lincoln 34, W. Caldwell 14 (2016 2AA, second round)
Last playoff road win: E. Lincoln 34, W. Caldwell 14 (2016 2AA, second round)
Playoff record: 31-20
Deepest playoff run(s): 2014 state 2AA final (E. Lincoln 14, Washington 13 at Wake Forest); 2012 state 2A final (E. Lincoln 24, Tarboro 20 at Wake Forest)
NORTH LINCOLN (8-3, No. 8 seed)
Opponent: No. 9 Smoky Mountain (8-3)
Playoff bid: Seventh, first since 2008
Most recent playoff game: Lincolnton 14, N. Lincoln 0 (2008 2A first round)
Last playoff win: N. Lincoln 21, Salisbury 14 (2007 2AA second round)
Last playoff home win: N. Lincoln 38, Bandys 34 (2007 2AA second round)
Playoff record: 2-6
Deepest playoff run(s): 2007 2A third round (Mount Pleasant 18, N. Lincoln 13)
WEST LINCOLN (9-2, No. 13 seed)
Opponent: at No. 4 Shelby (8-3)
Playoff bid: Ninth, third straight; first came in 2005
Most recent playoff game: Reidsville 51, W. Lincoln 0 (2017 2A first round)
Playoff record: 0-8
WEST 3A
FREEDOM (9-2, No. 6 seed)
Opponent: No. 11 Monroe (6-5)
Playoff bid: 26th, seventh straight
Most recent playoff game: Rockingham County 47, Freedom 29 (2017 3A first round)
Last playoff win: Freedom 55, Patton 18 (2015 3A first round)
Last playoff home win: Freedom 55, Patton 18 (2015 3A first round)
Playoff record: 13-25, 10-12 home games
Deepest playoff run(s): 2012 West 3A final (Concord 27, Freedom 20)
WEST 3AA
ALEXANDER CENTRAL (9-2, No. 11 seed)
Opponent: at No. 6 Asheville Erwin (9-1)
Playoff bid: 18th, eighth since 2009, eighth in 10 seasons
Most recent playoff game: Cuthbertson 35, Alexander Central 28 (2017 3AA, first round)
Last playoff win: Alexander Central 38, Porter Ridge 21 (2009 4A first round)
Last playoff road win: Alexander Cental 24, High Point Central 10 (2006 4A first round)
Playoff record: 4-17, 2-11 away games (1983 7-6 at E. Surry; 2006 24-10 at High Point Central)
Deepest playoff run(s): Second round in 1983, 2004, 2006, 2009
WATAUGA (11-0, No. 1 seed)
Opponent: No. 16 Ashbrook (5-6)
Playoff bid: 16th, eighth straight, 12th in 13 years
Most recent playoff game: Mount Tabor 21, Watauga (2017 3AA, second round)
Last playoff win: Watauga 21, Asheville 9 (2017 3AA, first round)
Last playoff home win: Watauga 21, Asheville 9 (2017 3AA, first round)
Playoff record: 14-15
Deepest playoff run(s): 1978 state 3A champion
West 4A
McDOWELL (4-7, No. 12 seed)
Opponent: at No. 5 Mooresville (8-3)
Playoff bid: 18th and fourth in five seasons, fifth in seven
Most recent playoff game: Butler 63, McDowell 0 (2016 4AA, first round)
Playoff record: 3-17