New Bern's Aronne Herring, Chamir Wright and Damaree Tucker scored two touchdowns apiece, and the Bears ran for 394 yards as a team to defeat Grimsley 40-28 in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A championship at Kenan Stadium on Friday in a battle of two unbeatens. The title is New Bern's fourth as a program and first since 2014.
New Bern's Aronne Herring, Chamir Wright and Damaree Tucker scored two touchdowns apiece, and the Bears ran for 394 yards as a team to defeat Grimsley 40-28 in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A championship at Kenan Stadium on Friday in a battle of two unbeatens. The title is New Bern's fourth as a program and first since 2014.
The 2022 NCHSAA 4A football state championship game between undefeated Grimsley and unbeaten New Bern will take place this Friday. The game will kick off at 7:00 in Kenan Stadium on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
New Bern, one of Eastern North Carolina's storied football programs, is returning to the 4A state championship for the first time since 2014. The Bears had not been back since defeating Charlotte Catholic in that year's 4A title. In tonight's 4A Eastern regional final, New Bern held on to take down a great Millbrook team 35-27.
After an exciting fourth round of the NCHSAA football playoffs, we have finally determined our two finalists from every region. This Friday, there will be eight games to decide which eight teams will play for a state championship. Here are the things to monitor going into each of this week's regional final matchups.