New Bern sets 2025 football schedule

The Bears will open the season Aug. 22 at New Hanover

New Bern defeated Jordan 38-33 in the third round of the 2022 NCHSAA 4A playoffs on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. | MICHAEL CUNEO/WSN / USA TODAY NETWORK

New Bern, seeking to build on last year’s 9-3 record, will play a challenging nonconference schedule next season and try to win a new 6-A/7-A conference.

Joining the 7-A Bears in the new conference, created because of the latest NCHSAA realignment, are Jacksonville (7-A), White Oak (6-A), D.H. Conley (6-A), South Central (7-A) and Rose (6-A).

Here is the schedule:

Aug. 22 – at New Hanover

Aug. 29 – Havelock

Sept. 5 – at West Craven

Sept. 12 – Cleveland

Sept. 19 – at Hough

Oct. 3 – Jacksonville

Oct. 10 – at White Oak

Oct. 17 – at Conley

Oct. 24 – Rose

Oct. 31 – at South Central

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Published Apr 8, 2025

MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.

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