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Wilkes Central sets 2025 football schedule

The Eagles will open the season Aug. 22 at North Iredell
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Wilkes Central has set its 2025 football schedule.

The Eagles were 2-8 last season playing as a 2-A program in the Foothills Conference.

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association doubled the number of classifications from four to eight, and Wilkes Central is now a 4-A school.

The Eagles will be in a split 2-A/3-A/4-A conference with Alleghany (2-A), East Wilkes (2-A), Elkin (2-A), Starmount (2-A), North Wilkes (3-A), West Wilkes (3-A) and Ashe County (4-A). West Wilkes and North Wilkes were in the Foothills Conference with the Eagles the past four years.

Here is the schedule:

Aug. 22 – at North Iredell

Aug. 28 – McMichael

Sept. 5 – at Draughn

Sept. 19 – West Wilkes

Sept. 26 – at North Wilkes

Oct. 3 – at Elkin

Oct. 10 – Ashe County

Oct. 17 – at Alleghany

Oct. 24 – Starmount

Oct. 31 – at East Wilkes

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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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