How the 2024 NCHSAA football finalists fared in past state championships

Seven of the eight 2024 N.C. High School Athletic Association state finalists have made a championship game before. The one team that has not is Corvian Community School, a charter school from Charlotte.

Here is how each finalist has fared in past state championship games.

Rolesville, 4A East champion

One appearance. 0-1 overall.

• 2020 4AA: lost to Chambers 35-14

Grimsley, 4A West champion

1-1 overall as Grimsley. 5-7-3 overall.

• As “Greensboro Central” (1919: lost to Chapel Hill 78-0, 1927: lost to New Hanover 7-0)
• As “Greensboro” (1934 Class A: tie Durham 12-12, 1938 Class A: tie Durham 6-6, 1939 Class A: lost to Durham 6-0, 1940 Class A: def. Rocky Mount 7-0, 1942 Class AA: def. Gastonia 12-6, 1944 Class AA: lost to Wilson 26-0, 1946 Class A: forfeit to Wilson, 1954 3A: def. Durham 20-13, 1956 3A: tie Fayetteville 6-6, 1959 3A: lost to Garinger 20-6, 1960 3A: def. R.J. Reynolds 19-7)
• 2005 4A: lost to J.H. Rose 21-0
• 2020 4A: def. Cardinal Gibbons 28-8
• 2022 4A: lost to New Bern 40-28 [Vacated]

Seventy-First, 3A East champion

Five appearances. 3-1-1 overall.

• 1970 3A: def. Northern Durham 14-12
• 1984 4A: tie Page 14-14
• 1986 4A: def. West Charlotte 3-0
• 2008 4A: def. Douglas Byrd 28-7
• 2023 3A: lost to Hickory 33-26

West Charlotte, 3A West champion

Seven appearances. 1-6 overall.

• 1978 4A: lost to Richmond 14-0
• 1986 4A: lost to Seventy-First 3-0
• 1988 4A: lost to Richmond 17-0
• 1991 4A: lost to South View 10-7
• 1993 4A: lost to Northern Durham 39-6
• 1995 4A: def. Douglas Byrd 20-13
• 2006 4A: lost to J.H. Rose 26-12

Northeastern, 2A East champion

1-4 overall as Northeastern. 3-7 overall.

• As “Elizabeth City” (1932 Class B: lost to Reidsville 32-12, 1933 Class B: def. Burlington 19-0, 1940 Class B: lost to Reidsville 14-12, 1957 2A: def. Myers Park 18-15, 1964 3A Region 1: lost to Rockingham 19-0)
• 1969 3Ae: def. Lumberton 21-0
• 1971 3Ae: lost to Havelock 20-6
• 2010 2AA: lost to Salisbury 30-0
• 2018 2A: lost to Reidsville 31-28
• 2019 2A: lost to Reidsville 14-0

Monroe, 2A West champion

Four appearances. 1-3 overall.

• 1920: lost to Chapel Hill 14-0
• 1989 2A: lost to Clayton 16-0
• 2013 2AA: lost to T.W. Andrews 18-14
• 2015 2AA: def. Bunn 38-19

Tarboro, 1A East champion

15 appearances. 9-6 overall.

• 1965 3A Region 1: def. Greenville 13-7
• 1984 3A: def. A.L. Brown 20-0
• 1998 2A: lost to Shelby 34-14
• 2008 2A: lost to Newton-Conover 51- 28
• 2009 2A: def. Mountain Heritage 28-3
• 2010 2A: def. Carver 21-13
• 2011 2A: def. Lincolnton 39-36
• 2012 2A: lost to East Lincoln 24-20
• 2017 1AA: def. Mount Airy 32-7
• 2018 1AA: def. E. Surry 50-10
• 2019 1AA: lost to East Surry 56-28
• 2020 1AA: def. E. Surry 25-7
• 2021 1A: def. Mitchell 28-7
• 2022 1A: lost to Mount Airy 20-7
• 2023 1A: lost to Mount Airy 21-3