New Hanover County had 4 teams that competed all season long. One of them stayed undefeated through the conference season, another one won the state title.

It will be a new look this season in Brunswick County with two of the three teams bringing in new coaches. But all three have the same task of getting past the big dogs in conference to put Brunswick County on top.

There might not be anything better than bringing friends, old and new, together to talk a little football.

In Columbus County, success has come often to their sports programs.

We are just days away from the high school football season; a season that will have another seeding plan for the state playoffs after questions about how a new system worked last year. Perhaps no team knows that system's shortcomings better than the Trask Titans.

In 2017, the East Bladen Eagles once again proved to be the top team in the county with their 48-12 win over the West Bladen Knights.

As we tour around the schools in the area, we've been talking with coaches in our area to find out who we should look out for this high school football season. We are blessed with plenty of playmakers on all three sides of the football, but we've narrowed the list down to five. This is our 5th Quarter watch list.