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Since Mount Airy fell to Tarboro in the 2017 1AA State Championship game, the Granite Bears have a new coach and a new-look offense that teams are struggling to defend.

No. 4 Mount Airy dominated in the running game with Tyler Mason and played lights out defense on Friday to win 35-6 at home over No. 6 Draughn, punching its ticket to the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A football championship game. Mason, who entered the game with the second most touchdowns in the state, scored all five of the Granite Bears' TDs, bringing his total to 49.

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.

Mount Airy aims to keep competing with top of Northwest 1A Conference during 2021 season Tags: Updated January 2, 2021 2:56 p.m. EST By Zack Adams, HighSchoolOT reporter Mount Airy, N.C. — Mount Airy took a tremendous leap forward in its 2019-20 basketball campaign. Just one calendar year before, the Granite Bears were 7-16 overall and had one conference victory. Mount Airy flipped that into winning 15 games (15-10, 7-3 record) and finishing second in the league’s standings when the reg...