North Carolina Unbeaten Showdown independence vs. ButlerB

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

It will be #1 vs. #2 Friday night when Independence squares off with Butler for regular season bragging rights in North Carolina and the Southwestern 4A championship. Independence will be looking for revenge from last year's regular season finale when Butler handed the Patriots its third loss of the season. Independence did crank things up after that, beating Butler 20-7 in the second round of the playoffs, and making it to the school's ninth straight state championship game. The Patriots lost in the title game snapping the schools run of eight straight championships.

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Independence (NC) Suffers First In-State Loss in Eight Years

Earlier this year Independence (Charlotte, NC) saw its 109-game win streak snapped...Friday night it was it eight year North Carolina win streak going down the tubes with a 21-20 loss to Butler.

Independence played without head coach Tom Knotts who was suspended indefinately after an altercation with a player's parent after a junior varsity game on Thursday.