The road to the state high school football championship game runs through Hough … and Weddington … and Crest … and North Stanly … and Corvian community. Those five schools won No. 1 West regional seeds in the N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs that begin next Friday. The No. 1 seeds will have home-field advantage all the way until the championship round. Teams will be playing for a berth in the state finals, which are set for Dec. 10-12 at three sites – UNC/