The Mighty Nine: Week 8
We know it was impossible to stay in suspense until Friday to see the N&R's latest Mighty 9 area high school football poll. So we began publishing it Wednesdays last week. And, because there's so much movement in the poll and we don't want you to have to wait until the paper hits the driveway, thought I'd unveil the poll online, with a few comments. My AP votes follow.
N&R MIGHTY NINE (coincidentally, this reflects my top 9, too)1. Reidsville (6-0)
2. Western Alamance (7-0)
3. Grimsley (6-0)
4. Glenn (6-0)
5. Northeast Guilford (5-1)
6. Thomasville (6-0)
7. Dudley (6-1)
8. Ragsdale (5-2)
9. Eastern Guilford (4-2) *Also receiving votes: Southern Guilford (4-2), Southeast Guilford (4-2), Ledford (5-2).
* The No. 9 spot is where we've seen the most turnover. It's basically reserved for the hottest team at the time. We've had Western Guilford, Ragsdale, Ledford, Southeast, Southern and now Eastern Guilford in this spot. The Wildcats jumped ahead of the rival Storm, catching them in an off week and winning impressively over Southwest Guilford, 41-21.
See below for my AP votes. Let me know if you feel there's too much local bias ... or not enough. Without being as familiar as I should be with schools in, say, Wilmington or Asheville, I try to be fair and balanced, maybe slipping a vote or two to a borderline area school that might otherwise be neglected by voters elsewhere ...
Jeff Carlton's AP polls (the official polls will be in Wednesday's scoreboard page):
Class 4-A 1. Independence 2. West Charlotte 3. Richmond 4. Hoggard 5. Grimsley 6. Butler 7. Scotland 8. Garner 9. WF-Rolesville 10. South ViewClass 3-A
1. Western Alamance
2. Rocky Mount
3. TC Roberson
4. South Point
5. Glenn
6. Northeast Guilford
7. Anson County
8. Charlotte Catholic
9. Dudley
10. North GastonClass 2-A
1. Reidsville
2. South Columbus
3. Northside Jax
4. Mt. Pleasant
5. SW Onslow
6. Southern Vance
7. Shelby
8. Cummings
9. Northwood
10. LedfordClass 1-A
1. Thomasville
2. James Kenan
3. Mount Airy
4. Polk County
5. Plymouth
6. Pender
7. West Montgomery
8. North Duplin
9. Wallace-Rose Hill
10. Ayden-Grifton
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