State basketball polls
Sadly, the AP is not in the basketball poll business as they are for high school football. For understandable reasons; no offense intended, Aaron Beard.
But I am still participating as a voter in statewide polls being administered by Deana King at NCPreps.com.
Here are this week's polls (note that Trinity and Dudley are 2-3 in the 3-A boys poll and Grimsley is almost in a dead heat with Wakefield for No. 1 in the 4-A girls poll):
1-A BOYS
1. Mount Airy 14-0 (8) – 133
2. Cherryville 12-1 (1) – 114
3. Thomasville 8-1 (3) – 109
4. North Edgecombe 8-0 (2) – 106
5. Winston-Salem Prep 14-5 – 84
6. Hendersonville 10-1 – 75
7. Trask 10-1 – 59
8. Albemarle 9-2 – 26
9. Princeton 10-3 – 19
10. Pender 10-2 – 15
HONORABLE MENTION: Polk County (10-4) – 10; Louisburg (8-3) – 10; Hayesville (10-3) – 4; Camden County (8-2) – 3; South Robeson (8-2) – 1; Jordan-Matthews (9-5) – 1;
2-A BOYS
1. Smoky Mountain 11-0 (10) – 135
2. Graham 9-0 (4) – 122
3. West Caldwell 10-1 – 98
4. Richlands 10-1 – 88
5. Clinton 11-1 – 86
6. West Bladen 11-1 – 72
7. Shelby 10-3 – 58
8. Bessemer City 10-1 – 44
9. Cummings 7-2 – 40
10. Northwood 10-0 – 11
HONORABLE MENTION: Ashe County (9-1) – 10; Pisgah (9-2) – 4; St. Pauls (7-3) – 1; Northside-Jax (8-3) – 1;
3-A BOYS
1. Concord 12-0 (10) – 136
2. Trinity 14-1 (3) – 124
3. Dudley 11-2 – 110
4. Kinston 10-4 – 101
5. Northern Vance 9-0 (1) – 67
6. Jacksonville 12-2 – 42
7. High Point Andrews 11-2 – 40
8. Hickory 8-1 – 34
9. East Rowan 12-1 – 27
10. D.H. Conley 11-1 – 26
HONORABLE MENTION: North Buncombe (13-1) – 20; Ragsdale (13-2) – 18; Southern Lee (11-2) – 9; West Rowan (11-3) – 5; Rocky Mount (7-3) – 4; T.C. Roberson (8-3) – 2; Hunt (10-3) – 2; Washington (7-2) – 1; A.L. Brown (10-2) – 1; Hertford County (9-2) – 1;
4-A BOYS
1. New Hanover 14-2 (13) – 137
2. Vance 12-2 – 113
3. Pinecrest 12-1 (1) – 92
4. McDowell 12-1 – 88
5. Mount Tabor 12-2 – 77
6. East Mecklenburg 9-5 – 64*
7. Middle Creek 12-0 – 61
8. Myers Park 12-1 – 54
9. Ashbrook 9-2 – 21
10. Clayton 13-2 – 19
HONORABLE MENTION: Terry Sanford (13-2) – 13; R.J. Reynolds (9-3) – 11; Jack Britt (10-3) – 7; Hopewell (10-3) – 6; Panther Creek (11-2) – 4; North Mecklenburg (12-2) – 1; Grimsley (10-3) – 1; Alexander Central (9-4) – 1.
* East Meck had to forfeit 4 wins due to an ineligible player.
Here are the girls basktetball rankings for the week of January 8th.
1-A GIRLS
1. Bishop McGuinness 10-3 (8) – 131
2. East Bladen 11-0 (6) – 128
3. East Surry 13-1 – 103
4. Williamston 10-0 – 88
5. Hiwassee Dam 13-1 – 72
6. Louisburg 10-1 – 58
7. Pender 11-1 – 53
8. Chatham Central 12-0 – 33
9. Weldon 10-1 – 30
10. Mount Airy 11-3 – 16
HONORABLE MENTION: Union (11-2) – 15; Polk County (12-2) – 13; Thomasville (5-3) – 12; East Columbus (9-3) – 9; Jordan Matthews (12-2) – 4; River Mill (14-6) – 4; East Wilkes (8-3) – 1.
2-A GIRLS
1. Graham 9-0 (13) – 133
2. East Davidson 11-2 (1) – 111
3. Shelby 12-1 – 105
4. Salisbury 12-1 – 89
5. Forest Hills 11-1 – 71
5. North Stanly 8-0 – 71
7. First Flight 12-0 – 57
8. Pasquotank 10-1 – 39
9. Smoky Mountain 8-2 – 30
10. North Surry 9-2 – 24
HONORABLE MENTION: South Lenoir (11-2) – 10; East Rutherford (10-2) – 9; Tarboro (9-1) – 6; Red Springs (9-3) – 5; Newton-Conover (8-2) – 5; Southwest Onslow (10-2) – 2; Mountain Heritage (9-2) – 1; Bandys (7-3) – 1; North Brunswick (9-2) – 1;
3-A GIRLS
1. Beddingfield 12-0 (9) – 131
2. Forestview 13-0 (2) – 122
3. Hickory 9-0 (3) – 116
4. South Central 12-0 – 86
5. T.C. Roberson 12-1 – 84
6. Statesville 12-1 – 51
7. Western Harnett 10-1 – 45
8. Concord 11-1 – 37
9. Hunter Huss 10-1 – 35
10. Rockingham 11-1 – 19
HONORABLE MENTION: Franklin (10-2) – 11; Rocky Mount (9-1) – 10; Ragsdale (11-2) – 8; Dudley (6-3) – 7; North Buncombe (10-3) – 3; Southeast Guilford (N/A) – 3; Piedmont (10-1) – 1; Southwest Edgecombe (N/A) – 1;
4-A GIRLS
1. Wakefield 14-0 (7) – 131
2. Grimsley 13-0 (7) – 129
3. Hillside 12-0 – 105
4. South View 14-1 – 92
5. West Charlotte 12-2 – 82
6. Garner 12-1 – 52
7. Millbrook 13-1 – 48
8. Northwest Guilford 13-1 – 33
9. McDowell 9-3 – 32
10. Westover 10-1 – 19
HONORABLE MENTION: Broughton (9-2) – 16; East Mecklenburg (11-1) – 12; Freedom (N/A) – 9; East Gaston (11-2) – 5; Mount Tabor (N/A) – 3; Jack Britt (N/A) – 2; WF-Rolesville (10-4) – 2; Butler (11-2) – 1; A.C. Reynolds (10-2) – 1.
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