Mallard Creek tops first N.C. Associated Press high school football poll

Mallard Creek is the No. 1 ranked 4A team in the first Associated Press statewide high school football poll.

The weekly poll is voted by a statewide panel of media, including the Observer. Mallard Creek, ranked as high as No. 10 nationally, received 13 of 14 first place votes in the 4A poll. Other ranked 4A teams from the Observer’s coverage area include No. 6 Butler, No. 9 Vance and No. 10 Charlotte Catholic.

In the 3A poll, Havelock is first. Observer-area teams include Sun Valley (7th) and South Point (9th).

Lincolnton is No. 2 in 2A, one spot below state champ Shelby. East Lincoln is No. 7 and Monroe is No. 8.

AP High School Football Poll

^Class 4-A=

Rank, School, Record, First place votes, total points

†1. Charlotte Mallard Creek (13) ‡(3-0)‡139‡--‡

†2. Greensboro Dudley ‡(3-0)‡103‡--‡

†3. East Forsyth ‡(3-0)‡•82‡--‡

†4. Scotland County ‡(3-0)‡•73‡--‡

†5. Apex Middle Creek (1) ‡(3-0)‡•70‡--‡

†6. Matthews Butler ‡(2-1)‡•63‡--‡

†7. Richmond County ‡(3-0)‡•54‡--‡

†8. Wake Forest ‡(3-0)‡•42‡--‡

†9. Charlotte Vance ‡(3-0)‡•24‡--‡

†10. Charlotte Catholic ‡(2-1)‡•17‡--‡

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¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: Kannapolis Brown (3-0) 13, Greensboro Page 12, Lake Norman (3-0) 11, Davie County (2-1) 11. <

^Class 3-A=

†1. Havelock (14) ‡(3-0)‡140‡--‡

†2. Fayetteville Sanford ‡(3-0)‡107‡--‡

†3. Lenoir Hibriten ‡(3-0)‡•74‡--‡

†4. Rocky Mount ‡(2-1)‡•71‡--‡

†5. Eastern Alamance ‡(3-0)‡•48‡--‡

†(tie)Shelby Crest ‡(1-1)‡•48‡--‡

†7. Monroe Sun Valley ‡(3-0)‡•43‡--‡

†8. Western Alamance ‡(2-1)‡•31‡--‡

†9. Belmont South Point ‡(1-2)‡•30‡--‡

†10. Orange County ‡(3-0)‡•26‡--‡

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¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: West Craven (3-0) 25, Southern Nash (3-0) 23, Kings Mountain (2-1) 23, Canton Pisgah (3-0) 18, Concord (2-1) 16, Eastern Guilford (3-0) 15. <

^Class 2-A=

†1. Shelby (14) ‡(3-0)‡140‡--•••‡

†2. Lincolnton ‡(3-0)‡108‡--•••‡

†3. Clinton ‡(2-0)‡102‡--•••‡

†4. Reidsville ‡(3-0)‡•61‡--•••‡

†5. Burnsville Mountain Heritage ‡(3-0)‡•60‡--•••‡

†(tie)Elizabeth City Northeastern ‡(2-0)‡•60‡--•••‡

†7. East Lincoln ‡(3-0)‡•59‡--•••‡

†8. Monroe ‡(1-2)‡•49‡--•••‡

†9. Jacksonville Northside ‡(3-0)‡•31‡--•••‡

†10. Edenton Holmes ‡(3-0)‡•24‡--•••‡

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¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: Bunn (2-1) 21, Farmville Central (3-0) 18, North Rowan (3-0) 13, Franklin (1-1) 12. <

^Class 1-A=

†1. Wallace-Rose Hill (13) ‡(3-0)‡139‡--‡

†2. Tarboro (1) ‡(2-0)‡125‡--‡

†3. Mitchell County ‡(3-0)‡•95‡--‡

†4. Mt. Airy ‡(3-0)‡•75‡--‡

†5. West Montgomery ‡(3-0)‡•74‡--‡

†6. East Montgomery ‡(3-0)‡•67‡--‡

†7. Warsaw Kenan ‡(1-1)‡•51‡--‡

†8. East Carteret ‡(2-1)‡•27‡--‡

†9. North Edgecombe ‡(2-0)‡•23‡--‡

†10. Murphy ‡(2-1)‡•19‡--‡

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¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: Riverside Martin (3-0) 15.<

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This story was originally published September 7, 2016 at 10:12 AM with the headline "Mallard Creek tops first N.C. Associated Press high school football poll."