Charlotte Catholic moves to No. 1 in Associated Press statewide media poll
Charlotte Catholic moved to No. 1 in this week’s N.C. Associated Press media poll.
Former No. 1 Greensboro Dudley lost and dropped to fifth in the 3A poll. Catholic moved up one spot. The Cougars are 6-0 and earned 12 of 13 possible first-place votes. Waxhaw’s Marvin Ridge, another unbeaten team, received the other first-place vote.
In the 4A poll, Mallard Creek remains at No. 2, Myers Park at No. 6 and Harding at No. 9.
^Class 4-A=
1. Wake Forest (9) ‡(6-0)•‡126‡1•‡
2. Charlotte Mallard Creek (4) ‡(6-0)•‡119‡2•‡
3. Wake Forest Heritage ‡(6-0)•‡101‡3•‡
4. West Forsyth ‡(6-0)•‡79•‡4•‡
5. Scotland County ‡(4-1)•‡76•‡5•‡
6. Charlotte Myers Park ‡(6-0)•‡54•‡6•‡
(tie) Wilmington Hoggard ‡(6-0)•‡54•‡7•‡
8. Greensboro Page ‡(6-1)•‡45•‡8•‡
9. Charlotte Harding ‡(6-1)•‡35•‡9•‡
10. East Forsyth ‡(4-2)•‡8••‡10‡
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¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: None.<
^Class 3-A=
1. Charlotte Catholic (12) ‡(6-0)•‡129‡2•‡
2. Wilmington New Hanover ‡(6-0)•‡104‡3•‡
3. Waxhaw Marvin Ridge (1) ‡(6-0)•‡99•‡4•‡
4. Lee County ‡(6-0)•‡79•‡5•‡
5. Greensboro Dudley ‡(5-1)•‡60•‡1•‡
6. Cape Fear ‡(6-1)•‡59•‡7•‡
(tie) Havelock ‡(5-1)•‡59•‡6•‡
8. Southern Nash ‡(5-1)•‡32•‡8•‡
9. Western Alamance ‡(6-0)•‡21•‡10‡
10. Winston-Salem Mt. Tabor ‡(5-2)•‡16•‡NR‡
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¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: Greenville Conley 14, Southwest Guilford 10. <
^Class 2-A=
1. Belmont South Point (8) ‡(6-0)‡124‡1•‡
2. Shelby (1) ‡(5-1)‡110‡2•‡
3. Lenoir Hibriten ‡(6-0)‡87•‡3•‡
4. East Duplin ‡(7-0)‡85•‡T4‡
5. Reidsville (3) ‡(7-0)‡84•‡6•‡
6. Elizabeth City Northeastern (1) ‡(6-0)‡80•‡T4‡
7. Wallace-Rose Hill ‡(5-1)‡53•‡7•‡
8. North Davidson ‡(5-1)‡38•‡8•‡
9. Burnsville Mountain Heritage ‡(5-0)‡31•‡9•‡
10. Franklin ‡(6-0)‡11•‡10‡
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¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: None.<
^Class 1-A=
1. Tarboro (13) ‡(7-0)•‡130‡1•‡
2. Mt. Airy ‡(6-0)•‡101‡3•‡
3. Murphy ‡(6-1)•‡95•‡2•‡
4. Mitchell County ‡(6-0)•‡89•‡4•‡
5. Edenton Holmes ‡(5-1)•‡85•‡5•‡
6. East Wilkes ‡(6-0)•‡75•‡6•‡
7. North Rowan ‡(5-1)•‡45•‡7•‡
8. North Duplin ‡(6-0)•‡37•‡8•‡
9. Bessemer City ‡(6-0)•‡23•‡9•‡
10. Cherokee ‡(6-0)•‡14•‡NR‡
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¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: North Stanly 12. <
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¶ All Associated Press members in North Carolina are eligible to participate in the high school Football poll. Those who voted for this week's poll are: New Bern Sun Journal, New Bern; The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte; The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City; The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City; The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville; Gaston Gazette, Gastonia; The Daily News, Jacksonville; The Robesonian, Lumberton; The News Herald, Morganton; The Salisbury Post, Salisbury; The Wilson Times, Wilson; Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem; The Star-News, Wilmington.‡
This story was originally published October 4, 2017 at 4:01 PM with the headline "Charlotte Catholic moves to No. 1 in Associated Press statewide media poll."