High School Sports

Wake Forest, Mallard Creek still atop latest Associated Press statewide football poll

Mallard Creek High, which faces Hough Friday, is No. 2 in the latest Associated Press 4A poll. Hough is ranked third.
Mallard Creek High, which faces Hough Friday, is No. 2 in the latest Associated Press 4A poll. Hough is ranked third. Special to the Observer

Wake Forest High and Mallard Creek remain 1-2 in the latest Associated Press N.C. 4A statewide prep football poll.

Wake Forest received nine first-place votes from an 11-member statewide panel, that includes the Observer. Mallard Creek got two.

The Mavericks play No. 3-ranked Hough on the road Friday.

The Associated Press state high school football poll for the week of October 30, first-place votes in parentheses, records and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers:



^Class 4-A=

† 1. Wake Forest (9) (8-0) 108 1

† 2. Charlotte Mallard Creek (2) (8-0) 101 2

† 3. Cornelius Hough (9-0) 84 3

† 4. East Forsyth (9-0) 74 T4

† 5. Richmond County (8-1) 67 T4

† 6. Charlotte Vance (8-1) 50 6

† 7. South Central Pitt (9-0) 45 7

† 8. Charlotte Myers Park (8-1) 26 8

† 9. Matthews Butler (7-2) 21 10

†10. Hope Mills South View (9-1) 19 9

¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: None.<

^Class 3-A=

† 1. Havelock (10) (8-0) 109 1

† 2. Jacksonville (7-0) 86 2

† 3. Charlotte Catholic (9-1) 85 3

† 4. Gastonia Huss (10-0) 78 4

† 5. Southern Nash (7-0) 64 5

† 6. Weddington (9-1) 45 6

† 7. Watauga County (10-0) 35 8

† 8. Charlotte Christian (1) (9-0) 33 7

† 9. Shelby Crest (8-2) 26 9

†10. Northwest Cabarrus (10-0) 24 10

¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: None.<

^Class 2-A=

† 1. Lenoir Hibriten (9) (10-0) 108 1

† 2. Reidsville (2) (9-0) 97 2

† 3. Elizabeth City Northeastern (9-0) 92 3

† 4. North Davidson (9-1) 70 5

† 5. South Granville (10-0) 60 6

† 6. Randleman (10-0) 52 7

† 7. South Columbus (9-0) 38 9

† 8. Belmont South Point (8-2) 22 10

† 9. Clinton (6-1) 15 NR

†10. East Duplin (6-2) 14 4

¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: SouthWest Edgecombe 10 <

^Class 1-A=

† 1. Tarboro (11) (9-0) 110 1

† 2. Mt. Airy (10-0) 97 2

† 3. Edenton Holmes (8-1) 85 3

† 4. Murphy (8-1) 78 4

† 5. North Stanly (8-2) 53 5

† 6. Pamlico County (8-1) 45 6

† 7. Mitchell County (8-2) 41 7

† 8. Thomas Jefferson (10-0) 28 8

† 9. North Rowan (7-2) 23 9

†10. Princeton (8-0) 20 NR

¶ Others receiving 10 or more points: East Surry 13, Northampton 10. <

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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: The Times-News, Burlington; The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte; The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City; The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville; The Goldsboro News-Argus, Goldsboro; The Daily News, Jacksonville; The News Herald, Morganton; The Salisbury Post, Salisbury; The Wilson Times, Wilson; Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem; The Star- News, Wilmington.





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