Observer Girls Sweet 16: A ‘familiar’ new No. 1 team emerges
There’s a new No. 1 in the Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 high school girls basketball poll.
Preseason No. 1 Vance (15-1) returns to the top spot this week. Davidson Day (15-5), which had been No. 1 for a few weeks, lost 67-45 to Regis Jesuit (Colo.) in a holiday tournament in New York last week. Jesuit is No. 9 in USA Today’s national poll. Davidson Day also dropped two other games to high-level competition in the same event.
Davidson Day dropped to No. 8 this week.
No new teams joined the poll.
Sweet 16 Girls’ Basketball
Rk | Team | Cl | Rec | Prvs. |
1 | Vance | 4A | 15-1 | 2 |
2 | Butler | 4A | 14-1 | 3 |
3 | Harrisburg Hickory Ridge | 4A | 12-2 | 4 |
4 | Waxhaw Cuthbertson | 3A | 15-1 | 6 |
5 | Morganton Freedom | 3A | 14-1 | 7 |
6 | Providence | 4A | 15-1 | 8 |
7 | Mallard Creek | 4A | 12-3 | 10 |
| 8 | Davidson Day | IND | 15-5 | 1 |
9 | North Iredell | 3A | 12-2 | 9 |
10 | China Grove Carson | 3A | 16-1 | 5 |
11 | Rocky River | 4A | 10-2 | 11 |
12 | Rock Hill South Pointe | 4A | 17-3 | 12 |
13 | South Mecklenburg | 4A | 12-4 | 13 |
14 | Ardrey Kell | 4A | 13-4 | 14 |
15 | East Rutherford | 2A | 13-1 | 16 |
16 | West Rowan | 3A | 14-2 | 15 |
Dropped Out: None. Also receiving consideration: Kings Mountain (3A, 12-2); North Gaston (3A, 11-3); Albemarle (1A, 15-1); Salisbury (2A, 11-2); Union Academy (1A, 15-1); Statesville (3A, 12-3); Hickory Grove (IND, 12-3); Newton-Conover (2A, 12-4).
Note: The Observer’s Sweet 16 poll is a ranking of the top 16 boys and girls teams in the newspaper’s 162-school coverage-area in North and South Carolina. The poll considers performance, strength of schedule and strength of class. To be considered, teams must play for a recognized state association.