Girls Sweet 16: Hickory Ridge, with strong resume, holds steady at the top
Harrisburg’s Hickory Ridge High remains No. 1 in the Observer’s girls basketball Sweet 16 poll.
Hickory Ridge has won six straight games and owns victories over No. 4 Mallard Creek (59-57, Nov. 19), No. 7 Rocky River (78-57, Jan. 4 and 54-41 Feb. 1) and No. 10 Providence (65-57 Jan. 30).
The top five teams remained the same this week, although there was some movement below them.
There are no new ranked teams this week.
Sweet 16 Girls’ Basketball
Rk | Team | Cl | Rec | Prvs. |
1 | Harrisburg Hickory Ridge | 4A | 17-2 | 1 |
2 | Vance | 4A | 18-2 | 2 |
3 | Morganton Freedom | 3A | 19-1 | 3 |
4 | Mallard Creek | 4A | 16-3 | 4 |
5 | Davidson Day | IND | 16-5 | 5 |
6 | Butler | 4A | 18-2 | 8 |
7 | Rocky River | 4A | 13-3 | 7 |
| 8 | China Grove Carson | 3A | 19-1 | 10 |
9 | North Iredell | 3A | 15-3 | 6 |
10 | Providence | 4A | 17-3 | 9 |
11 | Waxhaw Cuthbertson | 3A | 18-2 | 11 |
12 | Rock Hill South Pointe | 5A | 22-3 | 12 |
13 | East Rutherford | 2A | 17-1 | 13 |
14 | Ardrey Kell | 4A | 16-5 | 15 |
15 | Victory Christian | IND | 17-4 | 16 |
16 | South Mecklenburg | 4A | 13-6 | 14 |
Dropped Out: None. Also receiving consideration: Kings Mountain (3A, 16-2); Statesville (3A, 15-3); Newton-Conover (2A, 16-4); Sugar Creek Charter (1A, 21-3); West Rowan (3A, 15-4); Monroe (3A, 15-5); Charlotte Catholic (3A, 15-5); Salisbury (2A, 15-2); East Burke (2A, 16-5); Albemarle (1A 20-1); Union Academy (1A, 18-1).
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.