Gaston County team gets mega-upset, rejoins Observer’s Sweet 16 prep football poll
Gastonia’s Hunter Huss High School is back in the Observer’s Sweet 16 poll.
The Huskies return after upsetting Kings Mountain 21-16 Friday. Kings Mountain was the No. 1 ranked team in the Associated Press N.C. 3A poll.
Huss has won four straight game since a 35-0 loss to Vance on Sept. 6.
Here is the new ranking:
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| Rk. | School (class) | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1. | Mallard Creek (4A) | 6-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. | Myers Park (4A) | 7-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Richmond Sr. (4A) | 7-0 | 4 |
| 4. | Vance (4A) | 5-1 | 3 |
| 5. | Weddington (3A) | 7-0 | 5 |
| 6. | Rock Hill South Pointe (4A) | 7-0 | 7 |
| 7. | Northwest Cabarrus (3A) | 7-0 | 9 |
| 8. | Clover, SC (5A) | 7-0 | 12 |
| 9. | Kings Mountain (3A) | 7-1 | 6 |
| 10. | Shelby (2A) | 6-1 | 10 |
| 11. | Chester, SC (3A) | 7-1 | 11 |
| 12. | Statesville (3A) | 7-0 | 13 |
| 13. | Harrisburg Hickory Ridge (4A) | 6-1 | 14 |
| 14. | Ardrey Kell (4A) | 6-1 | 15 |
| 15. | Butler (4A) | 4-3 | 8 |
| 16. | Gastonia Huss (3A) | 5-1 | NR |
Dropped Out: Providence Day (IND, 5-2). Also receiving votes: Olympic (4A, 6-2); Boone Watauga (3A, 7-1); Boiling Springs Crest (3A 6-2); West Stanly (2A, 6-0); Lawndale Burns (2A, 6-1); North Lincoln (2A, 6-1); Lenoir Hibriten (2A, 6-1); Mooresboro Thomas Jefferson (1A, 7-0); Charlotte Latin (IND, 7-0); Charlotte Country Day (IND, 7-1).