Latin, Country Day collect state crowns. Who else won on a full day of state playoffs?

North Carolina’s 4A girls’ volleyball finalists from last season both went down to defeat Saturday in the quarterfinal round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s playoffs.

Defending 4A champion Cardinal Gibbons lost to Green Level, while last season’s runner-up, Providence, fell to neighborhood rival Ardrey Kell.

Meanwhile, Gaston Day pulled off a sweep in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association state championships, winning 2A crowns in soccer, volleyball and girls’ tennis.

Charlotte Latin took the 4A girls’ tennis championship, Charlotte Country Day knocked off Providence Day for the field hockey title, and Concord Academy captured the 3A boys’ soccer championship.

It was a busy day of playoffs across the state, and here is how Charlotte- and Raleigh-area teams fared:

Volleyball (public schools)

Top-seeded Ardrey Kell won three tightly-contested sets, sweeping fourth seed Providence in a 4A quarterfinal match. The Knights won 25-19, 25-20 and 25-23.

Ardrey Kell will host Watauga in a semifinal match Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Green Level battled back from a 2-1 game deficit and upended Cardinal Gibbons 3-2. The Gators, in only their second year of varsity sports, took the first set 25-20. Cardinal Gibbons rallied with 25-20 and 25-21 victories. But Green Level came back, winning 25-21 and 15-9. Green Level, the second seed, travels to top-seeded D.H. Conley on Tuesday in the semifinals.

Volleyball (private schools)

4A: North Raleigh Christian swept Durham Academy 3-0 for the championship. The victors (27-2) were top-seeded. They fell behind Durham Academy (17-4) 3-0 in the first set but rallied for a 20-13 victory. They then won 25-13 and 25-11, capping a 15-0 home record.

2A: Gaston Day won the championship, 3-1 over visiting Davidson Day. It was the first state volleyball title for the Spartans (30-9). Davidson Day (20-5) took the first set 25-21, but Gaston Day changed the momentum with a marathon 30-28 victory in the second set. The Spartans then finished out, 25-18 and 25-13.

Football (public schools)

Mountain Island Charter will not play in the N.C. High School Athletic Association football playoffs this season, despite a 9-1 record and second-place finish in the Catawba Shores 1A-2A Conference.

Raptors’ coach Robert Washington told the Gaston Gazette that his team will not be eligible because three players were ejected last week in the team’s victory over Carver High of Winston-Salem.

Boys’ soccer (private schools)

4A: Rabun Gap avenged a state finals loss to Carmel Christian last year, beating the Cougars 1-0 in triple-overtime at Charlotte Christian School. It was Rabun Gap’s first state title in any sport since 1985, when the boys’ cross-country team triumphed.

The teams played scoreless through regulation and two overtimes, but Sebastian Zavala scored at the 4:03 mark of the third overtime for the Eagles (20-1-1). Carmel Christian finished 15-2-1.

3A: Valentino Lira had a goal and an assist, lifting Concord Academy (17-6) past host Coastal Christian (12-10-1) 2-0. After a scoreless first half, Cuicui Gonzalez scored on a tip-in of a Lira shot with 28 minutes left. Lira then made it 2-0 with 12 minutes remaining. Branson Sotela got the shutout in goal.

2A: Ben Spencer scored two goals, and Jack Dee had a goal and an assist in Gaston Day’s 3-1 victory over Raleigh’s Trinity Academy. It was the Spartans’ (17-2) second state title in three years. Spencer scored first, off a Dee assist, and Dee made it 2-0 on a penalty kick early in the second half. Spencer scored on a Marco Wright assist for the third goal. Matt Kern got Trinity Academy’s goal.

Wright finished the season with 43 goals, breaking his older brother Max’s record of 36. Max Wright now plans at American University.

Field hockey (private schools)

Caroline Lostetter scored late in the second half, lifting visiting Charlotte Country Day to a 1-0 victory over defending state champion Providence Day. The Chargers (18-4) had defeated Charlotte Country Day (16-4) for the title last fall.

Providence Day kept the pressure on the Buccaneers throughout the match, but Bucs’ goalkeeper Zella Thomas made 15 saves and defending Caroline Switzer also had a save. Elizabeth Tegeler had three saves for Providence Day.

The Chargers had won 11 straight matches before Saturday.

Girls’ tennis (public schools)

Alexis Wolgemuth of Fred T. Foard won her fourth state championship, and Charlotte Catholic Maggie Gehrig captured her second in a row, in state individual finals Saturday.

Gehrig won the 3A championship last season, but she and the Cougars moved up to 4A this year. She got past Green Hope’s Olivia Corcoran 6-3, 7-5 in the finals at Millbrook Exchange Park.

Marvin Ridge sisters Avery and Reese Sager rolled past Millbrook’s Jill Gruber and Addison Pope 6-0, 6-1 in the doubles finals.

Wolgemuth also moved up this season, with Fred T. Foard moving from 2A to 3A. She had a battle on her hands with Carrboro’s Ella Strickler in the finals at Burlington Tennis Center but won 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Cape Fear’s team of Kate Allen and Najla Sharif won in doubles.

In the other finals

1A: South Stanly’s Jacy Noble downed Mount Airy’s Kancie Tate 6-2, 6-3 for the singles championship at Cary Tennis Park. Mount Airy’s Carrie Marion and Ella Brant won in doubles.

2A: Jay M. Robinson’s Madison Hill beat Research Triangle’s Sabringa Grewal 6-1, 6-1 in the singles finals at Ting Park in Holly Springs. Hendersonville’s Eliza Perry and Ramsey Ross won in doubles.

Girls’ tennis (private schools)

4A: Nina Lavelle and Mone Cary teamed for an 8-4 victory over Anna Torstrick and Arden Anton, lifting Charlotte Latin (16-3) past Charlotte Country Day (16-5) 5-0. The clash ended when Latin’s Camille Darwich edged Julie McDonnell in a three-set No. 5 singles match.

2A: Gaston Day (16-2) turned back visiting Davidson Day (15-3) 5-4 for the championship.

Cross-country (private schools)

Charlotte Country Day captured its first 4A girls’ state title in the meet, held Friday at Olsen Park in Wilmington. The Buccaneers’ Kasey Cone edged Providence Day’s Blane McElroy for individual honors, with the Bucs’ Linda Fonville third.

Durham Academy and Cary Academy finished 2-3 behind boys’ 4A champion Christ School.

In 3A, Cary Christian’s Tori Stonebraker was the girls’ state champion, with Asheville School taking the team title. Coastal Christian was the 3A boys’ champ, with Gaston Christian’s Adam Hoyle and Connor Nanney running 2-3.

Davidson Day was the 2A boys’ champ, and Raleigh’s Trinity Academy took the girls’ title, behind freshman Morgan Pennington, the individual winner.

Sanford Grace Christian (boys) and Oakwood School (girls) won in 1A.

Cross-country (public schools)

The Charlotte Catholic boys and the Ardrey Kell and Cuthbertson girls teams were among Charlotte-area schools winning regional championships Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Chapel Hill boys and girls swept the Mideast Regional team titles, and Cardinal Gibbons ran away with the East girls’ championship.

Top individual runners and teams advance to the state finals next Saturday.

4A West

Boys’ race: Patrick Gibbons and Raghav Gopalakrishnan gave Ardrey Kell a 1-2 finish in the meet at McAlpine Greenway Park in Charlotte. South Mecklenburg’s Alec McMillan ran third, followed by Ian Pierce (Charlotte Catholic) and Caleb Roesch (South Mecklenburg).

Charlotte Catholic was the team champion, followed by T.C. Roberson, Ardrey Kell, Myers Park and South Mecklenburg.

Girls’ race: Ardrey Kell edged Watauga for the team title, with fourth-place finisher Emily Roland leading the Knights. The top three individuals were Lilly Walters (Hough), Natalia Martin (Olympic) and Rainey Reagan (Hough).

4A Midwest

Boys’ race: Individual winner Will Soule led Mount Tabor to the team title, edging Weddington 45-46. Weddington’s Isaac Clark ran third. Jacob Laney of Porter Ridge was second, and Marvin Ridge’s Ethan Snyder was fourth. Lake Norman and Marvin Ridge were 3-4 in the team standings.

Girls’ race: Union County teams ran 1-2-3, with Cuthbertson (43 points) edging Weddington (47) for the team title. Marvin Ridge was third. Cuthbertson’s Alyssa Preisano and Stella Kernes ran 1-2, with Weddington’s Grace Hanson and Elizabeth Ritter finishing 3-4. Lake Norman’s Maddie Huecker was fifth.

4A Mideast

Boys’ race: Chapel Hill took the team title at the WakeMed Soccer Complex in Cary, with Green Hope, Riverside, Cary and Apex Friendship finishing 2-5. The individual winner was Chapel Hill senior Dylan Look, with Gavin Hansen (Green Hope) and Yichen Sun (Chapel Hill) running fourth and fifth.

Girls’ race: Chapel Hill edged East Chapel Hill 72-76 for the team title. Panther Creek, Riverside and Apex rounded out the top five. Apex senior Sarah Mitchell was individual winner, with Abby Weber (Chapel Hill), Abbey McKee (Northern), Margaret Sept (East Chapel Hill) and Anna Ivanisevic (East Chapel Hill) running 2-5.

4A East

Boys’ race: Hoggard took the team title at Boyd Lee Park in Greenville, but the Raleigh area’s Broughton, Cardinal Gibbons, Millbrook and Cleveland rounded out the top five. Individual winner was Millbrook sophomore Tyler Surface, with fourth-place Krister Sjoblad (Athens Drive) and fifth-place Harper Clark (Cleveland) also in the top five.

Girls’ race: Freshman Hannah Rae Shaffer raced to victory, leading Cardinal Gibbons to an easy victory. Leesville Road was fourth and Broughton fifth. Two Cardinal Gibbons freshmen, Ina Lazarczyk and Addy Mitchell, finished 3-4.

3A West

Boys’ race: North Lincoln won the team title at Freedom High School, with Stuart Cramer third. Stuart Cramer twins Zachary and Nicholas Willer finished first and second, just 1 second apart. Forestview’s Austin Brotemarkle ran third.

Girls’ race: North Lincoln had three of the top six finishers, including first-place Bella Wood, and easily took the team championship.

3A Midwest

Boys’ race: Lake Norman Charter and South Rowan finished 1-2 in the team race at Salisbury Community Park, with South Rowan’s Eli Julian finishing first and Owen Evans of Northwest Cabarrus third.

Girls’ race: Lake Norman Charter, East Rowan and Jesse Carson swept the top three team positions. Lily Yampolsky, a Lake Norman Charter sophomore, was the individual winner, and Central Academy’s Grace Lane ran third.

3A Mideast

Boys’ race: Orange won the team championship at Northwood High School, with Durham School of the Arts third and Carrboro fourth. Carrboro senior Quinn Baker was the individual winner, and Orange’s Spencer Hampton ran second.

Girls’ race: Carrboro’s Hannah Presser (second place) and Natalia Serre (fourth) led their squad to the team championship. Durham School of the Arts was second, led by third-place Margaret Ann Healy.

2A West

Boys’ race: Brevard edged Lincoln Charter for the team championship at Freedom High. Grant Parham of Bandys ran second individually, and Pine Lake Prep’s K.J. Grossbeck was fourth.

Girls’ race: Pine Lake Prep, led by fourth-place finisher Abby Pike was the team champion, and Community School of Davidson finished second. Bandys’ Paige Oldenburg was third individually.

2A Midwest

Boys’ race: James Shue and his West Stanly team swept the individual and team championships at Fisher River Park in Dobson. The Colts had four of the top seven runners and took the team title by 73 points.

Girls’ race: West Stanly made it a sweep of the team titles, with the Colts’ Natalie Almond beating Salisbury’s Sutton Webb for the individual crown.

2A Mideast

Boys’ race: N.C. School of Science and Math easily won the team championship at WakeMed Soccer Complex, led by individual winner Andrew Parker. Franklin Academy was third, as was Research Triangle Academy runner Liam Johnson.

Girls’ race: N.C. School of Science and Math breezed to victory, with four of the top five finishers. The winner was Caitlyn Elliott, with Franklin Academy’s Emily Myers second and N.C. School of Science and Math’s Ella Evans third.

1A West

Boys’ race: Cherokee took the team title, but Christ the King and Draughn finished 2-3. The top three individuals were Carson Gilliam (Thomas Jefferson Academy), Reed Farrar (Draughn) and Blake Nicholson (Christ the King).

Girls’ race: Swain County took the team title, with Thomas Jefferson Academy second. Christ the King’s Nicole Aifers ran third.

1A Midwest

Boys’ race: Bishop McGuinness edged South Stanly for the team championship, and Corvian Community senior Jacob Fiorillo was the individual winner. His team finished fourth.

Girls’ race: Gray Stone Day’s Emberleigh Pauley-Brown led her team to victory, winning the individual title by 45 seconds over runner-up Taylor Worley of Pine Lake Prep. Bradford Prep was second among the teams.

1A Mideast

Boys’ race: Woods Charter and Voyager Academy finished 1-2 at WakeMed Soccer Complex, with Woods Charter’s Wiley Sikes running second and East Wake Academy’s Logan Williams third.

Girls’ race: Voyager Academy, Woods Charter and Eno River Academy finished 1-2-3 in the team standings, with River Mill’s Saona Wilcox taking individual honors. Ellie Poitras and Maddie Sparrow of Woods Charter ran 2-3.