Eight teams join latest statewide high school basketball polls, plus two new No. 1s
There are eight new teams overall in the latest statewide boys’ and girls’ high school basketball rankings from The Charlotte Observer and the News & Observer of Raleigh. There are also two new teams ranked No. 1 in their respective polls.
Let’s start on the girls’ side.
▪ Lake Norman takes over as the new No. 1 4A team. The Wildcats (10-1) are trying to reach the NCHSAA state finals for the second year in a row. And there’s only one new ranked school: Mountain Heritage (9-2) jumps into the 1A poll at No. 8.
There was a lot of action, however, on the boys’ side:
▪ There’s one new team in the NCISAA rankings: Northside Christian (15-6) zooms all the way to No. 2. The Knights have won seven straight games, including beating 4A No. 8 Chambers on Chambers’ home court in a Phenom Hoops’ post-Christmas event last week.
▪ Unbeaten Davie County (11-0) joins the 4A boys’ poll at No. 10. In 3A, Fayetteville’s 71st High (7-1) is new and is ranked third. North Lincoln (9-2) is in at No. 10.
▪ In the 2A poll, unbeaten Reidsville (7-0) takes over the top spot, and Hendersonville (7-2) joins the rankings at No. 10. In 1A, Chatham Central (10-0) is in at No. 9 and Charlotte’s Corvian Community (6-2) at No. 10.
NC girls’ rankings
NCISAA
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1 | Grace Christian | 15-0 | 1 |
| 2 | High Point Christian | 14-1 | 4 |
| 3 | Concord Academy | 9-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Cannon School | 10-6 | 2 |
| 5 | O’Neal | 14-1 | 5 |
| 6 | Greensboro Day | 17-2 | 6 |
| 7 | Wesleyan Christian | 13-5 | 7 |
| 8 | Crossroads Christian | 8-2 | 8 |
| 9 | Charlotte Country Day | 11-5 | 9 |
| 10 | Charlotte Latin | 9-3 | 10 |
Note: The NCISAA ranking is a composite of teams in all classes.
NCHSAA 4A
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1 | Lake Norman | 10-1 | 2 |
| 2 | Charlotte Catholic | 10-2 | 1 |
| 3 | Mallard Creek | 10-3 | 5 |
| 4 | Independence | 10-4 | 3 |
| 5 | Panther Creek | 6-4 | 4 |
| 6 | Rolesville | 8-3 | 6 |
| 7 | Myers Park | 11-0 | 7 |
| 8 | Northern Guilford | 11-1 | 8 |
| 9 | Watauga | 9-3 | 10 |
| 10 | Willow Spring | 10-2 | 9 |
NCHSAA 3A
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1 | West Rowan | 9-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Cape Fear | 8-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ben L. Smith | 7-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hibriten | 10-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Rocky Mount | 8-2 | 6 |
| 6 | West Henderson | 8-3 | 5 |
| 7 | East Lincoln | 9-1 | 7 |
| 8 | Oak Grove | 11-2 | 8 |
| 9 | A.C. Reynolds | 7-1 | 9 |
| 10 | Northwest Cabarrus | 7-3 | 10 |
NCHSAA 2A
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1 | East Burke | 10-0 | 1 |
| 2 | East Rutherford | 10-1 | 3 |
| 3 | Seaforth | 8-2 | 2 |
| 4 | North Pitt | 7-2 | 4 |
| 5 | North Stanly | 11-0 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Pauls | 6-2 | 6 |
| 7 | T.W. Andrews | 7-2 | 7 |
| 8 | North Johnston | 9-1 | 8 |
| 9 | Southwest Onslow | 11-0 | 9 |
| 10 | Community School of Davidson | 10-1 | 10 |
NCHSAA 1A
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1 | Bishop McGuinnes | 8-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Falls Lake Charter | 11-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Chatham Charter | 9-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Robbinsville | 8-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cherokee | 10-1 | 5 |
| 6 | East Columbus | 8-0 | 7 |
| 7 | North Stokes | 10-2 | 8 |
| 8 | Mountain Herritage | 9-2 | NR |
| 9 | Perquimans | 9-2 | 9 |
| 10 | Southside | 8-3 | 10 |
NC boys’ rankings
NCISAA
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1 | Christ School | 13-4 | 1 |
| 2 | Northside Christian | 15-6 | NR |
| 3 | Cannon | 14-6 | 2 |
| 4 | High Point Christian | 15-2 | 8 |
| 5 | The Burlington School | 15-7 | 5 |
| 6 | Fayetteville Academy | 13-3 | 3 |
| 7 | Forsyth Country Day | 13-3 | 4 |
| 8 | United Faith | 13-5 | 6 |
| 9 | Victory Christian | 12-5 | 7 |
| 10 | Greensboro Day | 16-4 | 9 |
Note: The NCISAA ranking is a composite of teams in all classes.
NCHSAA 4A
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1 | Myers Park | 9-2 | 1 |
| 2 | North Mecklenburg | 10-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Weddington | 11-1 | 10 |
| 4 | Lake Norman | 11-1 | 3 |
| 5 | New Hanover | 9-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Green Level | 13-0 | 7 |
| 7 | Richmond | 7-4 | 4 |
| 8 | Chambers | 8-4 | 6 |
| 9 | Wakefield | 11-1 | 8 |
| 10 | Davie County | 11-0 | NR |
NCHSAA 3A
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1 | Central Cabarrus | 11-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Hickory | 9-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Seventy-First | 7-1 | NR |
| 4 | Westover | 6-1 | 2 |
| 5 | Ben Smith | 10-1 | 7 |
| 6 | Southern Lee | 10-1 | 10 |
| 7 | Southern Guilford | 10-1 | 6 |
| 8 | Southern Durham | 6-3 | 5 |
| 9 | White Oak | 9-3 | 4 |
| 10 | North Lincoln | 9-2 | NR |
NCHSAA 2A
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs. |
| 1 | Reidsville | 7-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Northwood | 8-2 | 1 |
| 1 | Farmville Central | 9-1 | 2 |
| 4 | Salisbury | 11-3 | 6 |
| 5 | Lincolnton | 10-1 | 5 |
| 6 | West Caldwell | 9-2 | 10 |
| 7 | South Granville | 8-3 | 4 |
| 8 | Bandys | 9-2 | 7 |
| 9 | Walkertown | 9-2 | 8 |
| 10 | Hendersonville | 7-2 | NR |
NCHSAA 1A
| Rk | School | Rec. | Prvs |
| 1 | South Stokes | 11-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Bertie | 6-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Bishop McGuinness | 7-2 | 2 |
| 4 | Wilson Prep | 7-3 | 4 |
| 5 | Washington County | 6-0 | 7 |
| 6 | Northampton County | 4-2 | 6 |
| 7 | Southern Wake Academy | 8-6 | 5 |
| 8 | Northside | 10-2 | 8 |
| 9 | Chatham Central | 10-0 | NR |
| 10 | Corvian Community | 6-2 | NR |
