Who’s up, and who’s down? This week’s Raleigh-Durham high school basketball Sweet 16
With the holiday week tournaments now behind us, the run to division titles for many top teams in the Triangle can start in earnest.
The top of the rankings remained largely unchanged this week, but we saw some movement in the second half. Holly Spring jumped a couple of spots to No. 8, and this week’s biggest mover within the poll was Athens Drive, which jumped three spots to No. 12.
Here is the complete poll:
The Triangle Sweet 16
| Rank | Team | Division | Class | Rec. | Prev. |
| 1 | Trinity Academy | NICSAA | 2A | 10-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Wakefield | NCHSAA | 4A | 11-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Broughton | NCHSAA | 4A | 7-4 | 3 |
| 4 | Cleveland | NCHSAA | 4A | 9-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Jordan | NCHSAA | 4A | 9-2 | 5 |
| 6 | Panther Creek | NCHSAA | 4A | 8-3 | 6 |
| 7 | Apex Friendship | NCHSAA | 4A | 6-2 | 7 |
| 8 | Holly Springs | NCHSAA | 4A | 9-3 | 10 |
| 9 | Enloe | NCHSAA | 4A | 6-3 | 8 |
| 10 | East Wake | NCHSAA | 3A | 7-3 | 9 |
| 11 | Northern Durham | NCHSAA | 4A | 4-2 | 13 |
| 12 | Athens Drive | NCHSAA | 4A | 7-3 | 15 |
| 13 | Clayton | NCHSAA | 4A | 7-2 | 16 |
| 14 | Cary | NCHSAA | 4A | 7-3 | NR |
| 15 | Hillside | NCHSAA | 4A | 4-1 | NR |
| 16 | Apex | NCHSAA | 4A | 8-5 | NR |
Dropped out: Cary Academy, Green Level, Southern Durham. Also receiving consideration: Wake Forest, Millbrook, Ravenscroft.