High School Sports

The Triangle Sweet 16: Trinity remains on top. Who else is among the region’s best?

Wake Forest’s Nigel Lucas (1) secures the rebound against Wakefield’s Ellija Preddy (1) during the second half. The Wakefield Wolverines and the Wake Forest Cougars met in a conference basketball game in Wake Forest, NC on January 14, 2022.
Wake Forest’s Nigel Lucas (1) secures the rebound against Wakefield’s Ellija Preddy (1) during the second half. The Wakefield Wolverines and the Wake Forest Cougars met in a conference basketball game in Wake Forest, NC on January 14, 2022. newsobserver.com

Amazing things happen for teams that hold serve at hoe, no matter who they play.

Take Wake Forest, which keeps climbing the ladder after an impressive win at home against Wakefield. The top teams aren’t perfect, of course, and not a single team in this Sweet 16 has a record without a loss, but those top teams continue to look impressive against their competition.

For another week, Trinity holds down our top spot, and in a rare occurrence, not a single team debuted or dropped this week compared to last, though there was some shuffling around within the Top 16.

Here are this week’s rankings:

Triangle Sweet 16

RankSchoolDivisionClassRec.Pvs.
1Trinity AcademyNICSAA2A14-31
2ClevelandNCHSAA4A16-12
3JordanNCHSAA4A13-23
4Wake ForestNCHSAA4A11-36
5Holly SpringsNCHSAA4A14-37
6WakefieldNCHSAA4A12-34
7East WakeNCHSAA3A9-39
8Panther CreekNCHSAA4A11-45
9HillsideNCHSAA4A9-28
10BroughtonNCHSAA4A10-512
11Apex FriendshipNCHSAA4A11-410
12Southern DurhamNCHSAA3A9-413
13EnloeNCHSAA4A9-511
14Athens DriveNCHSAA4A10-514
15Cary AcademyNCISAA4A10-516
16MillbrookNCHSAA4A9-815

Also in consideration: Green Level (9-8), Ravenscroft (6-7), Cardinal Gibbons (8-8), Cary Christian (11-7), Fuquay Varina (9-8).

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