N&O boys’ soccer, volleyball rankings
Editor’s note: These are the rankings entering the week and do not reflect Monday or Tuesday’s games.
The N.C. High School Athletic Association’s regular season in volleyball will end Wednesday, the brackets will come out Thursday and the playoffs start Saturday.
The News & Observer area’s rankings will have Cardinal Gibbons No. 1 and Broughton No. 2 entering the postseason, barring major upsets. The Crusaders have been No. 1 all season despite three losses to out-of-state teams. Out-of-state losses have no impact on the Top 15.
North Central 1A champ Roxboro Community and Greater Neuse River 4A champ West Johnston enter the rankings.
There was no need to reshuffle much in boys’ soccer, but Jordan enters the rankings after about a month away and after knocking off No. 5 East Chapel Hill last Tuesday. East Chapel Hill played to a 3-3 tie Friday with No. 3 Chapel Hill in the Chapel Hill Clásico.
Clayton, the Greater Neuse 4A champ, joins the Top 15 along with Sanderson and Two Rivers 3A leader Corinth Holders.
J. Mike Blake: 919-460-2606, @JMBpreps
J. Mike Blake: 919-460-2606, @JMBpreps
Boys’ soccer
Team | Last week | Record |
1. Apex | 1 | 17-0-1 |
2. Chapel Hill | 2 | 12-1-3 |
3. Middle Creek | 4 | 15-3 |
4. Ravenscroft | 5 | 13-2-2 |
5. East Chapel Hill | 3 | 12-2-3 |
6. Cardinal Gibbons | 6 | 11-2-1 |
7. Green Hope | 7 | 12-3-3 |
8. Lee County | 8 | 15-3-1 |
9. Broughton | 11 | 11-5-1 |
10. Franklin Academy | 12 | 13-0-2 |
11. Clayton | NR | 13-4 |
12. Leesville Road | 9 | 8-4-3 |
13. N.C. Science & Math | 15 | 9-0-4 |
14. Corinth Holders | NR | 12-3-1 |
15. Jordan | NR | 10-4 |
Volleyball
Team | Last week | Record |
1. Cardinal Gibbons | 1 | 13-3 |
2. Broughton | 2 | 18-0 |
3. Leesville Road | 3 | 15-2 |
4. Panther Creek | 4 | 17-4 |
5. Fuquay-Varina | 5 | 18-3 |
6. Carrboro | 6 | 21-2 |
7. North Raleigh Christian | 7 | 23-3 |
8. Cedar Ridge | 8 | 20-3 |
9. Apex | 9 | 14-6 |
10. Princeton | 10 | 19-1 |
11. Jordan | 11 | 16-6 |
12. Green Hope | 13 | 14-6 |
13. South Granville | 15 | 21-3 |
14. Roxboro Community | NR | 20-1 |
15. West Johnston | NR | 14-6 |
This story was originally published October 19, 2015 at 11:22 AM with the headline "N&O boys’ soccer, volleyball rankings."