Prep notebook: Leesville Road wins Cap-8 boys soccer title

Leesville Road’s fast finish to the regular season clinched its first Cap-8 boys soccer title since 2010. The Pride played four times in five school nights – Wednesday, Thursday, Monday and Tuesday – and won all four.

“We went from three games back to winning the conference outright,” coach Paul Dinkenor said.

Leesville (13-3-1, 10-2-1) wraps up its regular season Thursday at Wakefield.

The N.C. High School Athletic Association boys soccer playoffs begin next week. The brackets will be released Monday.

Apex clinched the Southwest Wake Athletic Conference title by virtue of Middle Creek’s loss to Green Hope earlier this week. Cardinal Gibbons’ 3-0 win at East Chapel Hill on Monday wrapped up the PAC-6.

Other conference champs include: Chapel Hill (Big 8 3A), Lee County (Cape Fear Valley 3A), N.C. Science and Math (Northern Carolina 2A) and Franklin Academy (North Central 1A). Lee will host the Cape Fear Valley Conference tournament championship on Thursday.

NCISAA playoffs

Boys soccer: Lee Christian, an 8-seed, toppled 1-seed Hickory Christian in Tuesday’s 1A quarterfinals. The Falcons (18-2) play No. 4 Oakwood School at 4 p.m. Friday at Wilson’s Greenfield School.

North Raleigh Christian will host the 3A semifinals on Friday and title game on Saturday. The Knights (12-5-2) are the 5-seed and will play nationally-ranked Wesleyan Christian Academy at 4 p.m. Friday. Ravenscroft (15-2-2) will play Charlotte Country Day in the 6:30 p.m. semifinal.

Field hockey: Durham Academy, the 4-seed, will host Friday’s semifinal matches as well as Saturday’s championship. The Cavaliers (11-6) will take the field at 1:30 p.m. against Charlotte Country Day.

Volleyball: The N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association volleyball playoffs play the quarterfinals and semifinals on Friday. Still alive are: Erwin’s Cape Fear Christian (1A No. 8, 13-5 overall), Durham’s Cresset Christian (1A No. 3, 22-6), Henderson’s Kerr-Vance Academy (1A No. 7, 17-8), Cary Christian (2A No. 9, 17-5), North Raleigh Christian (3A No. 1, 25-2) and Ravenscroft (3A No. 6, 18-10).

This story was originally published October 28, 2015 at 4:48 PM with the headline "Prep notebook: Leesville Road wins Cap-8 boys soccer title."