N&O rankings: First rankings of the spring sports season
In four of the five News & Observer spring sports rankings, the No. 1 team from a year ago starts the 2016 season in the same position.
South Granville is tops in baseball and softball, and Cardinal Gibbons is first in boys’ and girls’ lacrosse.
Carrboro, last year’s No. 2, moves up to No. 1 in girls’ soccer after last year’s No. 1 Panther Creek started the year 4-2.
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Baseball
Team | 2015 rank | Rec. |
1. South Granville | 1 | 1-0 |
2. Orange | 6 | 5-0 |
3. Cardinal Gibbons | 9 | 5-0 |
4. Heritage | 11 | 5-0 |
5. Triton | NR | 6-0 |
6. Green Hope | 10 | 4-1 |
7. Fuquay-Varina | 3 | 4-1 |
8. North Johnston | 15 | 5-0 |
9. Lee County | 4 | 4-1 |
10. Wake Forest | NR | 4-1 |
11. East Chapel Hill | NR | 5-1 |
12. Bunn | 13 | 4-1 |
13. Cleveland | NR | 6-1 |
14. Southern Lee | NR | 5-1 |
15. Panther Creek | NR | 5-1 |
Softball
Team | 2015 rank | Rec. |
1. South Granville | 1 | 2-0 |
2. Apex | 2 | 5-0 |
3. Bunn | 3 | 5-0 |
4. Harnett Central | 4 | 4-0 |
5. Middle Creek | 7 | 4-1 |
6. Jordan-Matthews | 10 | 6-0 |
7. Fuquay-Varina | 11 | 5-0 |
8. North Johnston | NR | 4-1 |
9. Princeton | 13 | 3-0 |
10. Panther Creek | NR | 5-1 |
11. Orange | NR | 5-0 |
12. Northwood | NR | 5-0 |
13. Heritage | 5 | 4-2 |
14. Wake Forest | 8 | 2-3 |
15. Rolesville | NR | 4-2 |
Girls’ soccer
Team | 2015 rank | Rec. |
1. Carrboro | 2 | 5-0 |
2. Leesville Road | 7 | 5-0 |
3. Cardinal Gibbons | 6 | 4-1 |
4. Fuquay-Varina | 4 | 3-1-1 |
5. Middle Creek | NR | 4-0-2 |
6. Sanderson | 9 | 4-1-1 |
7. Millbrook | NR | 4-1 |
8. Panther Creek | 1 | 4-2 |
9. Wakefield | 13 | 4-0 |
10. Green Hope | NR | 2-1-1 |
11. Cary Academy | 11 | 1-0 |
12. Raleigh Charter | 3 | 3-0 |
13. Holly Springs | 14 | 2-2-1 |
14. Clayton | NR | 5-1 |
15. Broughton | 5 | 1-2-1 |
Boys’ lacrosse
Team | 2015 rank | Rec. |
1. Cardinal Gibbons | 1 | 3-1 |
2. Apex | 2 | 4-0 |
3. Green Hope | NR | 5-0 |
4. Middle Creek | 3 | 3-0 |
5. Ravenscroft | 4 | 3-1 |
6. Broughton | 9 | 4-0 |
7. Holly Springs | NR | 2-2 |
8. Leesville Road | 5 | 3-2 |
9. Wakefield | NR | 4-0 |
10. Athens Drive | 6 | 3-2 |
Girls’ lacrosse
Team | 2015 rank | Rec. |
1. Cardinal Gibbons | 1 | 5-1 |
2. Apex | 2 | 4-0 |
3. Wakefield | 3 | 5-1 |
4. Durham Academy | 4 | 2-1 |
5. Broughton | 6 | 3-1 |
6. Chapel Hill | 7 | 2-1 |
7. Middle Creek | 10 | 4-0 |
8. Green Hope | NR | 3-1 |
9. Millbrook | NR | 4-1 |
10. East Chapel Hill | 8 | 2-2 |
This story was originally published March 13, 2016 at 7:45 PM with the headline "N&O rankings: First rankings of the spring sports season."