It’s the final week of the regular season, which means many teams in The News & Observer’s greater Triangle wrestling rankings are trying to close out conference titles or earn automatic dual-team playoff bids.
The week’s biggest match is No. 5 Athens Drive at No. 2 Cary. A Cary win would create a three-way tie for the second and final automatic playoff spot out of the Southwest Wake Athletic 4A Conference. An Athens Drive win puts the Jaguars in second, No. 9 Panther Creek in third and Cary – which lost to the Catamounts earlier without several starters – in fourth.
No. 4 Orange travels to No. 8 Chapel Hill on Thursday for the Big Eight 3A Conference title. Third-ranked Corinth Holders, No. 7 South Granville, No. 12 Union Pines and No. 14 Riverside also can close out conference titles this week.
No. 6 Sanderson will try to claim another Cap Eight title against Millbrook (17-3), which fell out of the top 15 after a loss to Leesville Road. The Pride and Ravenscroft jumped into the rankings, replacing the Wildcats and Fuquay-Varina.
N&O Wrestling Rankings
| Rank, school | Pvs. | Rec. |
| 1. Holly Springs | 1 | 23-0 |
| 2. Cary | 2 | 28-3 |
| 3. Corinth Holders | 3 | 12-0 |
| 4. Orange | 4 | 24-1 |
| 5. Athens Drive | 5 | 27-2 |
| 6. Sanderson | 6 | 12-4 |
| 7. South Granville | 8 | 31-3 |
| 8. Chapel Hill | 10 | 20-8 |
| 9. Panther Creek | 9 | 14-6 |
| 10. Chatham Central | 11 | 21-6 |
| 11. Carrboro | 13 | 16-4 |
| 12. Union Pines | 14 | 11-5 |
| 13. Leesville Road | NR | 34-11 |
| 14. Riverside | 12 | 20-4 |
| 15. Ravenscroft | NR | 21-6 |
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