Asheville School Blues Coverage

Girls Soccer Rankings: Despite upsets, top 25 stays steady, seven join area code ranks

The top teams in this week's area code rankings are: Manteo (252), Millbrook (919), Ashley (910), West Forsyth (336), Hough (704), and West Henderson (828).

Boys Tennis Rankings: Four teams join top 25 at end of regular season; nine join area code rankings

The top teams in the midseason area code rankings are: Croatan (252), Jordan (919), Terry Sanford (910), Northwest Guilford (336), Providence Day (704), and T.C. Roberson (828).

The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Girls Basketball Team

Twenty-eight players are making the team for the second, third, or fourth season and two have made it all four years.

Top returning players in 2024 for the defending NCISAA football champions

HighSchoolOT is back with more football preview coverage in the spring. Today, a look at the pieces that the defending NCISAA state champions will have back in 2024.

Joel Bryant

Girls Lacrosse Rankings: The top 19 teams remain unchanged; Asheville School joins top 25

Asheville School is the lone newcomer to this week's rankings, replacing Lake Norman.

Final Girls Basketball Rankings: Grace Christian goes wire-to-wire at No. 1, North Pitt and others lead area codes

In the final girls basketball area code rankings, North Pitt is ranked first in the 252, Grace Christian of Sanford in the 919, Terry Sanford in the 910, High Point Christian in the 336, West Rowan in the 704, and Cherokee in the 828.

Forsyth Country Day wins NCISAA D2 boys swimming championship

The Furies won a close race, clipping Asheville School by 14 and Asheville Christian by 64 points. They were led by junior Thaddeus Austin, who broke two NCISAA D2 records on the day. FCDS had five total gold medals.

By J. Mike Blake, HighSchoolOT Contributor

Asheville School wins NCISAA D2 girls swimming championship

The Blues clipped runner-up Forsyth Country Day by 22 points thanks to three golds on the day. Forysth Country Day's 200 free relay set a new NCISAA D2 record.

Here are the 2023 holiday basketball tournaments in North Carolina

Here is a list of each tournament, the teams that they feature, and where they take place. Many will start on Dec. 26.

Final Football Rankings: Weddington, Providence Day lead statewide Top 25

Weddington finished as the No. 1 team in the state after a dominant run in the 4A playoffs.

The 2023 HighSchoolOT All-State Girls Cross Country Team

The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT girls cross country all-state team features 18 runners making a second, third, or fourth appearance on the team, including two runners who were repeat first-team selections.

Here's the 2023 NCISAA All-State football team

The association releases a team for each of its divisions: 11-man Division I, 11-man Division II, and the 8-man division.

Joel Bryant, HSOT Sr. Football & Recruiting Editor

Myers Park takes first in final statewide top 25 girls tennis rankings for 2023 season

In the final girls tennis area code rankings, Rocky Mount is ranked first in the 252, Panther Creek in the 919, New Hanover in the 910, Mount Airy in the 336, Myers Park in the 704, and Hendersonville in the 828.

Basketball Rankings: Myers Park still at No. 1 after loss

Myers Park lost to a non-association school without star Sir Mohammed.

The Starting 22: Best players from round 2 of the high school football playoffs

The Starting 22 features the best performances by players from each position on the football field.

Joel Bryant, HSOT Sr. Football & Recruiting Editor

Preseason Basketball Rankings: Myers Park, Central Cabarrus top the statewide top 25

Myers Park leads the way in HighSchoolOT's preseason Statewide Top 25 poll, with Central Cabarrus, last year's No. 1, just behind.

Football Rankings: Familiar teams rejoin final Top 25 of the regular season

After Providence Day's loss to Rabun Gap of Georgia, the Grimsley Whirlies are the new No. 1 team in the HSOT Top 25.

Cary Christian nips field for NCISAA 3A girls cross country championship; Asheville School's Smith wins individual title

Asheville School's Abby Smith rolled to the individual title with a time of 18:40.00, more than 17 seconds ahead of Cary Christian's Tori Stonebraker, who finished second.

Football Rankings: West teams make up 68% of the statewide Top 25

Only one team from last week's edition of the HSOT Top 25 lost, so only one new team joins this week.

Football Rankings: Two new teams join Statewide Top 25 after stable week

Only two teams from last week's HSOT Top 25 dropped out this week.

Football Rankings: Millbrook joins statewide top 25

Only one team in the HSOT Top 25 lost last week.

Football Rankings: West Charlotte leads 5 new teams into the statewide Top 25

West Charlotte, Hoggard, New Bern, Watauga, and Holly Springs joined the statewide poll.

Girls Cross Country Watch List: five defending state champs return in 2023

This year's HSOT Watch List features five returning state champions and five others who won in 2021.

Watch List: Two girls golf champs to defend throne entering 2023

This year's HSOT Watch List features eight regional champions and two returning state champions and a 2021 state champ as well.

HighSchoolOT's final statewide rankings for girls lacrosse

Cardinal Gibbons' girls lacrosse team started and ended the year No. 1 in the HighSchoolOT girls lacrosse rankings. The Crusaders won the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A title with a 21-2 record.