High School Sports

Who’s No. 1? Here is the latest Triangle area high school basketball Sweet 16 poll

Wake Forest’s Jaden Valentine congratulates Cem Oztamur (11) after making the shot in the second half. The Wake Forest Cougars and the Wakefield Wolverines met in a conference basketball game in Raleigh, NC on February 4, 2022.
Wake Forest’s Jaden Valentine congratulates Cem Oztamur (11) after making the shot in the second half. The Wake Forest Cougars and the Wakefield Wolverines met in a conference basketball game in Raleigh, NC on February 4, 2022. newsobserver.com

The more Wake Forest keeps winning, the higher it will continue to climb, and right now that is up to No. 3 in the latest News & Observer Sweet 16 after a big win over Wakefield at home on Friday night.

Big matchups loom large this week, though, with Make Forest playing a home-and-home with Millbrook, which climbed from 14 to 10 this week as it keeps rolling after a slower start to the year.

The lone newcomer this week is Ravenscroft, but there was plenty of movement within the poll.

Here’s the latest:

Triangle High School Sweet 16

RankTeamClassificationClassThis weekPrevious
1Trinity AcademyNICSAA2A19-31
2ClevelandNCHSAA4A21-12
3Wake ForestNCHSAA4A16-34
4Holly SpringsNCHSAA4A19-35
5JordanNCHSAA4A18-33
6Apex FriendshipNCHSAA4A14-56
7Panther CreekNCHSAA4A16-58
8East WakeNCHSAA3A14-410
9HillsideNCHSAA4A13-311
10MillbrookNCHSAA4A13-814
11Southern DurhamNCHSAA3A13-57
12Cary AcademyNCISAA4A13-615
13RavenscroftNCISAA4A12-7NR
14WakefieldNCHSAA4A14-612
15ApexNCHSAA4A13-915
16BroughtonNCHSAA4A12-816

This story was originally published February 6, 2022 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Who’s No. 1? Here is the latest Triangle area high school basketball Sweet 16 poll."

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