Which Charlotte-, Raleigh-area teams won NC state championships this week?
The N.C. High School Athletic Association held its final state championships of the 2025-26 school year this week, and Charlotte- and Raleigh-area schools won 17 titles in multiple sports.
Charlotte Catholic won three — two in lacrosse and one in girls’ soccer.
Providence won two — in baseball and softball.
Cardinal Gibbons’ boys’ lacrosse team won its eighth state title and Holly Springs’ girls’ soccer team won its first.
Scroll down for scores from all the state championships and complete coverage from area teams, plus photo galleries, from a busy week of finals.
Providence rallies past Corinth Holders for 8A baseball state title
Providence High’s baseball team won its fourth state championship Saturday after rallying to beat Corinth Holders.
Corinth Holders, playing in nearby Holly Springs, had a huge crowd advantage and rode that to a Friday night upset of the nationally ranked Panthers that ended Providence’s 29-game win streak.
Providence bounced back with a dominant 6-0 win in Game 2 that forced a final Game 3.
Providence won that last game, 3-2, but needed a big comeback — and a big defensive stop — to get it done.
Providence got down 2-0 in the first inning and struggled offensively early. But the Panthers got going in the fifth, scoring once and putting runners on first and second with two outs. Next, Providence senior Asher Lyon beat out a chopper to third to load the bases.
That brought up senior third baseman and cleanup hitter Jackson Debe.
Debe, 0 for 2 in the game, hit a two-run single up the middle for a 3-2 lead. That proved to be the championship-winning run.
In the sixth, Corinth Holders loaded the bases with two outs. Freshman Kian Richardson was at bat when Providence picked off the runner at third.
That pickoff basically sealed the Panthers’ third state title in 11 years and gave coach Danny Hignight his third state title.
Marvin Ridge rallies for first state baseball title in 10 years
Ten years ago, Marvin Ridge repeated as N.C. 3A baseball state champions, losing Game 1 to Topsail but rallying on Saturday for two wins and a title for then-coach Mark Mennitt.
This weekend, the Mavericks did the same thing for one of Mennitt’s former assistants.
Marvin Ridge head coach Trey Putman watched his team lose Game 1 of the NCHSAA 7A state championship series Friday night, 3-1, to Holly Springs.
But the Mavericks bounced back big on Saturday — winning Game 2, 6-2, and taking Game 3 by the same score.
Marvin Ridge trailed for a long time in the third and deciding game, but got going in the fifth inning, down 1-0.
The Mavericks tied the game with a one-out single and eventually loaded the bases with two outs. Senior catcher Dean Larkin drew a walk, which scored Austin Martinez from the third.
And up 2-1 in the 6th inning, Marvin Ridge added two big insurance runs.
Austin Martinez walked to load the bases. Levi Kerr, who was 0 for 3 in Game 3, then hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Alex Hampton for a 4-1 lead.
Later, after Holly Springs added a run in the bottom of the sixth, Marvin Ridge tacked on two more runs in the top of the seventh.
That was more than enough.
Pine Lake Prep rolls to NCHSAA 3A state soccer state title
Pine Lake Prep’s girls soccer team is a state champion again.
The Pride (20-3) rolled to a 5-1 win over Wake Prep in the state championship game Saturday. It’s the second straight state title for the Mooresville school.
Pine Lake Prep beat Franklin Academy, 2-1, in the 2025 N.C. 2A state title.
Last year, the Pride got a goal late from then senior Avery Garrett to win. On Saturday, Pine Lake Prep didn’t need those kinds of heroics.
Sophomore Tabitha Schmedes got the scoring going early against Wake Prep, scoring off a corner kick from sophomore Eva Smith, and the Pride dominated play from there.
Freshmen Peyton Peterson, who finished with three goals, and Mara Sweeney each scored not long after and Pine Lake Prep went up 3-0.
With a host of young players who will return next season, the Pride should be a three-peat favorite next season.
Wake Prep (22-3-1) had a five-game winning streak snapped.
Cardinal Gibbons tops Lake Norman in 7A boys’ lacrosse final
Cardinal Gibbons became the seventh straight NCHSAA boys’ lacrosse state champion from Wake County, beating Lake Norman on Saturday, 10-7, in the 7A final.
Gibbons won its third state title in four years and its eighth overall. The Crusaders beat Charlotte Catholic in 2023, and beat Lake Norman, 10-8, in the 2025 championship game.
At Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday, Crusaders junior attacker Peter Dolan had two goals, both in the second half, and three assists. His last one came with 7:30 to play and gave Gibbons its final three-goal lead.
Gibbons outscored Lake Norman 4-1 in the second half after the teams were tied at 6 at halftime.
The Crusaders (21-5) won their 11th straight game. Lake Norman, which won the 2018 state title, ended its season at 23-7.
Holly Springs tops Weddington in girls 7A soccer final
Holly Springs won its first girls’ state championship on its first try, topping Weddington, 2-1.
Weddington and Holly Springs were tied at halftime 1-1, but with 32 minutes left, Holly Springs’ Reese Kulha scored to give her team a one-goal lead.
That proved to be the difference-maker and dropped Weddington to 2-3 all-time in state finals.
The Warriors (15-8-1) got to the 2026 championship round after starting the season 0-2 and dropping their final two games of the regular season.
Weddington got hot in the playoffs, winning at No. 3 seed Greensboro Grimsley, No. 2 seed Marvin Ridge and No. 1 Winston-Salem Reynolds to get to reach the finals.
Holly Springs, the No. 2 seed from the East, finished the season 20-3-1. The Golden Hawks, ranked No. 27 nationally by MaxPreps, won their 10th straight game Saturday.
NCHSAA baseball
This week’s state finals
(all series are best-of-three)
CLASS 8A
Providence (30-1) vs. Corinth Holders (22-5) at North Main Athletic Complex, Holly Springs
Game 1: Corinth Holders 4, Providence 3: Corinth Holders, playing in front of what amounted to a home crowd, upset the state’s No. 1-ranked team Friday night.
After Providence took a 3-1 lead in the fifth on a two-RBI single from Whit McCammon, the momentum shifted to Corinth Holders.
In the top of the seventh, Corinth Holders got runners on first and second with one out. Providence reliever Parks Rhyne got a strikeout before Corinth Holders loaded the bases.
A two-strike, two-out single from Eli Cash tied the game and forced extra innings.
In the top of the eighth, Corinth Holders put runners on first and second with one out. A throwing error allowed the Corinth Holders’ runner to move to third base. Next, Tripp Johnson’s sacrifice fly scored Hampton Gibbs from third. That was the winner.
Providence (30-2) had a 29-game win streak snapped.
Game 2: Providence 6, Corinth Holders 0: Providence bounced back in Game 2 behind some early offense and good pitching from sophomore Braxton Thompson.
In the first inning, Providence’s Eli Webb hit a three-run, two out double with the bases loaded. Later, Jaxon Haynes’ solo shot gave Providence a 4-0 lead.
Meanwhile, although the Panthers’ bats cooled off — until a sixth-inning solo shot from Jack Pejot — Thompson was solid on the mound, helping to force Game 3 for the championship.
Thompson, who struck out eight, retired the final 10 Corinth Holders batters.
Game 3: Providence 3, Corinth Holders 2
CLASS 7A
Marvin Ridge (22-10) vs. Holly Springs (24-5) at Burlington Athletic Stadium
Game 1: Holly Springs 3, Marvin Ridge 1: Marvin Ridge (22-11) lost Game 1 of the NCHSAA 7A state championship series.
After losing three of its last five games before the playoffs, the Mavericks got hot in the postseason, scoring 51 runs in six games to reach the finals.
Holly Springs (26-5) slowed the Mavericks’ offense down and took Game 1, however.
Game 2: Marvin Ride 6, Holly Springs 2: Marvin Ridge jumped out to a 5-1 lead and eliminated a bases-loaded threat in the fifth inning to force a deciding Game 3. Marvin Ridge had nine hits.
Mavericks sophomore starting pitcher Levi Kerr threw four innings and struck out seven. Kerr had three hits, including a lead-off triple to start the game.
Game 3: Marvin Ridge 6, Holly Springs 2
CLASS 6A
South Caldwell (23-6) vs. Southern Lee (29-4) at Burlington Athletic Stadium
Game 1: Southern Lee 7, South Caldwell 2
Game 2: South Caldwell 8, Southern Lee 7
Game 3: Southern Lee 12, South Caldwell 2
CLASS 5A
North Lincoln (27-3) vs. Seaforth (21-9) at Burlington Athletic Stadium
Game 1: North Lincoln 11, Seaforth 1: North Lincoln, the 2025 N.C. 3A state champion, got a four-hitter from sophomore Bryson Schmidt in Game 1 on Wednesday.
Offensively, North Lincoln opened the scoring in the second when Cole Nemire doubled home Beckett Rinkus. In a five-run fourth, Rinkus had an RBI double, Blake Mincey sacrificed a run home, Greyson Evans hit a two-run double, and Elliot Dellinger sacrificed a run home. The barrage continued in the sixth. Elliot Dellinger hit a two-run double, Tucker Sigmon hit a two-run single and Rinkus hit an RBI sacrifice fly that ended the game due to the 10-run rule.
Game 2: North Lincoln 8, Seaforth 3: North Lincoln repeated as state champion, defeating Seaforth in two games. The Knights ended their season at 30-3 on a four-game win streak.
CLASS 4A
Burns (25-3) vs. Bunn (24-3) at North Main Athletic Complex, Holly Springs
Game 1: Bunn 3, Burns 2
Game 2: Bunn 3, Burns 2
CLASS 3A
East Rutherford (26-3) vs. Whiteville (20-7) at North Main Athletic Complex, Holly Springs
Game 1: Whiteville 4, East Rutherford 1
Game 2: East Rutherford 5, Whiteville 4
Game 3: Whiteville 3, East Rutherford 2
CLASS 2A
Cherryville (24-4) vs. Rosewood (23-5) at Burlington Athletic Complex
Game 1: Cherryville 4, Rosewood 0: Cherryville jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and got a no-hit shutout in Game 1. Cherryville star Brock Bumgardner threw a no-hitter.
Game 2: Rosewood 6, Cherryville 5: Cherryville jumped to a 5-0 lead in the second inning, but Rosewood battled back for a 6-5 victory in Game 2 of the Class 2A baseball championship series. That forced a Game 3 on Thursday evening. The Ironmen scored three first-inning runs on RBI hits by Davin Digh, Parker Anderson and Aaron Heavner. They expanded the margin to 5-0 in the second on RBI hits by Digh and Anderson. Rosewood chipped away and got within 5-3, entering the bottom of the fifth. The Eagles then scored three times, getting the go-ahead run when a wild pitch enabled Jacob Bond to score.
Game 3: Rosewood 3, Cherryville 1: Rosewood denied Cherryville its first state title in 10 years, winning two games Thursday. Cherryville loaded the bases in the seventh and final inning. A Cherryville hit a fly ball and an Ironmen baserunner, trying to score from third, retreated.
That led to Ironmen runners being stuck between bases. The runner at third eventually came home, but another Cherryville runner was tagged out for the game.
CLASS 1A
N.C. Leadership (21-2) vs. Bear Grass Charter (22-5) at North Main Athletic Complex, Holly Springs
Game 1: NC Leadership 7, Bear Grass Charter 2
Game 2: NC Leadership 2, Bear Grass Charter 0
NCHSAA Softball
This week’s state finals
(all series are best of three)
CLASS 8A
This week’s state championship
Providence (28-2) vs. Corinth Holders (25-1) at UNC-Greensboro
Game 1: Providence 2, Corinth Holders 1: Led by sophomore pitcher Sophie Strugar, the Panthers took Game 1 of the finals series Thursday night. Strugar had a leadoff home run over the left-field wall in the bottom of the second inning. It was her 11th of the season.
In the bottom of the fourth, Providence made it 2-0 when Casey Tomljonavic singled home Camrun O’Connor. The Panthers left the bases loaded that inning.
Later, Strugar pitched her way out of trouble in the seventh and final inning as Corinth Holders was trying to rally.
With runners on first and second and Providence up one run, Strugar played an infield ground ball that ended the game.
The Panthers (29-2) handed Corinth Holders (25-2) its second loss of the season.
Game 2: Corinth Holders 8, Providence 0
Game 3: Providence 6, Corinth Holders 2
CLASS 7A
State championship at UNC-Greensboro
Weddington (25-0) vs. DH Conley (25-2)
Game 1: Weddington 1, DH Conley 0 (8 innings): Weddington junior Lilly White hit a two-out game-winning shot in extra innings, bringing home senior Reece Lindsay.
DH Conley pitcher Kendall Howard, a junior committed to UNC-Wilmington, struck out 13 and allowed five hits. Weddington pitcher Joella Thomas, a Lenoir-Rhyne commit, struck out 11 and allows three hits.
For the game, Weddington left eight runners on base with six in scoring position before Lindsay crossed.
Game 2: Weddington 5, Conley 0
CLASS 6A
State championship at Duke University
South Caldwell (25-3) vs. Union Pines (27-1)
Game 1: South Caldwell 2, Union Pines 0
Game 2: Union Pines 5, South Caldwell 4
Game 3: South Caldwell 8, Union Pines 0
CLASS 5A
State championship at Duke University
Enka (22-3) vs. West Carteret (22-4)
Game 1: Enka 11, West Carteret 5
Game 2: Enka 4, West Carteret 0
CLASS 4A
State championship at UNC-Greensboro
West Stanly (26-6) vs. Southwestern Randolph (22-4)
Game 1: Southwestern Randolph 8, West Stanly 3
Game 2: Southwestern Randolph 11, West Stanly 5
CLASS 3A
State championship at UNC-Greensboro
West Wilkes (25-1) vs. McMichael (24-4)
Game 1: West Wilkes 9, McMichael 7
Game 2: McMichael 6, West Wilkes 5
Game 3: West Wilkes 12, McMichael 7
CLASS 2A
State championship at Duke University
Roxboro Community (23-3) vs. North Duplin
Game 1: North Duplin 4, Roxboro 3
Game 2: Roxboro 10, North Duplin 6
Game 3: Roxboro 10, North Duplin 2
CLASS 1A
State championship at Duke University
Robbinsville (25-2) vs. Bear Grass Charter (24-3)
Game 1: Robbinsville 10, Bear Grass Charter 0
Game 2: Robbinsville 8, Bear Grass Charter 3
NCHSAA girls’ soccer
CLASS 8A
Thursday’s state final at Durham County Memorial Stadium
Myers Park 1, Hoggard 1 (Myers Park wins 5-4 on PKs)
CLASS 7A
Saturday’s state final at Durham County Memorial
Holly Springs 1, Weddington 0
CLASS 6A
Friday’s state final at Durham County Memorial Stadium
Charlotte Catholic 1, Jacksonville 0
CLASS 5A
Friday’s state final at Durham County Memorial Stadium
Hickory 2, Dixon 0
CLASS 4A
Saturday’s state final at Durham County Memorial Stadium
Carrboro 1, Hibriten 0
CLASS 3A
Saturday’s state final at Durham County Memorial Stadium
Pine Lake Prep 5, Wake Prep 1
CLASS 2A
Friday’s state final at Durham County Memorial Stadium
Christ The King 3, Franklin Academy 0
CLASS 1A
Thursday’s state championship game at Durham County Memorial Stadium
Woods Charter 3, Summit Charter 0
NCHSAA lacrosse
BOYS’ LACROSSE
CLASS 8A
Friday’s state final at Lenoir-Rhyne
Ardrey Kell 12, Hoggard 11
CLASS 7A
Saturday’s state final at Lenoir-Rhyne
Cardinal Gibbons 10, Lake Norman 7
CLASS 1A-6A
Friday’s state championship
Charlotte Catholic 9, Middle Creek 8 OT
GIRLS’ LACROSSE
CLASS 8A
Friday’s state final at Lenoir-Rhyne
Pinecrest 9, Apex 7
CLASS 7A
Saturday’s state championship at Lenoir-Rhyne
Chapel Hill 12, Cardinal Gibbons 8
CLASS 1A-6A
Friday’s state final at Lenoir-Rhyne
Charlotte Catholic 9, East Chapel Hill 8
Charlotte Catholic girls soccer wins 6A state title, matches boys
Charlotte Catholic’s boys’ soccer team won the 6A state title in the fall. Friday, the girls matched the boys in the spring state final.
The Cougars’ girls beat Jacksonville, 1-0 Friday, and afterward, Charlotte Catholic kept up with a post-championship tradition — a stop at CookOut.
And they had more than just the state title to celebrate.
Friday morning, Catholic moved to No. 1 in MaxPreps’ national ranking.
And Friday afternoon, the Cougars showed off why they’re the nation’s best.
Savanna Leckner scored the game-winning goal, her 21st of the season, with about 10 minutes to play in the first half. Catholic had a few more chances to score, but that was all the Cougars needed.
Why? Because Jacksonville got zero shots on goal in regular play.
“It’s been the hallmark of this team all year,” said Catholic coach Gary Hoilett. “What they’ve done this entire playoffs is not give teams many looks.”
Catholic finishes the season at 24-0-1, and ends a year where it gave up only seven goals.
Hoilett now has nine state championships with the boys’ and girls’ teams at Catholic, plus more than 900 total wins.
And next year, the Cougars’ girls should be really good again.
Hoilett will lose only five players to graduation.
“Next year is 12 months away,” Hoilett said. “The players are there, but like I’ve always said, ‘We have to get there and it all has to come together again.’ But it’s promising.”
Christ The King rolls past Franklin Academy, wins 2A soccer title
Christ The King High School’s girls’ soccer team, from Huntersville, is starting to look like a dynasty.
Friday, the Crusaders won their fourth state championship since 2022, beating Franklin Academy 3-0. And in each state championship appearance, Christ The King hasn’t allowed its opponent to score.
Franklin Academy (25-1) lost in the state finals for the second straight season and lost an unbeaten season in the championship round for the second consecutive year.
Last year, Franklin Academy was 24-0 but lost in the 2A finals to Pine Lake Prep.
Franklin Academy, which won a championship in 2017, is now 1-6 all time in state finals.
Addison Pearce scored all three goals Friday for the Crusaders, who put on a stifling defensive display against a Franklin Academy team that had scored 181 goals this season.
Ardrey Kell wins 8A lacrosse state title, stopping Hoggard
Ardrey Kell won the 8A state championship in dramatic fashion Friday, beating Wilington Hoggard, 12-11, in overtime.
With 38 seconds left in the game, Cole Stankavage scored after running down the right side of the field. Hoggard, ahead 11-10, was seconds away from the championship.
And in overtime, Stankavage scored his eighth goal of the game and his 97th of the season with just over three minutes left.
That set off a massive celebration.
Charlotte Catholic edges East Chapel Hill for girls lacrosse title
Charlotte Catholic beat East Chapel Hill 9-8 in sudden death overtime, to win the NCHSAA 1A-6A state lacrosse championship Friday at Lenoir-Rhyne.
Catholic trailed, 8-7, with just over four minutes to play.
Sophie Tan tied the game with 4:11 to play, with Catholic playing with a one-person advantage due to a penalty. It was Tan’s fifth goal of the game.
In overtime, Tan scored her sixth goal to win the state title.
Charlotte Catholic boys’ lacrosse holds off Middle Creek for title
Shortly after the Charlotte Catholic girls lacrosse team won the state championship in an overtime thriller, the boys did the same thing Friday at Lenoir-Rhyne.
Charlotte Catholic’s boys beat Middle Creek, 9-8, in overtime, after squandering a big second-half lead.
Charlotte Catholic was up three goals with four minutes to go, closing in on what looked to be an easy state title.
But Middle Creek staged a huge rally, eventually tying the game, twice, in the final two minutes thanks to back-to-back goals from senior midfielder Reed Stack.
Stack’s sixth goal of the night came with 70 seconds left and eventually forced overtime.
But just 15 seconds into the sudden-death overtime, Catholic’s Jason Leonard scored from about 20 yards out for the championship. That set off a mad celebration from Catholic that looked pretty similar to the girls just a couple of hours before.
Myers Park soccer wins second state championship
Myers Park’s girls’ soccer team won its second state championship Thursday, beating Wilmington Hoggard on penalty kicks.
The heroes? Mustangs sophomore Addie McCarley, daughter of legendary Myers Park coach Bucky McCarley, and freshman Eliza Huffstetler.
Down 4-3 on PKs, Addie McCarley had to score to keep the match going. She did, and after a Hoggard player missed high, Huffstetler was true on the game- and championship-winner, touching the right side of the net.
The game was an emotional and physical battle from the start.
The teams were tied at 1 at halftime, but in the second half, and in the four overtime periods, Hoggard dominated play as Myers Park appeared to tire.
But neither team scored.
The Mustangs, though, had the best chance, when Indiana recruit Amaya Falzarano had a pretty kick just tap off the top of the crossbar. Falzarano, a speedy senior, had 25 goals and eight assists this season and ends her season as the school’s all-time leading scorer.
After that opportunity, Myers Park was mostly on defense, and the Mustangs were able to push the game into PKs, where two of the youngest players on the team made two of the biggest plays of the season.
Myers Park (19-2-3) won 11 straight games to finish the season and won its first state title since the 2021 season.
Hoggard (21-2-1) had a 20-game win streak snapped and lost in the championship round for the second time to a Mecklenburg County team.
Hoggard was last in the finals in 2010, when it lost to North Meck, also on penalty kicks.
Providence rallies past Corinth Holders, wins 8A state championship
After losing in Game 2, 8-0, to Corinth Holders Thursday afternoon, Providence High’s softball team — a team full of sophomores — had to win a deciding Game 3 to win a state title later Thursday at UNC-Greensboro.
And the Panthers won 6-2, after trailing 2-1 in the sixth inning of a scheduled seven.
Providence erupted in that sixth inning, scoring four runs. That rally was kicked off by a two-run shot to left from sophomore Camryn O’Connor. It was O’Connor’s 15th home run of the season.
After that, two passed balls and an error helped Providence tack on additional runs and a large cushion.
Providence pitcher Sophie Strugar, another sophomore, shut Corinth Holders down in the seventh inning, and that was that.
The Panthers finished the season at 30-3. Corinth Holders finished 26-3.
Weddington tops Greenville Conley, wins 7A softball title
In 2024, Weddington reached the NCHSAA 4A state championship game and lost in two games to Garner.
This year, the Warriors went back to the finals — and they got the job done.
After holding off Greenville’s DH Conley High, 1-0, in Game 1 on Wednesday night, Weddington came out hot in Game 2, jumping out to an early lead and winning 5-0.
The Game 2 win gave Weddington the championship in the best-of-3 series at UNC-Greensboro.
In the deciding game, Weddington did its damage in the top of the third, scoring three runs.
Conley’s best chance to gain ground came in the bottom of the fourth, when a pop-up toward the Weddington third baseman was dropped, the error allowing Conley to put runners on first and second base with two out.
But Weddington pitcher Joella Thomas — who was dominant in both games Wednesday and Thursday — forced an infield ground ball to end the inning. Then in the top of the seventh, Weddington’s Callie Hill doubled off the wall, with two outs, bringing home another run. Hill scored on a single up the middle for a 5-0 lead.
Weddington (27-0) ends its season unbeaten and the Warriors dominated competition this year, outscoring opponents 190-31.
The Warriors, ranked No. 13 nationally by MaxPreps, are the first Union County team to win a large classification state title in the sport since Porter Ridge in 2012.
Conley, ranked No. 14 nationally, ends it season at 25-4.
Ardrey Kell girls’ soccer coach Kim Montgomery resigns
Ardrey Kell girls’ soccer coach Kim Montgomery is resigning to pursue a doctorate in Health Science.
Montgomery, a former NC State soccer star named one of the best ACC women’s players of all time, led the Knights to a sixth straight conference title this season.
In 2023, Montgomery led Ardrey Kell to the state championship and was named Charlotte Observer coach of the year. Ardrey Kell also played in the 2025 state championship game. It was the Knights’ third finals’ appearance in four years, all under Montgomery.
“When I look back on my time leading (Ardrey Kell), I will always be grateful for the championships, playoff runs, and accomplishments,” Montgomery wrote in a social media post, “but what fills my heart the most are the relationships built along the way. Watching so many incredible young women grow into confident leaders, teammates, college athletes, professionals, wives, mothers, and amazing human beings has been the greatest reward of all.”
Meck Power 6 spring all-conference teams
GIRLS’ SOCCER
Coach of the Year: Winston Cephas — Butler
Player of the Year: Zatia Carter — North Mecklenburg
Defensive Player of the Year: Macie Brabson — Butler
Goalie of the Year: Aniyah Valenica — Mallard Creek
All-Conference (Position — School)
Natalie Pfeiffer — Forward — Butler
Jillian Phoebus — Forward — Butler
Tatum Alston — Goalie — Independence
Makayla Tindall — Forward — Independence
Sophie Tilly — Center Defense Midfield — Independence
Campbell Brown — Forward — Mallard Creek
Bailee Dinh — Defense — Chambers
Rylie Bird — Striker — Mallard Creek
Keylin Rodriguez — Midfielder — Butler
Sam Nevills — Defense — North Mecklenburg
Daniela Garcia — Midfielder — Chambers
Ava LaMar — Midfielder — Butler
Sedona Thompson — Centerback — Independence
Liza Wesley — Right wing — Butler
Ashley Acatitlan-Ortiz — Defense — Mallard Creek
DaNia White — Defense — Mallard Creek
Lily Heath — Center Back — Butler
Aubrey Joyce — Midfield — Mallard Creek
Melanie Ruiz Cisneros — Midfield — Chambers
Taylor Swinson — Center Midfield — Independence
Deanna Rocha — Striker — North Mecklenburg
Olivia Kondas — Midfield — Butler
BOYS’ TENNIS
Coach of the Year: Altamise Leath — North Mecklenburg
Player of the Year: Caleb Site — Mallard Creek
North Mecklenburg
Tanush Rachokonda
Joshua May
Angelo Little
Abhiram Baireddy
Butler
Nick McDevitt
Tim Thompson
Wyatt McWhirter
Carter Johnson
Independence
Thla Tin Hmung
Neel Biju
Gabe Governale
Mallard Creek
Caleb Site
BASEBALL
Coach of the Year: Jake Moroff — Butler High School
Pitcher of the Year: Alex Kenion — Independence High School
Player of the Year: Curtis Deberry — Butler High School
Butler
Greyson Sheaffer
Chase DeCurtis
Tim Henderson
TJ Taylor
Pat O’Shaughnessy
Independence
Lane Pyles
Anthony Mosher
Jack Talarico
Angel Aguilar
Mallard Creek
Andrew Brissie
LJ Williams
Collin McCartney
Jehue Alston
North Mecklenburg
Ran Diaz
Grecian Huntley
Trey Smith
Issac Reyes
West Charlotte
Caron Ford
Chambers
SOFTBALL
Coach of the Year: Amanda Jardina — Independence
Pitcher of the Year: Parker Lamb — Butler
Player of the Year: Cecelia Aurelio — Mallard Creek
Butler
Cherie Carter
Malea Williams
Ashlynne Forrest
Peyton Bowar
Nevaeh Espaillat
Josie Espaillat
Chambers
Krystal Ikard
Hallie Fredericks
Independence
Sofia Tristan
Emma Streletsky
Sydnee Platt
Michaela Williams
Mallard Creek
Rhian White
Emalyn Newman
Davis Walker
Madison Williams
West Charlotte
Ava Clyburn
Taymi Mackie
Taylor Blocker
BOYS’ GOLF
Josiah Crowell — Mallard Creek
Will Ragle — Independence
Hayes Toth — Butler
Dhruv Jagadeesh — Mallard Creek
Caleb Joseph — Butler
Rylan Turner — Independence
Brady Kelly — Independence
Tyler Brown — Mallard Creek
Jack Wehr — Independence
Drew Deng — North Mecklenburg
BOYS’ TRACK
Boys 100 Meter Dash — Mason Kelley — Mallard Creek
Boys 200 Meter Dash — Levi Brooks — Mallard Creek
Boys 400 Meter Dash — Mason Kelley — Mallard Creek
Boys 800 Meter Run — Kenniel Hall — Mallard Creek
Boys 1600 Meter Run — Ephraim Staley — Independence
Boys 3200 Meter Run — Jay Olin — Butler
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles — Roderick Orr — Mallard Creek
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles — Zyon Hailey — Julius Chambers High School
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay — Mallard Creek — Mallard Creek
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay — Mallard Creek — Mallard Creek
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay — Mallard Creek — Mallard Creek
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay — Mallard Creek — Mallard Creek
Boys High Jump — Donovan Pollard — Butler
Boys Long Jump — Dorian Dailey — Mallard Creek
Boys Triple Jump — Zachary Prioleau — Mallard Creek
Boys Discus — Anthony Cook — Mallard Creek
Boys Shot Put — Anthony Cook — Mallard Creek
GIRLS’ TRACK
Girls 100 Meter Dash — Bella-Marie Black — Mallard Creek
Girls 200 Meter Dash — Bella-Marie Black — Mallard Creek
Girls 400 Meter Dash — Sydney Stephens — North Mecklenburg
Girls 800 Meter Run — Jade Foster — West Charlotte
Girls 1600 Meter Run — Grayson Peters — Butler
Girls 3200 Meter Run — Grayson Peters — Butler
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles — Mia Lynshue — Mallard Creek
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles — Mia Lynshue — Mallard Creek
Girls 4x100 Meter Relay — Independence — Independence
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay — Mallard Creek — Mallard Creek
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay — West Charlotte — West Charlotte
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay — Mallard Creek — Mallard Creek
Girls High Jump — A’riyana Battle — Mallard Creek
Girls High Jump — Jala Webster-Jackson — Mallard Creek
Girls High Jump — Paighton Johnson — Mallard Creek
Girls Long Jump — Kylia Sylvester — Butler
Girls Triple Jump — Kylia Sylvester — Butler
Girls Discus — J’Niyah Seals — Mallard Creek
Girls Shot Put — Jamie Burke — Mallard Creek
Note: girls’ high jump had a three-way tie for first place at 5-2; all three athletes are listed as event winners.
This story was originally published May 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM with the headline "Which Charlotte-, Raleigh-area teams won NC state championships this week?."
