This story was first reported by Tim Stevens of the N&O:

Jerry Winterton, one of the most successful high school coaches in the
country, will not return to the Cary High wrestling program that has
dominated the state for almost 30 years.

"It's time," Winterton said. "I think a younger guy might be able to do a better job."

A better job seems impossible given the numbers:

State tournament runner-ups: 6

State dual team titles: 8

State dual team runner-ups: 7

Overall record: 642-34

Overall record at Cary:
620-16

Overall winning percentage: .976

Overall winning percentage at Cary: .974

Consecutive conference titles: 28

Consecutive home regular-season wins: 266

Tournaments won: 166

All-Americans: 32

State champions: 44

Winston-Salem Park defeated Cary 38-14 in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A dual-team wrestling championships on Sunday night.

Orange is at home tonight against Concord in the NCHSAA 3-A dual-team final.

Cary High will host the next round of the state dual-team wrestling playoffs on Thursday.

The East regional semifinals and finals will be played that night.

Cary will take on Hope Mills South View in one semifinal match while Panther Creek and Southern Durham face off simultaneously. The start time is 6 p.m. The winners of each match will face one another immediately following completion of the semifnals with a state championship spot on the line.

Cary and Panther Creek both advanced to the 4-A state dual-team wrestling quarterfinals. They two Tri-Nine teams would meet again if both can win quarterfinal matches Thursday night at Cary.

Defending state champion Cary will be at home Thursday night for the
NCHSAA 4-A dual-team wrestling quartefinals. The Imps will wrestle Hope
Mills South View while  Panther Creek takes on Southern Durham.

Orange advanced to the 3-A quarterfinals and will wrestle Havelock at Northern Nash.

The quarterfinalists each won two matches on Tuesday night. The
quarterfinals and semifinals will be held at one site. The state finals
are scheduled for Saturday.

All year long, the Tri-Nine has been establishing itself as one of the state's top conferences.

Now, that dominance has been rewarded. Four teams got into this year's dual-team wrestling playoffs. The Tri-Nine gobbled both of the East region's wild card spots as Green Hope (26-6) and Holly Springs (21-6) each earned bids.

Green Hope will face Cary (30-0) in the first round and the two teams are in the same pod as New Bern and Northern Durham.

Holly Springs will face PAC-Six champ Southern Durham and is in the same pod as Southern Pines Pinecrest and Greenville's J.H. Rose.

Panther Creek (24-1) will face Greater Neuse champ West Johnston in the first round and be in the same pod as Leesville Road and Fayetteville's Jack Britt.

The four-team pods will wrestle on Tuesday, with one team emerging to play on Thursday in the East regional semifinals and finals. The one team that comes from that foursome will play for the state title.

Cary High School will name its basketball gymnasium in honor of Charlie Adams this fall.

The Wake County School Board approved high school's request to name the facility in honor of Adams, a former player, teacher and coach at the school.

Adams served as the executive director of the N.C. High School Athletic Association for 25 years and worked in the NCHSAA for 42 years before retiring on February 1, 2010. He also was president for one year of the National Federation of State High School Associations.

Fre'Shad Hunter, Cary High's exceptional defensive lineman, is not expected top sign a national letter of intent today.

Hunter had committed to N.C. State, but had dropped off the Cary High team during the season to concentrate on his academics.

"He is not going to sign with State," said Cary coach Ben Kolstad. "Right now, it is a little up in the air. I expect he'll go to a prep school or to a junior college."

The 6-foot-4, 245-pound defensive end is ranked No. 13 on The Charlotte Observer's Top 25 list.

Fre'Shad Hunter, Cary High's exceptional defensive lineman, is not expected top sign a national letter of intent today.

Hunter had committed to N.C. State, but had dropped off the Cary High team during the season to concentrate on his academics.

"He is not going to sign with State," said Cary coach Ben Kolstad. "Right now, it is a little up in the air. I expect he'll go to a prep school or to a junior college."

The 6-foot-4, 245-pound defensive end is ranked No. 13 on The Charlotte Observer's Top 25 list.

Over the weekend, Cary High hosted a six-team dual meet for its de facto senior day.

The Imps were victorious in all five of its matches.

Cary dispatched Fayetteville's Jack Britt High by a 63-11 score — and that was as close as anyone got to defeating the undefeated, 3-time defending state champions.

Cary defeated New Bern 69-9, Sanderson 68-9, Northern Vance 73-3 and Oxford Webb 84-0.

Cary is 29-0 heading into next Wednesday's battle with 21-0 Panther Creek.