Friday night playoff updates.

Broughton nips New Hanover 5-4 to win Port City Invitational high school boys tennis tournament.

Broughton holds the No. 1 position in N.C. High School Tennis Coaches Association poll.

Broughton remains on top of state girls tennis poll.
 

Broughton is No. 1 in girls 4-A tennis. Green Hope is No. 3 and East Chapel Hill is No. 4. Cardinal Gibbons is No. 2 in 3-A.

Hamilton Lovett and Sarah King led Caps to title in Twin Cities Invitational.

Broughton leads the N.C. Tennis Coaches Association 4-A girls tennis polll. East Chapel Hill is No. 3 and Green Hope is No. 4.

Durham Science & Math leads the 1-A rankings.

Broughton is ranked No. 1 in the N.C. State Women's Tennis Coaches Association 4-A poll. Cardinal Gibbons shares the top ranking in 3-A and Durham Science & Math is No. 1 in 1-A.

Broughton, the NCHSAA 4-A girls tennis champion in 2009, returns its top six players.

Kevin Taylor, coach of both the boys and girls Green Hope tennis teams, will not return next year to coach the Falcons next season.

Taylor has been the head coach of both squads over the last two seasons and has 91 percent winning percentage. He is 36-3 with the boys and 37-4 with the girls.

Green Hope (19-1) was eliminated in the third round of this year's NCHSAA boys tennis playoffs by Broughton.

"I really [feel] like I'm leaving Green Hope tennis in very good hands to whomever my successor is going to be," Taylor said. "I told them I was very proud of our season, our effort and the kind of character they showed as tennis players this year."

Taylor will be moving "somewhere up north" to be closer to his son, who plays hockey.