From one "Creek" to another -- football coach Sean Crocker is leaving Middle Creek after five seasons to join Tri-Nine Conference foe Panther Creek.

John Wall plays for the Washington Wizards, CJ Leslie for North Carolina State and highly recruited Torian Graham left Word of God to play his senior season for a school in Jacksonville, Fla.

But the absence of such alums didn't make Middle Creek's win over Raleigh Word of God any less satisfying to the Mustangs.

The Wake County school board announced tonight that two schools are getting new principals and that Enloe High School's principal is moving to Central Office to oversee the magnet school program.

Beth Cochran, Enloe's principal since 2005, will now become the senior director of magnet programs. Enloe, located in East Raleigh, is the school system's flagship magnet school.

Wade Martin was named principal of Middle Creek High in Cary with a salary of $94,700 a year. He's been principal of Martin Middle since 2006.

Middle Creek senior Rashawn King, who returned to sports this year as the leukemia he was diagnosed with last summer is in remission, has been named one of 12 national finalist for PARADE Magazine's Rudy Award.

The Rudy Award is given to the young athletes who inspire and motivate teammates, classmates and the community.

Read our story on Rashawn King here:

Normally, the Wake County school board approves principal appointments unanimously.

But tonight, the board voted 6-2 on the entire list of administrative appointments presented to them. School board vice chairman John Tedesco and board member Debra Goldman didn't specify which one(s) they opposed.

Here's the list:

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Below are the final Tri-Nine football standings, updated with overall records as teams finished the playoffs. We've also posted the all-conference list.

Each football bracket is down to eight teams apiece, and next week's third-round games means we'll have a winner for each of the 32 pods. Undefeated Leesville Road and undefeated Garner figures to be the largest match-up (and the only one in Wake County).

No. 1 Leesville Road 62, Broughton 21 (FINAL) Braxton Berrios rushed for 200 yards in first half

No. 2 Garner 42, Athens Drive 0 (FINAL)

No. 3 Hillside 38, Pembroke Swett 32 ( OT, FINAL)

No. 4 Wake Forest-Rolesville 31, Millbrook 0 (FINAL)

Wilmington Laney 30, No. 5 Wakefield 27 (FINAL)

The Wake County school board moved one high school principal to Central Office this evening and transferred another principal to a different school.

John Williams, the principal of Middle Creek High School in Cary, was appointed senior director for high school education. The job became open after Ruth Steidinger switched to being senior director for middle school education.

Williams opened Middle Creek in 2001 and will leave the school on Nov. 1. Thomas Dixon will serve as interim principal at Middle Creek, Dixon, the former longtime principal of Apex High School, will receive a salary that's equivalent to $131,580 a year.

Middle Creek's 35-21 loss to Garner Friday night certainly wasn't the night the Mustangs wanted to have in their annual big meeting with their biggest non-conference rival.
Mistakes - missed blocking assignments, dropped passes - were a big part of what put the Mustangs in a 28-0 hole, but there were several positives they can take out of the contest, played before 4,000 fans as they head back into Tri-Nine Conference play.