Green Hope, Carrboro and Cardinal Gibbons kept streaks alive by winning N.C. High School Athletic Association Wells Fargo Cups for the 2012-13 academic year.

The state Cup awards points on postseason finish in the NCHSAA's four classifications.

Green Hope won 4A for a fourth straight year. Cardinal Gibbons won its fourth 3A Cup, making eight straight (the Crusaders had won four straight in 2A). Carrboro repeated its 2A Cup.

Lake Norman Charter earned the 1A Wells Fargo Cup.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
FINAL WELLS FARGO CUP STANDINGS 2012-13

Two Cary natives have been named to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) All-State Team for soccer — Greensboro College sophomore defender Logan Paussa and UNC Pembroke junior goalkeeper Ryan Hanson. Both were named Tuesday to the NCCSIA's second team.
Greensboro freshman midfielder Craig Gage, from Knightdale, was the only other player from the greater Triangle area to make the squad.
Hanson played at Apex High School, helping the Cougars to a 16-6-0 record his senior year. He started 18 of 19 games this year for Pembroke, with a goal-against average of 0.77.
Paussa helped Green Hope High School into the NCHSAA 4A state playoffs 2008-2010 and the 4A state finals in 2009. He recorded 13 goals and six assists as a senior.

Below is a list of area class of 2013 athletes who have committed to play a sport in college. All athletes will be able to sign a binding letter-of-intent on Feb. 6, if they have not done so already. Only a select few on this list are preferred walk-ons.

We will update this blog with more names as they are reported to us. Click on the "recruiting" tag above to see more N&O blogs on recruiting.

Last update: June 14

Judd, far right, celebrates a touchdown run against Middle Creek in 2011

Former Southern Durham running back Akeem Judd committed to Ole Miss this past week. Judd, who is at Georgia Military College, is ranked a 3-star recruit and the No. 2 JUCO running back in the country by Rivals.com.

Judd ran for 1,324 yards and 14 touchdowns his senior year with the Spartans in 2011.

New Middle Creek athletics director Jeremy Thompson has hired Wesley King as the baseball coach that will replace him. The Mustangs were state champions in 2012.

Thompson was named the school's new athletics director during the 2013 season and it was then that it would be his last as a coach. His first hire was naming his replacement.

"A lot of my buddies said 'I'd hate to be the guy coming in to interview with a state championship coach for his job,'" said Thompson, who was getting calls about the position almost immediately after he announced he was stepping down.

King comes from North Buncombe High School near Asheville. North Buncombe was 22-4 this past season, and King went 76-36 in his four seasons.

In the final Wells Fargo Conference Cup standings of the year, the following area teams were deemed the champions of their league: Millbrook, Green Hope, Clayton, Jordan, Chapel Hill, Triton, Corinth Holders, Carrboro and Jordan-Matthews.

New conferences will be formed next fall, as it is a realignment year. Those conferences will be set for the next four years.

Below is a list of area class of 2014 athletes who have committed to play a sport in college. None of them can sign to play in college until next fall.

We will update this blog with more names as they are reported to us. Click on the "recruiting" tag above to see more N&O blogs on recruiting.

Last update: June 10

Below are the Cap Eight's all-conference teams in girls' soccer, baseball and softball.

Below are the all-conference boys' and girls' lacrosse teams for Conference 3. Conference 3 includes the seven Cap Eight Conference teams that field teams in either gender but also includes Cardinal Gibbons as a girls' lacrosse member, while Garner is a member in only boys' lacrosse.

Cardinal Gibbons High School named Alex Buckley as the new varsity boys' lacrosse head coach on Tuesday, the school announced via email.

Buckley will be a social studies teacher at Gibbons and was most recently a civil trial attorney in New Jersey.