The Tri-Nine Conference tournament is set to start next Tuesday. First round games will be played at the higher seed, while Thursday's semifinals and Friday's finals will all be played at Green Hope High.
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Cary High and Orange High will be among the host sites for the quarterfinal and semifinal round rounds of the N.C. High School Athletic Association dual-team wrestling tournament on Thursday.
The N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs are set to start this Tuesday. The first and second rounds will be played at one school site. With exception to the 1A bracket, the third and fourth rounds are held at a school on Thursday (the 1A only has one match that day for the regional title.
All four state championships Saturday between the East and West champion, also held at a school.
Below are the final Tri-Nine Conference wrestling standings.
We will be updating this blog with overall records as teams go through the dual-team playoffs. We've included the conference tournament champions for each weight class and more.
N&O wrestling rankings (with last week's ranking in parentheses). We have one new team in the top 12, and some teams leapfrogged others after impressive weekends.
Orange High defended its own tournament by placing first at this year's 2011 Jim King Orange Invitational on Saturday.
The Panthers had two first-place champions in the 23-team field and had 12 different wrestlers place sixth or higher. Orange's 253 points were well clear of second-place Cary (187.5), third-place Northern Durham (161) and fourth-place Jordan (156).
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CARY It was slated to be a match-up between two of the top girls basketball teams in the Cap-8 and Tri-Nine conferences. But one integral piece of the puzzle was missing for Cary during its 48-41 loss last week to Sanderson.
If there was any thought that Imps' returning point guard, sophomore Mallory Curtis, was not going to play a big part in this year's team, she may have proved that theory wrong by her abscence.
UPDATE: After reviewing NCHSAA rules on games interrupted by lightning, Green Hope was awarded a 1-0 win.
No. 1 Garner 42, Clayton 13 (FINAL)
No. 3 Durham Hillside 33, No. 11 Southern Durham 21 (FINAL)
No. 9 Fuquay-Varina 19, No. 2 Cary 8 (FINAL)
No. 4 Wakefield 40, Sanderson 6 (FINAL)
No. 5 Leesville Road 63, Enloe 27 (FINAL)
No. 6 Wake Forest-Rolesville 50, Heritage 7 (FINAL)
No. 7 Southeast Raleigh 53, No. 10 Harnett Central 26 (FINAL)
No. 8 Middle Creek 42, Lee County 24 (4th)
Broughton 37, No. 12 Millbrook 21 (FINAL)
Knightdale 10, East Wake 3 (FINAL)
Lumberton 22, Athens Drive 14 (FINAL)
West Johnston 35, Smithfield-Selma 19 (FINAL)
Panther Creek 25, Apex 6 (FINAL)
Ravenscroft 60, Village Christian 0 (FINAL)
Northern Durham 7, Person 0 (FINAL)
Franklinton 26, Corinth-Holder 13 (3rd)
Cleveland 35, North Lenoir 0 (FINAL)
Holly Springs 37, Green Hope 14 (3rd)
Chapel Hill 17, Cedar Ridge 0 (FINAL)
Riverside 14, Northwood 7 (FINAL)
Bunn 21, North Johnston 6 (4th)
Word of God 52, Hobgood Academy 0 (FINAL)
East Chapel Hill 62, Durham Jordan 49 (FINAL)
No. 1 Garner 35, No. 8 Middle Creek 21 (FINAL)
No. 7 Wake Forest-Rolesville 30, No. 2 Southeast Raleigh 27 (FINAL)
No. 4 Cary 33, Apex 0 (FINAL) Imps defenders score three touchdowns
No. 5 Wakefield 46, No. 12 East Wake 14 (FINAL)
No. 11 Harnett Central 27, Overhills 21 (FINAL)
Panther Creek 42, Holly Springs 21 (FINAL)
Cardinal Gibbons 49, Ravenscroft 13 (FINAL)
Chapel Hill 19, Pittsboro Northwood 14 (FINAL)
Millbrook 14, Northern Durham 0 (FINAL)
South Johnston 56, Smithfield-Selma 6 (FINAL)
Athens Drive 52, Green Hope 19 (FINAL)
Broughton 35, Fayetteville Sanford 13 (FINAL)
Cleveland 48, Heritage 6 (FINAL)
Fuquay-Varina 42, Lee County 14 (FINAL)
North Johnston 42, Princeton 20 (FINAL)
Knightdale 26, Enloe 10 (FINAL)
Southern Lee 45, South Robeson 0 (FINAL)
Clayton 41, Corinth Holders 6 (FINAL, Thursday)
