East Girls Basketball: Despite Apex Friendship’s loss to Green Level, the top six stay the same. Panther Creek and Green Level leapfrog their way into seventh and eighth. St. Pauls and North Raleigh Christian leapfrog their way into 12th and 13th. D.H. Conley is the only team to fall out of the top 25 this week, replaced by The Burlington School.
- Terry Sanford 22-0
- Apex Friendship 21-2
- Millbrook 17-3
- Northwood 22-1
- Garner 21-2
- Purnell Swett 21-0
- Panther Creek 17-4
- Green Level 21-3
- Cardinal Gibbons 20-2
- Grace Christian (Sanford) 26-1
- Hillside 22-2
- St. Pauls 21-1
- North Raleigh Christian 23-7
- Rocky Mount 21-1
- Southern Wayne 20-0
- Farmville Central 20-4
- E.E. Smith 17-3
- Hoggard 21-3
- Wilson Prep 19-0
- North Pitt 16-7*
- South Central 17-4
- Southwest Onslow 20-1
- Richmond 18-4
- North Lenoir 19-4
- The Burlington School 17-7
*North Pitt’s on-court record is 19-4, it has forfeited three wins.
West Girls Basketball: The top eight teams are the same, but after that we have some major shifting. Southwest Guilford, Mountain Heritage, Marvin Ridge, and East Lincoln are out, replaced by Victory Christian Center, Alexander Central, Watauga, and T.W. Andrews. It’s the first time T.W. Andrews has been ranked by HSOT in any sport since we started ranking the West in 2019-20.
- Northern Guilford 22-0
- Myers Park 19-5
- South Mecklenburg 19-3
- East Rutherford 23-0
- Salisbury 19-1
- Shelby 16-2
- North Mecklenburg 22-2
- Chambers 16-6
- Randleman 20-0
- Cannon School 20-6
- Providence Day 21-3
- Providence 16-5
- Charlotte Catholic 22-2
- Jesse Carson 20-3
- North Davidson 19-2
- Oak Grove 20-4
- Lake Norman 19-3
- A.C. Reynolds 19-3
- Newton-Conover 20-2
- Murphy 21-3
- Victory Christian Center 19-10
- Alexander Central 20-3
- Watauga 20-3
- Ben L. Smith 22-2
- T.W. Andrews 17-3
East Boys Basketball: Apex Friendship, Hillside, and Millbrook each made big strides upward into the top 15. Cummings, Chatham Charter, and Kinston replaced Seventy-First, E.E. Smith, and Westover in the top 25.
- The Burlington School 26-7
- New Hanover 20-0
- Trinity Academy Raleigh 22-3
- Greenfield 24-5
- Richmond 21-1
- Farmville Central 20-3
- Cleveland 23-1
- Hoggard 20-4
- Pinecrest 18-4
- Wayne Country Day 22-7
- Jordan 19-3
- South Central 17-2
- Apex Friendship 16-5
- Hillside 15-3
- Millbrook 15-8
- Holly Springs 20-4
- Panther Creek 17-6
- Wake Forest 17-5
- Northwood 19-3
- Terry Sanford 15-6
- Pine Forest 17-4
- Cummings 17-0
- D.H. Conley 17-4
- Chatham Charter 26-1
- Kinston 17-2
West Boys Basketball: Fun fact: seven of the preseason top 10 are still in the top 10! Cox Mill, Hickory, and A.C. Reynolds take big leaps forward this week. Gaston Day goes from unranked into 15th. Ben L. Smith replaces Northside Christian in the top 25.
- Weddington 23-0
- Chambers 19-5
- Greensboro Day 30-3
- Central Cabarrus 24-0
- Carmel Christian 23-3
- North Mecklenburg 20-4
- Providence Day 22-5
- R-S Central 22-2
- Charlotte Latin 22-3
- Ardrey Kell 16-4
- Cox Mill 18-6
- Hickory 22-1
- Hendersonville 22-2
- A.C. Reynolds 19-4
- Gaston Day 24-3
- West Charlotte 15-8
- Grimsley 20-3
- Myers Park 14-7
- Hayesville 20-0
- Winston-Salem Prep 19-2
- Lincoln Charter 19-4
- Mooresville 19-2
- Crest 19-2
- Ragsdale 17-5
- Ben L. Smith 19-5