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AP prep football poll for North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Associated Press state high school football polls for North Carolina the week of Sept. 19, first-place votes in parentheses, records and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers:

Class 4-A

W-L                                                         Pts        LW

1. Charlotte Independence (17) 3-1   187           1

2. Richmond County                   4-0   145           3

3. Wilmington Hoggard (2)         3-0   134           4

4. Shelby Crest                           4-0   110           5

5. West Charlotte                        4-1     92           9

6. Matthews Butler                      3-1     79           2

7. Garner                                     5-0     74           7

8. Scotland County                      4-0     70           6

9. Greensboro Grimsley             5-0     56           —

10. Wake Forest-Rolesville       5-0     38         10

Others receiving votes: East Burke 22, Hope Mills South View 18, New Bern 8, Raleigh Leesville Road 7, Winston-Salem Mt. Tabor 3, Greenville Rose 2.

Class 3-A

W-L                                                         Pts        LW

1. Western Alamance (16)         5-0   186           1

2. Rocky Mount (3)                      5-0   168           2

3. SouthWest Edgecombe          4-0   108           6

4. Belmont South Point               4-0   105           8

5. Asheville Roberson                4-0   100           9

6. Charlotte Catholic                   3-2     55         10

7. Anson County                          4-1     41           —

8. North Gaston                           3-1     36           3

9. Northeast Guilford                  3-1     34           7

10. West Rowan                         4-0     32           —

Others receiving votes: Kernersville Glenn 30, Kannapolis Brown 29, Hertford County 26, Eastern Alamance 23, Hickory 22, Wilson Hunt 13, Monroe Sun Valley 7, Greensboro Dudley 6, Asheville 6, Winston-Salem Parkland 4, Winston-Salem Carver 3, Franklin 3, East Rowan 2, Gastonia Forestview 2, Southern Lee 2, Jacksonville 1, Currituck County 1.

Class 2-A

W-L                                                         Pts        LW

1. Reidsville (16)                        4-0   187           1

2. Shelby (2)                                3-1   160           2

3. Bunn (1)                                  4-0   146           3

4. Jacksonville Northside           4-1   121           5

5. Southern Vance                      4-1     94           4

6. South Columbus                     4-0     93           9

7. Southwest Onslow                  3-1     49         10

8. Mt. Pleasant                            4-0     42           —

9. Brevard                                   2-2     28           7

10. Burlington Cummings         2-3     21           8

Others receiving votes: Maiden 19, East Lincoln 11, Thomasville Ledford 10, West Davidson 10, Whiteville 10, Farmville Central 8, Tarboro 5, East Rutherford 5, South Brunswick 4, Sylva Smoky Mountain 4, Salisbury 4, Lenoir Hibriten 3, Monroe 2, Pittsboro Northwood 2, Black Mountain Owen 2, Canton Pisgah 2, Greene Central 2, East Duplin 1.

Class 1-A

W-L-T                                                      Pts        LW

1. Thomasville (11)                4-0-0   164           1

2. Warsaw Kenan (6)              5-0-0   159           2

3. Mt. Airy                                 5-0-0   128           4

4. Polk County                          5-0-0   113           5

5. Plymouth                              4-0-0     98           6

6. Siler City Jordan-Matthews 4-0-1     62           8

7. West Montgomery               4-0-0     57           7

8. East Bladen                         3-1-0     42           9

9. Wallace-Rose Hill (1)          3-1-0     39           3

10. North Duplin                      4-0-0     28           —

Others receiving votes: Ayden-Grifton 17, Cherokee 8, East Surry 6, Murphy 6, Louisburg 2, Cherryville 2, Salemburg Lakewood 2, West Columbus 1, Pender County 1.

Here are my votes for this week’s associated press football polls. There were a ton of losses in the top 10 from last week, including New Bern’s 24-13 defeat at the hands of Richmond County.

I’ll say this, two games really piqued my interest…Hoggard’s dismantling of J.H. Rose and Rocky Mount’s destruction of my old No. 3 Hertford County. So much so, I bumped Hoggard to No. 2 in the 4-A poll and flipped Western Alamance and Rocky Mount in the 3-A poll.

I still want to know why somebody ever voted for Dixon in week 1 and why anyone voted for Southside in the 1-A poll? Anyone want to take the fall for those votes?

 

4-A

1. Independence

2. Hoggard

3. Richmond

4. Crest

5. Scotland County

6. Grimsley

7. W. Charlotte

8. Butler

9. Garner

10. South View

3-A

1. Rocky Mount

2. Western Alamance

3. TC Roberson

4. SW Edgecombe

5. Anson County

6. Belmont South Point

7. Parkland

8. Hertford County

9. Char. Catholic

10. A.L. Brown

2-A

1. Reidsville

2. Shelby

3. Bunn

4. Northside-Jacksonville

5. Mt. Pleasant

6. So. Columbus

7. So. Vance

8. SW Onslow

9. W. Davidson

10. CD Owen

1-A

1. Thomasville

2. James Kenan

3. Polk County

4. E. Bladen

5. Plymouth

6. W. Montgomery

7. Mt. Airy

8. Jordan-Matthews

9. N. Duplin

10. Ayden-Grifton

Ooooh J.

Ooooh J.

Please go away.

OK,

 I completely understand Matt Murphy’s selling of the ball that Barry Bonds hit for his 756th home run.

 I think it stinks that he couldn’t afford to keep it.

My dad caught a foul ball from a guy named Larry Owen at a Richmond Braves game back in the 1980s. He broke his finger doing so. And he gave it to me.

That ball, to me, is priceless.

If I’d caught Barry Bonds’ 756th, it would have been the same.

Meaning, I never would have sold either of them.

But the IRS would have taxed me for my ‘luck’ of catching Bonds’ ball. However, it could care less about my dad’s Larry Owen ball.

Both would have sat next to each other on my mantle. The Larry Owen ball is autographed, got it the next game we went to. Funny, it’s actually next to a Barry Bonds autographed ball I got in 1988 at a baseball card show. He signed it in person, for 6 bucks.

Of course, Mr. Murphy made more selling the ball than I have ever made writing about sports, so he now deserves to be taxed. He didn’t just for catching a foul ball, however. If you do it for that one, you’d better do it for every one. Heck, a foul ball at a River Rats game is worth the cost of the ball at least… a couple bucks. Charge all those New Bernians too, IRS….

N.C. Football Polls

 

RALEIGH (AP) — The Associated Press state high school football poll for the week of September 11, first-place votes in parentheses, records and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers:

Class 4-A

• School Points Prv
• 1. Charlotte Independence (12) (2-1) 170 1
• 2. Matthews Butler (6) (3-0) 165 2
• 3. Richmond County (3-0) 124 4
• 4. Wilmington Hoggard (2-0) 106 5
• 5. Shelby Crest (3-0) 105 6
• 6. Scotland County (3-0) 75 9
• 7. Garner (4-0) 65 8
• 8. Greenville Rose (2-1) 38 3
• 9. West Charlotte (3-1) 28 7
• 10. Wake Forest-Rolesville (4-0) 24 —
• (tie) Greensboro Grimsley (4-0) 24 —
• Others receiving votes: East Burke 18, Hope Mills South View 15, Raleigh Leesville Road 12, New Bern 10, Davie County 5, Watauga County 3, Winston-Salem Mt. Tabor 2, Concord Robinson 1.
• Class 3-A
• School Points Prv

 

 

• 1. Western Alamance (14) (4-0) 174 1
• 2. Rocky Mount (3) (4-0) 157 3
• 3. North Gaston (1) (3-0) 115 5
• 4. Kannapolis Brown (4-0) 114 4
• 5. Hertford County (4-0) 93 6
• 6. Southwest Edgecombe (3-0) 63 8
• 7. Northeast Guilford (4-0) 50 9
• 8. Belmont South Point (3-0) 46 10
• 9. Asheville Roberson (3-0) 38 —
• 10. Charlotte Catholic (2-2) 29 2
• Others receiving votes: Kernersville Glenn 21, Monroe Sun Valley 17, West Rowan 15, Hickory 12, Eastern Alamance 11, Winston-Salem Parkland 9, Winston-Salem Carver 8, Wilson Hunt 6, Northwest Cabarrus 3, Northern Guilford 3, Asheville 3, Greensboro Dudley 2, Harnett Central 1.
• Class 2-A
• School Points Prv

 

 

• 1. Reidsville (13) (3-0) 175 2
• 2. Shelby (3) (2-1) 147 1
• 3. Bunn (1) (3-0) 139 4
• 4. Southern Vance (1) (4-0) 125 5
• 5. Jacksonville Northside (4-0) 100 6
• 6. Maiden (3-1) 73 8
• 7. Brevard (2-1) 51 7
• 8. Burlington Cummings (2-2) 35 3
• 9. South Columbus (3-0) 33 —
• 10. Southwest Onslow (3-1) 22 —
• Others receiving votes: Mt. Pleasant 17, East Lincoln 16, West Davidson 13, Greene Central 11, East Duplin 9, Tarboro 5, Whiteville 4, Thomasville Ledford 4, Lenoir Hibriten 3, South Brunswick 2, Pittsboro Northwood 2, Salisbury 1, Black Mountain Owen 1, Canton Pisgah 1, North Brunswick 1.
• Class 1-A
• School Points Prv

 

 

• 1. Thomasville (14) (3-0) 173 1
• 2. Warsaw Kenan (3) (4-0) 163 2
• 3. Wallace-Rose Hill (3-0) 141 3
• 4. Mt. Airy (1) (4-0) 121 4
• 5. Polk County (4-0) 100 5
• 6. Plymouth (4-0) 84 7
• 7. West Montgomery (4-0) 50 9
• 8. Siler City Jordan-Matthews (3-0-1) 29 10
• 9. East Bladen (2-1) 28 6
• 10. Cherokee (2-1) 24 8
• Others receiving votes: North Duplin 22, Ayden-Grifton 17, Murphy 9, East Surry 8, Chocowinity Southside 7, Hobbton 6, East Carteret 5, Hendersonville 3.

Sun Journal’s Ballot

   
• Here’s a look at sports editor Randy Jones’ ballots for the Associated Press North Carolina high school football polls for Week 2:
• 4-A

 

 

• 1. Independence
• 2. Butler
• 3. Hoggard
• 4. Richmond County
• 5. Crest
• 6. Scotland County
• 7. Garner
• 8. Grimsley
• 9. New Bern
• 10. J.H. Rose
• 3-A

 

 

• 1. Western Alamance
• 2. Rocky Mount
• 3. Hertford County
• 4. A.L. Brown
• 5. North Gaston
• 6. Northeast Guilford
• 7. T.C. Roberson
• 8. Southwest Edgecombe
• 9. Belmont South Point
• 10. W-S Parkland
• 2-A

 

 

• 1. Reidsville
• 2. Shelby
• 3. Bunn
• 4. Northside-Jacksonville
• 5. Southern Vance
• 6. Brevard
• 7. Mt. Pleasant
• 8. South Columbus
• 9. Maiden
• 10. Southwest Onslow
• 1-A

 

 

• 1. Thomasville
• 2. James Kenan
• 3. Polk County
• 4. Wallace-Rose Hill
• 5. East Bladen
• 6. Plymouth
• 7. West Montgomery
• 8. Mt. Airy
• 9. Jordan-Matthews
• 10. East Carteret

 

 

 

 

Well, being somewhat unoriginal, I will leave the title that word press decided my first post should have. If somehow you have stumbled upon this blog, you probably already know that I am Randy Jones, the sports editor of the Sun Journal in New Bern, NC.

 If you didn’t know that, hello, I’m Randy Jones…blah, blah…

 I have no idea where this thing is going to go. I’m hoping to put up lots of information about the local sports scene in Craven, Pamlico and Jones counties.

 Sometimes it’s going to be very sarcastic around here, so be careful.

 If you have something to say, say it. I like opinions. Even when I don’t agree with you at all.