WNC Power 10 polls

BOYS #1 McDowell (8-1, 2-0 Northwestern 3A/4A) 19 (1) #2 Freedom (7-1, 1-1 Northwestern 3A/4A) 18 (1) #3 North Buncombe (9-1, 6-0 Mountain Athletic 3A) 17 #4 Bandys (7-2, 2-1 South Fork 2A) 11 #5 Lincolnton (6-2, 2-1 South Fork 2A) 10 Others Receiving Votes (5 or more points) Ashbrook, Hendersonville, Hickory, Maiden, South Iredell GIRLS #1 East Burke (11-0, 2-0 Northwestern Foothills 2A) 20 (2) #2 Ashbrook (9-0, 3-0 Big South 3A) 17 #3 Smoky Mountain (8-0, 1-0 Mountain Six 2A) 16 #4 Maiden (8-0, 3-0 South Fork 2A) 15 #5 Freedom (6-2, 2-0 Northwestern 3A/4A) 13 Others Receiving Votes (5 or more points) East Henderson, Mitchell, Mountain Heritage, North Wilkes

BOYS #1 Freedom (5-0, 1-0 NWC) 30 (3) #2 McDowell (6-1, 1-0 NWC) 21 #3 North Buncombe (8-0, 5-0 MAC) 20 #4 Maiden (6-1, 2-0 South Fork 2A) 17 #5 Lincolnton (5-1, 2-0 South Fork 2A) 16 Others Receiving Votes (5 or more points) AC Reynolds, Avery County, East Rutherford, Lincoln Charter, R-S Central GIRLS #1 East Burke (9-0, 1-0 NWFAC 2A) 30 (3) #2 Smoky Mountain (6-0) 26 #3 Maiden (6-0, 2-0 South Fork 2A) 20 #4 Ashbrook (7-0, 2-0 Big South 3A) 19 #5 Freedom (4-1, 1-0 NWC) 18 Others Receiving Votes (5 or more points) Avery County, East Rutherford, Mountain Heritage, North Gaston, North Iredell

BOYS #1 Freedom (3-0) 28 (1) #2 Lincoln Charter (7-0) 27 (2) #3 R-S Central (7-0) 24 #4 East Rutherford (3-0) 18 #5 Avery County (5-1) 17 Others Receiving Votes (5 or more points) AC Reynolds, East Lincoln, Hickory, Lincolnton, McDowell, North Buncombe GIRLS #1 East Burke (6-0) 30 (3) #2 Smoky Mountain (4-0) 27 #3 Freedom (3-0) 23 #4 Avery County (4-1) 18 #5 North Gaston (6-0) 15 Others Receiving Votes (5 or more points) Ashbrook, East Lincoln, East Rutherford, Mountain Heritage

#1 Hibriten (16-0) NCHSAA 2AA State Champions Bandys 57-6 Patton 35-0 Franklin 37-7 Shelby 19-7 East Duplin 16-14 #2 Cherokee (14-1) NCHSAA 1A State Champions Union Academy 58-35 Thomas Jefferson 47-20 Mitchell 42-28 North Duplin 21-13 #3 Shelby (12-3) 2AA Western Regional runner-up #4 AC Reynolds (14-2) 3AA State runner-up #5 Mountain Heritage (13-1) 2A Western Regional runner-up #6 South Point (12-1) 2AA Second Round #7 Kings Mountain (12-2) 3AA Third Round #8 Franklin (13-1) 2AA Third Round #9 Mitchell (12-2) 1A Western Regional runner-up #10 Murphy (12-3) 1AA Western Regional runner-up