Butler remains on top of CarolinaPreps.com Top 25

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By Chris Hughes
CarolinaPreps.com

SANFORD - Butler remains on top of the CarolinaPreps.com Top 25 media poll. Independence slipped past Ragsdale to occupy second spot while Richmond County and Greensboro Dudley round out the top five.

Harnett Central moved into the top 10 after a convincing 36-6 victory over defending 4-A state champion Fayetteville Seventy-First last week.

Albemarle once again made the Top 25 rankings and Apex Middle Creek is in the Top 25 for the first time this year.

Greensboro Page is the only team that lost last week and they've fallen from the poll.  Belmont South Point also fell from the rankings after a narrow win against Ashbrook.

Hope Mills Gray's Creek has continued to gain points and is just on the outside of the rankings.


1. Matthews Butler (21) (11-0) (15) 525
2. Charlotte Independence (11-1) 483
3. Jamestown Ragsdale (12-0) 477
4. Richmond County (11-1) 475
5. Greensboro Dudley (11-1) 400
6. West Rowan (12-0) 398
7. Fayetteville Britt (12-0)* 389
8. Reidsville (12-0) 317
9. Mallard Creek (10-1) 315
10. Harnett Central (12-0) 310
11. Wake Forest-Rolesville (12-0) 308
12. Winston-Salem Reynolds (12-0) 296
13. Hertford County (12-0) 270
14. Lenoir Hibriten (12-0) 249
15. Northern Guilford (11-1) 236
16. Asheville (10-0-1) 194
17. SW Edgecombe (12-0) 168
18. Tarboro (11-1) 134
19. Southern Durham (11-1) 126
20. Eastern Alamance (11-1) 93
21. Monroe (12-0) 88
22. Albemarle (12-0) 85
23. Newton-Conover (11-1) 80
24. East Bladen (12-0) 76
25. Apex Middle Creek (11-1) 58

Others Receiving Votes: Belmont South Point 45, Hope Mills Gray's Creek 40, Waynesville Tuscola 36, South Johnston 35, East Duplin  34, Mt. Airy 31, Charlotte Olympic  29, Havelock 27, Shelby 27, SW Onslow 23, Charlotte Providence 20, Lumberton 19, East Mecklenburg 19, Fayetteville Byrd 19, Southern Pines Pinecrest 17, Kinston 13, West Forsyth 13, Thomasville 12, Pikeville Aycock 12, Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 7, Kannapolis Brown 5, Salisbury 4, SE Raleigh 3, Wallace-Rose Hill 2, Durham Hillside 2, Fuquay-Varina 1, West Craven 1, Boiling Springs Crest 1.