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1ST SECTION, ZONE: HIGH SCHOOLS, STATE 20:15:36 PAGE: 6B, PUB. DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015 6B FRIDAY OCTOBER 9 2015High Schools NEWSOBSERVER.COM AF Sunday, November 1, 2015 SIX GREAT EVENTS FOR 2015 Raleigh City of Oaks Marathon, Boston QualiLer Rex Healthcare Half Marathon Two-person Half Marathon Relay Four-person Marathon Relay Old Reliable 10K YMCA Marathon Mile Register at: www.cityofoaksmarathon.com Sponsors: the YMCA Build Program North Hometown Marathon miss the 9th annual REGISTER NOW Games at 7:30 unless noted Friday Area games Game of the Week: Wake Forest at Wakefield, 7 Apex at Fuquay-Varina, 7 Arendell Parott at Grace Christian Raleigh, 7 Bartlett Yancey at Carrboro Cardinal Gibbons at Hillside, 7 Chapel Hill at Southern Durham, 7 Cleveland at Triton Corinth Holders at Smith- field-Selma Douglas Byrd at Union Pines, 7 East Chapel Hill at Person, 7 Enloe at Heritage, 7 Garner at Clayton, 7 Granville Central at Weldon Harrells Christian at North Raleigh Christian Hobbton at Princeton, 7 Jordan-Matthews at Reids- ville Knightdale at Southeast Raleigh, 7 Louisburg at Southeast Halifax Middle Creek at Holly Springs, 7 Millbrook at Broughton, 7 North Johnston at Bedding- field Northeast Academy at Cary Christian, 7 Northern Durham at Jordan, 7 Northern Vance at Orange, 7 Northwood at Cedar Ridge, 7 Panther Creek at Green Hope, 7 Rolesville at East Wake, 7 Sanderson at Leesville Road, 7 St. at Southampton Academy 7 South Granville at Franklin- ton Southern Lee at Gray's Creek, 7 Southern Vance at Bunn Terry Sanford at Lee Coun- ty, 7 West Johnston at Harnett Central, 7 Word of God at Athens Drive, 7 REST OF THE EAST Cape Fear at Seventy-First C.B. Aycock at D.H. Conley Clinton at Midway Community Christian at Halifax Academy Currituck at Edenton Holmes Dixon at Northside (Jack- sonville) East Duplin at Southwest Onslow Farmville Central at Wash- ington Goldsboro at North Lenoir Greene Central at Ayden- Grifton Havelock at West Craven Hertford County at Bertie Hunt at Northern Nash Jack Britt at E.E.

Smith Jacksonville at Richlands Kinston at South Lenoir Lawrence Academy at Hobgood Academy, 7 Lejeune at Jones County Manteo at Columbia Mattamuskeet at Cape Hatteras Nash Central at Rocky Mount New Hanover at Laney North Brunswick at Croatan North Duplin at James Kenan North Moore at Union Academy Northside (Pinetown) at Southside Northwest Halifax at KIPP Pride Pamlico County at East Carteret Pasquotank County at First Flight Pender at East Bladen Pinecrest at Lumberton Plymouth at Creswell Red Springs at Whiteville Richmond County at Hoke County Riverside (Williamston) at Northampton County Roanoke Rapids at Warren County Rocky Mount Prep at North Edgecombe Rosewood at Lakewood Scotland County at Purnell Swett South Brunswick at West Brunswick South Central at New Bern South Columbus at South Robeson South Creek at Tarboro South View at Pine Forest SouthWest Edgecombe at North Pitt Southern Nash at Fike Southern Wayne at J.H. Rose St. Pauls at East Columbus Topsail at Ashley Trask at West Bladen Wallace-Rose Hill at Union West Carteret at White Oak West Columbus at Fairmont FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Middle Creek and Wake Forest are holding steady as the only Triangle-area teams in the N.C. high school football Associated Press polls. The undefeated Cou- gars are No.

2 and the Mustangs are No. 8. The News J. Mike Blake is an AP voter. The AP voting re- sults are on the left, with ballot on the right.

thoughts: This is a first for me more Wake County schools (three) among my top 10 for 4A than Charlotte-Mecklen- burg schools (two). Fu- quay-Varina replaces But- ler, which was stunned 10-7 by a now-3-4 East Mecklenburg team. My 3A ranks needed a big shake- up with teams like Ashe- ville and Lee County los- ing during the past week. Southern Durham and three others now are in. never seen a result that had a bigger ripple effect than 37-35 win against James Kenan.

Kenan was a un- animous No. 1 in 1A and Rosewood was perhaps in top 10. But the Eagles (5-2 with the losses coming to 2A and 3A teams) have earned the right to leapfrog the team everybody thought a week ago was largely unbeat- able. For me, that means moving Rosewood in to No. 4 and letting some western teams man spots 1-3.

Robbinsville (4-2) went from unranked to No. 2. Why? Because the defending champ knocked off Murphy, and its losses are to a private school and to an out-of-state school. 4A poll AP voters ballot 1. Mallard Creek 1.

Mallard Creek 2. Wake Forest 2. Wake Forest 3. Scotland County 3. Scotland County 4.

Charlotte Catholic 4. Pinecrest 5. Pinecrest 5. Middle Creek 6. East Forsyth 6.

Charlotte Catholic 7. Kannapolis Brown 7. Jack Britt 8. Middle Creek 8. Kannapolis Brown 9.

Dudley 9. East Forsyth 10. Butler 10. Fuquay-Varina 3A poll AP voters ballot 1. Crest 1.

Crest 2. Havelock 2. Havelock 3. Eastern Alamance 3. Concord 4.

West Craven 4. Eastern Alamance 5. Weddington 5. Freedom 6. Terry Sanford 6.

Terry Sanford 7. A.C. Reynolds 7. A.C. Reynolds 8.

Freedom 8. West Craven 9. Asheville 9. Southern Durham 10. Concord 10.

W. Alamance 2A poll AP voters ballot 1. East Lincoln 1. East Lincoln 2. Shelby 2.

Shelby 3. Monroe 3. Clinton 4. Kinston 4. Monroe 5.

Greene Central 5. T.W. Andrews 6. Clinton 6. East Bladen 7.

SW Edgecombe 7. Kinston 8. T.W. Andrews 8. SW Edgecombe 9.

East Bladen 9. Greene Central 10. Northeastern 10. Maiden 1A poll AP voters ballot 1. Wallace-Rose Hill 1.

West Montgomery 2. West Montgomery 2. Robbinsville 3. Tarboro 3. East Surry 4.

East Surry 4. Rosewood 5. James Kenan 5. James Kenan 6. Mitchell County 6.

Wallace-Rose Hill 7. Southside 7. Tarboro 8. East Wilkes 8. Mitchell County 9.

Murphy 9. Murphy 10. Robbinsville 10. Southside N.C. AP FOOTBALL POLLS Wake Forest, Middle Creek hold steady Butler loss shakes up 4A Rosewood stuns previous 1A No.

1 James Kenan From staff reports ONLINE See photos of high school sports events and get the latest scores and stats at nando.com/preps not often you see a school compete against another 20 times larger, but that will be the case Friday when Word of God visits Ath- ens Drive in football. Athens Drive (0-7) is a 4A public school that opened in 1979 and has almost 2,000 students. Word of God (3-4) is a private school with less than 100 high school students in just its second year of 11-man football after becoming an 8-man powerhouse. Postcard from Green Hope HOF night: a big night at Green Hope Friday. The school will induct the first four mem- bers of its sports hall of fame at halftime of its game against rival Pan- ther Creek.

The inductees include the first Olympian (Hector Cotto, class of 2002), first fe- male state champion (Chris Brady Wolfe, 2002), a PGA Tour golfer (Brendon Todd, 2003) and its longest-serving volunteer (Don si). The game will add to the two season- long rivalry nicknamed Fight for 55, named after the 2-mile stretch of N.C. 55 that separates the schools. 3-point stance best defenses: A Cardinal pass defense could not be improved upon last Thursday. Gibbons picked off only two passes and also intercept- ed the two-point conversion attempt to win 29-12.

A Garner held Harnett Central to just 89 yards of offense in a 51-0 victo- ry. A Wake Forest limited Millbrook to just seven points in 28-7 win. Apex Friendship gets first victory: Apex Friendship (1-12, 1-12) won its first volleyball game in school history Tuesday, downing Cary (2-14, 1-11) 3-2. describe said Apex Friendship coach Stephanie Fahrer. amazing.

These girls have worked so hard and have had to go through so much being freshman and sophomores and having to play some amazing teams in our Michaela Sullivan had 15 assists in the win. Garner wins GNRC girls golf: Garner won its sixth straight Greater Neuse River Conference girls golf championship under coach Connie Barnes Tuesday. The Kayla Ward won player of the year honors and teammate Tylor Whitley was the medalist at Reedy Creek Golf Course. the only time an- other GNRC golfer has finished with a better score than Ward, a soph- omore. think (Ward) will be battling for (the title) at the (4A East) regional.

seen some low scores out there, but Kayla should make a run at it for Barnes said. has the key fundamen- tals. She hits the ball in the middle of the fairway, and she plays smart. She knows how to get up and down around the Following the Trojans, in order, in the season standings were Clayton, West Johnston, Knight- dale, Rolesville, Southeast Raleigh, East Wake and Harnett Central. Ian Boyd commits to George Mason: Apex senior Ian Boyd has made his pick.

The football and basketball standout has committed to play basket- ball at George Mason. Boyd, the MVP of the NCHSAA 2014 boys bas- ketball championship, received a number of offers from Division I schools in both sports. Christian Worstell and Geoff Neville contributed. J. Mike Blake: 919-460-2606, PHOTOS BY RAY BLACK III Athens Drive quarterback Kyree Williams will lead his squad against private school Word of God Friday.

NOTEBOOK David vs. Goliath: Athens Drive to face WOG BY J. MIKE BLAKE basketball and football star Ian Boyd said he had committed to George Mason University..