E.E. Smith Golden Bulls Coverage

The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Girls Basketball Team
Twenty-eight players are making the team for the second, third, or fourth season and two have made it all four years.

The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Girls Wrestling Team
Lumberton, Jack Britt, and Havelock led the way with three selections each. The first-of-its-kind team has a first team and a second team with two wrestlers per weight class, then 12 honorable mention wrestlers regardless of weight class.

Final Girls Basketball Rankings: Grace Christian goes wire-to-wire at No. 1, North Pitt and others lead area codes
In the final girls basketball area code rankings, North Pitt is ranked first in the 252, Grace Christian of Sanford in the 919, Terry Sanford in the 910, High Point Christian in the 336, West Rowan in the 704, and Cherokee in the 828.

E.E. Smith football coach Antonio Wallace steps down
Wallace took over the E.E. Smith program last season and is now pursuing other coaching opportunities.

Girls Basketball Rankings: 704 leads with 8 Top 25 teams in end-of-regular season poll
HighSchoolOT's final girls basketball rankings of the regular season are still dominated by teams from the Charlotte area.

First NCHSAA girls wrestling champions crowned; Lumberton wins team title
Leah Edwards of East Rowan was voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler after winning the 114-pound title by pinfall and finishing her year at 32-1 overall.ere

Girls Basketball Rankings: Willow Spring returns to the Top 25; Chaos in 252 area code
The Storm are back in the statewide Top 25 for the seventh time this season.

Croatan beats reigning champion Franklin in 3A boys indoor track state championship
Croatan had five first-place finishes in the 3A indoor track state championship, winning its second title in three years.

HighSchoolOT's first girls basketball Top 25 & area code rankings of February
There are minimal changes to the statewide rankings this week, but some differences in the area code Top 15s.

Charlotte Catholic returns to the top 10 in the latest statewide girls basketball rankings
The Cougars moved up to No. 9 after blowing out Bishop McGuinness.

One team joins the latest HSOT girls basketball Top 25
The Top 25 did well last week and only one team was replaced.

Half of HSOT's area code rankings for girls basketball have new No. 1 teams
The 252, 828, and 910 area codes each have a new top-ranked team.

South Central joins latest HSOT statewide Top 25 girls basketball rankings
Greensboro Day jumped into the top 10 for the first time this season.

4 teams join the top 10 in the first 2024 girls basketball rankings
The statewide poll features one new team: North Mecklenburg.

Girls Basketball Rankings: Alexander Central, Mallard Creek enter the Top 25 ahead of Christmas
Two teams joined the newest HSOT Top 25 girls basketball rankings" 10-0 Alexander Central and 8-2 Mallard Creek.

Girls Basketball Rankings: Bishop McGuinness joins reworked Top 10
After losses by Panther Creek and Seaforth, the top ten of the HSOT Top 25 looks different.

10 teams rise in HSOT's latest girls basketball Top 25 rankings
Much of the back half of HSOT's Statewide Top 25 rankings for girls basketball has shifted.

Six new teams appear in HSOT's girls basketball Top 25 rankings after Thanksgiving
Much of the back half of HSOT's Statewide Top 25 rankings for girls basketball has shifted.

Updates to HSOT's Statewide Top 25 & area code rankings for girls basketball
There have been some small updates to HighSchoolOT's Statewide Top 25 and area code rankings for girls basketball ahead of Thanksgiving.