Cleveland rose to the top of the east

Eastern Top 25: When Rolesville went down to Pinecrest, there had to be a new No. 1 east of the state. Cleveland, who directed Cary to open the season, crosses. Richmond, who drove the reigning 3AA champion Mount Tabor (Tabor is now 4A), jumps second to Gibbons, but the Crusaders frightened West No. 1 Chambers last week.

Pinecrest started the season without organizing, but won eighth after winning. Millbrook will replace the team it won in week 1, Apex Friendship, while Rocky Mount will jump to 19th place after defeating Tarboro. Seventy-First gets its top 25 performances after Cape Fear struggled with the Divers Riverside, and Jacksonville also moves. Clayton fell to Grimsley after a one-sided defeat, while Hunt replaces JH Rose after a big shock.

1. Cleveland 1-0 (LW: 2)
2. Richmond 1-0 (4)
3. Cardinal Gibbons 0-1 (3)
4. Wake Forest 1-0 (5)
5. New Bern 1-0 (6)
6. South View 1-0 (7)
7. Lee County 1-0 (8)
8. Pinecrest 1-0 (NR)
9. Rolesville 0-1 (1)
10. Panther Creek 1-0 (10)
11. Havelock 0-0 (11)
12. Scotland 1-0 (13)
13. Leesville Road 1-0 (15)
14. Hoggard 1-0 (16)
15. St. Paul 0-0 (17)
16. Clinton 1-0 (18)
17. Inheritance 1-0 (20)
18. Millbrook 1-0 (NR)
19. Rocky Mountain 1-0 (NR)
20. Pine forest 1-0 (21)
21. Washington 1-0 (22)
22. Seventy-First 1-0 (NR)
23. Tarboro 0-1 (9)
24. Hunting 1-0 (NR)
25. Jacksonville 1-0 (NR)

DEPARTURE: JH Rose (12), Clayton (14), Western Alamance (19), Terry Sanford (23), Apex Friendship (24), Cape Fear (25).

Western Top 25: Butler jumps after Charlotte Catholic with the Cougars, battling some with South Mecklenburg, while Mount Tabor and Charlotte Christian crash after losing to other ranked teams. Hickory Ridge, Watauga and Reagan were just outside the top 25 of the pre-season and get in when Burns struggled with Forestview and Kings Mountain lost to Shelby.

Marvin Ridge replaces the team he won with Monroe, while Mallard Creek’s 0-0 mark didn’t last after big head-to-head wins between Reagan, Hickory Ridge and Watauga.

1. Chambers 1-0 (LW: 1)
2. Hough 1-0 (2)
3. Grimsley 1-0 (3)
4. Butler 1-0 (6)
5. Charlotte Catholic 1-0 (5)
6. Weddington 1-0 (7)
7. Salisbury 0-0 (8)
8. Dudley 1-0 (9)
9. Myers Park 0-1 (10)
10. East Forsyth 1-0 (14)
11. Glenn 0-0 (11)
12. West Forsyth 1-0 (15)
13. Ardrey Time 0-0 (16)
14. Shelby 1-0 (18)
15. Charlotte Christian 0-1 (12)
16. Providence Day 0-0 (17)
17. Mount Tabor 0-1 (4)
18. Brush 0-0 (19)
19. Providence 1-0 (20)
20. Reidsville 1-0 (23)
21. Hickory Ridge 1-0 (NR)
22. Marvin Ridge 1-0 (NR)
23. Statesville 1-0 (25)
24. Reagan 1-0 (NR)
25. Watauga 1-0 (NR)

DEPARTURE: Monroe (13), Burns (21), Kings Mountain (22), Mallard Creek (24).