2008 Winter Season Wachovia Cup Leaders Announced
Wachovia Bank, N.A., and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association today announced the standings after the winter sports seasons in the Wachovia Cup competitions for the 2007-08 academic year.
The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia Bank, N.A., and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performances within each of the state’s four competitive classifications. The Wachovia Cup program is in its 29th year.
Chapel Hill moved past fall leader Charlotte Myers Park to take over first place in the 4-A standings while Charlotte Catholic and Asheville continue their battle in the 3-A ranks, with Charlotte Catholic holding a 55-point lead. Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons continues to pace the 2-A classification while Kernersville Bishop McGuinness holds the top spot among the 1-A schools.
In the 4-A classification, Chapel Hill was buoyed by a sweep of both men’s and women’s swimming and a tie for fifth in wrestling to record 337.5 points and take over the lead, 30 points ahead of Myers Park. Myers Park recorded its playoff performance points by finishing third among 4-A schools in women’s indoor track and fifth in women’s swimming. Morrisville Green Hope is currently in third place overall and Charlotte Providence, which has won the last four 4-A Wachovia Cups, is fourth.
Charlotte Catholic remained in first in the 3-A classification also on the strength of winning two swimming championships for a total of 362.5 points. Asheville finished second among 3-A schools in the men’s indoor track championships, placed sixth in men’s swimming and tied for fifth in men’s basketball to earn 307.5 points. Three-time defending Wachovia champ T.C. Roberson, with a pair of fifth-place finishes in swimming, is in third at 242.5 points.
Cardinal Gibbons held on to the top spot among 2-A schools with points in five different winter sports, including sweeping both swimming championships. Gibbons currently has a total of 440 points with East Lincoln moving into second place at 247.5. The highest ranked 2-A school in men’s indoor track, East Lincoln was also fifth in men’s swimming and tied for fifth in men’s basketball. Orange, on the strength of a dual-team wrestling championship and points in women’s swimming, is now in third place overall at 232.5 and West Henderson is fourth.
In the 1-A classification, Bishop McGuinness successfully defended its women’s basketball title and earned playoff performance points in three other sports to tally 372.5 points.
Wachovia Cup points are determined by a system based on performance in state-championship events. All schools that finish in the top eight positions (plus ties) earn points. In the playoff events involving teams from more than one classification, Wachovia Cup points are awarded based on the school’s standing against other schools in its own classification. If fewer then eight schools from a classification compete in a sport, only those schools that are represented are eligible to receive the Wachovia Cup points.
Points are awarded for all sports as follows: 50 for first, 45 for second, 40 for third, 35 for fourth, 30 for fifth, 25 for sixth, 20 for seventh and 15 for eighth. In the event of a tie, the schools receive an equal number of points based on the number of teams that tie and the number of teams that finish higher in the standings. Five points are awarded for each sanctioned sport in which a school competes.
Wachovia Cup standings are announced three times each school year: once after the fall and then the winter sports, and concluding with the winner after the spring sports season ends in June. The engraved silver cups are presented during NCHSAA Day activities at UNC-Chapel Hill each fall.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
WACHOVIA CUP STANDINGS AFTER WINTER SPORTS 2008
1-A CLASSIFICATION
SCHOOL POINTS
1. Kernersville Bishop McGuinness 372.5
3. N.C. School of Science and Math 297.5
4. Hampstead Topsail 215
5. Mount Airy 165
East Wilkes 165
7. Robbinsville 155
8. Polk County 147.5
9. Raleigh Charter 145
10. Louisburg 142.5
11. East Surry 137.5
Pender 137.5
13. Albemarle 120
South Stokes 120
15. East Montgomery 117.5
2-A CLASSIFICATION
SCHOOL POINTS
1. Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 440
2. East Lincoln 247.5
3. Orange 232.5
4. West Henderson 230
5. Salisbury 227.5
6. Kill Devil Hills First Flight 225
7. Shelby 197.5
8. Durham School of the Arts 180
9. Newton-Conover 167.5
10. West Davidson 165
11. Mount Pleasant 162.5
12. Carrboro 150
13. Hillsborough Cedar Ridge 145
14. Surry Central 137.5
15. Lenoir Hibriten 132.5
Pittsboro Northwood 132.5
Boonville Starmount 132.5
Wilkes Central 132.5
3-A CLASSIFICATION
SCHOOL POINTS
1. Charlotte Catholic 362.5
2. Asheville 307.5
3. Asheville T.C. Roberson 242.5
4. Lake Norman 215
Pfafftown Ronald Reagan 215
6. Winston-Salem Parkland 195
7. Mooresville 192.5
8. Jacksonville 182.5
Wilson Fike 182.5
10. Greensboro Dudley 180
11. Eastern Wayne 170
12. Hickory 167.5
13. Burlington Walter Williams 165
14. Rocky Mount 145
15. Greenville D.H. Conley 142.5
Cameron Union Pines 142.5
4-A CLASSIFICATION
SCHOOL POINTS
1. Chapel Hill 337.5
2. Charlotte Myers Park 307.5
3. Morrisville Green Hope 237.5
4. Charlotte Providence 230
5. North Mecklenburg 227.5
6. West Charlotte 222.5
7. East Chapel Hill 212.5
8. Raleigh Broughton 207.5
9. Cary 200
10. Wilmington Hoggard 192.5
11. Raleigh Enloe 190
12. New Bern 177.5
13. East Forsyth 165
14. Greensboro Grimsley 162.5
15. Gastonia Ashbrook 160
END WACHOVIA CUP WINTER STANDINGS