Sweet 16 gets a shuffle: two new teams join polls

Two Union County teams return to the Sweet 16 poll today.

In the boys poll, Sun Valley is in at No. 16. The Spartans have won 10 straight games and clinced the Southern Carolina conference title after Friday’s 72-53 win over rival Weddington.

Guard Shaun Stewart scored a game-high 32 points to go with 12 rebounds and eight assists. He now has a school-record 1,700 career points. Read a feature on Stewart by clicking here

Ahead of Sun Valley there was a lot of movement in the boys poll as ranked teams met in conference play.

Freedom moved up three spots to No. 8 and No. 6 Charlotte Christian and No. 8 South Meck both zoomed up six spots.

In the girls poll, Porter Ridge, a top five team a few weeks ago, returned to the poll after beating Anson Senior 64-44 at home Friday. Anson, No. 16 last week, fell out of the poll.


Boys
Rk.    School    Rec.    Prvs.
 1.    Olympic (4A)    22-0    1
2.    Concord (3A)    21-0    2
3.    West Charlotte (4A)    18-5    4
4.     Harding (3A)    17-4    3
5.    Freedom (3A)    19-2    8
6.     Charlotte Christian (IND)    19-6    12
7.     South Mecklenburg (4A)    18-4    13
8.     North Mecklenburg (4A)    18-4    5
9.    Cuthbertson (2A)    21-1    9
10.     Lancaster, S.C. (4A)    20-3    6
11.    Charlotte Catholic (3A)    17-3    14
12.    Berry (3A)    17-5    7
13,    North Rowan (1A)    18-3    10
14.    East Rutherford (2A)    18-3    11
15.    Robinson (3A)    16-4    15
16.    Sun Valley (4A)    18-4    NR

Dropped out: Lincolnton (2A, 15-4); On the bubble: Alexander Central (4A, 19-2); Statesville (3A, 15-3); Shelby (2A, 15-4). Records are through Friday’s games.
Girls
Rk.    School    Rec.    Prvs.
1.    Myers Park (4A)    22-0    1
2.    Providence Day (IND)    21-4    4
3.    Hickory (3A)    21-1    3
4.    Ardrey Kell (4A)    18-4    5
5.    Salisbury (2A)    20-2    6
6.    Berry (3A)    18-2    2
7.    R-S Central (3A)    19-1    8
8.    Carson (3A)    20-1    9
9.    Forestview (3A)    19-2    12
10.    Harding (3A)    16-2    13
11.    Newton-Conover (2A)    19-3    11
12.    Charlotte Christian (IND)    18-5    10
13.    Mallard Creek (4A)    17-4    7
14.    North Stanly (2A)    21-0    14
15.    Bandys (2A)    20-1    15
16.    Porter Ridge    20-2    NR


Dropped out:  Anson Senior (15-5). On the bubble: Alexander Central (4A, 16-5); Clover, S.C. (4A, 17-4); Hough (4A, 15-6); North Iredell (3A, 15-5); Rock Hill Northwestern (4A, 17-4). Records are through Friday’s games.
Note: To be ranked in the Observer’s Sweet 16, a team must be in the newspaper’s coverage area, must field football and basketball teams and not allow a student-athlete to re-class once they’ve started ninth grade. For a detailed look inside the poll, including the criteria used to compile it, visit this link: http://bit.ly/prNoYM