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CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association, in conjunction with Wells Fargo, is proud to release the final standings in the 44th annual Wells Fargo Cup competitions for the 2022-2023 academic year. The award recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive classifications.
Wells Fargo 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, Wells Fargo Cup points are awarded based on the school’s standing against other schools in its own classification.
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.
The Top 10 Finishers in each Classification are listed below.
1A Classification
Winner: Bishop McGuinness – 383 points
Runner-up: Christ the King – 318 points
3) Swain County – 313 points
4) Union Academy – 301 points
5) Mountain Island Charter – 265 points
6) Mount Airy – 259 points
7) Voyager Academy – 246 points
T8) North Moore – 194 points
T8) Rosewood – 194 points
10) Elkin – 190 points
2A Classification
Winner: Pine Lake Prep – 383 points
Runner-up: Community School of Davidson – 321 points
3) Seaforth – 303 points
4) NC School of Science & Mathematics (Durham) – 283 points
5) Lincoln Charter – 276 points
6) Raleigh Charter – 253 points
7) Salisbury – 241 points
T8) Owen – 225 points
T8) West Stanly – 225 points
10) Manteo – 211 points
3A Classification
Winner: Croatan – 395 points
Runner-up: Lake Norman Charter – 364 points
3) West Henderson – 341 points
4) Carrboro – 319 points
5) North Lincoln – 290 points
6) Northwood – 273 points
7) East Lincoln – 269 points
8) Hickory – 256 points
9) Orange – 244 points
10) Dudley – 230 points
4A Classification
Winner: Marvin Ridge – 482 points
Runner-up: Myers Park – 472 points
3) Weddington – 414 points
4) Cardinal Gibbons – 406 points
5) Charlotte Catholic – 361 points
T6) Cuthbertson – 330 points
T6) Green Hope – 330 points
8) Ardrey Kell – 291 points
9) Northwest Guilford – 255 points
10) Lake Norman – 213 points
The Wells Fargo Conference Cup award, sponsored by Wells Fargo and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, is a companion to the statewide Wells Fargo Cup. The Conference Cup is based on regular season performances within conference play and is designed to recognize the best interscholastic athletic performances within each of the NCHSAA’s conferences.
These awards have been sponsored by Wells Fargo, and prior to that Wachovia, since 1980. In most conferences, points are awarded based on participation and standings in conference play. Each conference determines its own method of awarding points. See the full list of conference standings below. For more information, click here.
1A Conference Standings
Atlantic 5 1A – 1) Bear Grass Charter – 325; 2) Columbia – 275; 3) Cape Hatteras – 265; 4) Mattamuskeet – 245; 5) Ocracoke – 165
Carolina 1A – 1) Rosewood – 692.5; 2) North Duplin – 587.5; 3) Hobbton – 577.5; 4) Lakewood – 525; 5) Neuse Charter – 442.5; 6) Union – 322.5
Central Tar Heel 1A – 1) Chatham Charter – 392.5; 2) Triangle Math and Science Academy – 337.5; 3) Woods Charter – 307.5; 4) River Mill – 305; 5) Clover Garden – 287.5; 6) Southern Wake Academy – 230
Four Rivers 1A – 1) Perquimans – 480; 2) Riverside-Martin – 455; 3) Gates County – 397.5; 4) Tarboro – 360; 5) Bertie – 277.5; 6) North East Carolina Prep – 247.5; 7) Washington County – 220; 8) South Creek – 130
Metro 8 1A – 1) Queen’s Grant – 397.5; 2) Corvian Community – 370; 3) Piedmont Community – 352.5; 4) Carolina International – 245; 5) Cabarrus Charter – 155; 6) Sugar Creek – 120; 7) Apprentice Academy – 70
Northwest 1A – 1) Mount Airy – 123.5; 2) Elkin – 100.5; 3) South Stokes – 84; 4) East Wilkes – 76; 5) Starmount – 68.5; 6) North Stokes – 51; 7) Alleghany – 47.5
Northwest Piedmont 1A – 1) Bishop McGuinness – 70; 2) Cornerstone Charter – 61; 3) NC Leadership Academy – 47; 4) Carver – 36; 5) Bethany Community – 33; 6) Winston-Salem Prep – 24; 7) Millennium Charter – 17
Smoky Mountain 1A – 1) Swain County – 149.5; 2) Cherokee – 145.5; 3) Murphy – 137; 4) Robbinsville – 124.5; 5) Hayesville – 119; 6) Highlands – 67; 7) Andrews – 66; 8) Hiwassee Dam – 65; 9) Tri-County Early College – 50; 10) Blue Ridge – 42.5; 11) Nantahala – 18
Tar Roanoke 1A – 1) Southeast Halifax – 375; 2) Warren County – 350; 3) Northwest Halifax – 335; 4) Wilson Prep – 305; 5) KIPP Pride – 295; 6) Weldon – 290; 7) Northampton County – 285; 8) North Edgecombe – 220; 9) Rocky Mount Prep – 220
Triangle North 1A – 1) Voyager Academy – 672.5; 2) Eno River Academy – 632.5; 3) Vance Charter – 577.5; 4) Roxboro Community – 487.5; 5) Oxford Prep – 437.5; 6) Henderson Collegiate – 242.5; 7) Excelsior Classical Academy – 205
1A/2A Conference Standings
Catawba Shores Athletic 1A/2A – 1) Pine Lake Prep – 892.5; 2) Community School of Davidson – 840; 3) Lincoln Charter – 815; 4) Christ the King – 800; 5) Mountain Island Charter – 760; 6) Bradford Prep – 500; 7) Langtree Charter – 370
Central Carolina 1A/2A – 1) East Davidson – 815; 2) Salisbury – 780; 3) West Davidson – 765; 4) South Davidson – 610; 5) Lexington – 575; 6) North Rowan – 460; 7) Thomasville – 405
Coastal Plains 1A/2A – 1) East Carteret – 627.5; 2) Northside-Pinetown – 535; 3) Pamlico County – 525; 4) Lejeune – 495; 5) Southside – 445; 6) Jones Senior – 272.5
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A – 1) Seaforth – 970; 2) Jordan-Matthews – 765; 3) North Moore – 725; 4) Chatham Central – 615; 5) Bartlett Yancey – 445; 6) Cummings – 425; 7) Graham – 335
Piedmont Athletic 1A/2A – 1) Providence Grove – 90; 2) Randleman – 84.5; 3) Wheatmore – 84; T4) Southwestern Randolph – 77.5; T4) Trinity – 77.5; 6) Uwharrie Charter – 55.5; 7) Eastern Randolph – 48
Southern Piedmont 1A/2A – 1) Shelby – 635; 2) Thomas Jefferson – 615; 3) Burns – 585; 4) East Gaston – 570; 5) Highland Tech – 510; 6) Cherryville – 415; 7) Bessemer City – 310
Super Six 1A/2A – 1) NCSSM – 765; 2) Franklin Academy – 720; 3) Raleigh Charter – 622.5; 4) Research Triangle – 567.5; 5) Falls Lake Academy – 422.5; 6) East Wake Academy – 392.5
Waccamaw 1A/2A – 1) Whiteville – 90; 2) Heide Trask – 81; 3) South Columbus – 74.5; 4) Pender – 72.5; 5) East Columbus – 72; 6) West Columbus – 63
Western Highlands 1A/2A – 1) Owen – 720; 2) Draughn – 695; 3) Avery – 632.5; 4) Mountain Heritage – 617.5; 5) Madison – 437.5; 6) Mitchell – 400; 7) Rosman – 310
Yadkin Valley 1A/2A – 1) Union Academy – 395; 2) Mount Pleasant – 305; T3) Gray Stone Day – 302.5; T3) Jay M. Robinson – 302.5; 5) North Stanly – 285; 6) South Stanly – 220; 7) Albemarle – 185
2A Conference Standings
Catawba Valley Athletic 2A – 1) Bandys – 702; 2) Maiden – 637; 3) West Lincoln – 609; 4) Lincolnton – 543; 5) Newton-Conover – 533; 6) East Burke – 515; 7) Bunker Hill – 407; 8) West Caldwell – 380
East Central 2A – 1) Southwest Onslow – 662.5; 2) East Duplin – 627.5; 3) North Lenoir – 575; 4) South Lenoir – 510; 5) Wallace-Rose Hill – 445; 6) Kinston – 395; 7) James Kenan – 310
Eastern Plains 2A – 1) Farmville Central – 630; 2) Washington – 595; 3) Greene Central – 560; 4) North Pitt – 550; 5) SouthWest Edgecombe – 495; 6) West Craven – 490; 7) Ayden-Grifton – 430
Foothills 2A – 1) East Surry – 102.5; 2) Forbush – 89; 3) Surry Central – 88.5; 4) Wilkes Central – 86; 5) North Surry – 82.5; 6) West Wilkes – 61.5; 7) North Wilkes – 59
Mid-State 2A – 1) West Stokes – 940; 2) McMichael – 780; 3) Morehead – 610; 4) Walkertown – 585; 5) Reidsville – 565; 6) T.W. Andrews – 515; 7) North Forsyth – 405
Mountain Foothills 7 2A – 1) Hendersonville – 757.5; 2) Brevard – 697.5; 3) R-S Central – 662.5; 4) Polk County – 577.5; 5) East Rutherford – 562.5; 6) Chase – 512.5; 7) Patton – 490
Neuse 6 2A – 1) Princeton – 650; 2) North Johnston – 610; 3) Goldsboro – 575; 4) Eastern Wayne – 505; 5) Beddingfield – 500; 6) Spring Creek – 410
Southeastern Athletic 2A – 1) Clinton – 635; 2) St. Pauls – 615; 3) East Bladen – 580; 4) Midway – 545; 5) Red Springs – 455; 6) West Bladen – 440; 7) Fairmont – 400
2A/3A Conference Standings
Northeastern Coastal 2A/3A – First Flight – 900; 2) Currituck County – 775; 3) Manteo – 755; 4) Northeastern – 585; 5) Holmes – 570; 6) Camden County – 540; 7) Hertford County – 375; 8) Pasquotank – 305
Northern Lakes Athletic 2A/3A – 1) Carrboro – 845; 2) Durham School of the Arts – 650; 3) South Granville – 525; 4) Granville Central – 490; 5) J.F. Webb – 480; 6) Southern Durham – 435; 7) Vance County – 355
Rocky River 2A/3A – 1) West Stanly – 885; 2) Parkwood – 810; 3) Central Academy – 765; 4) Forest Hills – 655; 5) Monroe – 522.5; 6) Anson – 460
The Big East 2A/3A – 1) Southern Nash – 842.5; 2) Northern Nash – 775; 3) Rocky Mount – 730; 4) Franklinton – 680; 5) Nash Central – 667.5; 6) Roanoke Rapids – 612.5; 7) Bunn 472.5; 8) Louisburg – 310
3A Conference Standings
Big South 3A – 1) South Point – 208; 2) Kings Mountain – 185; 3) Crest – 182.5; 4) Forestview – 173; 5) Stuart Cramer – 160.5; 6) Ashbrook – 149.5; 7) North Gaston – 130.5; 8) Hunter Huss – 124
Central 3A – 1) Orange – 830; 2) Northwood – 740; 3) Western Alamance – 705; 4) Eastern Alamance – 680; 5) Cedar Ridge – 667.5; 6) Walter M. Williams – 615; 7) Person – 457.5
Coastal 3A – 1) Croatan – 965; 2) West Carteret – 895; 3) Swansboro – 870; 4) Richlands – 685; 5) White Oak – 672.5; 6) Dixon – 667.5
Mid-Piedmont 3A – 1) Oak Grove – 139; 2) Ledford – 119.5; 3) North Davidson – 108; 4) Asheboro – 103; 5) Central Davidson – 102; 6) Montgomery Central – 73.5
Mid-State 3A – 1) Atkins – 717.5; 2) Rockingham County – 700; 3) Ben L. Smith – 515; 4) High Point Central – 407.5; 5) Eastern Guilford – 487.5; 6) Dudley – 440; 7) Northeast Guilford – 435; 8) Southern Guilford – 405
Mountain 7 3A – 1) West Henderson – 890; 2) Franklin – 767.5; 3) Smoky Mountain – 675; 4) Pisgah – 667.5; 5) Tuscola – 637.5; 6) North Henderson – 535; 7) East Henderson – 367.5
Quad County 3A – 1) Fike – 815; 2) West Johnston – 795; 3) South Johnston – 722.5; 4) C.B. Aycock – 712.5; 5) Hunt – 707.5; 6) East Wake – 647.5; 7) Southern Wayne – 545.2; 8) Smithfield-Selma – 422.5
South Piedmont 3A – 1) Lake Norman Charter – 730; 2) Northwest Cabarrus – 695; 3) Jesse Carson – 620; 4) East Rowan – 595; 5) Central Cabarrus – 570; 6) West Rowan – 565; 7) South Rowan – 530; 8) Concord – 535
Western Foothills 3A – 1) East Lincoln – 775; 2) North Lincoln – 707.5; 3) Hickory – 705; 4) St. Stephens – 677.5; 5) North Iredell – 620; 6) Fred T. Foard – 612.5; 7) Statesville – 400; 8) West Iredell – 347.5
3A/4A Conference Standings
All American 3A/4A – 1) Terry Sanford – 605; 2) Harnett Central – 602.5; 3) Pine Forest – 585; T4) Triton – 55; T4) Overhills – 555; 6) Western Harnett – 507.5; 7) E.E. Smith – 350; 8) Westover – 305
Big Carolina 3A/4A – 1) New Bern – 925; 2) D.H. Conley – 882.5; 3) Jacksonville – 870; 4) J.H. Rose – 785; 5) South Central – 745; 6) Northside-Jacksonville – 665; 7) Havelock – 652.5
Mideastern 3A/4A – 1) Hoggard – 962.5; 2) Laney – 800; 3) Topsail – 785; 4) Ashley – 750; 5) New Hanover – 705; 6) South Brunswick – 485; 7) North Brunswick – 432.5; 8) West Brunswick – 425
Northwestern 3A/4A – 1) Watauga – 97; 2) Alexander Central – 71; 3) Hibriten – 65; 4) South Caldwell – 59; 5) Ashe County – 57.5; 6) Freedom – 46.5
Queen City 3A/4A – 1) Hough – 910; 2) Mallard Creek – 765; 3) Hopewell – 750; 4) North Mecklenburg – 685; 5) Julius L. Chambers – 435; 6) West Charlotte – 370; 7) West Mecklenburg – 275
Sandhills 3A/4A – 1) Pinecrest – 128.5; 2) Union Pines – 100; T3) Richmond – 77; T3) Scotland – 77; 5) Lee County – 66.5; 6) Hoke County – 48.5; 7) Southern Lee – 40.5
The Mountain 3A/4A – 1) T.C. Roberson – 865; 2) A.C. Reynolds – 815; 3) Asheville – 310; 4) Enka – 625; 5) North Buncombe – 580; 6) McDowell – 535; 7) Clyde A. Erwin – 450
United 8 3A/4A – 1) Cape Fear – 905; 2) Jack Britt – 880; 3) Gray’s Creek – 795; 4) Lumberton – 720; 5) Purnell Swett – 610; 6) South View – 555; 7) Seventy-First – 420; 8) Douglas Byrd – 250
4A Conference Standings
CAP 6 4A – 1) Cardinal Gibbons – 116; 2) Broughton – 99; 3) Leesville Road – 92.5; 4) Athens Drive – 79.5; 5) Enloe – 51.5; 6) Sanderson – 44.5
Central Piedmont 4A – 1) Reagan – 131.5; 2) West Forsyth – 130.5; 3) Mount Tabor – 106; 4) R.J. Reynolds – 101; 5) Davie – 100; 6) East Forsyth – 88; 7) Glenn – 42.5; 8) Parkland – 39.5
DAC-VII 4A – 1) Chapel Hill – 897.5; 2) East Chapel Hill – 847.5; 3) Jordan – 835; 4) Riverside-Durham – 697.5; 5) Southern Alamance – 652.5; 6) Hillside – 520; 7) Northern Durham – 505
Greater Metro 4A – 1) Lake Norman – 835; 2) Hickory Ridge – 800; 3) Cox Mill – 700; 4) Mooresville – 670; 5) South Iredell – 620; 6) West Cabarrus – 610; 7) A.L. Brown – 445
Greater Neuse River 4A – 1) Corinth Holders – 264.5; 2) Cleveland – 260.5; 3) Willow Spring – 237; 4) Clayton – 236.5; 5) Fuquay-Varina – 226.5; 6) Garner – 204.5; 7) South Garner – 175; 8) Southeast Raleigh – 149.5
Metro 4A – 1) Northwest Guilford – 875; 2) Grimsley – 835; 3) Northern Guilford – 790; 4) Page – 780; 5) Southwest Guilford – 650; 6) Southeast Guilford – 565; 7) Ragsdale – 535; 8) Western Guilford – 420
Northern Athletic 4A – 1) Millbrook – 1015; 2) Heritage – 887.5; 3) Wakefield – 857.5; 4) Wake Forest – 847.5; 5) Rolesville – 787.5; 6) Knightdale – 535
So Meck 4A – 1) Ardrey Kell – 835; 2) Myers Park – 815; 3) South Mecklenburg – 755; 4) Olympic – 615; 5) Palisades – 510; 6) Berry Academy – 465; 7) Harding University – 315
Southern Carolina 4A – 1) Marvin Ridge – 1010; 2) Weddington – 997.5; 3) Cuthbertson – 957.5; 4) Porter Ridge – 772.5; 5) Sun Valley – 705; 6) Piedmont – 652.5
Southwest Wake 4A – 1) Green Level – 861; 2) Holly Springs – 845; 3) Apex Friendship – 816; 4) Green Hope – 795; 5) Apex – 718.5; 6) Panther Creek – 700; 7) Middle Creek – 676; 8) Cary – 552.5
Southwestern 4A – 1) Charlotte Catholic – 885; 2) Providence – 870; 3) Butler – 720; 4) East Mecklenburg – 670; 5) Independence – 655; 6) Garinger – 380; 7) Rocky River – 335
