HS OT Area Top 15 Preseason Rankings:
Preseason 336 Area Rankings
1)East Forsyth (Last Year: 10-2)
2)Dudley (14-1)
3)Grimsley (13-1)
4)Reidsville (15-1)
5)Mount Tabor (8-5)
6)Mount Airy (16-0)
7)Oak Grove (11-2)
8)Williams (9-3)
9)Randleman (10-2)
10)West Forsyth (8-4)
11)North Surry (7-4)
12)Starmount (10-2)
13)High Point Christian (8-3)
14)Eastern Randolph (12-2)
15)Southern Alamance (12-2)
You have to think Grimsley will be #1 in many of our area polls with their QB Faison Brandon, RB Mitchell Summers, and DL Bryce Davis…Dudley is going to be #1 in other polls, with WRs Nasir Newkirk, Kordell Bartley, CJ Neely, Jerron Blackwell, and Antonio Lee, plus RBs LJ Southern and Jayden Brown….Dudley looking for their new QB….East Forsyth led by their highly regarded QB Bryce Baker….
And on the 3-A level you have to be looking out for this strong 3-A Team…
from High School OT/www.wralsportsfan.com….
Unsurprisingly, defending N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A state champion Hickory tops the first rankings for the 828 area. The Red Tornadoes finished last season with a 16-0 overall record despite many of their best players only being juniors. When a team wins a state championship ahead of schedule, all eyes are going to be on them at the start of the following season. Hickory has one of North Carolina’s very best trios in senior quarterback Brady Stober, senior running back Isiah Lackey, and senior wide receiver Jamien Little. Stober is committed to Samford, while Little will play for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
Preseason Statewide Top 25 Poll from the HSOT:….www.wralsportsfan.com:
1)Rolesville (Last Year: 12-2)
2)Providence Day (12-1)
3)Weddington (14-2)
4)Hickory (16-0)
5)Seventy-First (15-1)
6)Independence (11-4)
7)East Forsyth (10-2)
8)Havelock (13-1)
9)Dudley (14-1)
10)Grimsley (13-1)
11)Hough (11-2)
12)Mallard Creek (7-5)
13)Butler (12-2)
14)Reidsville (15-1)
15)Watauga (12-1)
16)Cardinal Gibbons (12-3)
17)A.C. Reynolds (9-4)
18)Mount Tabor (8-5)
19)Cleveland (13-1)
20)West Charlotte (9-4)
21)Myers Park (7-4)
22)Mount Airy (16-0)
23)Crest (13-1)
24)Northeastern (14-1)
25)Jay M. Robinson (12-1
Northern Guilford will be better than at least 5-6 of these teams. I’d rank the Nighthawks about No. 7-8. Almost everyone back and some beef up front that Northern hasn’t had in awhile.
Northern Guilford with the #2 top QB in Guilford County, and that is junior Jackson Kemp…Led NG Middle School to the Guilford County Championship(Unbeaten) back in 2021, and most of the kids are still with the NG team, although I heard one of the top linemen went to Grimsley HS…
Grimsley #1 and Dudley #2 and the rest of the teams are all playing season long catchup.
Dudley has the top talent in the area.
Dudley should be #1.
East Forsyth has the top coaching staff in the area…That makes them the BEST.