Wachovia Bank, N.A., along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, today announced the final standings for the Wachovia Cup competitions for the 2006-07 sports season.
The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia Bank, N.A., and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive classifications. The Wachovia Cup program concluded in its 28th year in 2006-07.
Kernersville Bishop McGuinness won its first-ever cup in the 1-A classification, slipping past defending champion Hampstead Topsail. Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons successfully defended its 2-A crown and Skyland T.C. Roberson captured its third consecutive first-place finish in the 3-A classification. Charlotte Providence paced the 4-A classification, taking its fourth straight Wachovia title.
In the 1-A classification, Topsail had a great spring and placed in five out of the seven spring sports, but Bishop McGuinness earned the Cup by finishing second in women’s soccer, fourth among 1-A teams in men’s golf and sixth in women’s outdoor track. McGuinness had 487.5 points to 450 for runner-up Topsail. Polk County, paced by a trip to the women’s soccer state semifinals, wound up third with 397.5 points.
Champion Cardinal Gibbons clinched the top spot in 2-A by a big margin, tallying 762.5 points to 405 for second-place West Henderson. Gibbons won state crowns in men’s dual team tennis and women’s soccer and finished second in both outdoor track championships as well as men’s golf. West Henderson was third in men’s golf and made it to the quarterfinals in women’s soccer. Shelby wound up third overall with 382.5 points, with its top spring performance a women’s soccer state runner-up finish.
T.C. Roberson held on to its lead after the winter season to record 550 points, 110 ahead of second-place Charlotte Catholic in the 3-A classification race. Roberson was the state 3-A women’s outdoor track champ and made it to the state quarterfinals in both men’s tennis and women’s soccer, while Catholic was the women’s soccer runner-up and tied for third in men’s tennis to land in second place overall. Asheville was third with 335 points with a second-place position in men’s track.
In the 4-A classification, Charlotte Providence clinched first with 465 points, leaving Raleigh Broughton in second place with 349.17 points. Providence used a state championship in men’s tennis and third-place finish in men’s golf to secure its fourth straight cup. Broughton was runner-up in men’s tennis to Providence and tied for fourth in men’s golf. Chapel Hill, buoyed by a state runner-up finish in softball, wound up third at 337.5 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 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 FINAL 2006-07 STANDINGS
1-A CLASSIFICATION
SCHOOL POINTS
1. Kernersville Bishop McGuinness 487.5
2. Hampstead Topsail 450
3. Polk County 397,5
4. Hendersonville 362.5
5. N.C. School of Science and Math 332.5
6. East Surry 307.5
7. Siler City Jordan-Matthews 280
8. Elkin 257.5
9. Mount Airy 245
10. Pender 240
11. South Stokes 227.5
12. Hayesville 225
13. Dixon 217.5
14. East Bladen 200
15. North Johnston 185
Thomasville 185
2-A CLASSIFICATION
SCHOOL POINTS
1. Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 762.5
2. West Henderson 405
3. Shelby 382.5
4. Salisbury 310
5. Burlington Cummings 290
6. Durham School of the Arts 275
7. Hillsborough Cedar Ridge 255
8. Newton-Conover 242.5
9. Boonville Starmount 235
10. Reidsville 217.5
11. South Brunswick 212.5
East Davidson 212.5
13. Brevard 205
Mayodan Dalton McMichael 205
15. North Rowan 200
East Lincoln 200
Kill Devil Hills First Flight 200
3-A CLASSIFICATION
SCHOOL POINTS
1.Skyland T.C. Roberson 550
2. Charlotte Catholic 440
3. Asheville 335
4. Winston-Salem Parkland 305
5. Wilson Fike 282.5
6. Mooresville 277.5
7. Hickory 267.5
8. Pfafftown Ronald Reagan 260
9. Jamestown Ragsdale 255
10. Winston-Salem Carver 247.5
Jacksonville White Oak 247.5
12. Burlington Williams 245
13. Lake Norman 240
14. Pikeville Charles B. Aycock 227.5
15. Jacksonville 225
4-A CLASSIFICATION
SCHOOL POINTS
1. Charlotte Providence 465
2. Raleigh Broughton 349.17
3. Chapel Hill 337.5
4. Raleigh Leesville Road 282.5
5. Morrisville Green Hope 276.67
6. Charlotte Myers Park 275
Southeast Raleigh 275
8. Wilmington Hoggard 270
West Charlotte 270
Matthews David Butler 270
11. Raleigh Athens Drive 257.5
12. Raleigh Enloe 240
13. Greensboro Page 235
14. Greensboro Grimsley 232.5
15. Northwest Guilford 230
