Northern Nash girls, Rocky Mount girls and boys state-ranked

The Northern Nash Lady Knights maintained their ranking in the latest NCPreps.com/HS Media Basketball polls released Monday evening.

Northern stayed in its No. 4 spot in the 3-A ranks from a week ago after beating Wilson Fike 61-38 last Friday night in its only contest of the week. Nash County teams were all in exams until Friday afternoon. Coach Grover Battle's girls are 11-0 entering this week of play (won 73-34 over Tarboro Wednesday night) and are one of only two 3-A girls teams still sporting no losses. The other team is West Craven. Hickory (16-1) stayed in the No. 1 spot for the third straight week.

The Rocky Mount girls, ranked No. 9 last week, moved up two spots to No. 7 after its 66-40 victory over Wilson Hunt last Friday. The 12-3 Lady Gryphons got 29 points from junior J'Kyra Brown in the win. Both Northern Nash and Rocky Mount are 3-0 in Big East Conference play and seem to be on a collision course for first place at RMHS on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Rocky Mount's boys also made a two-position move this week. After beating Wilson Hunt Friday (61-57) for the first time since the 2010 season, the Gryphons (12-3) improved from No. 9 to No. 7 in the 3-A boys poll. Three squads are still unbeaten in the 3-A ranks (Chapel Hill, Concord, West Craven) with Chapel Hill sitting at No. 1.

NCPreps.com/HS Media Basketball Polls - Week 3

3A Girls
 
1. Hickory (6) (16-1) - 69 (1)
2. West Craven (1) (14-0) - 62 (2)
3. Carson (14-1) 54 - (3)
4. Northern Nash (11-0) - 53 (4)
5. RS Central (15-1) - 43 (5)
6. Berry (14-1) - 32 (6)
7. Rocky Mount (13-2) - 23 (9)
8. Forestview (14-2) - 18 (NR)
9. South Central (8-2) - 17 (8)
10. Chapel Hill (13-2) - 9 (7)

Honorable Mention: Harding (12-2) - 5.

3A Boys
 
1. Chapel Hill (5)(16-0) - 68 (1)
2. Concord (2)(14-0) - 65 (2)
3. West Craven (15-0) - 55 (3)
4. Freedom (16-1) 48 - (4)
5. North Forsyth (13-2) - 45 (5)
6. Hickory (15-2) - 31 (8)
7. Rocky Mount (12-3) - 17 (9)
8. Asheboro (16-1)15 - (10)
9. Charlotte Catholic (12-3) - 14 (6)
10. Harding (13-3) - 10 (NR)

Honorable Mention: Statesville (11-3) - 7; Southern Wayne (13-3) - 5; Triton (15-3) - 5; South Point (11-2) - 4; Berry (12-4) - 1; JM Robinson (10-3) - 1.