Since 2020, HighSchoolOT has published rankings and all-state teams in every sport that’s sanctioned by the N.C. High School Athletic Association. This page will have links to each.

As the years have progressed, the rankings have changed over time, as has HighSchoolOT.

HighSchoolOT started in the fall of 2008 and — about a decade later — went statewide, just before the 2019-20 season. However, that first year of statewide coverage came to an abrupt end: the pandemic shut down high school sports in the spring of 2020. A few “All-East” and “All-West” teams were published that year, and the spring sports were given “All-Senior” teams to honor the classes whose final seasons were lost to the pandemic, but there were no all-state teams.

The first all-state team was published the following year. However, for the next two years, most top 25 rankings were still split between East and West, using county lines. In 2022, those were merged into a statewide top 25, to be consistent across all sports. That same year, the emergence of area code top 15 rankings still gave the HSOT top 25 a regional feel. In 2024, all final rankings from 2020-21 and 2021-22 were streamlined into a statewide format to enhance the history of the statewide top 25, making it easier for readers to compare and track results across different years with better perspective.

With the arrival of area code rankings, more schools than ever are able to see where they stack up — both in their own backyard and across the state — and track their movement from week to week. Some sports only have preseason and final rankings — swimming, cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field, and golf. Others, like wrestling and tennis, have four rankings: preseason, midseason, end-of-regular-season, and final.

The all-state teams have changed here and there as well. For some, positional requirements and the size of the teams were tweaked. For others, an honorable mention was formed where there was not one otherwise. Now, almost all all-state teams follow the same format: a first, second, and third team, followed by a large honorable mention that is two times the size of the first team. The only sports without honorable mention are indoor and outdoor track & field, plus swimming. The only sports without a third team all-state are girls wrestling and indoor track & field.

Over the last four years, nearly every NCHSAA and N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association school — even those among the smallest in the state — can call one one of its own athletes a HSOT all-state player. The same goes for some members of the N.C. Christian Schools Association and N.C. Homeschool Athletic Commission, the other half of the four associations whose athletes and teams are eligible for rankings and all-state honors.

With this history lesson now concluded, here are the links to each one of HSOT’s all-state teams and final statewide rankings.

2023-24

FALL 2023

WINTER 2023-24

SPRING 2024

2022-23

​​​​FALL 2022

WINTER 2022-23

SPRING 2023

2021-22

FALL 2021

WINTER 2021-22

SPRING 2022

2020-21

FALL 2020*

*Most sports were actually played in the calendar year of 2021

WINTER 2020-21

Note: no indoor track due to pandemic restrictions; no dual-team wrestling rankings

SPRING 2021

No. 1 teams by school

Cannon School (2): 2021 Boys Golf, 2024 Boys Lacrosse
Cardinal Gibbons (7): 2021 Boys Lacrosse, 2022 Girls Lacrosse, 2022 Boys Soccer, 2023 Boys Lacrosse, 2023 Girls Lacrosse, 2023 Girls Cross Country, 2024 Girls Lacrosse
Cary Academy (1): 2022 Boys Tennis
Central Cabarrus (2): 2023 Boys Basketball, 2024 Boys Basketball
Chambers (2): 2021 Girls Basketball, 2022 Girls Basketball
Chapel Hill (2): 2020 Boys Cross Country, 2021 Boys Swimming
Charlotte Country Day (2): 2021 Boys Tennis, 2024 Girls Swimming
Charlotte Latin (3): 2020 Girls Tennis, 2023 Boys Swimming, 2024 Boys Swimming
Christ School (3): 2022 Boys Outdoor Track, 2022 Boys Cross Country, 2023 Boys Outdoor Track
Cuthbertson (10): 2020 Girls Cross Country, 2021 Boys Outdoor Track, 2021 Girls Cross Country, 2022 Girls Outdoor Track, 2022 Girls Cross Country, 2022 Girls Indoor Track, 2023, Girls Indoor Track, 2023 Girls Outdoor Track, 2024 Girls Indoor Track, 2024 Girls Outdoor Track
D.H. Conley (1): 2022 Softball
Dudley (1): 2021 football
Durham Academy (1): 2022 Girls Golf
East Chapel Hill (1): 2021 Girls Lacrosse
Eastern Alamance (1): 2023 Girls Soccer
Eastern Guilford (1): 2024 Boys Dual-Team Wrestling
Farmville Central (1): 2021 Boys Basketball
Garner (1): 2024 Softball
Grace Christian of Sanford (1): 2024 Girls Basketball
Green Hope (3): 2022 Girls Tennis, 2022 Boys Swimming, 2023 Boys Tennis
Green Level (1): 2021 Volleyball
Grimsley (1): 2020 Football
Hough (1): 2021 Girls Swimming
First Flight (1): 2023 Boys Soccer
Fred T. Foard (1): 2022 Boys Dual-Team Wrestling
Lumberton (1): 2024 Girls Tournament Wrestling
Mallard Creek (1): 2024 Boys Outdoor Track & Field
Marvin Ridge (2): 2021 Girls Tennis, 2023 Boys Cross Country
Metrolina Christian (1): 2024 Baseball
Middle Creek (2): 2022 Boys Lacrosse, 2023 Volleyball
Mount Tabor (2): 2021 Boys Cross Country, 2024 Boys Indoor Track
Myers Park (3): 2022 Girls Swimming, 2023 Girls Swimming, 2023 Girls Tennis
New Bern (1): 2023 Football
New Hanover (1): 2021 Boys Soccer
North Iredell (1): 2022 Volleyball
North Raleigh Christian (1): 2020 Volleyball
Northwest Guilford (1): 2023 Boys Dual-Team Wrestling
Panther Creek (1): 2023 Girls Basketball
Pinecrest (2): 2023 Girls Golf, 2024 Boys Golf
Providence (2): 2022 Baseball, 2024 Boys Tennis
Providence Day (3): 2021 Girls Soccer, 2021 Girls Outdoor Track, 2024 Girls Soccer
Porter Ridge (1): 2022 Boys Indoor Track
Randleman (1): 2021 Baseball
Reagan (2): 2020 Girls Golf, 2021 Girls Golf
St. David’s (1): 2022 Boys Golf
T.C. Roberson (1): 2023 Baseball
Terry Sanford (1): 2023 Boys Golf
Weddington (3): 2020 Boys Soccer, 2022 Boys Basketball, 2023 Football
West Stanly (2): 2021 Softball, 2023 Softball
Western Guilford (1): 2023 Boys Indoor Track
Wheatmore (1): 2022 Girls Soccer

Source: highschoolot.com