For the first time, Providence is the No. 1 team in the final HighSchoolOT statewide top 25 boys tennis rankings, taking the top spot in the final rankings after winning the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A championship and ending the year with an 18-0 record.

The Panthers are just in front of another state champion, as the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association’s D1 champ, Cary Academy, was No. 2. Other state champions that ended the year ranked were No. 11 South Point (3A champ), No. 16 Franklin Academy (2A champ), No. 22 Cape Fear Academy (NCISAA D2 champ), and No. 25 Elkin (1A champ). NCISAA D3 champ Davidson Day was unranked in the statewide top 25, but did get ranked in the 704 area code top 15.

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In total, 16 teams from the preseason top 25 made the final statewide rankings, with No. 8 Grimsley the highest-ranked team who was unranked at the outset. Of the preseason top 10, six of them ended in the final top 10. Providence began the year ranked 10th. The preseason No. 1, Green Hope, finished third.

The full final rankings — a statewide Top 25 and Top 15 rankings for each of the state’s six area codes — are below.

The HSOT all-state team will be released in the coming weeks.

Final HSOT Statewide Top 25: Boys Tennis

Note: All teams are listed with record and, in some cases, their postseason finish.

1. Providence (18-0) 4A champ
2. Cary Academy (19-1) NCISAA D1 champ
3. Green Hope (20-2) 4A runner-up
4. Providence Day (18-2) NCISAA D1 runner-up
5. Cannon School (19-3)
6. Jordan (22-1)
7. Ardrey Kell (18-2)
8. Grimsley (21-3)
9. Myers Park (17-3)
10. Northwest Guilford (15-3)
11. South Point (18-0) 3A champ
12. Leesville Road (20-5)
13. Cardinal Gibbons (15-5)
14. Hough (15-5)
15. Marvin Ridge (9-5)
16. Franklin Academy (20-1) 2A champ
17. Broughton (14-4-1)
18. Green Level (12-5-1)
19. Fike (20-2)
20. Southeastern Cardinals Homeschool (11-0)
21. T.C. Roberson (17-2)
22. Cape Fear Academy (17-2) NCISAA D2 champ
23. Raleigh Charter (13-4)
24. Page (12-5)
25. Elkin (19-1) 1A champ

Final Area Code Top 15 rankings: Boys Tennis

In the final boys tennis area code rankings, Fike is ranked first in the 252, Cary Academy in the 919, Southeastern Cardinals (Homeschool) in the 910, Grimsley in the 336, Providence Day in the 704, and T.C. Roberson in the 828.

Teams in bold are also ranked above.

252 area code

1. Fike 20-2 (3A runner-up)
2. Croatan 19-1
3. West Carteret 11-3
4. Greene Central 14-4
5. South Central 13-3
6. Rocky Mount Academy 11-8
7. J.H. Rose 11-3
8. Arendell Parrott 12-7
9. D.H. Conley 9-4
10. North Lenoir 12-4
11. Holmes 17-3
12. Faith Christian of Rocky Mount 13-5
13. Southern Nash 14-1
14. Epiphany School 12-7
15. First Flight 12-5

919 area code

1. Cary Academy 19-1 (NCISAA D1 champ)
2. Green Hope 20-2 (4A runner-up)
3. Jordan 22-1 (4A East runner-up)
4. Leesville Road 20-5
5. Cardinal Gibbons 15-5
6. Franklin Academy 20-1 (2A champ)
7. Broughton 14-4-1
8. Green Level 12-5-1
9. Raleigh Charter 13-4
10. Durham Academy 14-7
11. Apex 12-8
12. Panther Creek 12-5-1
13. Chapel Hill 10-5
14. Seaforth 14-4
15. Carrboro 17-5 (3A East runner-up)

910 area code

1. Southeastern Cardinals (Homeschool) 11-0
2. Cape Fear Academy 17-2 (NCISAA D2 champ)
3. Pinecrest 13-2
4. New Hanover 15-5
5. Terry Sanford 12-1
6. Hoggard 16-3
7. Union Pines 10-5
8. Ashley 12-5
9. Topsail 8-7
10. Clinton 14-4
11. Harnett Central 11-5
12. Cape Fear 15-3
13. O’Neal School 8-7
14. West Brunswick 9-8
15. Whiteville 11-4

336 area code

1. Grimsley 21-3 (4A West runner-up)
2. Northwest Guilford 15-3
3. Page 12-5
4. Elkin 19-1 (1A champ)
5. Western Alamance 17-1
6. Northern Guilford 9-7
7. Forsyth Country Day 11-5 (NCISAA D2 runner-up)
8. Central Davidson 12-1
9. West Forsyth 15-1
10. Greensboro Day 11-7
11. Wesleyan Christian 7-11
12. Bishop McGuinness 13-2
13. Mount Airy 14-6
14. Reagan 12-4
15. Atkins 8-4

704 area code

1. Providence 18-0 (4A champ)
2. Providence Day 18-2 (NCISAA D1 runner-up)
3. Cannon School 19-3
4. Ardrey Kell 18-2
5. Myers Park 17-3
6. South Point 18-0 (3A champ)
7. Hough 15-5
8. Marvin Ridge 9-5
9. Charlotte Catholic 12-5
10. Carmel Christian 14-4
11. Davidson Day 13-3 (NCISAA D3 champ)
12. Lake Norman 10-5
13. Pine Lake Prep 14-2 (2A runner-up)
14. Lake Norman Charter 19-2
15. North Stanly 15-2 (2A West runner-up)

828 area code

1. T.C. Roberson 17-2
2. NCSSM-Morganton 16-1 (1A West runner-up)
3. Hickory 14-2 (3A West runner-up)
4. West Henderson 15-1
5. St. Stephens 12-2
6. North Henderson 12-3
7. North Buncombe 15-5
8. Asheville 7-6
9. A.C. Reynolds 8-6
10. R-S Central 10-2
11. Hendersonville 9-5
12. Christ School 9-6
13. Carolina Day 14-6 (NCISAA D3 runner-up)
14. Owen 10-5
15. South Caldwell 14-6

Source: highschoolot.com