Union Pines ends the year as No. 1 team in HighSchoolOT’s statewide high school boys dual-team wrestling statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season.

The Vikings won the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A championship. This is the first time Union Pines has finished first in any HighSchoolOT ranking in any sport.

Union Pines is followed by 4A champ Cardinal Gibbons, 1A champ Uwharrie Charter, 4A runner-up Hickory Ridge, and Hough.

Former No. 1 teams include Eastern Guilford (2024), Northwest Guilford (2023), and Fred T. Foard (2022).

R-S Central, the 2A champ, is sixth.

Previous final rankings, all-state teams

State championship coverage, other links

HighSchoolOT Boys Dual-Team Wrestling Statewide Top 25

Final Rankings for 2024-25

1. Union Pines (35-2) — 3A champ
2. Cardinal Gibbons (17-3) — 4A champ
3. Uwharrie Charter (39-1) — 1A champ
4. Hickory Ridge (25-3) — 4A runner-up
5. Hough (22-1)
6. R-S Central (38-1) — 2A champ
7. Pisgah (40-1) — 4A runner-up
8. Seaforth (20-3) — 2A runner-up
9. Trinity (26-2)
10. Mount Airy (25-1) — 1A runner-up
11. Northwest Guilford (25-5)
12. Davie County (19-3)
13. Lumberton (25-2)
14. Piedmont (27-5)
15. St. Stephens (33-4)
16. Grimsley (18-4)
17. Laney (18-3)
18. West Rowan (14-3)
19. Hoke County (24-6)
20. Eastern Guilford (44-2)
21. Newton-Conover (33-5)
22. Topsail (17-2)
23. Pinecrest (30-9)
24. Morehead (17-4)
25. Jacksonville (25-4)

HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina’s six area codes. Members of any of these four associations — N.C. High School Athletic Association, N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association, N.C. Christian Schools Association, N.C. Homeschool Athletic Commission — are eligible.

Previous Rankings

End of Regular Season

1. Hough 19-0
2. Pisgah 36-0
3. Uwharrie Charter 34-1
4. Trinity 23-1
5. Union Pines 30-2
6. Hickory Ridge 21-2
7. Cardinal Gibbons 12-3
8. Mount Airy 22-0
9. Eastern Guilford 43-1
10. Northwest Guilford 23-4
11. Davie County 17-2
12. Lumberton 23-1
13. Seaforth 16-2
14. St. Stephens 31-3
15. Newton-Conover 31-4
16. South Iredell 30-3
17. West Rowan 12-2
18. Piedmont 24-4
19. Grimsley 17-3
20. Hoke County 22-5
21. Southeast Guilford 19-4
22. Person 17-0 — new
23. R-S Central 33-1
24. Central Davidson 14-1 — new
25. South Point 17-0 — new

Midseason

1. Hough (13-0)
2. Pisgah (31-0)
3. Uwharrie Charter (22-1)
4. Trinity (18-1)
5. Union Pines (21-2)
6. Northwest Guilford (14-2)
7. Davie County (13-1)
8. West Rowan (6-2)
9. Hickory Ridge (10-2)
10. Cardinal Gibbons (9-3)
11. St. Stephens (21-3)
12. Lumberton (16-1)
13. Seaforth (13-2)
14. Newton-Conover (23-4)
15. Piedmont (15-4) — new
16. South Iredell (25-1) — new
17. Eastern Guilford (30-1)
18. Mount Airy (5-1) — new
19. Grimsley (10-3)
20. Hoke County (19-4)
21. Topsail (13-0) — new
22. Jacksonville (16-1)
23. North Henderson (15-1) — new
24. Southeast Guilford (15-3)
25. R-S Central (25-1) — new

Preseason

1. Uwharrie Charter
2. Union Pines
3. Eastern Guilford
4. Davie County
5. Laney
6. West Rowan
7. Hough
8. Trinity
9. Northwest Guilford
10. St. Stephens
11. Pisgah
12. Cardinal Gibbons
13. Hickory Ridge
14. Lumberton
15. Bandys
16. Avery County
17. Grimsley
18. Dudley
19. Robbinsville
20. Seaforth
21. Kings Mountain
22. Southeast Guilford
23. Newton-Conover
24. Hoke County
25. Jacksonville