Prep Baseball Report

PBR-NCBCA Final 2017 Poll



By Brandon Hall
North Carolina Director of Scouting

In its inaugural year, the Prep Baseball Report venture with the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association has been a huge success.  Throughout the year, PBR has polled 60 members of the NCBCA for their rankings across the four NCHSAA classifications to come up with a bi-monthly poll of the top 10 teams in each classification.

The 60 coaches that were included were made up of an equal distribution from each of the four NCHSAA classifications, as well as an equal distribution from across the state’s 8 regions.  Coaches were supplied with information on record, schedules, and links to news, notes, and articles from PBR.  The coaches on the poll would submit a Top 10.  Points were assigned to each team a coach ranked in descending order (Team No. 10 gets 1 point and Team No. 1 gets 10 points). 

Prep Baseball Report would take the polls from each coach, calculate the total points and post the PBR-NCBCA Coaches Poll.

Our final poll reflects the end of the year, with each state champion claiming the No. 1 spot for each classification.  Each Regional Finalist ends the year ranked in their respective class’s top five.  Over the four polls a total of 101 teams received at least one vote, showing the strength and depth of  the state.  While the state playoff system may not provide a platform for the best team to advance, in a one and done system, in this year’s final poll, each of the teams ranked in the top five were ranked for a majority of the year.

1A PBR-NCBCA Final Poll

State Champion:  Whiteville HS
State Finalist:  Murphy HS
Regional Finalist: Rosewood HS and North Stanly HS

Final Poll

Rank

School

Record

1

Whiteville

25-6

2

Rosewood

23-6

3

Murphy

23-8

4

North Stanly

23-7

5

Bear Grass Charter

23-4

6

Voyager Acad

17-6

7

Riverside

22-5

8

Perquimans

22-5

9

East Surry

20-5

10

West Montgomery

17-8

 

2A PBR-NCBCA Final Poll

State Champion: John A Holmes HS
State Finalist: R-S Central HS
Regional Finalist: South Granville and Lake Norman Charter

Final Poll

Rank

School

Record

1

Edenton Holmes

28-3

2

R-S Central

26-6

3

South Granville

25-5

4

Randleman

23-7

5

Lake Norman Charter

19-9

6

Forbush

24-4

7

East Rutherford

19-7

8

North Johnston

21-4

9

St. Pauls

21-5

10

Roanoke Rapids

20-4

 

3A PBR-NCBCA Final Poll

State Champion: Northern Guilford HS
State Finalist: Crest HS
Regional Finalist: Marvin Ridge HS and Topsail HS

Final Poll

Rank

School

Record

1

Northern Guilford

31-5

2

Topsail

22-9

3

Crest

22-8

4

Marvin Ridge

25-7

5

Northwood

22-5

6

Ledford

24-4

7

Rockingham Co.

23-5

8

Cuthbertson

22-8

9

West Brunswick

18-10

T-10

West Rowan

21-7

T-10

Corinth Holders

19-5

 

4A PBR-NCBCA Final Poll

State Champion: T.C. Roberson HS
State Finalist: New Hanover HS
Regional Finalist: Lake Norman HS and Holly Springs HS

Final Poll

Rank

School

Record

1

TC Roberson

31-3

2

New Hanover

25-5

3

Holly Springs

23-7

4

JH Rose

23-4

5

Lake Norman

26-5

6

Southeast Guilford

24-5

7

North Davidson

22-6

8

Providence

24-7

9

Cardinal Gibbons

19-5

10

Fuquay Varina

19-8