WELLS FARGO CUP: Eagles remain 2nd in Carolina 1A race

By Staff Reports
Published in Sports on March 4, 2017 11:13 PM

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CHAPEL HILL -- Reigning Wells Fargo Carolina 1-A Conference Cup champion Rosewood is in second place upon the completion of the winter sports season.

The Eagles trail front-runner Hobbton 54.5-45.

RHS and Neuse Charter shared runner-up honors in women's basketball, and claimed third in indoor track. Princeton is fourth with 42 points, followed by Spring Creek 39.5 -- which tied with James Kenan for the regular-season men's basketball championship.

SC won the tournament title.

North Duplin seventh with 25.5 points.

Greene Central holds a slim lead over Ayden-Grifton and South Lenoir on the Eastern Carolina 2-A Conference scene. The Rams have 355 points -- 7.5 points more than Ayden-Grifton and South Lenoir, which are tied for second place.

North Lenoir (342.5 points), Goldsboro (287.5) and Kinston (215) round out the six-team league.

The three Wayne County schools -- Charles B. Aycock, Eastern Wayne and Southern Wayne -- are in the lower tier of the split-classification Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference.

The Golden Falcons, bolstered by regular-season and tournament runner-up efforts in wrestling, are fifth overall with 43 points. The Warriors are next with 38.5 points, followed by the Saints (28).

The Wells Fargo Conference Cup is a companion to the Wells Fargo Cup and recognizes individual schools with the best overall interscholastic athletic performances within individual conferences.

In most conferences, points are awarded based on participation and standings in conference. Each conference determines its own method of awarding points.

Wells Fargo has sponsored the conference awards since 1980.