The Wachovia Conference Cup, sponsored annually by Wachovia and sanctioned by the N.C. High School Athletic Association, recognizes high school sports programs that achieve the best overall performance within their respective athletic conferences. Wachovia has sponsored a conference awards program since 1980.
The Wachovia Conference Cup (formerly known as the Wachovia Trophy) is a companion to the Wachovia Cup, a statewide award given to schools with the best overall interscholastic athletic performance in each of four classifications.
In most conferences, points are awarded based on participation and standings in conference play. Each conference determines its own method of awarding points. Conferences are listed alphabetically by classification.
Class 1-A Conference Results:
In the Central Tar Heel 1-A Conference, Graham won titles in men’s tennis, baseball and track and finished first overall with 78.5 points. Chatham Central finished second with 59.5 points, followed by Siler City Jordan-Matthews with 58.5, Burlington Cummings with 57.5, North Moore with 57, Durham School of the Arts with 55 and River Mill with 10.
North Brunswick won the Coastal Plains 1-A Conference with 90 points. Lejeune was second with 83, followed by Topsail with 80, Dixon with 79, Pamlico with 71 and Jones Senior with 42.
Mount Airy, the conference champion in tennis, won the Northwest 1-A Conference with 153.5 points. East Surry was second with 149.5 points, followed by Starmount with 146.5, East Wilkes with 142.5, North Stokes with 132, Elkin with 126.5 and Alleghany with 107.5.
First-place finishes in baseball and women’s track led Henderson to the overall championship in the Smoky Mountain 1-A Conference with 225 points. Swain County was second with 220, followed by Hayesville with 210, Murphy with 202.5, Polk County with 202, Rosman with 170.5, Robbinsville with 165, Andrews with 151.5, Cherokee with 148, Hiwassee Dam with 111.5, Highlands with 102, Blue Ridge with 81.5 and Nantahala with 50.5.
Bunn rode first place finishes in golf and men’s and women’s track to the overall championship in the Tar Roanoke 1-A Conference with 183.5. Louisburg was second with 175 points, followed by Northampton East with 154.5 points, Franklinton with 154 points, Northampton West with 97 points, North Edgecombe with 86, Weldon with 75 and Robersonville Roanoke with 61.5.
Tar Heel High School, the conference co-champions in softball, finished first overall in the Three Rivers 1-A Conference with 38.5 points. Red Springs was second with 31 points, followed by South Robeson with 26 points, Lakewood with 25, Bladenboro with 24.5 and Union with 22.
Camden County was the overall champion in the Tobacco Belt 1-A Conference with 85 points after winning the conference title in baseball. Columbia was second with 79 points, followed by Gates County with 71, Jamesville with 67, Southside with 66.5, Bear Grass with 61, Cape Hatteras with 54, Mattamuskeet with 50 and Creswell with 40.
Albemarle won conference titles in men’s tennis, golf and women’s track and finished first overall in the Yadkin Valley 1-A Conference with 146.5 points. South Davidson finished second with 128.5 points, followed by South Stanly with 113.5, West Davidson with 110, Thomasville with 107.5 and East Montgomery with 95.
Class 1-A/2-A Conference Results:
Shelby finished first in the Southern Piedmont 1-A/2-A Conference with 111 points. Lincolnton was second with 10, followed by Cherryville and West Lincoln with 90 points each, Chase with 76, Maiden with 69 and Bessemer City with 57.
Class 1-A/2-A/3-A Conference Results:
Manteo won conference titles in baseball, women’s track and golf and finished first overall in the Northeastern-Albemarle 1-A/2-A/3-A Conference with 192 points. Currituck County was second with 173.5 points, followed by Williamston with 163 points, Edenton Holmes with 155, Perquimans County with 147.5, Pasquotank County with 117, Northside with 113 and Plymouth with 106.
Class 2-A Conference Results:
High Point Central won conference titles in golf, women’s soccer and men’s tennis and finished first overall in the Central Carolina 2-A Conference with 88.5 points. Salisbury was second with 85.5 points, followed by Ledford with 85, North Rowan with 68, East Davidson 63.5, North Stanly 55 and Lexington 50.5.
Northwood took conference titles in women’s soccer and women’s track and finished first overall in the Central Tarheel 2-A Conference with 147.5 points. Southwestern Randolph was second with 141 points, followed by Union Pines with 140, Eastern Randolph with 134.5, West Montgomery with 123.5 and Randleman with 108.5.
Swansboro outdistanced its competition in the East Central 2-A Conference, winning with 153 points. East Carteret was second with 143 points, followed by Croatan with 139, Richlands with 134.5, Southwest with 121, East Duplin 114.5, Clinton 111 and Wallace-Rose Hill with 88.
In the Eastern Plains 2-A Conference, Greene Central won titles in baseball and men’s and women’s track to finish first overall with 66 points. Tarboro was second with 52.25 points, followed by North Pitt with 44.5 points, Ayden-Grifton and Farmville Central with 37.75 points each, and South Lenoir with 29.75.
Conference titles in tennis and golf helped Western Alamance win the Mid-State 2-A Conference with 193 points. McMichael was second with 168 points, followed by Reidsville with 164, Southern Guilford with 152.5, South Stokes 146.5, Eastern Guilford 141.5 and Eastern Alamance with 131.5.
In the Northern Carolina 2-A Conference, Southern Vance finished first overall with 171 points. Northern Vance was second with 167.5 points, followed by Roanoke Rapids with165.5, South Granville with 113, Warren County 106.5, Southeast Halifax 84.5 and Northwest Halifax 54.
Charlotte Catholic, which won conference titles in women’s soccer, softball and men’s tennis, finished first overall in the Rocky River 2-A Conference with 195 points. Weddington was second with 171.5, followed by Parkwood with 170, Monroe with 149.5, Mount Pleasant with 134.5, Forest Hills with 127.5 and West Stanly with 128.
Northwest Cabarrus, the conference champion in men’s track, finished first overall in the South Piedmont 3-A Conference with 775 points. Central Cabarrus was second with 660 points, followed by West Rowan with 627.5, East Rowan with 535, Sun Valley with 517.5, Harding 472.5, Piedmont 402.5 and A.L. Brown 367.5.
Statesville, the conference champion in golf, men’s tennis and men’s track, finished first overall in the Southern District VII 2-A Conference with 159 points. Lenoir Hibriten was a distant second with 142 points, followed by West Iredell with 133.5 points, West Caldwell with 131, Newton-Conover with 129.5, Bandys with 129 and Bunker Hill with 118.5.
In the Waccamaw 2-A Conference, Whiteville was the overall champion with 81.5 points. West Brunswick was second with 75 points, followed by South Brunswick with 59, South Columbus with 58.5, St. Paul's with 50.5, East Bladen with 44.5, East Columbus 43, West Columbus 42 and Fairmont 40.
C.D. Owen finished first overall in the Western Highlands 2-A Conference with 144.5 points, edging runner-up North Henderson by one point. Avery County was third with 124.5 points, followed by Mitchell with 115.5, Mountain Heritage with 113 and Madison with 111.
Class 2-A/3-A Conference Results:
Forbush won conference titles in baseball and softball and finished first overall in the Mountain Valley 2-A/3-A Conference by a narrow margin. Forbush had 178.5 points to runner-up Wilkes Central’s 177. Surry Central was third with 161 points, followed by Ashe County with 152.5 points, West Wilkes with 152, North Surry with 148.5 and North Wilkes with 139.5.
Franklin, which finished first in baseball and men’s and women’s track, finished first overall in the Western Athletic 2-A/3-A Conference with 410 points. Brevard finished second with 348 points, followed by Enka with 256 points, Smoky Mountain with 248 points, Waynesville Tuscola with 246 points, Erwin with 236 and Pisgah with 216.
Class 3-A Conference Results:
Wilson Fike won the Big 8 3-A Conference with 181 points, finishing first in baseball and women’s soccer. Wilson Hunt was second with 176 points, followed by Southern Nash with 165 points, C.B. Aycock with 159.5 points, Wilson Beddingfield with 150, Hertford with 128.5, Southwest Edgecombe with 119 and Bertie with 94.
Conference titles in baseball and softball enabled Havelock to nip White Oak by one point for the championship in the Coastal 3-A Conference. Havelock finished with 212.5 points to White Oak’s 211.5. Washington was third with 176 points, followed by Kinston with 151, Pender with 129, North Lenoir 110, West Craven 96 and Goldsboro 68.
Fuquay-Varina finished first in men’s tennis, women’s soccer, softball and women’s track and was the overall winner in the Five County 3-A Conference with 101 points. Clayton finished second with 84 points, followed by Harnett Central with 76, Western Harnett with 75.5, Southern Durham with 68.5, Oxford Webb with 62, Smithfield-Selma with 55.5 and Durham Hillside with 49.5.
Asheville A.C. Reynolds was the overall winner in the Mountain Athletic 3-A Conference with 160 points after finishing first in softball and men’s and women’s track. Asheville T.C. Roberson was second with 154 points, followed by Asheville with 138 points, West Henderson with 126 points, East Henderson with 92 and North Buncombe with 86.
First-place finishes in golf, women’s track and women’s soccer helped Western Guilford win the conference cup in the Piedmont Triad 3-A Conference with 102.5 points. Southwest Guilford was second with 95 points, followed by Winston-Salem Parkland with 65.5, Winston-Salem Glenn with 64.5, Greensboro Smith with 63.5, Greensboro Dudley with 50.5 and Winston-Salem Carver with 43.5.
East Chapel Hill, the conference champion in women’s soccer, men’s tennis and women’s track, finished first overall in the Triad 3-A Conference with 104 points. Northeast Guilford finished second with 88.5 points, followed by Burlington Williams with 72.5 points, Eden Morehead with 71.5, Rockingham County with 67, Southern Alamance with 57.5 and Bartlett Yancey with 30.
In the Tri-County 3-A Conference, Jamestown Ragsdale, the conference winner in women’s soccer, finished first overall with 95.5 points. Asheboro and North Davidson tied for second with 83 points each, followed by High Point Andrews with 75, Trinity with 61, West Stokes with 54 and Central Davidson with 49.5.
Class 4-A Conference Results:
Greenville Rose won the Big East 4-A Conference with 85 points after dominating the spring season with wins in tennis, baseball, softball, women’s track and golf. Northern Nash finished second with 77 points, followed by New Bern with 72.5 points, Rocky Mount with 62.5 points, Greenville D.H. Conley with 52.5 points and Elizabeth City Northeastern with 28.5 points.
Raleigh Leesville Road cruised to the conference cup in the Cap 9 4-A Conference with 137.5 points, winning the conference title in men’s track. Raleigh Broughton was second with 114 points, followed by Raleigh Enloe with 112, Raleigh Millbrook with 109, Raleigh Sanderson with 94, Southeast Raleigh 90, Raleigh Athens Drive 84, Lee County 79 and Wakefield 29.5.
Winston-Salem Mount Tabor finished first in baseball and men’s and women’s track to clinch the conference cup in the Central Piedmont 4-A Conference with 161 points. Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds was second with 159.5 points, followed by West Forsyth with 144.5, Davie with 133.5 and South Rowan with 121.5.
North Mecklenburg won conference titles in softball and women’s soccer and finished first overall in the ME-GA 7 4-A Conference with 199 points. Charlotte Vance was second with 182 points, followed by Gastonia Ashbrook with 174.5 points, West Mecklenburg with 152, Olympic with 145.5, East Gaston with 142.5 and Gastonia Hunter Huss with 117.5.
In the Metro 4-A Conference, Northwest Guilford finished first overall with 41 points after winning titles in women’s track and softball. East Forsyth and Southeast Guilford tied for second with 62 points, followed by Greensboro Page with 63 points, Greensboro Grimsley with 65 and North Forsyth with 75.
Wilmington Hoggard won the Mideastern 4-A Conference with 118 points. Eastern Wayne took second with 87.5 points, followed by Wilmington Laney with 82.5 points, Jacksonville with 73 points, Wilmington New Hanover with 68.5 points, West Carteret with 54.5 and Southern Wayne with 48.
Hope Mills South View captured top honors in the Mid-South 4-A Conference with 118.5 points, ahead of runner-up Fayetteville Terry Sanford at 111.5 points. Pine Forest was in third with 90 points, followed by E.E. Smith with 88 points, Seventy-First with 72.5 points, Jack Britt with 70 points, Westover with 67.5 points, Cape Fear with 66.5 points, and Douglas Byrd at 40.5 points.
Watauga, which finished first in men’s and women’s track, men’s tennis and women’s soccer and tied for first in baseball, was the overall champion in the Northwestern 4-A Conference with 89 points. Morganton Freedom was second with 72.5 points, followed by East Burke with 59 points, Crest with 56.5, McDowell with 55 and Alexander with 43.
First-place finishes in men’s tennis and lacrosse helped Chapel Hill win the overall cup in the Pac-6 4-A Conference with 92 points. Durham Jordan was second with 88 points, followed by Durham Riverside with 77.5, Northern Durham with 60.5, Orange with 40.5 and Roxboro Person with 31.5.
Scotland County won conference titles in men’s and women’s track, tennis and tied for first in softball to come from behind and win the conference cup in the Southeastern 4-A Conference with 88 points. Pinecrest finished second with 86.5 points, followed by Lumberton and Richmond with 76.5 each, Hoke with 51.5, Purnell Swett with 41.5 and Anson with 35.5.
Charlotte Providence won the Southwestern 4-A Conference with 202 points after finishing first in the league in golf and women’s soccer. Myers Park was second with 198 points, followed by South Mecklenburg with 179.5, Independence with 170.5, East Mecklenburg with 160, Butler with 150, West Charlotte with 142.5 and Garinger with 116.5.
Apex won conference titles in track and women’s soccer and finished first overall in the Tri 8 4-A Conference with 204.5 points. Cary was second with 201 points, followed by Wake Forest-Rolesville with 182.5 points, Green Hope with 174.5, Garner with 164, East Wake with 156.5, South Johnston with 148.5 and Triton with 130.5.