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2026 GIRLS BASKETBALL
NCHSAA State Championship Playoff Results
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NCHSAA State Playoff RPI Rankings

Eastern Sandhills Conference
Conference Standings

SEVENTY FIRST (#2 6A East)
         Bye - 1st rd
         def. #18 Gray's Creek 63-29, 2nd rd  Box Score
         def. #10 Jacksonville 70-53, 3rd rd    Box Score
         def. #11 Northern Durham 48-31, 4th rd  Box Score
         lost to Terry Sanford 62-51, East Regional Champ.   Box Score
WESTOVER (#5 6A East)
         Bye - 1st rd
         lost to #12 Westover 44-36, 2nd rd   Box Score
E.E. SMITH (#12 6A East)
         def.  #21 Triton 63-30, 1st rd   Box Score
         def. #5 Westover 44-36, 2nd rd  Box Score
         lost #4 Vance County 35-33, 3rd rd  Box Score
ST. PAULS (#17 5A East)
         def.  #16 Jacksonville-Northside 40-36, 1st rd   Box Score
         lost to #1 SE Alamance 65-36, 2nd rd  Box Score
SOUTH VIEW (#24 6A East) 
         lost to #9 Union Pines 49-6, 1st rd   Box Score

Tri-County Conference
Conference Standings

TERRY SANFORD (#1 6A East)   
          Bye - 1st rd
          def. #16 Harnett Central 68-25, 2nd rd  Box Score
          def. #8 Southern Lee 5-24, 3rd rd    Box Score
          def. #5 Vance County 83-31, 4th rd  Box Score
          def. #2 Seventy First 62-51, East Regional Champ.   Box Score
          lost to #1 Northern Guilford 62-52, State Championship Box Score
              NC Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award:  Neiylah Marcelin
              Army National Guard Outstanding Player:  Jadiah Blake
LUMBERTON (#11 7A East)
          def. #22 Jack Britt 46-40, 1st rd     Box Score
          def.  #6 Holly Springs 56-50, 2nd rd  Box Score
          lost to #3 Heritage 64-45, 3rd rd   Box Score
PURNELL SWETT (#20 7A East)
         lost to #13 Knightdale 60-34, 1st rd   Box Score
GRAY'S CREEK (#18 6A West)
         def.  Burlington Williams 59-43, 1st rd  Box Score
         lost to #2 Seventy First 63-29, 2nd rd   Box Score

Mid South Conference
Conference Standings

OVERHILLS (#5 7A East) 
          Bye - 1st rd
          def. #12 Cardinal Gibbons 72-66, 2nd rd   Box Score
          def. #4 South Central 70-62, 3rd rd  Box Score
          lost to #1 Southern SES 56-45, 4th rd    Box Score
PINECREST (#8 8A West)
          def.  #9 Charlotte Hough 56-38, 1st rd   Box Score
          lost to #1 Charlotte Audrey Kell 59-39, 2nd rd  Box Score
RICHMOND SENIOR (#16 7A West)
          def. #17 Charlotte Ballantyne 67-48, 1st rd   Box Score
          lost to #1 Lake Norman 99-35, 2nd rd  Box Score
PINE FOREST (#18 7A East)
          lost to #15 Wilmington Ashley 38-35, 1st rd   Box Score
JACK BRITT (#22 7A East)
          lost to #11 Lumberton 46-40, 1st rd   Box Score
HOKE COUNTY (#12 8A West)
          lost to #5 Raleigh Wakefield 58-31, 1st rd   Box Score

Related Articles
What's next for Terry Sanford girls basketball after 6A title loss? (Fayetteville Observer - 3/12/26)

Shorts too tight? Terry Sanford guard explains how she overcame shooting slump (Fayetteville Observer - 3/12/26)

Terry Sanford collapses in second half, falls in 6A championship (Fayetteville Observer - 3/12/26)

Northern Guilford comes from behind to defeat Terry Sanford in 6A girls state championship (HighSchoolOT.com - 3/12/26)

PHOTOS: Terry Sanford vs Northern Guilford in NCHSAA girls basketball state championship (Fayetteville Observer - 3/12/26)

VIDEO: Terry Sanford's junior guard Zaniya Reddick previews Thursday's NCHSAA 6A title game (Fayetteville Observer - 3/11/26)

Terry Sanford's 3 keys to success in NCHSAA 6A state title matchup (Fayetteville Observer - 3/11/26)

Quiet assassin: Ameya Brown steps forward to lead Terry Sanford to state finals (Fayetteville Observer - 3/10/26)

Alani-Skye Wilkerson emerges as Terry Sanford's stat leader in breakout year (Fayetteville Observer - 3/6/26)

No. 1 Terry Sanford's NCHSAA 6A East Regional post-game presser (Fayetteville Observer - 3/4/26)

PHOTOS: Terry Sanford vs Seventy-First in NCHSAA girls basketball 6A East championship (Fayetteville Observer - 3/4/26)

Terry Sanford leads wire-to-wire in 6A girls East regional victory over Seventy-First (HighSchoolOT.com - 3/4/26)

Terry Sanford girls' basketball turned a 1-3 start into a Regional run (Fayetteville Observer - 3/3/26)

17 Fayetteville girls basketball players to watch in NCHSAA playoffs (Fayetteville Observer - 2/24/26)

  • Fayetteville Observer Articles (Monica Holland, James Moore Jr)
    Terry Sanford girls basketball earned its third straight sweep of league tournament and regular-season titles this year, going undefeated in the 6A/7A Tri-County Conference and looking to build on back-to-back Final Fours.  
    The Seventy-First girls went undefeated in 5A/6A Eastern Sandhills Conference games, claiming their first league title since 2013 when the Falcons went all the way to the regional final.

 

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