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3 January 2008
Written by: prepalertnc Posted under TC Roberson, Hendersonville, Pisgah High School, McDowell High School, Polk High School, Hayesville, Smoky Mt High, North Buncombe, Mountain Athletic, MAC, Northwestern, Smoky Mtn, WAC, High School Sports, Western Athletic, Western Highlands, WHC

January 2, 2008 - It didn’t take Jimmy Cleaveland long to get Smoky Mountain into the state rankings.  In just his second year at the Jackson County school, he has taken the the 11-0 Mustangs to the top spot in the first state polls of the year from NCPreps.com, dispite having two starters, Dillon Dunsford and C J Fortner, out with injuries.  Cleaveland led the Pisgah Bears to the 2005 2-A state title.

After the 2005-2006 season, he resigned as basketball coach and took an administrative position as an assistant principal at Pisgah.  Then Smoky Mt., who had an opening, came calling.

The Jackson County school system allows assistant principals to also coach sports, something that Cleaveland still had an urge to do.  He took the Smoky Mt opening and was put in charge of elevating the level of play of the Mustangs program.

In the 1-A, Hendersonville and Polk Co were 6th and 7th respectively, with Hayesville reaching as an Honorable Mention.

Along with Smoky Mt in the 2-A, Pisgah was Honorable Mention.

In the 3-A, no teams were ranked, but both Roberson and North Buncombe were Honorable Mention.

In the 4-A, McDowell was the lone representative at #2.

1-A

1. Mount Airy
2. Cherryville
3. North Edgecombe
4. Thomasville
5. Winston-Salem Prep
6. Hendersonville
7. Polk County
8. Trask
9. Camden
10. Louisburg
Honorable mention: Princeton, Albemarle, Jones Senior, Hayesville, Bishop McGuinness.

2-A

1. Smoky Mountain
2. West Caldwell
3. Graham
4. Bessemer City
5. Richlands
6. Clinton
7. West Bladen
8. Shelby
9. Cummings
10. Northwood
Honorable mention: Ashe County, Pisgah, Farmville Central, Northside-Jax.

3-A

1. Concord
2. Trinity
3. Dudley
4. Kinston
5. Northern Vance
6. High Point Andrews
7. Jacksonville
8. Washington
9. D.H. Conley
10. East Rowan
Honorable mention: Roberson, Hickory, Rocky Mount, Ragsdale, Fike, North Buncombe, Southern Lee, A.L. Brown, Northern Guilford.

4-A

1. New Hanover
2. McDowell
2. Mount Tabor
4. Vance
5. Pinecrest
6. East Mecklenburg
7. Clayton
8. Middle Creek
9. Ashbrook
10. Myers Park
Honorable mention: Panther Creek, R.J. Reynolds, Terry Sanford, Jack Britt, North Mecklenburg, Hopewell.


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