And then there was one. As in teams remaining of local interest in the NCHSAA Women’s Tennis Dual Team Playoffs.

Cleveland stayed perfect with a win over Heritage, and will now move on to round three next week.

Now, the rest of the story:

4A

Central Davidson 5, North Johnston 4

Fantastic season! Good luck in Regionals!🐾🎾 https://t.co/hyubwsCLyg

— North Johnston High Athletics (@njhspanthers) October 16, 2025

6A

Union Pines 9, South Johnston 0
Terry Sanford 6, West Johnston 0

7A

Cleveland 5, Heritage 2

Cleveland (14-0) will host Sanderson on Monday.

Cross country

Clayton notched a few Greater Neuse River 7A all-conference honors recently:

Congratulations to our Clayton Comets GNRC All-Conference runners! A great job by all three today at the GNRC Championships! A special shoutout to Audrey Tuccelli who is the GNRC Runner of the Year!!! So proud of you Audrey!#GoComets pic.twitter.com/fy7gFD7pJj

— Clayton High School Athletics (@ClaytonCometsAD) October 16, 2025

Men’s soccer

The honors didn’t stop there for the Comets, as Tavalis Parker was named as a 919 Area Code Athlete of the Week by our friends at HighSchool OT:

Congratulations to Tavalis! It was one great week for T. 4 goals, 1 assist and 2 wins! Well deserved!#GoComets https://t.co/QwEH6RVxnh

— Clayton High School Athletics (@ClaytonCometsAD) October 15, 2025