South Columbus, Hoggard top 5th Quarter preseason polls

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Ahead of the start of high school football season, we reached out to each of the coaches in our area to see how they think the teams of their conferences will fair. With their input, this is our 5th Quarter preason poll.

Three Rivers: (Six coaches voting)

1. South Columbus (Two 1st place votes)
2. Whiteville (Three 1st place votes)
3. East Bladen (One 1st place vote)
4. Red Springs
5. St. Pauls
6. Fairmont
7. West Bladen
8. East Columbus
9. South Robeson
10. West Columbus

Mideastern: (Six coaches voting)

1. Hoggard (Five 1st place votes)
2. New Hanover (One 1st place vote)
3. Laney
4. West Brunswick
5. Topsail
6. Ashley
7. South Brunswick
8. North Brunswick

Coastal 8: (2 coaches voting)

1. SW Onslow
2. Trask
3. Richlands
4. Croatan
5. East Carteret
6. Dixon
7. Pender
8. Lejeune

(14 out of 16 area teams voted on the poll. Votes combined based off a point system and rankings are based off final numbers, not opinion.)