Tarboro...#6? John Cate...tell me this wasn't you!

[HowerinJr]

I'm not one that cares much about polls, but I actually scratched my head a little when I saw this. I enjoy following John Cate at the Mount Airy News and I just stumbled on his story revealing the AP rankings from last week. Based on the story, I am assuming John was one of the voters.

https://www.mtairynews.com/sports/high-school-football/77484/cards-ranked-third-in-ap-football-poll

The focus of the article was on East Surry being ranked third and only a single point behind Murphy for 2nd. Tarboro was #1 receiving 10 of 11 first place votes. They had 105 points out of a maximum of 110. If you aren't going to rank Tarboro #1, it would have to be either Murphy or East Surry. I'm OK with that. But which one of these voters placed the back-to-back state champions riding at the time a 33 game winning streak at #6? John?

 

[Kingbluedevil]

His name is Mr John Cate

 

[TD-FridayNight]

Am I counting right or are most of the votes coming from eastern News Papers ? Voting papers below.
All Associated Press members in North Carolina are eligible to participate in the high school Football poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: Hendersonville Times News, Hendersonville; The Times-News, Burlington; The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte; Durham Herald-Sun, Durham; The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City; The News Herald, Morganton; Mount Airy News, Mount Airy; North Carolina News Network, Raleigh; Daily Herald, Roanoke Rapids; The Salisbury Post, Salisbury; Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem.

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

Am I counting right or are most of the votes coming from eastern News Papers ? Voting papers below.
All Associated Press members in North Carolina are eligible to participate in the high school Football poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: Hendersonville Times News, Hendersonville; The Times-News, Burlington; The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte; Durham Herald-Sun, Durham; The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City; The News Herald, Morganton; Mount Airy News, Mount Airy; North Carolina News Network, Raleigh; Daily Herald, Roanoke Rapids; The Salisbury Post, Salisbury; Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem.

No, you are counting wrong.
West-
Hendersonville
Mount Airy
Morganton
Charlotte
Burlington
Winston Salem
Salisbury
East-
Roanoke Rapids
Elizabeth City
Gray area-
Raleigh
Durham

 

[TD-FridayNight]

Was thinking these Papers were Eastern Papers.
Burlington
Salisbury
East-
Roanoke Rapids
Elizabeth City
Gray area-
Raleigh
Durham

 

[ObserveAndReport]

Was thinking these Papers were Eastern Papers.
Burlington
Salisbury
East-
Roanoke Rapids
Elizabeth City
Gray area-
Raleigh
Durham

Salisbury definitely west. Burlington area can go either way.

 

[TD-FridayNight]

Salisbury definitely west. Burlington area can go either way.

So are most of the papers voting in the east ?

 

[FarWestNorthCarolinaSports]

Its all east to me qhen you get passes Marion.

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

No. Even if you counted Raleigh, Durham and Burlington(Burlington is still West tho), then it would still be west-6, east-5.

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

Its all east to me qhen you get passes Marion.

You probably think Morganton is a beach town lol

 

[FarWestNorthCarolinaSports]

Might as well be.

 

[Mitchell county mountie]

Might as well be.

Lol I'd say Morganton is a good 3.5 hours from Robbinsville .

 

[HowerinJr]

His name is Mr John Cate

Sorry. Got the spelling wrong.

 

[FarWestNorthCarolinaSports]

Lol I'd say Morganton is a good 3.5 hours from Robbinsville .

Marion is about 2hrs if you move on.

 

[Thunder_struck8712]

Fun fact. Its only about 30 minutes more from Robbinsville to Panama City Beach than it is from Robbinsville to Carolina Beach.