Seaforth leads the 2A North Carolina High School Athletic Association Wells Fargo Cup standings after the end of the winter sports season.
Wells Fargo Cup points are awarded based on a school’s final positioning in a state championship for each sport. The points are awarded as follows: 50 for first place, 45 for second, 40 for third, 35 for fourth, 30 for fifth, 25 for sixth, 20 for seventh and 15 for eighth. For each sport in which a school qualified for the playoffs, five points are awarded.
Seaforth, sitting at the top with 367.5 points, has the largest lead (55 points) out of any first-place program and the third-most points in the state.
In the 2024-25 school year, the Hawks have claimed 12 state titles (10 individual and two team). The wrestling team won its second individual team title and the boys’ indoor track team won its first state championship in the winter.
The Hawks also finished as state runner ups in volleyball, dual team wrestling and boys’ and girls’ cross country. Seaforth’s boys finished third in the swimming state championship meet. In basketball, the girls made run to the regional final and the boys earned a playoff bid. The girls’ tennis team also made the dual team playoffs, and Lillian McFall finished as a state-runner up in the 2A singles tournament.
Seaforth won the 2023-24 2A Wells Fargo Cup and is in good position to repeat. The Hawks graduated just one senior from its 2024 state champion girls’ soccer team and could pick up some more titles in outdoor track during the spring season.