The Record
Seasons 2013–14 to 2025–26 Head Coach Nick Holota
The complete record · updated through the 2026 season
Twelve seasons, written down.
Read it before you email anyone.
This page exists so that a coach, a player or a parent can judge Middle Creek men's lacrosse on evidence. Every figure below comes from MaxPreps and the NCHSAA. Nothing here is an adjective.
231–31Across the twelve seasons listed belowSum of the table, not a claim beyond it
43Straight wins, a state recordStreak reached during the 2017 season
2022 · NCHSAA 4A state champions, the full squad and staff on the field.Photograph supplied by the program.
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The record, season by season
Source: MaxPreps · overall, conference, state rank
Middle Creek men's lacrosse — seasons 2013–14 through 2025–26
Season
Overall
SWAC
State rank
Win share
Outcome
2025–26
24–5
12–2
6
State runners-up — four wins, then 8–9 in overtime to Charlotte Catholic
2024–25
21–4
14–0
2
Unbeaten in conference play
2023–24
17–5
12–2
10
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2022–23
21–2
14–0
7
SWAC champions
2021–22
23–2
13–1
1
State champions beat Weddington 9–8 in the 4A final
2020–21
12–1
8–0
9
SWAC champions
2019–20
—
—
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No season listed in the source record
2018–19
18–3
12–0
4
State semi-finalist · SWAC champions
2017–18
21–1
12–0
3
SWAC champions
2016–17
22–0
16–0
1
State champions perfect season; beat Lake Norman 17–8 in the 4A final
2015–16
18–4
12–2
13
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2014–15
18–2
15–1
2
SWAC champions
2013–14
16–2
15–1
7
SWAC champions
Twelve recorded seasons
231–31
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2 state championships · 8 SWAC championships
Championship season No season in the source recordFull schedules, box scores and a season archive live on the Schedule & Results page.
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Two state championships
2017 and 2022 · NCHSAA 4A
2017First title in school history
22–0. A perfect season.
Middle Creek won the 4A final 17–8 over Lake Norman. The NCHSAA headlined it: "Middle Creek dominates possession and wins first title." The win streak built around that season reached 43 straight games, a state record.
Final17–8 v Lake Norman
Season22–0 (16–0 SWAC)
State rank1
The 2017 championship team.2022Second title
9–8, with ten seconds left.
Middle Creek beat Weddington 9–8 in the 4A final on a goal scored with ten seconds on the clock, closing a 23–2 season ranked first in the state.
Final9–8 v Weddington
Season23–2 (13–1 SWAC)
State rank1
The 2022 trophy and banner.
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The 2026 postseason, entered as it happened
Final record 24–5 · 12–2 SWAC · state rank 6
State tournament, 2026
Game
Opponent
Result
Date
1
South Brunswick
W 18–2
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2
East Chapel Hill
W 16–1
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3
Croatan
W 8–4
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4
Union Pines
W 17–5
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5
Charlotte Catholic
L 8–9
29 May 2026
One goal from another final.
Four wins by a combined margin, then a single goal the other way. That is the honest version of 2026, and it is the version this site will keep publishing — results the week they happen, not a page that stops in 2022.
News entries, weekly results and a season archive publish to this section during the season. This concept shows structure, not fabricated headlines.
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Honours, and where players go next
Program-supplied; nothing extrapolated
All-Americans, 2022
Tate Jones
Breyden Harrison
Academic All-American, 2022
James Cardillo
College placement
7 players from the 2021 team went on to play in college. 5 from the 2020 class, three of them Division I.
The full roster — numbers, positions, graduation years and college commitments — publishes on the Roster page and is maintained by the coaching staff.
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New to the area
For families who have not moved yet
Where the school sits
Middle Creek High School serves the southern Wake County area around Apex and Cary, North Carolina. It plays NCHSAA lacrosse in the SWAC conference.
Attendance is set by Wake County's assignment zones, so check the address you are considering against the county's current base assignment before you sign anything.
When things happen
High school lacrosse in North Carolina is a spring sport, with off-season work through the autumn and winter.
Tryout dates, off-season workout times and the parent meeting for the coming season are confirmed by the program and published here and on Instagram. Dates in this concept are deliberately left blank rather than invented.
Introduce yourself early
You do not need a local address to make contact. Send your son's graduation year, position and current school, and roughly when you expect to arrive.
Coach Holota can then plan around a player who is coming, rather than meeting him for the first time at tryouts.
Tiles are styled placeholders in this concept. At launch they fill with the eight most recent posts from @middlecreeklax, refreshed automatically, so the site is never older than the feed.
Your details go straight to the head coach. If you ticked the relocation box, your family is filed under the arrival year you gave, so the program knows a player is coming before he arrives.
There is no fee, no obligation and no requirement to live here yet.
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Coaches and contact
A real name and a real way to reach him
Nick Holota
Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse
Email
[program email — to be supplied by the school]
Best route
The interest form above reaches him directly.
School
Middle Creek High School, Apex & Cary, North Carolina
Middle Creek Men's Lacrosse
Program details
Association
NCHSAA 4A
Conference
SWAC
Season
Spring, with off-season work through autumn and winter