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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Time for some to make statements
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It will be a huge weekend for high school basketball. It’s the final time many teams will play non-region games, and it offers a chance for teams to make big statements about their seasons and programs.
Saturday’s Prime Time Shootout at Norcross will give teams from Georgia a chance to face some of the best competition from around the country.
The Douglass girls will be looking to prove on Friday that its victory against second-ranked Stephenson earlier this season was no fluke. Stephenson will then turn around Saturday and try to put an exclamation point on its claim to be the best in DeKalb County when it travels to Class AAAA top-ranked Southwest DeKalb.
The focus turns to Norcross on Saturday as Greater Atlanta Christian plays host to Wesleyan. This will be big from the boys and girls side. It is the first meeting between the Class AA schools since GAC defeated Wesleyan in the girls’ championship game last season.
GAC has a new coach and lineup, and the Wolves will counter with Player of the Year candidate Anne Marie Armstrong. Both boys’ team are unbeaten in subregion play.
On Monday, Southwest Atlanta Christian will try to make a statement to the rest of Class A that it’s back, when the Warriors host top-ranked Wilkinson County, which upended them in the Class A quarterfinals last season.
Is Miller Grove ready to be counted among the elite teams in the state? Monday at Centennial, the Wolverines can make that statement against powerhouse Wheeler. This game will feature two of the best young guard prospects in the state — Mfon Udofia of Miller Grove and Phil Taylor of Wheeler.
Post up: The rankings are in, but what team or player needs to make a statement heading into the last few weeks of the regular season?
Girls
Class AAAAA
1: Mill Creek (10) 100 points
2: Stephenson and McEachern (tie) 81
4: Douglass 65
5: Marietta 59
6: Parkview 42
7: Tift County 32
8: Berkmar 28
9: Redan 22
10: Beach and Mundy’s Mill (tie) 9
Others receiving votes: Warner Robins, Etowah, Houston County, Collins Hill, North Gwinnett.
Class AAAA
1: Southwest DeKalb (8) 96
2: Marist (1) 89
3: Westlake (1) 71
4: Greenbrier 55
5: St. Pius 47
6: Mays 42
7: Rome 36
8: Madison County 28
9: Americus-Sumter 19
10: Cherokee 18
Others receiving votes: Westside-Macon, Clarke Central, Jones County, Loganville, North Clayton, Hillgrove, Dalton, Fayette County, East Paulding.
Class AAA
1: Hephzibah (4) 88
2: Kendrick (4) 84
3: Carrollton 81
4: Franklin County 79
5: Southwest-Macon 52
6: Westminster 50
7: East Hall 38
8: Gainesville 25
9: Sandy Creek 23
10: Mary Person 16
Others receiving votes: Gilmer, Butler, Jackson, Elbert County.
Class AA
1: Wesleyan (10) 100
2: Greater Atlanta Christian 82
3: Randolph-Clay 77
4: Vidalia 69
5: Buford 61
6: Laney 43
7: Rutland 34
8: Paideia 13
9: Model 12
10: Dodge County 8
Others receiving votes: Coosa, McIntosh County Academy, Union County, Macon County, Fannin County.
Class A
1: Terrell County (9) 99
2: Landmark Christian (1) 89
3: Savannah Country Day 75
4: Taylor County 57
5: Hancock Central 49
6: Gordon Lee 44
7: Towns County 43
8: Calvary Day 40
9: Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy 29
10: Trion 13
Others receiving votes: Providence Christian, Hawkinsville.
Boys
Class AAAAA
1: Norcross (10) 100 points
2: Wheeler 88
3: Savannah 81
4: Marietta 62
5: Centennial 53
6: Douglass 37
7: M.L. King 24
8: Harrison 23
9: Meadowcreek 18
10: McEachern 15
Class AAAA
1: Columbia (10) 100
2: Westlake 89
3: Miller Grove 60
4: Tucker 57
5: Dacula 48
6: Stone Mountain 44
7: Rome 40
8: Lithia Springs 39
9: Fayette County 23
10: Jonesboro 15
Others receiving votes: Americus-Sumter, Loganville, Ridgeland, Cherokee, Stockbridge, Hillgrove.
Class AAA
1: Jordan (7) 97
2: South Atlanta (3) 93
3: Dunwoody 74
4: Blessed Trinity 70
5: Glenn Hills 58
6: East Hall 30
7: Central-Macon 29
8: Westover 28
9: Flowery Branch 24
10: Washington County 13
Others receiving votes: Dougherty, Perry, Mary Persons, Westover, Liberty County, Northeast-Macon, Hart County, Sandy Creek, Northside-Columbus.
Class AA
1: Randolph-Clay (9) 98
2: Wesleyan (1) 90
3: East Laurens 85
4: Greater Atlanta Christian 77
5: Lovett 36
6: Appling County 33
7: Fannin County 29
8: Decatur 27
9: Josey 21
10: Dublin 18
Others receiving votes: Long County, Callaway, Long County, Dodge County.
Class A
1: Wilkinson County (8) 98
2: Whitefield Academy (1) 81
3: Turner County 77
4: Hancock Central 70
5: Terrell County 51
6: Southwest Atlanta Christian 47
7: Portal 43
8: Wilcox County 29
9: Greenforest Christian 27
10: Atkinson County 16
Others receiving votes: Montgomery County, Gordon Lee, Eagle’s Landing Christian, Athens Academy, Hawkinsville.
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