There are two new No. 1 teams in girls high school basketball this week as Southwest DeKalb and Holy Innocents’ move into the top spots of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll.
Southwest DeKalb, the defending Class AAAAA champion, and previous No. 1 Tucker swapped positions at Nos. 1 and 2 after Tucker lost to sixth-ranked Forest Park 45-43 on Saturday. Tucker beat Southwest DeKalb 73-64 in their only meeting of the regular season on Dec. 17, but Southwest DeKalb is on a 10-game winning streak and defeated Norcross, a Top 10 AAAAAA team, on Saturday.
In Class A, Holy Innocents’ moved up from No. 2 after St. Francis, the previous No. 1, lost to Southwest Atlanta Christian 54-49 on Friday. St. Francis dropped to No. 3, and Southwest Atlanta Christian moved up to No. 2. Holy Innocents’, which beat Class AA No. 1 Wesleyan 74-57 in December, plays St. Francis at home on Feb. 1.
The other four No. 1 girls teams – McEachern (AAAAAA), Redan (AAAA), Buford (AAA) and Wesleyan – remained the same.
McEachern beat two New York teams in the Rose Classic in Brooklyn over the weekend and faces fourth-ranked Hillgrove at home on Friday.
Redan beat defending champion Columbia for the second time this season, winning 65-50 on Saturday. Buford and Wesleyan both won twice last week and head for a showdown Saturday at Wesleyan.
The top-ranked boys teams remained the same for the second week in a row despite getting a challenge. Wheeler, the top-ranked AAAAAA team, beat No. 8 Walton and No. 9 Milton last week. Miller Grove, No. 1 in AAAAA, beat No. 3 Tucker on Friday night.
Only nine teams remain undefeated after four suffered their first losses last week. North Forsyth’s girls fell to 18-1 on Saturday with a 50-49 loss to St. Francis. Beach’s girls team lost to Tattnall County 57-55 on Friday and is 17-1. Calhoun County’s boys (15-1) lost to Randolph-Clay and fell out of the Class A rankings. Thomson’s boys (11-1) remained No. 10 after losing to No. 2 Washington County in a AAA game.
BOYS
Class AAAAAA
1. Wheeler (14-4)
2. Tift County (16-2)
3. Westlake (18-1)
4. North Gwinnett (17-3)
5. McEachern (14-2)
6. Norcross (13-5)
7. Hillgrove (15-3)
8. Walton (15-2)
9. Milton (11-6)
10. Douglas County (13-3)
Class AAAAA
1. Miller Grove (15-4)
2. Allatoona (18-0)
3. Tucker (14-2)
4. Clarke Central (17-0)
5. Jenkins (14-2)
6. Effingham County (10-6)
7. Stephenson (12-3)
8. Warner Robins (15-2)
9. Sprayberry (16-4)
10. M.L. King (9-5)
Class AAAA
1. Columbia (13-1)
2. Fayette County (12-3)
3. Eagle’s Landing (14-4)
4. South Atlanta (12-4)
5. Rutland (13-3)
6. Glenn Hills (14-4)
7. Alexander (13-3)
8. Liberty County (14-4)
9. Sandy Creek (13-3)
10. Westover (13-3)
Class AAA
1. Savannah (14-2)
2. Washington County (14-1)
3. Cartersville (16-2)
4. Morgan County (12-4)
5. Elbert County (14-2)
6. Buford (12-5)
7. Johnson-Savannah (13-4)
8. Blessed Trinity (16-3)
9. Cedar Grove (10-5)
10. Thomson (11-1)
Class AA
1. Greater Atlanta Christian (19-0)
2. Vidalia (19-0)
3. Laney (15-4)
4. Model (16-2)
5. Manchester (13-3)
6. Calhoun (14-2)
7. Pelham (12-3)
8. Jefferson (13-5)
9. Northeast-Macon (11-5)
10. McIntosh County Academy (10-7)
Class A
1. Aquinas (14-3)
2. Athens Christian (14-2)
3. Whitefield Academy (12-5)
4. St. Francis (12-5)
5. North Cobb Christian (14-4)
6. Greenforest Christian (11-7)
7. Seminole County (13-1)
8. Wilkinson County (13-4)
9. Dooly County (15-1)
10. Holy Innocents’ (15-2)
GIRLS
1. McEachern (14-2)
2. Archer (17-2)
3. Parkview (17-2)
4. Hillgrove (17-2)
5. North Forsyth (18-1)
6. Norcross (14-4)
7. Mountain View (14-4)
8. Douglas County (14-2)
9. Westlake (14-4)
10. Hughes (16-2)
1. Southwest DeKalb (17-2)
2. Tucker (15-3)
3. Effingham County (17-1)
4. Salem (15-2)
5. Stephenson (13-4)
6. Forest Park (14-6)
7. Drew (13-3)
8. Hiram (16-3)
9. Sequoyah (15-4)
10. Grovetown (14-4)
1. Redan (18-0)
2. Columbus (15-1)
3. Cross Creek (16-1)
4. Carrollton (14-2)
5. Monroe (15-4)
6. Columbia (9-3)
7. Woodland-Stockbridge (14-3)
8. Chestatee (16-3)
9. Mary Persons (15-2)
10. Rutland (14-2)
1. Buford (16-1)
2. Washington County (15-0)
3. St. Pius (16-3)
4. Tattnall County (15-2)
5. Beach (17-1)
6. Morgan County (13-2)
7. Dodge County (13-2)
8. Chapel Hill (15-3)
9. Peach County (14-3)
10. White County (13-3)
1. Wesleyan (16-2)
2. Kendrick (14-0)
3. Laney (18-1)
4. Pelham (15-0)
5. Greater Atlanta Christian (15-5)
6. Pepperell (16-2)
7. Armuchee (13-5)
8. Bleckley County (13-3)
9. Putnam County (14-2)
10. Union County (11-3)
1. Holy Innocents' (16-0)
2. SW Atlanta Christian (14-4)
3. St. Francis (14-2)
4. George Walton Academy (16-1)
5. Randolph-Clay (12-2)
6. Calvary Day (10-1)
7. Gordon Lee (13-4)
8. Claxton (15-3)
9. Darlington (11-6)
10. Mount Paran Christian (13-3)
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