Basketball rankings: No. 1 teams hold serve; Shiloh not punished much for 0-3 Florida trip

In AAA, Decatur held onto the No. 5 spot in AAA after a 45-40 victory over Westminster, which climbed one spot to No. 8. Thomasville dropped out of the AA rankings from the No. 7 spot after a loss on Friday to Early County, which fell out from the No. 10 position after losing to Randolph-Clay 47-21 on Saturday. Also in AA, No. 3 Wesleyan beat No. 8 Lovett 71-62 on Friday.

In Class A, Claxton and Calvary Day swapped position in the No. 6 and No. 7 spots after Claxton’s 48-46 victory on Friday.

Shiloh’s boys, previously unbeaten and ranked No. 3 in AAAAAA, lost three games last week in the Montverde Academy Invitational Tournament in Florida, all to ranked teams from out of state. They fell only two spots to No. 5. Collins Hill lost two Region 7 games and fell out of the rankings, replaced by Dacula.

Columbia’s boys, who have made the state finals each of the past nine seasons, nearly dropped out of the rankings. They landed at No. 9 in AAAA after a loss to Grady. Columbia is 13-7 and in fourth place in Region 6.

Pace Academy of AA had the toughest game among No. 1 teams, winning 68-66 against No. 3 Holy Innocents’.

Laney, the No. 3 team in AAA, beat No. 7 Butler 61-53 on the road. Laney has seven victories over teams ranked in the top 10 and has won 22 straight games since a season-opening loss to St. Francis, the No. 1 team in Class A.

There are seven new boys teams in the rankings. Dacula replaced Collins Hill in AAAAAA; Carver-Columbus and Cedar Shoals replaced Stockbridge and Apalachee in AAAAA; Stone Mountain and Americus-Sumter replaced Westover and Bainbridge in AAAA; East Hall replaced Peach County in AAA; and Coosa replaced Bryan County in AA.

There are five new girls teams in the rankings. Northwest Whitfield replaced Carrollton in AAAA; Dodge County replaced Morgan County in AAA; Union County and Manchester replaced Thomasville and Early County in AA; and Eagle’s Landing Christian replaced Mitchell County in A.

Class AAAAAA

1. Wheeler (21-2)

2. Tift County (22-1)

3. Pebblebrook (18-5)

4. Norcross (20-3)

5. Shiloh (20-3)

6. Tucker (23-2)

7. Pope (20-3)

8. Hillgrove (18-4)

9. Douglas County (17-5)

10. Dacula (17-6)

Class AAAAA

1. Miller Grove (21-3)

2. McIntosh (23-0)

3. M.L. King (19-4)

4. Gainesville (21-2)

5. Brunswick (20-2)

6. Allatoona (22-2)

7. Southwest DeKalb (17-7)

8. Carver-Columbus (17-5)

9. LaGrange (17-6)

10. Cedar Shoals (17-7)

Class AAAA

1. Jonesboro (23-1)

2. Johnson-Gainesville (22-0)

3. Lithonia (20-2)

4. St. Pius (20-3)

5. Carrollton (20-2)

6. Albany (17-4)

7. Burke County (19-2)

8. Stone Mountain (17-6)

9. Columbia (13-7)

10. Americus-Sumter (20-4)

Class AAA

1. Laney (22-1)

2. Jenkins (20-3)

3. Cedar Grove (16-3)

4. Morgan County (17-7)

5. Johnson-Savannah (19-4)

6. South Atlanta (19-4)

7. Butler (16-8)

8. Blessed Trinity (19-4)

9. Rutland (21-3)

10. East Hall (18-4)

Class AA

1. Pace Acdemy (21-2)

2. Seminole County (19-3)

3. Holy Innocents’ (19-4)

4. Crawford County (20-3)

5. Vidalia (20-2)

6. Greater Atlanta Christian (14-8)

7. Thomasville (16-6)

8. Harlem (20-3)

9. Model (18-4)

10. Coosa (16-4)

Class A

1. St. Francis (20-3)

2. Greenforest Christian (19-1)

3. Athens Christian (22-0)

4. Whitefield Academy (16-8)

5. Hancock Central (18-1)

6. Wilkinson County (16-3)

7. Calhoun County (19-2)

8. Treutlen (20-1)

9. Greenville (21-2)

10. North Cobb Christian (14-8)

GIRLS

Class AAAAAA

1. South Forsyth (21-2)

2. Osborne (21-2)

3. Parkview (18-3)

4. Westlake (21-1)

5. Archer (20-4)

6. Mountain View (20-3)

7. McEachern (17-4)

8. Norcross (20-3)

9. Woodstock (23-0)

10. North Forsyth (20-3)

Class AAAAA

1. Brunswick (23-0)

2. Mays (19-2)

3. Effingham County (19-5)

4. Sequoyah (21-3)

5. Forest Park (20-4)

6. Stephenson (18-4)

7. South Effingham (19-3)

8. Southwest DeKalb (18-6)

9. Greenbrier (21-3)

10. Cross Creek (20-4)

Class AAAA

1. Buford (20-3)

2. Jonesboro (23-1)

3. St. Pius (21-2)

4. Mary Persons (22-1)

5. Veterans (22-1)

6. Americus-Sumter (21-1)

7. Marist (16-3)

8. Redan (16-4)

9. Bainbridge (20-4)

10. Northwest Whitfield (18-6)

Class AAA

1. Dawson County (23-0)

2. South Atlanta (23-0)

3. Kendrick (22-1)

4. Laney (20-3)

5. Decatur (21-2)

6. Beach (18-5)

7. Washington County (18-4)

8. Westminster (18-5)

9. Peach County (14-3)

10. Dodge County (17-4)

Class AA

1. Holy Innocents' (23-0)

2. Pelham (22-1)

3. Wesleyan (18-5)

4. Model (21-2)

5. Darlington (17-5)

6. Putnam County (18-4)

7. Vidalia (19-3)

8. Lovett (14-7)

9. Union County (17-5)

10. Manchester (19-2)

Class A

1. St. Francis (18-3)

2. SW Atlanta Christian (21-3)

3. Taylor County (23-0)

4. Tattnall Square (21-2)

5. Savannah Country Day (22-2)

6. Claxton (20-3)

7. Calvary Day (17-4)

8. Turner County (21-2)

9. Stratford Academy (16-5)

10. Eagle's Landing Christian (15-6)