No. 1 teams Tucker and Therrell lost boys basketball games last week, but each held its top ranking in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll.
Tucker, the No. 1 team in Class AAAAAA, lost to LaFayette, an undefeated Alabama team, on the M.L. King Jr. Holiday, then needed overtime to defeat Morrow 69-68 the next day. That was Tucker’s fifth game in six days, a schedule gauntlet caused partly by weather-related makeups. Tucker is 21-3.
In AA, defending state champion Therrell lost to Region 6 city rival Douglass 55-52 Friday night. Therrell (17-6, 11-1) remains in first place ahead of Douglass (19-4, 10-2), which moved up four spots to No. 4 in the rankings.
Swainsboro (20-2) remained at No. 2. Swainsboro and Therrell each have one loss in AA, both to teams they also have beaten. In Swainsboro’s case, that’s No. 3 Jeff Davis.
This is the final week of the regular season before region tournaments. The state tournament begins Feb. 14.
Class AAAAAAA
1. Grayson (22-1)
2. Norcross (22-2)
3. Shiloh (20-2)
4. Milton (19-4)
5. McEachern (16-5)
6. Wheeler (16-6)
7. Archer (15-8)
8. Newton (17-6)
9. East Coweta (16-7).
10. Etowah (17-5)
Class AAAAAA
- Tucker (21-3)
- South Cobb (21-2)
- Hughes (16-6)
- Sequoyah (19-4)
- Tri-Cities (20-4)
- Lanier (17-5)
- Valdosta (20-2)
- Chattahoochee (16-7)
- Brunswick (14-6)
- Grovetown (19-3)
Class AAAAA
- Lithonia (22-1)
- Dutchtown (22-3)
- Eagle's Landing (19-3)
- Cedar Shoals (21-2)
- Kell (20-4)
- Buford (17-5)
- Veterans (20-2)
- Warner Robins (18-3)
- Walnut Grove (18-4)
- Statesboro (19-5)
Class AAAA
- Americus-Sumter (22-0)
- Sandy Creek (18-3)
- Woodward Academy (20-2)
- Chapel Hill (15-7)
- Denmark (18-5)
- St. Pius (17-6)
- Cross Creek (17-6)
- LaFayette (20-2)
- Westover (12-7)
- Baldwin (13-7)
Class AAA
- Pace Academy (19-4)
- Johnson-Savannah (18-5)
- Hart County (22-1)
- Dawson County (21-2)
- Windsor Forest (19-4)
- Westminster (15-7)
- Lovett (17-5)
- Monroe (17-6)
- Greater Atlanta Christian (16-7)
- North Murray (18-5)
Class AA
- Therrell (17-6)
- Swainsboro (20-2)
- Jeff Davis (17-6)
- Douglass (19-4)
- Glenn Hills (16-7)
- Butler (14-5)
- Spencer (17-3)
- Laney (17-6)
- Dublin (20-2)
- Thomasville (18-3)
Class A-Private
- St. Francis (20-3)
- Greenforest Christian (13-9)
- Mount Pisgah Christian (17-5)
- Walker (18-5)
- Trinity Christian (14-8)
- Christian Heritage (18-2)
- Wesleyan (14-6)
- W.D. Mohammed (14-5)
- Providence Christian (22-1)
- Pinecrest Academy (13-9)
Class A-Public
- Treutlen (21-0)
- Wilcox County (20-0)
- Terrell County (19-1)
- Calhoun County (18-2)
- Wilkinson County (15-8)
- Hancock Central (18-3)
- Drew Charter (15-7)
- Lanier County (18-4)
- Dooly County (17-5)
- Turner County (17-5)
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