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Can Greenforest, Turner County girls run the table?; New power ratings

By S. Thomas Coleman
Jan 20, 2016

As we enter the home stretch of the regular season, only two undefeated teams remain, the Greenforest Christian and Turner County girls. Can they run the table all the way to a title?

Greenforest Christian (17-0, 7-0 in Region 5)

AJC Poll Ranking: 4

Class A Private Power Rating:  4

Chance of going undefeated:  Not good.  The Eagles have cruised past most opponents this season. Their closest contest was a 48-43 win over region rival Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (10-10, 4-3), a program that has taken a step back this season. Greenforest has a date with Paideia (13-5, 4-1) on Saturday and may face the Pythons again in the region tournament. A surging Our Lady of Mercy (14-2, 6-1) could be on the horizon in the region tournament as well. But the state playoffs is where Greenforest could stumble, as No. 1 St. Francis (20-1, 7-0 in Region 6) and No. 3 Calvary Day (16-1, 6-0 in Region 3) – No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, respectively, in the Power Ratings – are the favorites.

Turner County (19-0, 10-0 in Region 2)

AJC Poll Ranking: 2

Class A Public Power Rating:  1

Chance of going undefeated: Fair. The Rebels are cruising through the regular season. While their schedule has not been very challenging, Turner has knocked off a good Class AA squad in Fitzgerald (12-4, 4-3 in Region 1) as well as Calhoun County (14-4, 10-1 in Region 1). However, likely region champions Terrell County (13-2, 10-0 in Region 1), Wheeler County (14-3, 7-1 in Region 3) and Taylor County (17-2, 10-1 in Region 4), loom large in the playoffs.

Power Ratings

The North Cobb Christian and Treutlen boys and St. Francis and Turner County girls sit atop the power ratings this week.

Boys

Class A Private

Rank School Region Record Ranking
1 North Cobb Christian 6-A 15-2 12.08
2 Greenforest Christian 5-A 12-1 10.82
3 St. Francis 6-A 10-3 10.62
4 Lakeview Academy 8-A 14-3 10.49
5 Our Lady of Mercy 5-A 13-3 9.58
6 Whitefield Academy 6-A 10-6 9.46
7 St. Anne-Pacelli 4-A 13-4 9.26
8 Stratford Academy 7-A 11-3 8.88
9 Southwest Atlanta Christian 5-A 11-6 8.67
9 Tattnall Square Academy 7-A 11-4 8.67
11 Christian Heritage 6-A 13-3 8.42
11 King's Ridge 6-A 10-5 8.42
13 Hebron Christian Academy 8-A 14-4 8.19
14 Savannah Christian 3-A 9-4 8.08
15 First Presbyterian 7-A 10-6 7.94
16 Walker 6-A 9-5 7.67

Class A Public

Rank School Region Record Ranking
1 Treutlen 3-A 14-1 10.53
2 Turner County 2-A 13-5 9.76
3 Wilkinson County 7-A 12-5 9.51
4 Taylor County 4-A 9-6 9.24
5 Atkinson County 2-A 13-3 8.52
6 Hancock Central 7-A 12-4 8.40
6 Hawkinsville 4-A 9-6 8.40
8 Wilcox County 2-A 10-7 8.22
9 Mitchell County 1-A 9-6 8.02
9 Randolph-Clay 1-A 13-6 8.02
11 Lincoln County 7-A 11-4 7.78
12 Calhoun County 1-A 10-7 7.71
13 Quitman County 1-A 12-6 7.65
14 Marion County 4-A 8-8 7.63
15 Georgia Military College 7-A 8-5 7.31
16 Woodville-Tompkins 3-A 10-6 6.98

Girls

Class A Private

Rank School Region Record Ranking
1 St. Francis 6-A 12-0 13.42
2 Calvary Day School 3-A 16-1 11.67
3 Tattnall Square Academy 7-A 15-1 10.88
4 Greenforest Christian 5-A 16-0 10.25
5 Our Lady of Mercy 5-A 12-2 10.10
6 Eagle's Landing Christian 5-A 10-4 9.67
6 Lakeview Academy 8-A 11-4 9.67
6 Savannah Country Day 3-A 14-4 9.67
9 Stratford Academy 7-A 15-2 9.59
10 Mt. Paran Christian 6-A 12-2 9.12
11 Paideia 5-A 12-5 8.08
12 Athens Christian 8-A 10-6 7.38
13 First Presbyterian 7-A 10-8 7.13
14 Southwest Atlanta Christian 5-A 9-10 6.91
15 Pinecrest Academy 6-A 11-5 6.75
16 George Walton Academy 8-A 6-9 6.67

Class A Public

Rank School Region Record Ranking
1 Turner County 2-A 18-0 11.50
2 Terrell County 1-A 13-2 10.29
3 Wheeler County 3-A 14-3 9.77
4 Taylor County 4-A 16-2 9.39
5 Calhoun County 1-A 14-3 9.28
6 Greenville 4-A 11-5 8.79
7 Commerce 8-A 11-4 8.51
8 Claxton 3-A 11-6 8.26
9 Mitchell County 1-A 9-4 8.18
10 Woodville-Tompkins 3-A 10-6 8.08
11 Telfair County 2-A 10-6 7.77
12 Treutlen 3-A 7-6 7.36
13 Wilcox County 2-A 12-4 7.31
14 Marion County 4-A 10-7 7.26
15 Georgia Military College 7-A 7-7 6.95
16 Hancock Central 7-A 9-6 6.89

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