The races for first place in the eight Class AAAAAA girls basketball regions remain wide open with just three weeks remaining in the regular season.
Only two teams, top-ranked Lovejoy and No. 5 Glynn Academy, have leads of more than one and a half games going into Tuesday night’s action.
Glynn Academy (14-4 overall) is 4-0 in Region 2, two games better than second-place teams No. 10 Brunswick, Bradwell Institute and Richmond Hill, all of which are 2-2 in region play. Lovejoy (16-1 overall) is 11-0 in nine-team Region 4, a game and a half ahead of No. 4 Forest Park (14-5, 9-1). Lovejoy beat Forest Park 64-46 when the teams met on Nov. 16, and the Wildcats can virtually assure themselves of the No. 1 seed for the region tournament with another victory in the rematch at Forest Park on Jan. 28.
Other teams that begin the week in first place in their regions are second-ranked Valdosta in Region 1, Greenbrier in Region 3, No. 9 Hughes in Region 5, No. 6 Harrison in Region 6, Alpharetta in Region 7, and third-ranked Dacula in Region 8.
Here are the girls region standings going into Tuesday’s games (with region records, followed by overall records). Note that the records are taken from MaxPreps, the official record-keeper for the Georgia High School Association, and that some of those records may not have been fully updated.
1-AAAAAA
Valdosta – 2-0 / 15-2
Houston County – 3-1 / 13-4
Coffee – 1-1 / 7-8
Northside-Warner Robins – 0-2 / 10-5
Lee County – 0-2 / 6-9
2-AAAAAA
Glynn Academy – 4-0 / 14-4
Bradwell Institute – 2-2 / 14-5
Richmond Hill – 2-2 / 13-6
Brunswick – 2-2 / 12-6
Effingham County – 0-4 / 1-13
3-AAAAAA
Greenbrier – 4-0 / 14-4
Grovetown – 3-1 / 9-6
Heritage-Conyers – 2-2 / 12-7
Lakeside-Evans – 2-2 / 5-6
Alcovy – 1-3 / 8-9
Evans – 0-4 / 8-9
4-AAAAAA
Lovejoy – 11-0 / 16-1
Forest Park – 9-1 / 14-5
Stephenson – 8-3 / 14-5
Mt. Zion-Jonesboro – 7-3 / 12-5
M.L. King – 5-6 / 9-8
Mundy’s Mill – 4-6 / 7-12
Drew – 2-9 / 5-12
Tucker – 1-9 / 2-15
Morrow - 0-10 / 1-16
5-AAAAAA
Hughes – 9-1 / 11-5
Alexander – 9-2 / 15-3
Tri-Cities – 8-2 / 11-4
Douglas County – 6-3 / 10-6
New Manchester – 5-5 / 9-9
Northgate – 5-6 / 8-12
Creekside – 3-7 / 4-14
Mays – 1-10 / 1-12
South Paulding – 0-10 / 1-17
6-AAAAAA
Harrison – 9-1 / 15-4
River Ridge – 9-2 / 11-8
Sequoyah – 7-3 / 11-6
Sprayberry – 6-4 / 10-8
South Cobb – 6-5 / 10-8
Creekview – 5-5 / 9-10
Osborne – 2-8 / 5-8
Dalton – 2-8 / 5-12
Allatoona – 0-10 / 1-16
7-AAAAAAA
Alpharetta – 9-1 / 12-6
Cambridge – 8-2 / 15-4
Johns Creek – 8-2 / 10-9
Pope – 7-3 / 11-7
Dunwoody – 5-5 / 8-7
North Atlanta – 3-6 / 3-9
Centennial – 3-7 / 5-14
Chattahoochee – 1-9 / 2-16
Northview – 0-9 / 1-15
8-AAAAAA
Dacula – 4-0 / 17-2
Lanier – 3-1 / 9-9
Winder-Barrow – 2-2 / 10-7
Gainesville – 2-2 / 7-10
Habersham Central – 1-3 / 9-9
Apalachee – 0-4 / 2-17
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