Week 3 Basketball Rankings

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In Class AAAAAAA boys, Newton scored a big 88-63 win over Lambert and debuts at No. 8 while the Longhorns dropped to No. 10. East Coweta’s 8-0 start has the Indians debuting at No. 9, while Region 2 counterpart Westlake exited the poll following its 3-3 start.

Mundy’s Mill, Heritage-Conyers and Dacula were replaced in the Class AAAAAA poll by No. 8 Brunswick, No. 9 Evans and tenth-ranked Cambridge. Warner Robins broke through in Class AAAAA with its 3-0 start and debuts at No. 10. In Class AAAA, Upson-Lee is the new No. 1 and previous top-ranked St. Pius fell to No. 3.

In Class AAA, GAC is the team to beat again this week with Morgan County chasing at the No. 2 spot. Johnson-Savannah, Cedar Grove and Pace Academy round out the top-5.

Woodville-Tompkins takes the No. 1 spot in Class AA with Thomasville at No. 2, up from third last week. Therrell is third with Metter and Glenn Hills rounding out the top-5.

Wilkinson County leads Class A-Public this week with Macon County at the No. 2 spot again. Georgia Military climbed from fourth to third with Drew Charter (No. 4) and Treutlen (No. 5) filling out the top-5.

St. Francis leads No. 2 Greenforest again this week in Class A-Private. Mt. Bethel is second this week ahead of Greenforest, Eagle’s Landing and Trinity Christian.

BOYS

Class AAAAAAA

1. McEachern

2. Meadowcreek

3. Wheeler

4. Norcross

5. Discovery

6. Pebblebrook

7. Grayson

8. Newton

9. East Coweta

10. Lambert

Class AAAAAA

1. Tri-Cities

2. Coffee

3. Alexander

4. North Atlanta

5. South Cobb

6. Hughes

7. Tucker

8. Brunswick

9. Evans

10. Cambridge

Class AAAAA

1. Buford

2. Southwest DeKalb

3. Lithonia

4. Fayette County

5. Eagle’s Landing

6. Cedar Shoals

7. Hiram

8. Woodland-Stockbridge

9. Columbia

10. Warner Robins

Class AAAA

1. Upson-Lee

2. Sandy Creek

3. St. Pius

4. Henry County

5. Woodward Academy

6. Carver-Columbus

7. Americus-Sumter

8. Chapel Hill

9. Thomson

10. Shaw

Class AAA

1. Greater Atlanta Christian

2. Morgan County

3. Johnson-Savannah

4. Cedar Grove

5. Pace Academy

6. Dawson County

7. Hart County

8. Westside-Macon

9. Central-Macon

10. Liberty County

Class AA

1. Woodville-Tompkins

2. Thomasville

3. Therrell

4. Metter

5. Glenn Hills

6. Washington County

7. South Atlanta

8. Bleckley County

9. Vidalia

10. Northeast-Macon

Class A-Public

1. Wilkinson County

2. Macon County

3. Georgia Military

4. Drew Charter

5. Treutlen

6. Calhoun County

7. Wilcox County

8. Lanier County

9. Pelham

10. Greene County

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis

2. Mt. Bethel

3. Greenforest

4. Eagle’s Landing Christian

5. Trinity Christian

6. Walker

7. Mt. Pisgah

8. Riverside Military

9. Lakeview Academy

10. Holy Innocents’

In Class AAAAAAAA girls, McEachern climbed two spots to No. 3 and Norcross jumped from No. 10 to No. 6 behind undefeated Pebblebrook.

Lovejoy retains its grip on Class AAAAAA, as undefeated Forest Park, Northview and Lanier round out a surging top 4. The only move in Class AAAA was Carver-Columbus taking No. 1 from defending state champion Spalding. Carver-Columbus is off to a 5-0 start that prevails over the Jags’ 4-1 mark.

Beach leads the battle of the Savannah schools as it leads Johnson-Savannah in this week’s poll. Peach County is third this week with Jefferson moving from fifth to fourth and Hart County climbing from sixth to fifth.

Dodge County takes the top-spot in Class AA with former No. 1 Swainsboro at No. 2. Douglass is up to third from fifth and Laney is fourth. Banks County, previously No. 8, jumped to fifth this week.

Telfair County is at the top of Class A-Public again this week with Marion County also holding its same spot at No. 2. Wheeler County, Georgia Military and Calhoun County fill out the top-5.

The top-5 stayed the same this week with Wesleyan and Paideia leading at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. St. Francis is third with Holy Innocents’ and Eagle’s Landing Christian rounding out the top-5.

GIRLS

Class AAAAAAA

1. Collins Hill

2. Westlake

3. McEachern

4. North Cobb

5. Pebblebrook

6. Norcross

7. Hillgrove

8. Grayson

9. Cherokee

10. North Forsyth

Class AAAAAA

1. Lovejoy

2. Forest Park

3. Lanier

4. Northview

5. Stephenson

6. Douglas County

7. Dacula

8. Valdosta

9. Pope

10. Glynn Academy

Class AAAAA

1. Buford

2. Villa Rica

3. Southwest DeKalb

4. Harris County

5. Eagles Landing

6. Rome

7. Statesboro

8. Carrollton

9. Arabia Mountain

10. Griffin

Class AAAA

1. Carver-Columbus

2. Spalding

3. Madison County

4. Henry County

5. Flowery Branch

6. West Laurens

7. Westover

8. Marist

9. Luella

10. Burke County

Class AAA

1. Beach

2. Johnson-Savannah

3. Peach County

4. Jefferson

5. Hart County

6. Greater Atlanta Christian

7. Dawson County

8. Lovett

9. Tattnall County

10. Morgan County

Class AA

1. Dodge County

2. Swainsboro

3. Douglass

4. Laney

5. Banks County

6. Fitzgerald

7. Early County

8. Bryan County

9. Woodville-Tompkins

10. Rabun County

Class A-Public

1. Telfair County

2. Marion County

3. Wheeler County

4. Georgia Military

5. Calhoun County

6. Pelham

7. Greenville

8. Quitman County

9. Emanuel County Institute

10. Central-Talbotton

Class A-Private

1. Wesleyan

2. Paideia

3. St. Francis

4. Holy Innocents’

5. Eagle’s Landing Christian

6. Stratford Academy

7. Lakeview Academy

8. Calvary Day

9. Darlington

10. Mt. Paran Christian