There’s a new order in Gwinnett County girls basketball this week as Archer, a 4-year-old school outside of Lawrenceville, has advanced to No. 2 in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Class AAAAAA rankings.
Archer (15-1) and Parkview, the former No. 2 team, swapped places after Archer’s 51-42 victory last week in a critical Region 8 game. Archer has made the state playoffs the past two years but never advanced past the round of 16 or has been ranked as high as No. 2.
Meanwhile, another 4-year-old school with a Lawrenceville address, Mountain View (13-4), moved into the rankings for the first time at No. 9. The Lady Bears made the playoffs for the first time last season and lost in the first round. Last weekend, they defeated Mill Creek and 2013 state runner-up North Gwinnett on consecutive days to claim first place in Region 7-AAAAAA.
Norcross, the defending state champion in the highest classification, fell four spots to No. 8 after a 46-38 loss to Duluth. Norcross had beaten Duluth 13 straight times.
The No. 1 teams for boys and girls remained the same in all six classifications and there are only 13 new teams in the rankings in a relatively calm week.
Newly ranked boys teams are Milton replacing Marietta in AAAAAA, Warner Robins and Sprayberry for Apalachee and M.L. King in AAAAA, Alexander for Westover in AAAA and Pelham and Crawford County for McIntosh County Academy and Taylor County in AA
Newly ranked girls teams are Mountain View supplanting Hughes in AAAAAA, Grovetown for Evans in AAAAA, Morgan County, Chapel Hill and Peach County for Southwest-Macon, Central-Carrollton and North Oconee in AAA, Armuchee and Westside-Augusta for Calhoun and Taylor County in AA and Calvary Day for Eagle’s Landing Christian in A.
BOYS
Class AAAAAA
1. Wheeler (11-4)
2. North Gwinnett (15-2)
3. Tift County (14-2)
4. Westlake (15-1)
5. McEachern (12-2)
6. Norcross (12-5)
7. Hillgrove (13-3)
8. Walton (13-1)
9. Milton (10-5)
10. Douglas County (12-2)
Class AAAAA
1. Miller Grove (12-4)
2. Allatoona (16-0)
3. Tucker (12-1)
4. Jenkins (12-1)
5. Clarke Central (14-0)
6. Effingham County (10-6)
7. Stephenson (8-3)
8. Villa Rica (15-3)
9. Warner Robins (14-2)
10. Sprayberry (12-4)
Class AAAA
1. Columbia (11-1)
2. Fayette County (10-2)
3. Rutland (12-2)
4. Eagle’s Landing (12-4)
5. South Atlanta (10-4)
6. Jonesboro (12-4)
7. Glenn Hills (11-4)
8. Alexander (10-3)
9. Liberty County (13-4)
10. Sandy Creek (11-3)
Class AAA
1. Savannah (13-2)
2. Washington County (11-1)
3. Cartersville (14-2)
4. Elbert County (12-1)
5. St. Pius (16-1)
6. Morgan County (11-4)
7. Buford (10-5)
8. Johnson-Savannah (10-3)
9. Cedar Grove (8-5)
10. Thomson (10-0)
Class AA
1. Greater Atlanta Christian (17-0)
2. Vidalia (16-0)
3. Laney (12-4)
4. Manchester (11-3)
5. Calhoun (14-1)
6. Model (13-2)
7. Jefferson (11-4)
8. Pelham (9-3)
9. Crawford County (11-3)
10. Northeast-Macon (8-5)
Class A
1. Aquinas (10-3)
2. Athens Christian (12-2)
3. North Cobb Christian (13-3)
4. Whitefield Academy (9-5)
5. St. Francis (10-5)
6. Calhoun County (13-0)
7. Greenforest Christian (9-6)
8. Wilkinson County (12-3)
9. Seminole County (11-1)
10. Dooly County (12-1)
GIRLS
Class AAAAAA
1. McEachern (10-2)
2. Archer (15-1)
3. Parkview (14-2)
4. North Forsyth (16-0)
5. Hillgrove (15-2)
6. Douglas County (13-1)
7. Brunswick (14-1)
8. Norcross (13-1)
9. Mountain View (13-4)
10. Westlake (12-4)
Class AAAAA
1. Tucker (13-2)
2. Southwest DeKalb (14-2)
3. Effingham County (15-1)
4. Salem (11-2)
5. Stephenson (11-4)
6. Forest Park (11-6)
7. Drew (12-3)
8. Hiram (14-3)
9. Sequoyah (14-4)
10. Grovetown (12-4)
Class AAAA
1. Redan (14-0)
2. Columbus (13-1)
3. Cross Creek (14-1)
4. Carrollton (12-2)
5. Columbia (7-2)
6. Monroe (13-4)
7. Woodland-Stockbridge (12-3)
8. Chestatee (14-3)
9. Mary Persons (13-2)
10. Burke County (14-2)
Class AAA
1. Buford (14-1)
2. Washington County (12-0)
3. Beach (16-0)
4. St. Pius (14-3)
5. Tattnall County (13-2)
6. Dodge County (12-1)
7. Decatur (11-3)
8. Morgan County (10-2)
9. Chapel Hill (12-3)
10. Peach County (12-3)
Class AA
1. Wesleyan (14-2)
2. Kendrick (12-0)
3. Laney (15-1)
4. Pelham (12-0)
5. Bleckley County (11-2)
6. Greater Atlanta Christian (12-5)
7. Putnam County (12-1)
8. Pepperell (13-2)
9. Armuchee (11-5)
10. Westside-Augusta (12-3)
Class A
1. St. Francis (12-1)
2. Holy Innocents’ (13-0)
3. SW Atlanta Christian (12-4)
4. George Walton Academy (14-1)
5. Randolph-Clay (10-2)
6. Calvary Day (7-1)
7. Darlington (10-4)
8. Turner County (14-2)
9. Claxton (12-3)
10. Gordon Lee (10-4)
Note: Won-lost records may not include games not reported before deadline.
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