Wheeler and Mount Bethel Christian, a pair of East Cobb schools about 4.5 miles apart, lost boys basketball games last week but maintained their No. 1 rankings entering Monday, a holiday that will test several of the state’s elite teams.

Wheeler, a Class 7A team led by five-star point guard Isaiah Collier, has lost only to out-of-state opponents, including Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas on Saturday at a tournament in Springfield, Mass. Wheeler is 4-0 in state. Georgia teams are all that’s left on the Wildcats’ schedule now. It includes games against No. 10 Cherokee on Jan. 24 and Feb. 10 and one against No. 6 Newton next month.

Mount Bethel, a Class A Division I team, lost to No. 6 Paideia 46-43 on Friday and is 13-5 but still leads a classification that saw seven of its top-10 teams lose last week. Mount Bethel has wins over Class 6A top-10 teams Woodward Academy and Blessed Trinity. Most of the top Division I teams, including Mount Bethel’s Region 6 rivals Mount Pisgah, King’s Ridge and Mount Vernon, have taken turns beating each other.

Alexander remained No. 1 in 6A. Its only in-state loss is against No. 3 Grayson of 7A. The Cougars will play Alabama’s No. 2 overall team, per MaxPreps, on Monday in Alabaster, Ala. Georgia’s No. 2 Class 7A team, Norcross, also is playing there against host Thompson.

The No. 1 Class 5A team, Eagle’s Landing (18-0), will play No. 1 Greenforest Christian of Class A Division II on Monday at Smyrna’s Campbell High as part of the MLK Dream Challenge. No. 1 Sandy Creek of 3A also is at Campbell, playing No. 2 McDonough of 4A.

Pace Academy, the No. 1 team in 4A, is coming off a 62-55 victory over Chaminade Julienne, the No. 6 team in Ohio, at the Flyin’ to the Hoop tournament Saturday in Kettering, Ohio.

Westside-Augusta remained No. 1 in 2A, although No. 2 Columbia closed the gap by avenging its only loss, to No. 3 Southwest DeKalb of 4A, last week.

Class 7A

1. Wheeler (9-6)

2. Norcross (14-2)

3. Grayson (11-3)

4. McEachern (10-6)

5. Pebblebrook (11-6)

6. Newton (11-6)

7. Archer (12-3)

8. Milton (14-3)

9. Buford (13-4)

10. Cherokee (14-2)

Class 6A

1. Alexander (13-3)

2. Marist (12-5)

3. St. Pius (12-5)

4. Jonesboro (13-3)

5. Etowah (11-7)

6. South Paulding (14-4)

7. Woodward Academy (13-3)

8. Blessed Trinity (14-4)

9. Hughes (8-7)

10. Grovetown (8-8)

Class 5A

1. Eagle’s Landing (18-0)

2. Kell (14-2)

3. Hiram (13-2)

4. Mays (11-4)

5. Dutchtown (12-6)

6. Jones County (13-3)

7. Tri-Cities (8-7)

8. Chapel Hill (9-5)

9. Eastside (14-2)

10. Tucker (12-5)

Class 4A

1. Pace Academy (12-4)

2. McDonough (14-2)

3. Southwest DeKalb (12-2)

4. Fayette County (11-3)

5. Madison County (17-2)

6. Bainbridge (17-1)

7. North Oconee (15-3)

8. Lovett (10-7)

9. Westover (12-5)

10. LaGrange (13-3)

Class 3A

1. Sandy Creek (14-3)

2. Johnson-Savannah (13-4)

3. Cedar Grove (11-4)

4. Beach (13-2)

5. Monroe Area (13-2)

6. Monroe (11-5)

7. Cross Creek (8-10)

8. Oconee County (12-5)

9. Wesleyan (11-6)

10. Calvary Day (12-4)

Class 2A

1. Westside-Augusta (12-4)

2. Columbia (17-1)

3. Providence Christian (15-2)

4. Thomson (10-2)

5. Spencer (12-4)

6. Putnam County (14-3)

7. Windsor Forest (12-5)

8. North Cobb Christian (13-4)

9. Drew Charter (11-5)

10. Washington (10-6)

Class A Division I

1. Mount Bethel Christian (13-5)

2. Mount Pisgah Christian (14-6)

3. King’s Ridge Christian (11-5)

4. Mount Vernon (12-7)

5. Darlington (15-2)

6. Paideia (6-9)

7. St. Francis (8-10)

8. Social Circle (7-6)

9. Tallulah Falls (13-3)

10. Dublin (12-3)

Class A Division II

1. Greenforest Christian (10-6)

2. Christian Heritage (15-0)

3. Portal (14-1)

4. Mitchell County (16-1)

5. Manchester (12-2)

6. Calhoun County (13-3)

7. Charlton County (14-1)

8. Macon County (15-2)

9. Wilkinson County (10-6)

10. Telfair County (12-2)

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A rendering of the columbarium memorial that is estimated to be completed by next summer or fall in the southeast part of Oakland Cemetery, officials said. (Courtesy of Historic Oakland Foundation)

Credit: Historic Oakland Foundation