The fifth-ranked Salem boys will play host to No. 7 Carver-Atlanta on Thursday with a chance to hand Carver its first Region 5-3A loss of the season.

Carver is 4-0 in the league with victories against Douglass, Redan, Westminster and Greater Atlanta Christian. Salem is 4-3 in the region with victories against Westminster, Douglass, Cedar Grove and Redan. The Seminoles lost to Greater Atlanta Christian once and top-ranked Sandy Creek twice.

Both programs defeated Redan in their last games – Salem won 58-45 Saturday, and Carver won 59-54 Tuesday.

In other key games:

-- No. 2 Hart County will travel to Monroe Area (12-7) Friday for an 8-3A game. Hart is undefeated (5-0) in the region; Monroe Area is 3-1 and second place. Hart defeated Monroe Area 88-50 Jan. 8

-- No. 3 Windsor Forest will host Liberty County in a Region 3-3A game. The Knights lead the region standings at 6-1, ahead of Southeast Bulloch (3-1), Johnson-Savannah (4-2) and Groves (3-2). Windsor will play host to New Hampstead in a non-region game Saturday.

The Top-10 weekend schedules and the region standings for boys and girls are listed below.

Boys Top-10 schedule

1. Sandy Creek (14-4) – Friday at Cedar Grove, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday at Douglass, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5 at Westminster, 7:30 p.m.

2. Hart County (14-3) – Friday at Monroe Area, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday vs. East Jackson, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5 at Stephens County, 8:30 p.m.

3. Windsor Forest (7-2) – Friday vs. Liberty County, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday vs. New Hampstead, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5 at Groves, 7:30 p.m.

4. Johnson-Savannah (11-2) – Friday vs. Groves, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday vs. Islands, 6 p.m.; Tuesday at Beach, 7:30 p.m.

5. Salem (9-4) – Today vs. Carver-Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.; Friday vs. Greater Atlanta Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday vs. Westminster, 7:30 p.m.

6. Cross Creek (9-4) – Friday vs. Thomson, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday vs. Harlem, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday at Hephzibah, 7:30 p.m.

7. Carver-Atlanta (8-3) – Today at Salem, 7:30 p.m.; Friday at Westminster, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday vs. Cedar Grove, 7:30 p.m.

8. Sonoraville (16-2) – Today vs. Murray County, 7:30 p.m.; Friday vs. North Murray, 8:30 p.m.; Tuesday at Murray County, 7:30 p.m.

9. LaFayette (13-1) – Tuesday vs. Coahulla Creek, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5 at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, 8:30 p.m.; Feb. 9 vs. Adairsville, 7:30 p.m.

10. Hephzibah (7-2) – Today vs. Morgan County, 7 p.m.; Friday at Richmond Academy, 7 p.m.; Monday vs. Thomson, 7 p.m.

Girls Top-10 Schedule

1. Upson-Lee (15-0) – Today at Mary Persons, 6 p.m.; Saturday vs. Mary Persons, 6 p.m.; Tuesday vs. Peach County, 6 p.m.

2. Cross Creek (8-2) – Friday vs. Thomson, 6 p.m.; Saturday vs. Harlem, 6 p.m.; Tuesday at Hephzibah, 6 p.m.

3. Johnson-Savannah (9-2) – Friday vs. Groves, 6 p.m.; Saturday vs. Islands, 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday at Beach, 6 p.m.

4. Lumpkin County (16-4) – Today at Cherokee Bluff, 6 p.m.; Monday at Gilmer, 6 p.m.; Tuesday vs. West Hall, 6 p.m.

5. Sonoraville (14-4) – Today vs. Murray County, 6 p.m.; Friday vs. North Murray, 7 p.m.; Tuesday at Murray County, 6 p.m.

6. Coahulla Creek (16-2) – Friday vs. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, 7 p.m.; Tuesday at LaFayette, 6 p.m.; Feb. 5 at Murray County, 7 p.m.

7. Greater Atlanta Christian (6-4) – Friday at Salem, 6 p.m.; Tuesday vs. Carver-Atlanta, 6 p.m.; Wednesday vs. Westminster, 6 p.m.

8. Beach (8-3) – Friday at Southeast Bulloch, 6 p.m.; Saturday vs. Calvary Day, 1 p.m.; Tuesday vs. Johnson-Savannah, 6 p.m.

9. Westminster (6-1) – Friday vs. Carver-Atlanta, 6 p.m.; Saturday vs. Redan, 5 p.m.; Tuesday at Salem, 6 p.m.

10. Americus-Sumter (10-3) – Friday at Crisp County, 6 p.m.; Tuesday vs. Pike County, 6 p.m.; Feb. 5 vs. Mary Persons, 6 p.m.

Boys region standings

1-AAA

Team Reg PCT Overall PCT

Appling County 4-0-0 1.000 7-0-0 1.000

Long County 3-1-0 0.750 7-4-0 0.636

Pierce County 2-2-0 0.500 7-6-0 0.538

Brantley County 1-3-0 0.250 7-7-0 0.500

Tattnall County 0-4-0 0.000 1-11-0 0.083

2-AAA

Americus-Sumter 7-1-0 0.875 10-3-0 0.769

Upson-Lee 7-2-0 0.778 12-5-0 0.706

Crisp County 6-4-0 0.600 9-6-0 0.600

Peach County 5-4-0 0.556 9-5-0 0.643

Mary Persons 4-4-0 0.500 8-8-0 0.500

Jackson 4-5-0 0.444 4-6-0 0.400

Central, Macon 1-7-0 0.125 1-11-0 0.083

Pike County 0-7-0 0.000 0-10-0 0.000

3-AAA

Windsor Forest 5-1-0 0.833 6-2-0 0.750

Johnson, Savannah 4-1-0 0.800 11-1-0 0.917

Groves 2-2-0 0.500 4-7-0 0.364

Southeast Bulloch 1-1-0 0.500 4-4-0 0.500

Liberty County 1-1-0 0.500 3-6-0 0.333

Beach 2-3-0 0.400 6-8-0 0.429

Savannah 0-6-0 0.000 1-14-0 0.067

4-AAA

Hephzibah 5-0-0 1.000 7-2-0 0.778

Cross Creek 2-1-0 0.667 9-4-0 0.692

Burke County 1-2-0 0.333 4-7-0 0.364

Harlem 1-2-0 0.333 2-4-0 0.333

Thomson 0-0-0 0.000 4-2-0 0.667

Morgan County 0-2-0 0.000 4-5-0 0.444

Richmond Academy 0-2-0 0.000 1-6-0 0.143

5-AAA

Sandy Creek 7-0-0 1.000 14-4-0 0.778

Carver, Atlanta 4-0-0 1.000 8-3-0 0.727

Greater Atlanta Christian 5-3-0 0.625 10-8-0 0.556

Salem 3-3-0 0.500 8-4-0 0.667

Westminster 3-4-0 0.429 4-8-0 0.333

Cedar Grove 2-3-0 0.400 3-7-0 0.300

Redan 2-5-0 0.286 3-7-0 0.300

Douglass, Atlanta 0-8-0 0.000 0-11-0 0.000

6-AAA

Sonoraville 10-0-0 1.000 16-1-0 0.941

LaFayette 9-1-0 0.900 12-1-0 0.923

Murray County 7-2-0 0.778 11-4-0 0.733

Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe 7-3-0 0.700 9-4-0 0.692

Adairsville 4-6-0 0.400 9-7-0 0.562

Coahulla Creek 4-6-0 0.400 8-7-0 0.533

North Murray 2-9-0 0.182 6-11-0 0.353

Rockmart 2-9-0 0.182 4-12-0 0.250

Ringgold 1-10-0 0.091 1-15-0 0.062

7-AAA

White County 8-1-0 0.889 11-5-0 0.688

Cherokee Bluff 6-1-0 0.857 11-8-0 0.579

Dawson County 6-2-0 0.750 15-6-0 0.714

Lumpkin County 3-5-0 0.375 9-9-0 0.500

North Hall 3-6-0 0.333 8-9-0 0.471

Gilmer 1-6-0 0.143 3-10-0 0.231

West Hall 0-6-0 0.000 0-11-0 0.000

8-AAA

Hart County 4-0-0 1.000 13-3-0 0.812

Monroe Area 2-1-0 0.667 11-7-0 0.611

Oconee County 2-2-0 0.500 13-5-0 0.722

Franklin County 2-2-0 0.500 9-7-0 0.562

Stephens County 1-2-0 0.333 7-7-0 0.500

East Jackson 0-4-0 0.000 3-8-0 0.273

Girls region standings

Team Reg PCT Overall PCT

1-AAA

Tattnall County 4-0-0 1.000 10-4-0 0.714

Pierce County 2-1-0 0.667 9-6-0 0.600

Long County 0-1-0 0.000 2-7-0 0.222

Appling County 0-2-0 0.000 1-4-0 0.200

Brantley County 0-2-0 0.000 1-6-0 0.143

2-AAA

Upson-Lee 9-0-0 1.000 14-0-0 1.000

Americus-Sumter 6-3-0 0.667 9-3-0 0.750

Jackson 6-3-0 0.667 8-4-0 0.667

Pike County 5-4-0 0.556 8-4-0 0.667

Central, Macon 4-5-0 0.444 6-7-0 0.462

Peach County 3-6-0 0.333 7-9-0 0.438

Crisp County 3-7-0 0.300 5-9-0 0.357

Mary Persons 0-8-0 0.000 2-12-0 0.143

3-AAA

Beach 4-0-0 1.000 7-3-0 0.700

Johnson, Savannah 4-1-0 0.800 8-2-0 0.800

Savannah 3-3-0 0.500 6-7-0 0.462

Liberty County 1-1-0 0.500 4-4-0 0.500

Windsor Forest 2-3-0 0.400 2-8-0 0.200

Southeast Bulloch 0-2-0 0.000 3-8-0 0.273

Groves 0-4-0 0.000 0-10-0 0.000

4-AAA

Cross Creek 3-0-0 1.000 7-2-0 0.778

Burke County 3-1-0 0.750 6-3-0 0.667

Morgan County 3-2-0 0.600 8-6-0 0.571

Hephzibah 1-3-0 0.250 2-6-0 0.250

Thomson 0-1-0 0.000 6-3-0 0.667

Harlem 0-2-0 0.000 1-4-0 0.200

Richmond Academy 0-2-0 0.000 0-6-0 0.000

5-AAA

Westminster 4-0-0 1.000 5-1-0 0.833

Greater Atlanta Christian 4-0-0 1.000 5-4-0 0.556

Redan 2-1-0 0.667 7-1-0 0.875

Sandy Creek 4-3-0 0.571 10-8-0 0.556

Douglass, Atlanta 2-2-0 0.500 5-5-0 0.500

Cedar Grove 1-1-0 0.500 5-1-0 0.833

Carver, Atlanta 0-3-0 0.000 2-7-0 0.222

Salem 0-7-0 0.000 1-10-0 0.091

6-AAA

Sonoraville 9-1-0 0.900 13-4-0 0.765

Coahulla Creek 9-2-0 0.818 15-2-0 0.882

Rockmart 8-3-0 0.727 12-6-0 0.667

Ringgold 6-4-0 0.600 12-5-0 0.706

LaFayette 5-5-0 0.500 8-5-0 0.615

Murray County 4-4-0 0.500 6-4-0 0.600

Adairsville 2-8-0 0.200 5-13-0 0.278

North Murray 1-8-0 0.111 5-11-0 0.312

Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe 0-9-0 0.000 0-12-0 0.000

7-AAA

White County 8-1-0 0.889 9-7-0 0.562

Lumpkin County 6-1-0 0.857 15-4-0 0.789

Gilmer 5-2-0 0.714 10-4-0 0.714

North Hall 4-4-0 0.500 6-12-0 0.333

Dawson County 1-6-0 0.143 9-9-0 0.500

Cherokee Bluff 1-6-0 0.143 6-14-0 0.300

West Hall 0-5-0 0.000 1-12-0 0.077

8-AAA

East Jackson 3-0-0 1.000 7-2-0 0.778

Stephens County 2-1-0 0.667 11-5-0 0.688

Franklin County 2-1-0 0.667 8-7-0 0.533

Oconee County 1-3-0 0.250 6-10-0 0.375

Hart County 0-3-0 0.000 8-8-0 0.500

Monroe Area 0-0-0 0.000 2-8-0 0.200

About the Author

Featured

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Credit: AP