Girls basketball rankings: River Ridge climbs to No. 1 in Class 6A

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The River Ridge girls basketball team, which played in the semifinals for the first time last season, reached another milestone this week when it climbed to No. 1 in the Class 6A rankings.

The Knights improved to 16-1 overall and 7-0 in Region 7-6A with victories against Creekview and Centennial by an average of 35.5 points. The door was opened for them to move up from No. 2 when previous No. 1 Carrollton suffered its first two losses of the season, 54-43 to Dalton and 49-44 to Luella.

The other seven No. 1 teams remained the same. They are Brookwood in Class 7A, Woodward Academy in 5A, Jefferson in 4A, Lumpkin County in 3A, Elbert County in 2A, Holy Innocents’ in A Private, and Lake Oconee Academy in A Public.

Six new teams moved into the top 10s. Rome and Dalton replaced Rockdale County and Statesboro in Class 6A; Heritage-Ringgold replaced Bainbridge in 4A; Ringgold replaced Burke County in 3A; Deerfield-Windsor replaced Stratford Academy in A Private; and Clinch County replaced Trion in A Public.

Class 7A

1. Brookwood (14-3)

2. Grayson (13-3)

3. North Forsyth (15-3)

4. Norcross (13-2)

5. South Forsyth (15-4)

6. West Forsyth (14-4)

7. Woodstock (10-5)

8. Tift County (11-3)

9. Cherokee (14-5)

10. Harrison (11-3)

Class 6A

1. River Ridge (16-1)

2. Lovejoy (11-3)

3. Buford (13-3)

4. Kell (14-2)

5. Carrollton (15-2)

6. Brunswick (16-0)

7. Hughes (11-4)

8. Sequoyah (13-5)

9. Rome (12-3)

10. Dalton (13-2)

Class 5A

1. Woodward Academy (14-2)

2. Jackson-Atlanta (9-1)

3. Forest Park (10-2)

4. Greenbrier (14-2)

5. Northside-Columbus (15-2)

6. Cass (16-1)

7. Union Grove (14-3)

8. Griffin (13-5)

9. Calhoun (12-4)

10. Stockbridge (15-3)

Class 4A

1. Jefferson (15-2)

2. Luella (15-2)

3. Carver-Columbus (12-2)

4. Baldwin (12-2)

5. Pickens (15-2)

6. Marist (12-3)

7. Arabia Mountain (11-4)

8. Cedar Shoals (11-4)

9. Heritage-Ringgold (12-4)

10. Westover (11-6)

Class 3A

1. Lumpkin County (17-1)

2. Cross Creek (12-1)

3. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (17-0)

4. Greater Atlanta Christian (9-4)

5. Redan (11-4)

6. East Jackson (13-2)

7. Oconee County (11-4)

8. Pierce County (12-3)

9. Murray County (13-4)

10. Ringgold (13-4)

Class 2A

1. Elbert County (17-2)

2. Fannin County (14-2)

3. Rabun County (13-3)

4. Josey (12-4)

5. Swainsboro (11-0)

6. Northeast-Macon (11-5)

7. Washington Co. (10-2)

8. Dodge County (10-2)

9. Heard County (15-3)

10. Callaway (10-3)

Class A Private

1. Holy Innocents’ (15-2)

2. Mount Paran Christian (12-4)

3. St. Francis (13-2)

4. Hebron Christian (14-2)

5. Galloway (10-4)

6. Calvary Day (13-2)

7. Wesleyan (8-4)

8. Darlington (13-3)

9. Trinity Christian (12-5)

10. Deerfield-Windsor (10-3)

Class A Public

1. Lake Oconee Academy (11-1)

2. Montgomery County (12-2)

3. Taylor County (11-2)

4. Screven County (11-3)

5. Bryan County (16-3)

6. Pelham (8-1)

7. Mt. Zion-Carroll (14-5)

8. Dublin (9-4)

9. Schley County (9-3)

10. Clinch County (7-0)