Buford tops Class 7A to open the season with Norcross, Carrollton, Grayson and North Paulding rounding out the top 5. McEachern, Cherokee, Milton, Hillgrove and Brookwood fill the 7A top 10.

In Class 6A, River Ridge opens atop the class and leads Langston Hughes, Lovejoy, New Manchester and Marist in the top 5. Union Grove opens the season atop Class 5A and leads Midtown, Jackson-Atlanta, Kell and Cartersville in the top 5. In Class 4A, Holy Innocents’ tops Baldwin, Griffin, Hardaway and Trinity Christian.

In Class 3A, Hebron Christian leads with Carver-Columbus, Wesleyan, Pickens and White County chasing. In Class 2A, Mount Paran leads Banks County, Thomson, Josey and Central-Macon in the top 5. In Class A Division I, St. Francis tops Galloway, Elbert County, Woodville-Tompkins and Rabun County.

Clinch County opens atop Class A Division I and leads Taylor County, Lake Oconee Academy, Mount Zion-Carroll and Towns County.

Class 7A

1. Buford

2. Norcross

3. Carrollton

4. Grayson

5. North Paulding

6. McEachern

7. Cherokee

8. Milton

9. Hillgrove

10. Brookwood

Class 6A

1. River Ridge

2. Langston Hughes

3. Lovejoy

4. New Manchester

5. Marist

6. Woodward Academy

7. Veterans

8. Creekview

9. Tift County

10. North Forsyth

Class 5A

1. Union Grove

2. Midtown

3. Jackson-Atlanta

4. Kell

5. Cartersville

6. Ware County

7. Calhoun

8. Statesboro

9. Warner Robins

10. Dalton

Class 4A

1. Holy Innocents’

2. Baldwin

3. Griffin

4. Hardaway

5. Trinity Christian

6. Southwest DeKalb

7. Walnut Grove

8. Fayette County

9. Chestatee

10. Northwest Whitfield

Class 3A

1. Hebron Christian

2. Carver-Columbus

3. Wesleyan

4. Pickens

5. White County

6. Dawson County

7. Hart County

8. Mary Persons

9. Cross Creek

10. Monroe

Class 2A

1. Mount Paran

2. Banks County

3. Thomson

4. Josey

5. Central-Macon

6. Dodge County

7. Model

8. Butler

9. Murray County

10. Landmark Christian

Class A Division I

1. St. Francis

2. Galloway

3. Elbert County

4. Woodville-Tompkins

5. Rabun County

6. Lamar County

7. Athens Christian

8. Swainsboro

9. Mount Pisgah

10. Oglethorpe County

Class A Division II

1. Clinch County

2. Taylor County

3. Lake Oconee Academy

4. Mount Zion-Carroll

5. Towns County

6. Wilcox County

7. Turner County

8. Randolph-Clay

9. Montgomery County

10. Early County

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Laurence Walker, a volunteer with the Cajun Navy Relief, left, takes two volunteers out on his boat on Lake Oconee to search for Gary Jones, Tuesday, February, 18, 2025, in Eatonton, Ga. The Putnam County sheriff is investigating and searching after Spelman College instructor Joycelyn Nicole Wilson and an Atlanta private school coach Gary Jones went missing on Lake Oconee over a week ago, Saturday Feb. 8th. The body of Wilson was found Sunday, Feb. 9th and Jones has not been found. (Jason Getz / AJC)

Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com