Buford, which has won 10 consecutive games and is 18-3 overall, is the new No. 1 girls team in Class AAAA, climbing one spot in this week’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution rankings.
Moving down is St. Pius (19-2), which suffering a 61-40 loss Saturday to Class AAAAAA No. 6 Mountain View. Jonesboro (20-1) moved up one spot to No. 2, while St. Pius fell to No. 3.
Buford was the AAA state runner-up to St. Pius last season. Buford is led by N.C. State-signee Camille Anderson.
There were two other new No. 2 girls teams besides Jonesboro and their moves were significant. Mays (17-2) jumped seven spots to No. 2 in AAAAA. The Raiders rolled to a 64-46 victory against Stephenson, which was No. 2 last week and formerly held the No. 1 spot. Mays was also aided by losses by five of the eight teams ranked above it.
The other new No. 2 is AAA South Atlanta, which improved to 21-0. The Hornets jumped from No. 4 after a 68-52 victory against the previous No. 2 Laney, which fell to No. 4.
In the boys’ rankings, 26 of the 60 top-10 teams from last week lost games, although many were not surprising. The top four teams in each classification remained the same.
In AAAAAA, two highly ranked teams lost to out-of-state opponents ranked in the nation’s top 10: No. 1 Wheeler to Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland, Calif., and No. 4 Pebblebrook to DeMatha of Hyattsville, Md. They maintained their spots in the rankings.
Collins Hill also lost to No. 5 Norcross. Alpharetta and McEachern were bounced from the rankings after losses to unranked teams and were replaced by Pope and Hillgrove.
In AAAAA, No. 1 Miller Grove had a good week, beating No. 3 M.L. King and No. 7 Southwest DeKalb. Effingham County, Northside-Warner Robins and Northside-Columbus fell out of the top 10, replaced by LaGrange, Apalachee and Stockbridge.
Laney, the No. 1 team in AAA, also fared well, beating No. 4 Morgan County and No. 6 Butler.
Other new boys teams in the rankings are Harlem, replacing Swainsboro in AA, and Wilkinson County for Landmark Christian in A.
The were two new girls teams ranked this week. They are Carrollton, which replaced Fayette County at No. 10 in AAAA, and Peach County, which took the No. 10 spot in AAA, replacing Calhoun.
BOYS
Class AAAAAA
1. Wheeler (19-2)
2. Tift County (20-1)
3. Shiloh (20-0)
4. Pebblebrook (16-5)
5. Norcross (18-3)
6. Tucker (21-2)
7. Douglas County (16-4)
8. Collins Hill (17-4)
9. Pope (17-3)
10. Hillgrove (16-4)
Class AAAAA
1. Miller Grove (19-3)
2. McIntosh (21-0)
3. M.L. King (17-4)
4. Gainesville (18-2)
5. Brunswick (19-2)
6. Allatoona (19-2)
7. Southwest DeKalb (17-6)
8. LaGrange (16-5)
9. Apalachee (16-5)
10. Stockbridge (15-4)
Class AAAA
1. Jonesboro (20-1)
2. Johnson-Gainesville (20-0)
3. Lithonia (19-1)
4. St. Pius (18-3)
5. Carrollton (18-2)
6. Columbia (13-6)
7. Westover (14-6)
8. Albany (14-4)
9. Burke County (18-2)
10. Bainbridge (16-5)
Class AAA
1. Laney (20-1)
2. Jenkins (17-3)
3. Cedar Grove (15-3)
4. Morgan County (14-7)
5. Johnson-Savannah (17-4)
6. Butler (14-7)
7. South Atlanta (17-4)
8. Blessed Trinity (17-4)
9. Rutland (19-3)
10. Peach County (17-2)
Class AA
1. Pace Academy (18-2)
2. Seminole County (16-3)
3. Holy Innocents’ (18-3)
4. Crawford County (17-3)
5. Thomasville (16-5)
6. Greater Atlanta Christian (13-7)
7. Model (17-3)
8. Bryan County (17-4)
9. Vidalia (17-2)
10. Harlem (18-3)
Class A
1. St. Francis (17-3)
2. Greenforest Christian (18-1)
3. Athens Christian (19-0)
4. Whitefield Academy (13-8)
5. Hancock Central (15-1)
6. Wilkinson County (16-3)
7. Greenville (19-1)
8. Calhoun County (17-2)
9. Treutlen (16-1)
10. North Cobb Christian (12-8)
GIRLS
Class AAAAAA
1. South Forsyth (19-2)
2. Osborne (19-2)
3. Parkview (15-3)
4. Westlake (20-1)
5. Archer (18-3)
6. Mountain View (18-3)
7. McEachern (15-4)
8. Norcross (18-3)
9. Woodstock (21-0)
10. North Forsyth (18-3)
Class AAAAA
1. Brunswick (22-0)
2. Mays (17-2)
3. Effingham County (17-4)
4. Sequoyah (19-3)
5. Forest Park (17-4)
6. Stephenson (17-4)
7. Cross Creek (19-3)
8. South Effingham (18-3)
9. Southwest DeKalb (17-6)
10. Greenbrier (19-3)
Class AAAA
1. Buford (18-3)
2. Jonesboro (20-1)
3. St. Pius (19-2)
4. Mary Persons (19-1)
5. Veterans (20-1)
6. Americus-Sumter (20-1)
7. Redan (15-3)
8. Marist (14-3)
9. Bainbridge (17-4)
10. Carrollton (15-6)
Class AAA
1. Dawson County (21-0)
2. South Atlanta (21-0)
3. Kendrick (20-1)
4. Laney (18-3)
5. Decatur (19-2)
6. Beach (16-5)
7. Washington County (15-4)
8. Morgan County (12-5)
9. Westminster (16-4)
10. Peach County (13-3)
Class AA
1. Holy Innocents’ (21-0)
2. Pelham (19-1)
3. Wesleyan (16-5)
4. Model (19-2)
5. Darlington (16-5)
6. Putnam County (16-4)
7. Vidalia (15-3)
8. Thomasville (15-6)
9. Lovett (13-6)
10. Early County (15-4)
Class A
1. St. Francis (15-2)
2. SW Atlanta Christian (18-3)
3. Taylor County (20-0)
4. Tattnall Square (18-2)
5. Savannah Country Day (19-2)
6. Calvary Day (16-3)
7. Claxton (18-3)
8. Turner County (20-2)
9. Stratford Academy (15-4)
10. Mitchell Co. (12-3)
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