For the first time this season, there are no new No. 1 teams in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s high school basketball rankings. All 12 teams at the top of each class went undefeated during the past week.
There were no changes to the top five in any classification in the girls rankings. The only top-five team to lose was Class AAAAAA Archer, which held its spot at No. 5 despite losing for the second time this season to No. 3 Parkview, 49-46, in a Region 8 game. There were no changes in the Class AAAAAA top 10.
In AAAAA, Greenbrier moved up a spot to No. 9 after a 71-47 victory against Cross Creek, which fell from No. 7 to No. 10. Marist and Redan swapped places at No. 7 and No. 8 in AAAA after Marist’s 44-31 victory against the Raiders.
In AAA, Decatur held on to the No. 5 spot after a 45-40 victory against Westminster, which climbed one spot to No. 8. Thomasville dropped out of the AA rankings from the No. 7 spot after a loss Friday to Early County, which fell from the No. 10 position after losing to Randolph-Clay, 47-21, on Saturday. Also in AA, No. 3 Wesleyan beat No. 8 Lovett 71-62 on Friday.
In Class A, Claxton and Calvary Day swapped positions in the No. 6 and No. 7 spots after Claxton’s 48-46 victory Friday.
In boys’ play, Shiloh, previously unbeaten and ranked No. 3 in AAAAAA, lost three games last week in the Montverde Academy Invitational Tournament in Florida, all to ranked teams from out of state. They fell only two spots to No. 5. Collins Hill lost two Region 7 games and fell out of the rankings, replaced by Dacula.
Columbia’s boys, who have made the state finals each of the past nine seasons, nearly dropped out of the rankings. They landed at No. 9 in AAAA after a loss to Grady. Columbia is 13-7 and in fourth place in Region 6.
Laney, the No. 3 team in AAA, beat No. 7 Butler 61-53 on the road. Laney has seven victories against teams ranked in the top 10 and has won 22 consecutive games since a season-opening loss to St. Francis, the No. 1 team in Class A.
There are seven new boys teams in the rankings. Dacula replaced Collins Hill in AAAAAA; Carver-Columbus and Cedar Shoals replaced Stockbridge and Apalachee in AAAAA; Stone Mountain and Americus-Sumter replaced Westover and Bainbridge in AAAA; East Hall replaced Peach County in AAA; and Coosa replaced Bryan County in AA.
There are five new girls teams in the rankings. Northwest Whitfield replaced Carrollton in AAAA; Dodge County replaced Morgan County in AAA; Union County and Manchester replaced Thomasville and Early County in AA; and Eagle’s Landing Christian replaced Mitchell County in Class A.
Boys
Class AAAAAA
1. Wheeler (21-2)
2. Tift County (22-1)
3. Pebblebrook (18-5)
4. Norcross (20-3)
5. Shiloh (20-3)
6. Tucker (23-2)
7. Pope (20-3)
8. Hillgrove (18-4)
9. Douglas County (17-5)
10. Dacula (17-6)
Class AAAAA
1. Miller Grove (21-3)
2. McIntosh (23-0)
3. M.L. King (19-4)
4. Gainesville (21-2)
5. Brunswick (20-2)
6. Allatoona (22-2)
7. Southwest DeKalb (17-7)
8. Carver-Columbus (17-5)
9. LaGrange (17-6)
10. Cedar Shoals (17-7)
Class AAAA
1. Jonesboro (23-1)
2. Johnson-Gainesville (22-0)
3. Lithonia (20-2)
4. St. Pius (20-3)
5. Carrollton (20-2)
6. Albany (17-4)
7. Burke County (19-2)
8. Stone Mountain (17-6)
9. Columbia (13-7)
10. Americus-Sumter (20-4)
Class AAA
1. Laney (22-1)
2. Jenkins (20-3)
3. Cedar Grove (16-3)
4. Morgan County (17-7)
5. Johnson-Savannah (19-4)
6. South Atlanta (19-4)
7. Butler (16-8)
8. Blessed Trinity (19-4)
9. Rutland (21-3)
10. East Hall (18-4)
Class AA
1. Pace Academy (21-2)
2. Seminole County (19-3)
3. Holy Innocents’ (19-4)
4. Crawford County (20-3)
5. Vidalia (20-2)
6. Greater Atlanta Christian (14-8)
7. Thomasville (16-6)
8. Harlem (20-3)
9. Model (18-4)
10. Coosa (16-4)
Class A
1. St. Francis (20-3)
2. Greenforest Christian (19-1)
3. Athens Christian (22-0)
4. Whitefield Academy (16-8)
5. Hancock Central (18-1)
6. Wilkinson County (16-3)
7. Calhoun County (19-2)
8. Treutlen (20-1)
9. Greenville (21-2)
10. North Cobb Christian (14-8)
Girls
Class AAAAAA
1. South Forsyth (21-2)
2. Osborne (21-2)
3. Parkview (18-3)
4. Westlake (21-1)
5. Archer (20-4)
6. Mountain View (20-3)
7. McEachern (17-4)
8. Norcross (20-3)
9. Woodstock (23-0)
10. North Forsyth (20-3)
Class AAAAA
1. Brunswick (23-0)
2. Mays (19-2)
3. Effingham County (19-5)
4. Sequoyah (21-3)
5. Forest Park (20-4)
6. Stephenson (18-4)
7. South Effingham (19-3)
8. Southwest DeKalb (18-6)
9. Greenbrier (21-3)
10. Cross Creek (20-4)
Class AAAA
1. Buford (20-3)
2. Jonesboro (23-1)
3. St. Pius (21-2)
4. Mary Persons (22-1)
5. Veterans (22-1)
6. Americus-Sumter (21-1)
7. Marist (16-3)
8. Redan (16-4)
9. Bainbridge (20-4)
10. Northwest Whitfield (18-6)
Class AAA
1. Dawson County (23-0)
2. South Atlanta (23-0)
3. Kendrick (22-1)
4. Laney (20-3)
5. Decatur (21-2)
6. Beach (18-5)
7. Washington County (18-4)
8. Westminster (18-5)
9. Peach County (14-3)
10. Dodge County (17-4)
Class AA
1. Holy Innocents’ (23-0)
2. Pelham (22-1)
3. Wesleyan (18-5)
4. Model (21-2)
5. Darlington (17-5)
6. Putnam County (18-4)
7. Vidalia (19-3)
8. Lovett (14-7)
9. Union County (17-5)
10. Manchester (19-2)
Class A
1. St. Francis (18-3)
2. SW Atlanta Christian (21-3)
3. Taylor County (23-0)
4. Tattnall Square (21-2)
5. Savannah Country Day (22-2)
6. Claxton (20-3)
7. Calvary Day (17-4)
8. Turner County (21-2)
9. Stratford Academy (16-5)
10. Eagle’s Landing Christian (15-6)
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