Northwest Whitfield is the new No. 1 girls team in Class AAAA. It took a 22-game winning streak and a victory over previously top-ranked Rome last week to accomplish that.
The Dalton team is 23-2 and seeded No. 1 for the Region 7-AAAA tournament this week. Northwest is a frequent qualifier for the girls state tournament and still looking for its first state title.
Rome (24-1) fell to No. 3. Defending state champion Southwest DeKalb (19-4) remained No. 2.
The rankings changed little otherwise as several weekend games were postponed or canceled due to weather heading into the region.
New girls teams moving into the rankings were Mundy's Mill at No. 10 in Class AAAAA and three teams in Class AAAA -- No. 8 Hephzibah, No. 9 Salem and No. 10 Westside-Macon.
Newly ranked boys teams were North Hall (AAA), Central Macon (AA) and Montgomery County (A), all at No. 10.
Several teams will finish their regular-season schedules Monday night because of weather postponements.
Miller Grove’s boys will play Tucker in a game to decide the No. 1 seed in their subregion of Region 6-AAAA. Miller Grove beat Tucker in the 2009 state final, but Tucker defeated Miller Grove, ranked No. 2, earlier this season.
In 6-AAAAA, Walton plays at No. 4 Wheeler and No. 3 Milton at Campbell in games that will determine important seeding spots in the state’s strongest region.
North Cobb’s girls, ranked No. 7 in AAAAA, can capture the Region 5 regular-season championship by beating Harrison, but a loss would benefit No. 8 McEachern, which will play at Etowah today.
BOYS
Class AAAAA
1. Westlake
2. Centennial
3. Milton
4. Wheeler
5. Norcross
6. Meadowcreek
7. McEachern
8. Central Gwinnett
9. Groves
10. Newton
Class AAAA
1. Rockdale County
2. Miller Grove
3. Richmond Academy
4. Fayette County
5. Chamblee
6. Bainbridge
7. North Clayton
8. Glynn Academy
9. Lithia Springs
10. Hillgrove
Class AAA
1. Columbia
2. LaGrange
3. Monroe
4. Elbert County
5. South Atlanta
6. Liberty County
7. Dunwoody
8. Washington County
9. Hart County
10. North Hall
Class AA
1. Greater Atlanta Christian
2. Northeast-Macon
3. Laney
4. Decatur
5. Dade County
6. Thomasville
7. Dublin
8. Jefferson
9. McIntosh County Academy
10. Central-Macon
Class A
1. Wilkinson County
2. Whitefield Academy
3. Wesleyan
4. Wilcox County
5. Lanier County
6. Terrell County
7. Greenville
8. Gordon Lee
9. Paideia
10. Montgomery County
GIRLS
Class AAAAA
1. Redan
2. Parkview
3. Norcross
4. Mill Creek
5. Westlake
6. Bradwell Institute
7. North Cobb
8. McEachern
9. Campbell
10. Mundy’s Mill
Class AAAA
1. Northwest Whitfield
2. Southwest DeKalb
3. Rome
4. Mays
5. Fayette County
6. Bainbridge
7. Clarke Central
8. Hephzibah
9. Salem
10. Westside-Macon
Class AAA
1. Kendrick
2. Columbia
3. Carver-Atlanta
4. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
5. Washington County
6. Westover
7. Chestatee
8. East Hall
9. Pickens
10. Jackson-Atlanta
Class AA
1. Vidalia
2. Greater Atlanta Christian
3. Buford
4. Northeast-Macon
5. Laney
6. Fannin County
7. Dodge County
8. Thomasville
9. North Oconee
10. Rabun County
Class A
1. Wesleyan
2. Randolph-Clay
3. Calvary Day
4. Taylor County
5. Paideia
6. Gordon Lee
7. Southwest Atlanta Christian
8. Emanuel County Institute
9. Warren County
10. Holy Innocents’
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