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Week 5 Boys Basketball Rankings

Sandy Creek's Micah Smith (11) goes to the basket for a shot during the second half of GHSA Basketball Class 3A Boy’s State Championship game at the Macon Centreplex, Friday, Mar. 8, 2024, in Macon. Sandy Creek won 74-49 over Johnson-Savannah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Sandy Creek's Micah Smith (11) goes to the basket for a shot during the second half of GHSA Basketball Class 3A Boy’s State Championship game at the Macon Centreplex, Friday, Mar. 8, 2024, in Macon. Sandy Creek won 74-49 over Johnson-Savannah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
By Score Atlanta
Dec 10, 2024

In Class 6A, No. 1 ranked Grayson validated its top status in a 77-68 win over No. 2 ranked Wheeler at the Tournament of Champions. Newton rose to No. 3 this week and defeated No. 8 South Gwinnett 55-50 to hand the Comets their first loss of the year. No. 5 Walton impressed at the Sandy’s Spiel Showdown against Mays and scored a 69-59 victory to improve to 8-0. Lambert rounds out the top 10 at No. 10 and is coming off a 78-67 victory over Class 3A No. 5 ranked Cherokee Bluff. In Class 5A, Winder-Barrow moved up to no. 4 after defeating No. 7 Gainesville 62-49.

Class 4A shifted with Southwest DeKalb climbing to No. 6 from No. 10 after an 8-0 start and huge 65-48 win over Class 2A No. 2 ranked Columbia. In Class 3A, Sandy Creek opened its season with a 3-0 start and 49-47 win over Hughes. The Class 2A poll replaced Thomson with Spencer at No. 10. In Class A-Div. I, Putnam County moved up to No. 2 after improving to 10-0 and Mt. Zion-Carroll replaced Portal at No. 9 in Class A Division II. In Class A-3A Private, No. 6 Mount Vernon defeated No. 7 St. Francis 83-81 in triple overtime.

Class 6A

1. Grayson

2. Wheeler

3. Newton

4. Norcross

5. Walton

6. Etowah

7. McEachern

8. South Gwinnett

9. Pebblebrook

10. Lambert

Class 5A

1. Milton

2. Woodward Academy

3. Tri-Cities

4. Winder-Barrow

5. Lee County

6. Habersham Central

7. Gainesville

8. Alexander

9. Riverwood

10. Seckinger

Class 4A

1. Pace Academy

2. Kell

3. Eagle’s Landing

4. North Oconee

5. Maynard Jackson

6. Southwest DeKalb

7. McDonough

8. Westover

9. Marist

10. St. Pius

Class 3A

1. Cedar Grove

2. Cross Creek

3. Sandy Creek

4. Pickens

5. Cherokee Bluff

6. Westside-Augusta

7. Upson-Lee

8. Douglass

9. Baldwin

10. Dougherty

Class 2A

1. Carver-Columbus

2. Columbia

3. Butler

4. South Atlanta

5. KIPP Atlanta

6. Union County

7. Hart County

8. Laney

9. Salem

10. Spencer

Class A Div. I

1. Southwest Macon

2. Putnam County

3. Rabun County

4. B.E.S.T. Academy

5. Model

6. Towers

7. Temple

8. East Laurens

9. Dublin

10. Vidalia

Class A Div. II

1. Savannah Christian

2. Manchester

3. Calhoun County

4. Randolph-Clay

5. McIntosh County Academy

6. Mitchell County

7. Warren County

8. Macon County

9. Mt. Zion-Carroll

10. Taylor County

Class A-3A Private

1. Holy Innocents’

2. Greenforest Christian

3. North Cobb Christian

4. Darlington

5. Calvary Day

6. Mount Vernon

7. St. Francis

8. Mt. Paran

9. Greater Atlanta Christian

10. Lovett

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