Week 3 girls basketball rankings

No. 2 Buford took it to North Oconee on the road 54-36 as the Wolves begin their march to a Class AAAAA title. No. 3 Griffin survived two close games to remain undefeated, beating Luella 67-66 and Fayette County 49-47. No. 5 Warner Robins escaped their meeting with Perry, 60-58 in overtime. No teams in the Top 10 lost this past week.

Even with their loss to Buford, North Oconee remains No. 1 in Class AAAA thanks to their 46-39 victory at Archer. Cross Creek jumps Columbus for No. 2 in the state. The Razorbacks beat Grovetown 64-53 behind Memphis-signee Alana Davis’ 27 points.

In Class AAA, Morgan County tumbles three spots to No. 5. They lost to Jefferson and were then upset by Cedar Shoals 53-52 before righting the ship with a 66-35 win over Putnam County. Calhoun was knocked out of the Top 10 by No. 10 Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe. The Warriors are off to a hot start thanks to senior Jazzmyn Elston and sophomore Macey Gregg.

Banks County and Dublin have fallen out of the Class AA rankings. The Leopards lost to Hart County 53-28 while Dublin dropped a heartbreaker to Treutlen 64-63. Replacing them for the moment is No. 9 Heard County and No. 10 Pepperell.

Class A-Private sees Greenforest drop from No. 4 to unranked after an eye opening 49-44 loss to No. 10 Landmark Christian, who squeaks into the bottom of the poll. Also gone are Tattnall Square and Southwest Atlanta Christian. Tattnall lost to Landmark 54-44 and to Westside-Macon 49-40. The Warriors were blown out by No. 3 Holy Innocents’ 68-20. SACA’s strong schedule should bode well down the stretch in region play. No. 8 Savannah Country Day and No. 9 Pinecrest Academy enter the rankings and will try to stick around.

Pelham laid the boom in their Class A-Public opening week, scoring two wins including a thumping of Mitchell County 73-31, knocking the Eagles out of the Top 10. With Woodville-Tompkins and Mitchell County gone from the poll, No. 9 Marion County and No. 10 Hancock Central jump in.

Class AAAAAAA

1. Norcross (8-0)

2. McEachern (4-2)

3. Collins Hill (5-0)

4. Newton (5-0)

5. Mill Creek (6-1)

6. Westlake (5-1)

7. North Forsyth (8-0)

8. Archer (4-2)

9. Colquitt County (5-0)

10. Lambert (5-0)

Class AAAAAA

1. Harrison (4-1)

2. Mays (1-2)

3. Winder-Barrow (2-3)

4. Douglas County (5-2)

5. Jonesboro (5-1)

6. Tucker (7-0)

7. Grovetown (4-3)

8. Northview (5-1)

9. Sequoyah (4-0)

10. Lovejoy (6-0)

Class AAAAA

1. Flowery Branch (6-1)

2. Buford (2-0)

3. Griffin (5-0)

4. Southwest DeKalb (4-2)

5. Warner Robins (5-0)

6. Villa Rica (4-0)

7. Carrollton (3-0)

8. Harris County (7-0)

9. Arabia Mountain (6-0)

10. Loganville (4-3)

Class AAAA

1. North Oconee (5-1)

2. Cross Creek (3-2)

3. Columbus (4-1)

4. Carver-Columbus (5-0)

5. West Hall (2-3)

6. Jefferson (4-1)

7. Americus-Sumter (2-1)

8. Henry County (5-2)

9. Northwest Whitfield (3-2)

10. Sandy Creek (5-0)

Class AAA

1. Johnson-Savannah (6-0)

2. Beach (5-0)

3. Greater Atlanta Christian (3-4)

4. Hart County (5-0)

5. Morgan County (3-3)

6. Haralson County (4-1)

7. Redan (5-1)

8. Monroe (4-0)

9. Ringgold (4-1)

10. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (6-0)

Class AA

1. Model (3-1)

2. Laney (1-1)

3. Rabun County (4-1)

4. Putnam County (2-2)

5. Fitzgerald (2-0)

6. Dodge County (1-1)

7. Vidalia (3-1)

8. Dade County (5-2)

9. Heard County (5-2)

10. Pepperell (2-0)

Class A-Private

1. Wesleyan (5-0)

2. St. Francis (4-1)

3. Holy Innocents’ (6-1)

4. Our Lady of Mercy (5-1)

5. Calvary Day (2-0)

6. Lakeview Academy (5-2)

7. Stratford Academy (5-0)

8. Savannah Country Day (4-2)

9. Pinecrest Academy (4-1)

10. Landmark Christian (4-3)

Class A-Public

1. Pelham (2-0)

2. Terrell County (3-0)

3. Greenville (3-0)

4. Telfair County (5-0)

5. Treutlen (2-0)

6. Wilcox County (4-0)

7. Taylor County (1-1)

8. Wheeler County (3-1)

9. Marion County (2-0)

10. Hancock Central (2-1)