By Kyle Sandy
No. 1 Norcross holds onto the top spot in Class AAAAAAA after going 2-0 at Turkey Jamm. McEachern supplants Archer for the No. 2 ranking after the Indians dropped Holy Innocents’ 78-71 at Holiday Hoopsgiving and beforehand, drilled Southwest DeKalb 62-35.
Class AAAAAA sees Harrison jump from No. 5 to No. 1 following a 64-48 win over No. 4 Douglas County and two No. 2 Winder-Barrow losses at the Tabo Tip-Off Classic. Flowery Branch edged the Bulldoggs 55-46 and Winder lost to Loganville 30-29.
Idle Buford gets bounced from Class AAAAA No. 1 by Flowery Branch. The Falcons are 5-1 with signature wins over Winder-Barrow and Jefferson (61-40). Their only loss came to Bradley Central, TN 63-53 at the Holiday Inn Express Tournament.
Columbus’ poor showing on the big stage at Holiday Hoopsgiving against Collins Hill drops them to No. 2. Rising to the occasion in Class AAAA is No. 1 North Oconee. The Lady Titans are 4-0 with their latest victory coming over Clarke Central 50-47.
Jacksonville-signee Alexis Pierce is averaging 21.5 points and 5.8 rebounds for Class AAA No. 1 Johnson-Savannah. The Atomsmashers beat Grovetown in overtime 79-78. No. 3 Greater Atlanta Christian flashed its potential and rises back into the Top 3 after beating Stephenson 66-57 and pummeling Henry County 85-52.
Dade County appears in the poll at No. 6 after a 4-0 start beating River Ridge (57-54), Northwest Whitfield (53-50) and Armuchee (68-53), winning the Northwest Whitfield Thanksgiving Classic in the process. Swainsboro, Armuchee and Heard County relinquish their spots in the Top 10. Entering is the aforementioned Dade County, No. 9 Fitzgerald and No. 10 Dublin.
St. Francis, a national power, loses its grip of No. 1 in Class A-Private with a 49-42 loss to Homewood-Flossmor, who Norcross beat 55-43. Wesleyan takes over the top spot. No. 3 Holy Innocents’ lost to McEachern but rebounded by routing Hoover, AL 67-37 at Holiday Hoopsgiving.
In Class A-Public, Hancock Central drops out after losing to Baldwin 50-41. No. 10 Woodville-Tompkins makes its debut at 2-1, their only loss coming to Beach.
Class AAAAAAA
1 Norcross (6-0)
2 McEachern (2-1)
3 Archer (4-0)
4 Collins Hill (2-0)
5 Newton (3-0)
6 Westlake (3-1)
7 Mill Creek (4-0)
8 North Forsyth (5-0)
9 Colquitt County (3-0)
10 Cherokee (3-1)
Class AAAAAA
1 Harrison (3-1)
2 Winder-Barrow (1-2)
3 Mays (0-2)
4 Douglas County (3-2)
5 Grovetown (3-1)
6 Jonesboro (2-1)
7 Tucker (4-0)
8 Northview (3-1)
9 Sequoyah (2-0)
10 Glynn Academy (3-1)
Class AAAAA
1 Flowery Branch (5-1)
2 Buford (0-0)
3 Griffin (3-0)
4 Southwest DeKalb (2-2)
5 Warner Robins (3-0)
6 Villa Rica (1-0)
7 Carrollton (1-0)
8 Harris County (5-0)
9 Arabia Mountain (3-0)
10 Loganville (2-3)
Class AAAA
1 North Oconee (4-0)
2 Columbus (2-1)
3 Cross Creek (2-1)
4 Carver-Columbus (3-0)
5 West Hall (1-3)
6 Americus-Sumter (1-1)
7 Jefferson (3-1)
8 Henry County (2-2)
9 Sandy Creek (3-0)
10 Northwest Whitfield (1-2)
Class AAA
1 Johnson-Savannah (4-0)
2 Morgan County (2-1)
3 Greater Atlanta Christian (3-2)
4 Beach (2-0)
5 Ringgold (2-0)
6 Redan (3-0)
7 Calhoun (2-1)
8 Hart County (2-0)
9 Haralson County (2-1)
10 Monroe (2-0)
Class AA
1 Model (1-1)
2 Putnam County (1-0)
3 Laney (1-1)
4 Rabun County (2-1)
5 Vidalia (2-0)
6 Dade County (4-0)
7 Dodge County (1-0)
8 Banks County (2-1)
9 Fitzgerald (2-0)
10 Dublin (1-0)
Class A-Private
1 Wesleyan (3-0)
2 St. Francis (2-1)
3 Holy Innocents’ (3-1)
4 Greenforest (0-0)
5 Our Lady of Mercy (3-0)
6 Calvary Day (2-0)
7 Tattnall Square (2-0)
8 Lakeview Academy (3-2)
9 Stratford Academy (2-0)
10 Southwest Atlanta Christian (0-2)
Class A-Public
1 Pelham (0-0)
2 Terrell County (0-0)
3 Taylor County (1-0)
4 Greenville (1-0)
5 Telfair County (2-0)
6 Treutlen (0-0)
7 Wheeler County (1-1)
8 Wilcox County (1-0)
9 Mitchell County (0-0)
10 Woodville-Tompkins (2-1)
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