Week 1 Girls Rankings

Class AAAAAAA

1. Westlake (1-0)
2. Collins Hill (0-0)
3. Cherokee (3-0)
4. McEachern (2-0)
5. Pebblebrook (2-0)
6. Roswell (2-0)
7. North Forsyth (1-1)
8. Grayson (1-1)
9. North Cobb (0-1)
10. Campbell (4-0)

Class AAAAAA

1. Lovejoy (3-0)
2. Forest Park (2-1)
3. Valdosta (2-0)
4. Glynn Academy (1-0)
5. Creekview (0-0)
6. Dacula (2-0)
7. Grovetown (2-0)
8. Langston Hughes (0-1)
9. Douglas County (0-0)
10. Stephenson (3-1)

Class AAAAA

1. Buford (2-0)
2. Carrollton (2-0)
3. Veterans (1-0)
4. Statesboro (2-0)
5. Villa Rica (1-0)
6. Wayne County (1-0)
7. Woodland-Stockbridge (0-0)
8. Eagle’s Landing (1-0)
9. Jones County (1-0)
10. Starr’s Mill (2-1)

Class AAAA

1. Carver-Columbus (0-1)
2. Spalding (1-1)
3. Luella (1-0)
4. Flowery Branch (2-0)
5. Cross Creek (1-0)
6. Druid Hills (3-0)
7. Sandy Creek (0-1)
8. Woodward Academy (4-0)
9. McDonough (0-1)
10. Troup County (0-0)

Class AAA

1. Johnson-Savannah (0-0)
2. Jefferson (3-0)
3. Beach (1-0)
4. Sonoraville (0-0)
5. Ringgold (0-0)
6. Dawson County (1-1)
7. GAC (1-2)
8. Hart County (0-0)
9. Rutland (1-0)
10. Lumpkin County (2-0)

Class AA

1. Early County (1-1)
2. Laney (1-1)
3. Douglass (0-1)
4. Bryan County (1-0)
5. Washington County (0-0)
6. Rabun County (0-0)
7. Fitzgerald (0-0)
8. Putnam County (0-0)
9. Rockmart (0-0)
10. Southwest-Macon (1-0)

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis (1-0)
2. Holy Innocents’ (2-0)
3. Hebron Christian (3-0)
4. Wesleyan (1-0)
5. Mt. Paran (0-0)
6. Lakeview Academy (1-1)
7. Greenforest (2-1)
8. Stratford Academy (0-0)
9. Calvary Day (1-1)
10. Galloway (3-1)

Class A-Public

1. Greenville (0-0)
2. Wheeler County (1-0)
3. Clinch County (0-0)
4. Calhoun County (0-0)
5. Central-Talbotton (0-0)
6. Bowdon (0-0)
7. Marion County (0-0)
8. Turner County (0-0)
9. Wilcox County (0-0)
10. Pelham (0-0)

The race to the top has begun as early season favorites try to prove their rank. Two Preseason No. 1’s have suffered losses, but have remained atop their respective polls.

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Week 1 Boys Rankings

Class AAAAAAA

1. Grayson (2-0)
2. McEachern (2-0)
3. Norcross (2-0)
4. East Coweta (3-1)
5. Wheeler (2-1)
6. Milton (0-0)
7. Pebblebrook (1-2)
8. Archer (3-0)
9. Lambert (2-0)
10. Newton (2-1)

Class AAAAAA

1. Tri-Cities (2-0)
2. Tucker (3-0)
3. South Cobb (1-1)
4. Chattahoochee (2-0)
5. Sequoyah (0-0)
6. Langston Hughes (0-1)
7. Lanier (2-1)
8. Douglas County (0-0)
9. Allatoona (1-0)
10. Evans (1-0)

Class AAAAA

1. Eagle’s Landing (2-0)
2. Kell (3-0)
3. Dutchtown (0-1)
4. Lithonia (2-0)
5. Carrollton (0-0)
6. Southwest DeKalb (0-2)
7. Fayette County (1-1)
8. Hiram (2-0)
9. Lithia Springs (0-0)
10. Cedar Shoals (1-0)

Class AAAA

1. Woodward Academy (2-0)
2. Denmark (2-0)
3. Sandy Creek (1-1)
4. Eastside (2-0)
5. North Clayton (1-0)
6. Cross Creek (1-0)
7. Americus-Sumter (0-0)
8. Dougherty (0-1)
9. Baldwin (1-1)
10. Chapel Hill (1-1)

Class AAA

1. Pace Academy (1-1)
2. Westside-Macon (0-1)
3. Central-Macon (0-0)
4. Dawson County (1-0)
5. Johnson-Savannah (1-0)
6. Monroe (1-0)
7. Hart County (0-0)
8. Windsor Forest (1-0)
9. Franklin County (1-1)
10. Jefferson (0-1)

Class AA

1. Therrell (2-1)
2. Vidalia (1-0)
3. Spencer (2-0)
4. Swainsboro (0-0)
5. Glenn Hills (1-1)
6. Laney (0-0)
7. South Atlanta (0-0)
8. Banks County (2-0)
9. Woodville-Tompkins (1-0)
10. KIPP Atlanta (2-1)

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis (1-0)
2. Greenforest (2-0)
3. Walker (1-0)
4. Trinity Christian (2-0)
5. Mt. Bethel (0-1)
6. Mt. Pisgah (1-0)
7. Holy Innocents’ (0-2)
8. Wesleyan (0-0)
9. Galloway (4-0)
10. Christian Heritage (0-0)

Class A-Public

1. Treutlen (0-0)
2. Wilcox County (0-0)
3. Calhoun County (0-0)
4. Wilkinson County (0-0)
5. Irwin County (0-0)
6. Pelham (0-0)
7. Clinch County (0-0)
8. Lanier County (2-0)
9. Macon County (0-0)
10. Greene County (0-0)

The constant shuffling and jockeying for position known as the GHSA State Rankings has plenty of movement already in Week 1 after tournaments Georgia’s Elite 8 Tip-Off Classic, OTR Tip-Off Classic and the Hawks Naismith Classic pitted Top 10 teams across classifications against one another providing us with some shakeup.

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Statewide Recap 11-16-19

BOYS

AAAAAAA

No. 1 Grayson 74, No. 5 Berkmar 53: USF-signee Caleb Murphy dumped in 19 points followed by Mississippi State-signee Deivon Smith’s 16.

No. 2 McEachern 90, 6ANo. 3 South Cobb 80: Cameron McDowell (32) and Sharife Cooper (30) teamed up to oust South Cobb in a shootout at the OTR Tip-Off Classic.

No. 4 Pebblebrook 62, 5ANo. 8 Southwest DeKalb 58: Danny Stubbs (19) outdueled Ohio State-signee Eugene Brown III (14) to lift the Falcons over the Panthers at the OTR Tip-Off Classic.

Campbell 87, No. 6 Wheeler 82: Alcorn State-signee Myson Lowe netted 30 points while BK Ekweozor scored 21. Freshman Isaiah Collier had 36 in the loss.

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Statewide Recap 11-14-19

BOYS

AAAAAAA

No. 9 Newton 88, 5ANo. 7 Fayette County 78: Shawn Smith (19), Qua Brown (15), Georgia Southern-signee Caleb Byrd (13) and TJ Clark (13) powered the Rams offense.

No. 10 Lambert 55, Brookwood 54: Ohio-signee Colin Granger had 15 points and 8 rebounds while Will Baker added 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Braxton Beaty tossed in 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

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Statewide Recap 11-12-19

BOYS

AAAAAAA

No. 1 Grayson 88, Maynard Jackson 33: USF-commit Caleb Murphy had 17 points and 3 steals while Mississippi State-commit Deivon Smith went for 14 points and 5 assists. Ian Schieffelin posted 14 points and 15 rebounds. Quinones Corpman hit 4 threes en route to 14 points.

Archer 80, Mountain View 40: Brent Smith had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Mekhi Carter added 15 points and 5 assists while CJ Hines contributed 13 points, 3 assists and 3 steals. Christian Drummer had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Justin Edmondson had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals while Christian Csere scored his first varsity basket.

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