The final regular season Class AAAAAAA poll of the year sees No. 5 Mill Creek and No. 8 Brookwood swap places. The Hawks upset No. 4 Collins Hill in overtime 57-56, but the Eagles still hold onto the No.4 spot. Collins Hill defeated Mill Creek 64-42 and 60-48 in the regular season before the Region 6 championship loss.
Harrison’s reign of dominance has momentarily ended in Class AAAAAA. The Lady Hoyas held the No. 1 spot since Week 2 but their upset loss in the Region 6 championship to No. 7 Creekview 54-38 drops Harrison to No. 4. Douglas County takes over the No. 1 ranking, leapfrogging No. 2 Winder-Barrow. Northview is up to No. 3 after winning the school’s first-ever region title. No. 6 Tucker took down No. 8 Lovejoy is the Region 4 championship 53-48, dropping the Wildcats three spots. Stephenson (18-10) drops out and is replaced by No. 10 Gainesville.
No. 1 Buford handled No. 4 Flowery Branch for a third time this season, beating the Falcons in the Region 8-AAAAA championship 53-38. Wayne County (17-6) departs from the Top 10 and is replaced by No. 10 Statesboro, a debutant to the poll who beat the Yellow Jackets 48-39 and then knocked off Ware County in the Region 2 championship 33-27.
In Class AAAA, Heritage-Catoosa (25-3) tumbles out of the Top 10 after taking a 72-49 beating in the Region 6 championship at the hands of rival No. 6 Northwest Whitfield. Replacing the Generals is scorching hot No. 7 North Clayton. Following a 2-7 start to the season, the Eagles are now 18-9 and riding a 15-game winning streak. They crushed Henry County in the Region 4 championship 66-43.
Johnson-Savannah regains ahold of No. 1 in Class AAA after beating bitter rival No. 3 Beach 61-57 in the Region 3 championship, now making it two wins apiece for each side in the 4-game regular season series. Haralson County navigated its way to a Region 6 title and moves up four spots to No. 4 in the process. They defeated previously ranked Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 50-42, No. 10 Ringgold 46-36 and No. 7 Calhoun in the championship, 53-45. Redan and Central-Macon reappear in the poll. No. 6 Redan won Region 5 from the third seed while the Chargers extracted revenge in dramatic fashion, snapping Peach County’s 18-game win streak to capture the Region 4 title, 47-46.
No. 3 Dodge County was stunned in Region 3-AA, losing to Bleckley County 61-54 in the championship after throttling the Royals by 20 and 26 points in the regular season. Swainsboro (17-9) departs from the poll after not being able to survive Region 2, losing to eventual champion No. 6 Bryan County 50-44 and to Jeff Davis 38-36, falling to the four-seed. Heard County cracks back into the Top 10 after a Region 5 championship.
In Class A-Private, the third time was a charm for No. 2 Wesleyan who finally solved No. 3 Holy Innocents’ in the Region 5 championship 59-50.
All roads to the state title in Class A-Public still lead through No. 1 Pelham as the Hornets dominated No. 9 Terrell County 54-20 in the Region 1 championship. Wheeler County jumps Telfair County for the No. 2 ranking after the Bulldogs defeated No. 4 Woodville-Tompkins 47-41 and Class A-Private No. 7 Calvary Day 50-46 to win the Region 3 crown. Over in Region 4, Marion County leaps back into the Top 10 at No. 5 after beating No. 8 Macon County 52-47 and winning the championship over No. 6 Taylor County 43-40.
Class AAAAAAA
1 Norcross (25-2)
2 McEachern (21-6)
3 Archer (22-4)
4 Collins Hill (22-4)
5 Mill Creek (23-4)
6 Lambert (24-2)
7 Colquitt County (21-4)
8 Brookwood (20-6)
9 Westlake (20-7)
10 Newton (20-6)
Class AAAAAA
1 Douglas County (24-3)
2 Winder-Barrow (22-5)
3 Northview (25-3)
4 Harrison (22-5)
5 Grovetown (20-7)
6 Tucker (21-6)
7 Creekview (20-7)
8 Lovejoy (23-4)
9 Mays (17-9)
10 Gainesville (17-9)
Class AAAAA
1 Buford (24-2)
2 Southwest DeKalb (23-4)
3 Carrollton (27-1)
4 Flowery Branch (21-6)
5 Warner Robins (25-1)
6 Griffin (25-1)
7 Maynard Jackson (22-2)
8 Eagle’s Landing (24-3)
9 Villa Rica (25-3)
10 Statesboro (18-8)
Class AAAA
1 Cross Creek (23-4)
2 West Hall (22-5)
3 Jefferson (22-5)
4 Carver-Columbus (22-4)
5 Columbus (20-5)
6 Northwest Whitfield (21-5)
7 North Clayton (18-9)
8 North Oconee (21-5)
9 Spalding (20-6)
10 Americus-Sumter (23-5)
Class AAA
1 Johnson-Savannah (23-2)
2 Greater Atlanta Christian (20-7)
3 Beach (24-2)
4 Haralson County (25-4)
5 Monroe (21-4)
6 Redan (19-6)
7 Calhoun (21-5)
8 Central-Macon (19-5)
9 Franklin County (20-6)
10 Ringgold (21-6)
Class AA
1 Laney (26-1)
2 Model (22-5)
3 Dodge County (24-3)
4 Fitzgerald (20-2)
5 Rabun County (25-2)
6 Bryan County (22-4)
7 Hapeville Charter (19-6)
8 Vidalia (22-5)
9 Banks County (19-8)
10 Heard County (20-6)
Class A-Private
1 St. Francis (24-4)
2 Wesleyan (24-4)
3 Holy Innocents’ (26-2)
4 Lakeview Academy (24-4)
5 Landmark Christian (22-4)
6 Pinecrest Academy (19-6)
7 Calvary Day (22-4)
8 Stratford Academy (19-5)
9 Darlington (21-6)
10 First Presbyterian Day (18-6)
Class A-Public
1 Pelham (26-1)
2 Wheeler County (23-3)
3 Telfair County (24-2)
4 Woodville-Tompkins (22-5)
5 Marion County (22-5)
6 Taylor County (18-7)
7 Greenville (22-4)
8 Macon County (17-7)
9 Terrell County (20-6)
10 Hancock Central (20-5)
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