The Class A-Private and A-Pubic power rankings were finalized Wednesday as the 16-team brackets await Friday and Saturday’s first-round action. The St. Francis boys and girls took the No. 1 seed in A-Private and the Taylor County girls and Calhoun County boys took A-Public’s top seeds. In the two years that Class A has used power rankings to seed the playoffs, only one of the four boys state champions was a No. 1 seed and the same can be said for the girls. Last season, Wilkinson County repeated as the boys Class A-Public state champion as a No. 4 seed and St. Francis boys captured its first state titles as a No. 3. Southwest Atlanta Christian won the girls Class A-Private title last season as a No. 5 seed and in 2013 No. 6 Gordon Lee captured the A-Public state title.
BOYS
Class A-Private
1. St. Francis
2. Greenforest Christian
3. Athens Christian
4. Whitefield Academy
5. North Cobb Christian
6. Landmark Christian
7. Stratford Academy
8. Tattnall Square
9. Aquinas
10. Providence Christian
11. Pacelli
12. Calvary Day
13. Hebron Christian
14. Mt. Pisgah
15. Southwest Atlanta Christian
16. Lakeview Academy
Class A-Private
1. Calhoun County
2. Greenville
3. Hancock Central
4. Treutlen
5. Turner County
6. Wilkinson County
7. Portal
8. Randolph-Clay
9. Dooly County
10. Taylor County
11. Georgia Military
12. Claxton
13. Marion County
14. Terrell County
15. Lanier County
16. Irwin County
GIRLS
Class A-Private
1. St. Francis
2. Southwest Atlanta Christian
3. Savannah Country Day
4. Tattnall Square
5. Stratford Academy
6. Calvary Day
7. Eagle’s Landing Christian
8. Mt. Paran
9. Paideia
10. Fellowship Christian
11. Lakeview Academy
12. Our Lady of Mercy
13. Pinecrest Academy
14. Whitefield Academy
15. George Walton Academy
16. Mt. Pisgah
Class A-Public
1. Taylor County
2. Turner County
3. Mitchell County
4. Commerce
5. Claxton
6. Atkinson County
7. Dooly County
8. Treutlen
9. Emanuel County Institute
10. Clinch County
11. Randolph-Clay
12. Terrell County
13. Montgomery County
14. Quitman County
15. Hawkinsville
16. Greenville