In Class 6A, No. 1 ranked Grayson (10-1) dropped its first loss of the season to nationally No. 1 ranked Columbus (FL) in an 85-48 defeat. The Rams rebounded with back-to-back victories and will be back in action at home on Jan. 3 against Archer before a battle against McEachern on Jan. 4. McEachern (10-2) picked up its ninth-straight victory on Saturday in the second annual Corky Kell + Dave Hunter Basketball Classic with a 75-61 victory over Riverwood. In the victory, 6-foot-10 senior DJ Palm returned for the first time since his medical condition sidelined him last season. Pebblebrook and South Gwinnett were replaced in the poll by Hillgrove and Grovetown—which come in at No. 9 and No. 10, respectively.
Class 5A No. 1 ranked Milton defeated Class 6A No. 6 ranked Etowah 63-58 on Friday and that win came on the heels of a 78-45 win over No. 7 Norcross. Jonesboro debuted in Class 4A after a 7-4 start. Dougherty replaced Upson-Lee at No. 10 in Class 3A. In Class 2A, No. 1 ranked Carver-Columbus improved to 6-0.
Class 6A
1. Grayson
2. Wheeler
3. Walton
4. Newton
5. McEachern
6. Etowah
7. Norcross
8. Lambert
9. Hillgrove
10. Grovetown
Class 5A
1. Milton
2. Woodward Academy
3. Tri-Cities
4. Lee County
5. Winder-Barrow
6. Gainesville
7. Habersham Central
8. Dutchtown
9. Alexander
10. Seckinger
Class 4A
1. Pace Academy
2. Kell
3. North Oconee
4. Southwest DeKalb
5. Maynard Jackson
6. McDonough
7. St. Pius
8. Eagle’s Landing
9. Westminster
10. Jonesboro
Class 3A
1. Cedar Grove
2. Cross Creek
3. Pickens
4. Sandy Creek
5. Cherokee Bluff
6. East Hall
7. Westside-Augusta
8. Douglass
9. Baldwin
10. Dougherty.
Class 2A
1. Carver-Columbus
2. Columbia
3. South Atlanta
4.KIPP Atlanta
5. Butler
6. Union County
7. Spencer
8. Salem
9. Hart County
10. Westside-Macon
Class A Div. I
1. Putnam County
2. Southwest Macon
3. Rabun County
4. B.E.S.T. Academy
5. Temple
6. Dublin
7. Model
8. Towers
9.East Laurens
10. Banks County
Class A Div. II
1. Savannah
2. Calhoun County
3. Randolph-Clay
4. McIntosh County Academy
5. Mitchell County
6. Manchester
7. Macon County
8. Mt. Zion-Carroll
9. Warren County
10. Early County
Class A-3A Pri.
1. Holy Innocents’
2. North Cobb Christian
3. Greenforest Christian
4. Calvary Day
5. Mt. Bethel
6. Darlington
7. Greater Atlanta Christian
8. Lovett
9. Paideia
10. King’s Ridge