The Walton Raiders swept two-time defending state champion Lowndes 7-0, 10-3 to capture the state title and climbed to No. 1 after entering the playoffs No. 6 in the poll. Etowah was ranked No. 1 for the entire season and finished the year at No. 3 after falling 4-3, 4-1 to No. 2 Lowndes in the semifinals. North Gwinnett finishes at No. 4 after its run to the semifinals where the Bulldogs fell to state champion Walton in three games. North Paulding finished the year at No. 5—giving Region 5 three teams in the top 5 with No. 1 Walton, No. 3 Etowah and the Wolfpack. Buford, Parkview, Brookwood, East Coweta and Tift County round out the top 10.
Newnan and Walton were both No. 6 in the pre-playoff poll and close out the year at the top. The Cougars dominated their championship series against Houston County—winning 3-1, 11-1 and securing their first state title since 1991. The Bears finish at No. 2 ahead of Loganville, Pope and River Ridge—which finished at No. 5 after entering the playoffs unranked. River Ridge reached the semifinals before falling to Newnan 9-1, 2-1 and had a quarterfinal victory over Effingham County—which finished the year at No. 10.
Blessed Trinity overcame a 6-3 deficit heading into the bottom of the seventh inning and rallied to stun the Canes and capture the Class 4A state title with a 7-6 victory in extra innings. The Titans are at No. 1 ahead over Cartersville and the rest of the top 5 includes No. 3 Marist, No. 4 Allatoona and No. 5 St. Pius. In Class 3A, Troup earned the No. 1 spot after defeating Cherokee Bluff for its first-ever state title. Rockmart swept Franklin County for the Class 2A state title and Gordon Lee finishes the year at No. 1 in Class A Div. I after taking home the program’s fifth all-time state title this year. Lanier County went wire-to-wire at No. 1 in Class A Div. II and won its second-straight state title and Calvary Day leads the Class A-3A Private poll after its sweep of Savannah Christian in the finals.
Class 6A
1. Walton
2. Lowndes
3. Etowah
4. North Gwinnett
5. North Paulding
6. Buford
7. Parkview
8. Brookwood
9. East Coweta
10. Tift County
Class 5A
1. Newnan
2. Houston County
3. Loganville
4. Pope
5. River Ridge
6. Creekview
7. Dunwoody
8. Habersham Central
9. South Paulding
10. Effingham County
Class 4A
1. Blessed Trinity
2. Cartersville
3. Marist
4. Allatoona
5. St. Pius X
6. Wayne County
7. North Oconee
8. Starr’s Mill
9. Ware County
10. Kell
Class 3A
1. Troup
2. Cherokee Bluff
3. Pickens
4. Peach County
5. Harlem
6. North Hall
7. Jefferson
8. Oconee County
9. LaGrange
10. Dawson County
Class 2A
1. Rockmart
2. Franklin County
3. Morgan County
4. Pierce County
5. Stephens County
6. Callaway
7. Appling County
8. Redan
9. Cook
10. Ringgold
Class A-Div. I
1. Gordon Lee
2. Pepperell
3. Jeff Davis
4. Vidalia
5. Model
6. Toombs County
7. Washington County
8. Social Circle
9. Bleckley County
10. Worth County
Class A-Div. II
1. Lanier County
2. Wilcox County
3. ECI
4. Bowdon
5. Baconton Charter
6. Charlton County
7. Irwin County
8. Metter
9. Crawford County
10. Trion
Class A-3A Private
1. Calvary Day
2. Savannah Christian
3. Prince Avenue Christian
4. Wesleyan
5. Lovett
6. Greater Atlanta Christian
7. Mt. Paran Christian
8. North Cobb Christian
9. Providence Christian
10. Holy Innocents’
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