Hoops rankings: Wheeler, Tift stumble; Westlake tops 6A

In Class AAAAAA, No. 1 Wheeler dropped to No. 3 after suffering a 48-41 loss to Milton on Saturday. No. 2 Tift County was handled by Valdosta 65-51 and slid down to No. 4 after the loss. Westlake (24-2) reclaims No. 1 in Class AAAAAA and bounced back from its only in-state loss of the season last week (76-75 to Tri-Cities) with wins over East Coweta, Hughes and Newnan. Milton moved up two spots to No. 7 after the win over Wheeler and a 68-63 loss to No. 6 Walton earlier last week. Hillgrove dropped two losses in region play to Pebblebrook (48-42) and Kennesaw Mountain (73-70) and exited this weeks poll. Pebblebrook (19-5) debuts in the poll at No. 8.

In Class AAAAA, Stephenson moves into the top 5 with its 45-42 win over Tucker and Heritage-Conyers makes its debut at No. 10. The Patriots replaced Villa Rica, who lost consecutive games to South Paulding and New Manchester.

Columbia remains No. 1 in Class AAAA, but Alexander is the new No. 2 after South Atlanta's 68-56 loss to Grady this weekend. Rutland dropped out of the top 10 after its 78-65 loss to West Laurens and Riverdale makes its debut at No. 10.

In Class AAA, St. Pius X moved up two spots to No. 7 after a 63-61 win over Blessed Trinity. Cedar Grove replaces Woodward Academy at No. 10 after beating the War Eagles 49-41 this weekend.

No. 10 Taylor County topped No. 9 Crawford County this week 77-69 and moves up to No. 9 in this weeks poll. Crawford County was bumped out of the top 10 and was replaced by Northeast-Macon.

In Class A, North Cobb Christian dropped one spot to No. 5 after a 67-62 loss to No. 3 St. Francis. Landmark Christian moved up into the No. 4 spot with an impressive win 83-75 win over Mount Vernon. Randolph-Clay fell out of the top 10 after its 64-53 loss to Calhoun County and was replaced by Athens Christian, who debuts at No. 9.



Class AAAAA

1. Westlake

2. Norcross

3. Wheeler

4. Tift County

5. North Gwinnett

6. Walton

7. Milton

8. Pebblebrook

9. Douglas County

10. McEachern



Class AAAAA

1. Allatoona

2. Miller Grove

3. Jenkins

4. Sprayberry

5. Stephenson

6. Clarke Central

7. Tucker

8. Warner Robins

9. Drew

10. Heritage-Conyers



Class AAAA

1. Columbia

2. Alexander

3. Eagles Landing

4. South Atlanta

5. Fayette County

6. Eastside

7. Glenn Hills

8. Statesboro

9. Westover

10. Riverdale



Class AAA

1. Johnson-Savannah

2. Savannah

3. Cartersville

4. Washington County

5. Buford

6. Morgan County

7. St. Pius X

8. Elbert County

9. Blessed Trinity

10. Cedar Grove



Class AA

1. Greater Atlanta Christian

2. Vidalia

3. Laney

4. Manchester

5. Calhoun

6. Model

7. Jefferson

8. Pelham

9. Taylor County

10. Northeast-Macon



Class A

1. Whitefield Academy

2. Greenforest Christian

3. St. Francis

4. Landmark Christian

5. North Cobb Christian

6. Aquinas

7. Mount Vernon Presbyterian

8. Calhoun County

9. Athens Christian

10. Holy Innocents