Week 3 Boys Basketball Rankings

In Class 6A, No. 2 ranked Wheeler scored a 66-50 win over Class 5A No. 10 ranked Gainesville at the Hawks-Naismith Holiday Classic to improve to a 2-0 start. Newton lost 62-57 to Class 5A No. 2 ranked Woodward Academy in the Jared Cook Classic, but did not drop this week and is 3-1. No. 1 Grayson (2-0), No. 3 Norcross (3-0) and No. 5 Walton round out the top 5. As a result, Newtons narrow loss to Woodward is the only loss by the top 5 in Class 6A so far. Pebblebrook suffered a 70-68 loss to Class 4A No. 3 Kell and is now 3-2 on the year. Etowah rose to No. 7 after its 4-0 start, McEacherns 2-2 start has the Indians at No. 8 and South Gwinnett debuted this week after a 5-0 start that included a noteworthy 73-55 win over Class 5As Winder-Barrow.

In Class 5A, Woodward Academy improved to 2-0 with its win over Newton. Habersham Central moved up from No. 8 to No. 6 this week after a 3-0 start and Winder-Barrow slid from No. 7 to No. 9 after its 84-59 loss to newly-ranked South Gwinnett. The Class 4A poll did not shift as No. 1 ranked Pace Academy scored an impressive 78-70 win over Class A-3A Private No. 1 ranked Holy Innocents. Another significant result occurred in Class 3A with Cedar Grove scoring an 83-57 win over three-time defending state champion and former No. 1 Westside-Macon to take over the top spot. Cherokee Bluff moved up to No. 9 and Douglass replaced Johnson-Savannah after the Atomsmashers 79-69 loss to Bradwell Institute.

Class 2A introduced KIPP Atlanta at No. 8 after its impressive 84-77 win over Class 4A Westminster and Salem moved up to No. 9 after defeating Tucker 56-53. In Class A Div. 1, East Laurens replaced Banks County after opening its season with a 50-48 win over Calvary Day. The Class A Div. 2 poll saw Mitchell County move up two spots to No. 6 after its 2-0 start and 67-58 win over Early County. In Class A-3A Private, Mt. Paran replaced Paideia in the poll after its 2-1 start and Paideias tough 1-4 start.



Class 6A

1. Grayson

2. Wheeler

3. Norcross

4. Newton

5. Walton

6. Pebblebrook

7. Etowah

8. McEachern

9. Lambert

10. South Gwinnett



Class 5A

1. Milton

2. Woodward Academy

3. Lee County

4. Tri-Cities

5. Riverwood

6. Habersham Central

7. Hughes

8. Alexander

9. Winder-Barrow

10. Gainesville



Class 4A

1. Pace Academy

2. North Oconee

3. Kell

4. Eagles Landing

5. McDonough

6. St. Pius

7. Maynard Jackson

8. Westminster

9. Central-Carroll

10. Marist



Class 3A

1. Cedar Grove

2. Cross Creek

3. Sandy Creek

4. Westside-Augusta

5. Dougherty

6. Baldwin

7. Upson-Lee

8. Pickens

9. Cherokee Bluff

10. Douglass



Class 2A

1. Carver-Columbus

2. Columbia

3. Butler

4. Thomson

5. South Atlanta

6. Westside-Macon

7. Union County

8. KIPP Atlanta

9. Salem

10. Hart County



Class A Div. 1

1. Toombs County

2. Southwest Macon

3. B.E.S.T. Academy

4. Jasper County

5. Model

6. Temple

7. Swainsboro

8. Rabun County

9. Woodville-Thompkins

10. East Laurens



Class A Div. 2

1. Savannah

2. Manchester

3. Warren County

4. Calhoun County

5. McIntosh County Academy

6. Mitchell County

7. Randolph-Clay

8. Macon County

9. Portal

10. Jenkins County



Class A-3A Private

1. Holy Innocents

2. Greenforest Christian

3. North Cobb Christian

4. Darlington

5. St. Francis

6. Greater Atlanta Christian

7. Lovett

8. Kings Ridge

9. Mount Vernon

10. Mt. Paran