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Calvary Day Wrestles No. 1 Spot Away From Cedar Grove in Class 3A
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There is a new No. 1 team in Class 3A.
Cedar Grove had held the position all season, despite losing games to powers Monarch (Fla.), Class 7A No. 2 Colquitt County, No. 4 Mill Creek and No. 9 Westlake. But when the Saints lost to mighty Carver of Montgomery, Ala., last weekend and dropped to 2-5, the voters in the GPB poll took notice and dropped them out of the top spot – and all the way to No. 2.
The new No. 1 team is Calvary Day of Savannah, which improved its record to 7-0 by defeating Groves 60-0. The Cavaliers, coached by Mark Stroud, have won each of their games by an average of 45.3 points. Their closest call was a 42-21 win over No. 5 Savannah Christian.
Calvary Day and Cedar Grove are familiar with each other. Cedar Grove beat the Cavaliers 30-0 in the state quarterfinal round a year ago when the teams were ranked No. 1 and No. 2. Cedar Grove went on to finish second in the state.
There was no movement atop any of the other classification. Remaining No. 1 were Class 7A Buford, 6A Gainesville, 5A Cartersville, 4A Benedictine, 2A Thomson, Class A Division I Prince Avenue Christian and Class A Division II Schley County.
With many schools taking a week off for fall break, there was little movement in any of the rankings. Carver Columbus jumped back into the 3A poll at No. 10 and Mount Vernon made its first appearance in the rankings at No. 10 in Class A Division I.
Class 7A
- Buford
- Colquitt County
- Carrollton
- Mill Creek
- Walton
- Newton
- Parkview
- Norcross
- Westlake
- Grayson
Also receiving votes: North Cobb
Class 6A
- Gainesville
- Thomas County Central
- Lee County
- Roswell
- Douglas County
- Houston County
- Hughes
- Rome
- Marist
- Woodward Academy
Also receiving votes: North Atlanta
Class 5A
- Cartersville
- Creekside
- Coffee
- Jefferson
- Ware County
- Kell
- Calhoun
- Greater Atlanta Christian
- Hiram
- Warner Robins
Also receiving votes: Jones County
Class 4A
- Benedictine
- North Oconee
- Perry
- Spalding
- Bainbridge
- Central Carroll
- Troup
- Burke County
- Holy Innocents’
- Stockbridge
Also receiving votes: Starr’s Mill, Cairo, Wayne County
Class 3A
- Calvary Day
- Cedar Grove
- Stephens County
- Mary Persons
- Savannah Christian
- Morgan County
- Lumpkin County
- Sandy Creek
- Bremen
- Carver Columbus
Also receiving votes: Douglass, Upson-Lee
Class 2A
- Thomson
- Northeast
- Callaway
- Toombs County
- Appling County
- Fitzgerald
- Pierce County
- Rockmart
- Fellowship Christian
- Athens Academy
Also receiving votes: Cook, Columbia, East Forsyth
Class A Division I
- Prince Avenue Christian
- Swainsboro
- Trion
- Elbert County
- Rabun County
- Bleckley County
- Lamar County
- Commerce
- Bryan County
- Mount Vernon
Also receiving votes: Bacon County, Jasper County
Class A Division II
- Schley County
- Jenkins County
- Bowdon
- Clinch County
- Manchester
- Greene County
- Early County
- Telfair County
- Macon County
- Aquinas
Also receiving votes: Johnson County