Courtesy of Walter Pinion

Region play and national holiday tournaments have certainly affected the rankings as some schools have begun dominating region play. The Parkview Lady Panthers moved up in the polls after beginning Region 8-AAAAA play 4-0. The girls AAAAA poll is quite competitive and will likely see plenty of movement all season long. Meanwhile the Norcross boys are probably hoping that region play turns its season around after an 0-4 start. The Blue Devils began last season slow as well before turning it on in region play to finish with a 17-game winning streak and a state title. Despite a recent loss, Milton remains atop the Class AAAAA boys poll though Shiloh and Wheeler are knocking at the door. Buford dominates both the boys and girls polls in Class AA though GAC is close, No. 4 in the boys poll and No. 2 in the girls poll.

BOYS

CLASS AAAAA

1 Milton

2 Wheeler

3 Shiloh

4 Harrison

5 Tift County

6 Berkmar

7 Mill Creek

8 South Gwinnett

9 Westlake

10 Norcross

CLASS AAAA

1 Miller Grove

2 Southwest DeKalb

3 Lovejoy

4 Chattahoochee

5 Fayette County

6 Jonesboro

7 North Clayton

8 Osborne

9 Bainbridge

10 Rockdale County

CLASS AAA

1 Columbia

2 Woodward Academy

3 Thomson

4 Butler

5 Carrollton

6 Eagles Landing

7 Franklin County

8 Washington County

9 Gainesville

10 Shaw

CLASS AA

1 Buford

2 Thomasville

3 South Atlanta

4 Greater Atlanta Christian

5 East Hall

6 Rabun County

7 Dublin

8 Vidalia

9 Morgan County

10 Jordan

CLASS A

1 Wilkinson County

2 Terrell County

3 Whitefield Academy

4 Wilcox County

5 Athens Christian

6 Hancock Central

7 Lanier County

8 Wesleyan

9 North Cobb Christian

10 Mount Paran Christian

GIRLS

CLASS AAAAA

1 McEachern

2 Norcross

3 North Gwinnett

4 North Cobb

5 Hillgrove

6 Parkview

7 Marietta

8 Alpharetta

9 Lowndes

10 Mill Creek

CLASS AAAA

1 Fayette County

2 Forest Park

3 Chamblee

4 Statesboro

5 Alcovy

6 Douglas County

7 Miller Grove

8 Hardaway

9 Redan

10 Creekview

CLASS AAA

1 Washington County

2 Columbia

3 Carrollton

4 St. Pius X

5 Dalton

6 Allatoona

7 Americus-Sumter

8 North Hallok

9 Westoverok

10 Sandy Creek

CLASS AA

1 Buford

2 Greater Atlanta Christian

3 East Hall

4 Morgan County

5 Rabun County

6 Lovett

7 Decatur

8 Northeast-Macon

9 Dade County

10 Laney

CLASS A

1 Wesleyan

2 Pace Academy

3 Southwest Atlanta Christian

4 Calvary Day

5 Darlington

6 St. Francis

7 Holy Innocents’

8 Charlton County

9 Bryan County

10 Turner County