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Mill Creek Vaults to No. 1 in Class 7A
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There’s a new team atop the rankings in Class 7A and it’s someone accustomed to being there.
The Mill Creek Hawks, the reigning state champion, jumped from No. 4 to No. 1 after their 31-24 win over Buford, who had been ranked No 1 in 7A and as high as No. 6 in the nation. The win came on a rainy night before a national TV audience.
“It’s a crosstown rivalry,” said Mill Creek coach Josh Lovelady. “All these kids grew up playing against each other. It’s Gwinnett County football. It wasn’t a rivalry because we’d only played one time. Now it’s 1-1 and it’s a rivalry in my eyes.”
The other No. 1 teams remained the same: Gainesville in 6A, Carrollton in 5A, Benedictine in 4A, Calvary Day in 3A, Thomson in 2A, Prince Avenue Christian in Class A Division I and Schley County in Class A Division II. Click here to view rankings.
Another interesting scenario is developing in Region 3-2A, which has three teams in the top 10 –No. 4 Appling County, No. 6 Pierce County and No. 7 Toombs County. Each has a loss and a win against the other program and all decisions have been by three points, leaving them tied.
However, none of those three teams are in first place. That honor belongs to Vidalia (5-2), who will settle things by playing the trio of ranked teams over the final three weeks.
“Does anyone know the tiebreaker off the top of their head, because it’s in the blender,” said GPB’s Jon Nelson. “Vidalia can control everything in the region by the time we’re done, but those other three have knocked each other around.”
Class 7A
- Mill Creek
- Colquitt County
- Buford
- Carrollton
- Walton
- Newton
- Norcross
- Westlake
- Grayson
- North Cobb
Also receiving votes: Parkview, East Coweta, Osborne
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, Arabia Mountain, Northgate
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: Upson-Lee, Monroe Area,
Class 2A
- Thomson
- Northeast
- Callaway
- Appling County
- Fitzgerald
- Pierce County
- Toombs County
- Rockmart
- Fellowship Christian
- Cook
Also receiving votes: Columbia, North Cobb Christian, Vidalia
Class A Division I
- Prince Avenue Christian
- Swainsboro
- Trion
- Elbert County
- Bleckley County
- Lamar County
- Commerce
- Rabun County
- 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: Portal