Week 1 Boys Basketball Rankings

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WEEK 1 BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS

Today, we release the Week 1 Boys Basketball Rankings and break down the placement in each classification. Also, the first round playoff pairings are listed below. To access all the playoff brackets CLICK HERE . Please visit ScoreATL.com for more coverage and contact us at info@scoreatl.com for story ideas and information to help us make this year's newsletter great.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

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WEEK 1 BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS

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TODAY'S QUESTION

What school has won the most boys basketball state championships since 2000?

WEDNESDAY'S QUESTION

What school has won the most cheerleading state championships in its history?

WEDNESDAY'S ANSWER

Northgate and Commerce have each won 9.

BOYS BASKETBALL WEEK 1 RANKINGS

In Class AAAAAAA, defending state champion McEachern returns to No. 1 to open the 2019-20 season. The Indians have gotten off to a 2-0 start this year, scoring a 73-49 win over Creekside on Nov. 6 and then defeating Berkmar 74-70 on Saturday at the Georgia Elite 8 Tip-off. Norcross, Pebblebrook, Berkmar and Grayson round out the top 5. Grayson recently opened its season with a an 88-33 win over Jackson-Atl on Tuesday and features a roster that was bolstered in the offseason with the arrival of transfers Caleb Murphy (South Florida-commit) and Toneari Lane (Winthrop-commit). Wheeler, Milton, Newton, East Coweta and Tift County stack the remaining top 10. Last year’s runner-up Meadowcreek did not make the top 10. The Mustangs have moved on from head coach Curtis Gilleylen after an investigation was started and they opened this season with a 49-42 loss to Campbell this past Saturday.

Defending state champion Tri-Cities leads Class AAAAAA with Tucker, Alexander, Douglas County and Hughes rounding out the top 5. As a result, Region 5-AAAAA has four teams in the top 5 (Tri-Cities, Alexander, Douglas County, Hughes) to start the season.

Top-ranked Fayette County, Lithonia, defending champion Buford, Eagle’s Landing and Southwest DeKalb lead the top 5 in Class AAAAA to open the season. In Class AAAA, Woodward Academy is No. 1 after making a run to last year’s Final Four. This year’s War Eagles team is led by five-star 7-foot UNC-commit Walker Kessler and a strong supporting cast. Second-year program Denmark comes in at No. 2 after making a run to last year’s Elite 8 where they fell 58-50 to Woodward.

Defending Class AAA champion Morgan County got off to a rough start over the weekend, falling 74-47 to Newton. The Bulldogs managed just four points in the opening quarter and are not in the preseason top 10. Instead, Pace Academy opens the year No. 1. Runner-up Hart County lost four starters from last year’s runner-up finish, but comes in at No. 7.

Region 6-AA rivals Therrell and South Atlanta top the Class AA rankings with defending state champion Therrell earning the top spot. South Atlanta defeated Therrell in two out of three meetings last season, but a semifinal loss to Vidalia denied a potential fourth-meeting in a would-be state championship matchup.

Reigning Class A-Public state champion Calhoun County opens up at No. 1 in Class A-Public and defending Class A-Private state champion St. Francis also returns as the top team in the Class A-Private poll.

Class AAAAAAA

1. McEachern

2. Norcross

3. Pebblebrook

4. Berkmar

5. Grayson

6. Wheeler

7. Milton

8. Newton

9. East Coweta

10. Tift County

Class AAAAAA

1. Tri-Cities

2. Tucker

3. Alexander

4. Douglas County

5. Langston Hughes

6. Brunswick

7. South Cobb

8. Chattahoochee

9. Gainesville

10. Mundy’s Mill

Class AAAAA

1. Fayette County

2. Lithonia

3. Buford

4. Eagle’s Landing

5. Southwest DeKalb

6. Kell

7. Carrollton

8. Warner Robins

9. Woodland-Stockbridge

10. Dutchtown

Class AAAA

1. Woodward Academy

2. Denmark

3. Sandy Creek

4. Carver-Columbus

5. Americus-Sumter

6. Dougherty

7. Eastside

8. St. Pius

9. Baldwin

10. Chapel Hill

Class AAA

1. Pace Academy

2. Dawson County

3. Windsor Forest

4. Westside-Macon

5. Central-Macon

6. Johnson-Savannah

7. Hart County

8. Franklin County

9. Greater Atlanta Christian

10. Jefferson

Class AA

1. Therrell

2. South Atlanta

3. Vidalia

4. Glenn Hills

5. Laney

6. Jeff Davis

7. Woodville-Tompkins

8. Spencer

9. Banks County

10. Jeff Davis

Class A-Public

1. Calhoun County

2. Treutlen

3. Wilkinson County

4. Irwin County

5. Wilcox County

6. Hancock Central

7. Greene County

8. Pelham

9. Marion County

10. Clinch County

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis

2. ELCA

3. Greenforest Christian

4. Mt. Bethel

5. Holy Innocents’

6. Walker

7. Christian Heritage

8. Riverside Military

9. Mt. Pisgah

10. Wesleyan

FOOTBALL FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF PAIRINGS

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Class AAAAAAA

R8#3 Newton at R6#2 Mill Creek

R2#4 Wheeler at R4#1 Roswell

R1#3 Camden County at R3#2 Marietta

R7#4 Central Gwinnett at R5#1 Milton

R6#3 Collins Hill at R8#2 Archer

R4#4 Cherokee at R2#1 Westlake

R3#3 North Cobb at R1#2 Colquitt County

R5#4 West Forsyth at R7#1 Parkview

R4#3 Etowah at R2#2 East Coweta

R6#4 Mountain View at R8#1 Grayson

R5#3 South Forsyth at R7#2 Norcross

R3#4 Hillgrove at R1#1 Lowndes

R2#3 Newnan at R4#2 Walton

R8#4 Shiloh at R6#1 North Gwinnett

R7#3 Brookwood at R5#2 North Forsyth

At Large North Paulding at R3#1 McEachern

Class AAAAAA

R8#3 Gainesville at R6#2 Allatoona

R2#4 Bradwell Inst. at R4#1 Stephenson

R1#3 Coffee at R3#2 Heritage-Conyers

R7#4 Northview at R5#1 Mays

R6#3 Sprayberry at R8#2 Lanier

R4#4 M.L. King at R2#1 Richmond Hill

R3#3 Lakeside-Evans at R1#2 Valdosta

R5#4 Alexander at R7#1 Johns Creek

R4#3 Tucker at R2#2 Glynn Academy

R6#4 Dalton at R8#1 Dacula

R5#3 Creekside at R7#2 Alpharetta

R3#4 Greenbrier at R1#1 Lee County

R2#3 Brunswick at R4#2 Morrow

R8#4 Winder-Barrow at R6#1 Harrison

R7#3 North Atlanta at R5#2 South Paulding

R1#4 Houston County at R3#1 Evans

Class AAAAA

R8#3 Cedar Shoals at R6#2 Carver-Atlanta

R2#4 South Effingham at R4#1 Jones County

R1#3 Bainbridge at R3#2 Griffin

R7#4 Hiram at R5#1 Southwest DeKalb

R6#3 Decatur at R8#2 Buford

R4#4 Ola at R2#1 Ware County

R3#3 Riverdale at R1#2 Veterans

R5#4 Arabia Mountain at R7#1 Carrollton

R4#3 Stockbridge at R2#2 Wayne County

R6#4 at R8#1 Clarke Central

R5#3 Lithonia at R7#2 Rome

R3#4 Jonesboro at R1#1 Warner Robins

R2#3 Statesboro at R4#2 Dutchtown

R8#4 Loganville at R6#1 Riverwood

R7#3 Kell at R5#2 Columbia

R1#4 Harris County at R3#1 Starr’s Mill

Class AAAA

R8#3 St. Pius at R6#2 Heritage-Catoosa

R2#4 Upson-Lee at R4#1 Woodward Academy

R1#3 Hardaway at R3#2 Thomson

R7#4 Flowery Branch at R5#1 Cartersville

R6#3 Pickens at R8#2 North Oconee

R4#4 Luella at R2#1 West Laurens

R3#3 Baldwin at R1#2 Cairo

R5#4 Troup at R7#1 Blessed Trinity

R4#3 Hampton at R2#2 Perry

R6#4 NW Whitfield at R8#1 Oconee County

R5#3 Cedartown at R7#2 Marist

R3#4 Richmond Academy at R1#1 Carver-Columbus

R2#3 Mary Persons at R4#2 Eastside

R8#4 Madison County at R6#1 Ridgeland

R7#3 Denmark at R5#2 Sandy Creek

R1#4 Americus-Sumter at R3#1 Burke County

Class AAA

R8#3 Morgan County at R6#2 Calhoun

R2#4 Brantley County at R4#1 Peach County

R1#3 Monroe at R3#2 Benedictine

R7#4 Fannin County at R5#1 Cedar Grove

R6#3 Haralson County at R8#2 Hart County

R4#4 Central Macon at R2#1 Pierce County

R3#3 Beach at R1#2 Cook

R5#4 Pace Academy at R7#1 Greater Atlanta Christian

R4#3 Westside Macon at R2#2 Appling County

R6#4 Sonoraville at R8#1 Jefferson

R5#3 Lovett at R7#2 North Hall

R3#4 at R1#1 Crisp County

R2#3 Liberty County at R4#2 Jackson

R8#4 Monroe Area at R6#1 North Murray

R7#3 Dawson County at R5#2 Westminster

At Large Adairsville at R3#1 Jenkins

Class AA

R8#3 Elbert County at R6#2 Douglass

R2#4 Vidalia at R4#1 Jefferson County

R1#3 Fitzgerald at R3#2 Bleckley County

R7#4 Chattooga at R5#1 Callaway

R6#3 South Atlanta at R8#2 Union County

R4#4 Screven County at R2#1 Metter

R3#3 Washington County at R1#2 Brooks County

R5#4 Temple at R7#1 Rockmart

R4#3 Hephzibah at R2#2 Toombs County

R6#4 B.E.S.T. Academy at R8#1 Rabun County

R5#3 Heard County at R7#2 Pepperell

R3#4 Dodge County at R1#1 Thomasville

R2#3 Swainsboro at R4#2 Harlem

R8#4 Putnam County at R6#1 Hapeville Charter

R7#3 Model at R5#2 Bremen

R1#4 Early County at R3#1 Dublin

Class A-Public

#24 Taylor County at #9 Manchester

#8 Johnson County BYE

#17 Chattahoochee County at #16 Washington-Wilkes

#1 Irwin County BYE

#21 Warren County at #12 Terrell County

#5 Bowdon BYE

#20 Emanuel County Institute at #13 McIntosh County Academy

#4 Clinch County BYE

#23 Trion at #10 Commerce

#7 Lincoln County BYE

#18 Schley County at #15 Claxton

#2 Marion County BYE

#22 Seminole County at #11 Wilcox County

#6 Pelham BYE

#19 Macon County at #14 Turner County

#3 Mitchell County BYE

Class A-Private

#24 First Presbyterian Day at #9 Wesleyan

#8 Christian Heritage BYE

#17 Calvary Day at #16 Savannah Christian

#1 Savannah Country Day BYE

#21 Mount Vernon at #12 Hebron Christian

#5 Mt. de Sales BYE

#20 George Walton at #13 North Cobb Christian

#4 Fellowship Christian BYE

#23 Mt. Paran at #10 Aquinas

#7 Darlington BYE

#18 St. Francis at #15 Trinity Christian

#2 Holy Innocents' BYE

#22 Stratford Academy at #11 Prince Avenue Christian

#6 Eagle's Landing Christian BYE

#19 Brookstone at #14 Whitfield Academy

#3 Athens Academy BYE

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