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Northside moves up a spot in Class 6A poll

Northside safety Isaiah Nelson (8) and the Eagles knocked off Lee County on Friday night.
Northside safety Isaiah Nelson (8) and the Eagles knocked off Lee County on Friday night. bcabell@macon.com

Northside moved up a spot in the Georgia Sports Writers Association poll Tuesday after its win Friday over Lee County.

The Eagles moved up to No. 3 in GHSA Class 6A after beating the previously top-ranked Trojans 26-7. Also in Class 6A, Houston County dropped out of the poll but still received votes after two straight losses.

Peach County remains Middle Georgia’s highest ranked team at No. 2 in Class 3A, while Mary Persons is is eighth in Class 4A, and Macon County is ninth in Class 1A.

Also receiving votes are Jones County (Class 5A), Washington County and Dublin (Class 2A) and Tattnall Square (Class 1A).

Georgia Football Prep Poll

The Top 10 teams in the Georgia Sports Writers Association High School Football Poll of the 2016 season with first-place votes in parentheses, total points and position last week at right:

Class 7A

Pts

Prv

1. Mill Creek (10)

145

1

2. Roswell (5)

138

2

3. Grayson

122

3

4. Norcross

103

4

5. McEachern

92

5

6. Lowndes

74

6

7. Colquitt County

51

7

8. West Forsyth

33

8

9. North Cobb

29

10

10. Parkview

20

NR

Others receiving votes: Mountain View 12, Brookwood 1, Woodstock 1

Dropped Out: Lassiter.

Class 6A

Pts

Prv

T1. Dalton (7)

128

2

T1. Valdosta (6)

128

3

3. Northside (2)

127

4

4. Harrison

107

5

5. Lee County

95

1

6. Tucker

80

6

7. Alexander

55

8

8. Glynn Academy

47

9

9. Northgate

26

10

10. Mays

17

NR

Others receiving votes: Houston County, 10, Coffee 5

Dropped Out: Houston County.

Class 5A

Pts

Prv

1. Stockbridge (13)

148

1

2. Buford (2)

137

2

3. Kell

120

3

4. Grady

97

4

5. Rome

86

5

6. Carrollton

68

6

7. Woodland Stockbridge

50

8

8. Griffin

40

9

9. Loganville

33

10

10. Arabia Mountain

20

NR

Others receiving votes: Ware Co. 18, Jones County 4, Thomas County Central 3, Bainbridge 1.

Dropped Out: Thomas County Central.

Class 4A

Pts

Prv

1. Cartersville (15)

150

1

2. Thomson

135

2

3. Woodward Academy

120

3

4. Jefferson

96

4

5. Blessed Trinity

81

5

6. Ridgeland

67

6

7. Cairo

66

7

8. Mary Persons

51

8

9. Burke County

33

9

10. Marist

16

10

Others receiving votes: Troup 8, Cedartown 1, Stephens County 1, West Hall 1.

Dropped out: None.

Class 3A

Pts

Prv

1. Greater Atlanta Christian (15)

150

1

2. Peach County

130

2

3. Westminster

115

3

4. Crisp County

99

5

5. Liberty County

81

6

6. Cedar Grove

75

8

7. Calhoun

66

7

8. Lovett

56

9

T9. Dawson County

20

10

T9. Pace Academy

20

4

Others receiving votes: Jenkins-Savannah 7, Jackson 3, Pierce County 2, Union County 1.

Dropped Out: None.

Class 2A

Pts

Prv

1. Benedictine (12)

147

1

2. Fitzgerald (1)

128

2

3. Jefferson County (2)

121

3

4. Callaway

106

4

5. Rabun County

95

5

6. Brooks County

63

7

7. Pepperell

47

8

8. Vidalia

37

9

9. Elbert County

25

NR

10. Heard County

23

6

Others receiving votes: Screven County 20, Washington County 10, Dublin 2, Chattooga 1.

Dropped Out: Dublin.

Class 1A

Pts

Prv

1. Eagle’s Landing Christian (14)

149

1

2. Prince Avenue Christian (1)

127

2

3. Wesleyan

115

3

T4. Clinch County

96

4

T4. Emanuel County Institute

96

5

6. Fellowship Christian School

73

6

7. Landmark Christian

59

7

8. Manchester

42

8

9. Macon County

32

9

10. Calvary Day

10

10

Others receiving votes: Mt. Zion-Carrollton 8, Mt. Paran Christian 5, Tattnall Square 5, Darlington 2.

Dropped Out: None.

This story was originally published October 18, 2016 at 2:13 PM with the headline "Northside moves up a spot in Class 6A poll."

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