Northside moves up a spot in Class 6A poll
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."