Mary Persons, Warner Robins top area teams in basketball polls

Veterans and Mary Persons spent last season battling each other in the Score Atlanta girls basketball poll, as well as in GHSA Region 2-AAAA.

And they're at it again.

The Warhawks are No. 3 in the latest Score Atlanta girls basketball poll, while the Bulldogs are ninth.

Peach County and Washington County are 3-4 in Class AAA, while Putnam County is No. 6 and Jeff Davis No. 10 in Class AA.

Taylor County tops the area trio in Class A public at No. 1, with Dooly County No. 3 and Treutlen No. 7.

Tattnall Square is No. 7 and Stratford No. 10 in Class A public.

Warner Robins is seventh in the Class AAAAA boys poll, and Upson-Lee is 10th in Class AAAA.

Central is No. 10 in Class AAA, with Crawford County No. 3 and Vidalia No. 6 in Class AA.

Stratford and Tattnall are eighth and 10th in Class A private, with four area teams in the Class A public poll: No. 2 Hancock Central, No. 3 Treutlen, No. 4 Wilkinson County and No. 8 Dooly County.

HELP WANTED

A pair of 2-8 seasons has led to the end of L. M. Guy's stint as head coach at Toombs County.

Guy took over the Bulldogs in January of 2014 after going 28-15 in four seasons at Richmond Hill. From 1998-2004, Guy went 47-39 at Robert Toombs Academy.

"Coach Guy and I had a conversation," superintendent Richard Smith told www.toombsnow1.com after the meeting in which Guy's resignation was accepted. "And we decided it was time to make a change and move forward.

"We put a lot of thought, a lot of prayer into this, and what we feel like what we've done is made the right decision for Toombs County High School and for our team and our program."

The Bulldogs' next head coach will be their fourth since 2012, when Shane Williamson left to take over at Forsyth Central.

Steve Versprille lasted one 4-6 season before being dismissed.

The Bulldogs had 15 straight winnings seasons from 1994-2008, but only one since then.

Grovetown, a Region 2-AAAAA opponent for the four Middle Georgia teams, will have its second head coach.

Rodney Holder, who started the program, resigned recently after the Warriors' 5-5 season. Holder went 6-4 in the program's first season, 2009, and he departs with a 29-41 record.

This story was originally published November 26, 2015 at 8:05 PM with the headline "Mary Persons, Warner Robins top area teams in basketball polls ."