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GEORGIA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATIO­N PREP FOOTBALL POLL

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The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Georgia Sports Writers Associatio­n high school football polls of the 2016 season with first-place votes in parenthese­s, total points and position last week at right:

Class AAAAAAA

Pts 1. Grayson (15) 159 2. Roswell 136 3. Mill Creek (1) 131 4. McEachern 112 5. Norcross 88 6. Colquitt County 86 7. Westlake 54 8. Newton 28 9. Etowah 25 10. Camden County 24 Others receiving votes: Archer 15, Hillgrove 9, North Cobb 6, Peachtree Ridge 6, South Gwinnett 3. Dropped Out: Archer.

Class AAAAAA

1. Houston County (14) T2. Lanier (1) T2. Nside-Warner Robins (1) 4. Valdosta 5. Coffee 6. Allatoona 7. Dalton T8. Northgate T8. Tucker T10.Glynn Academy T10.Lee County 29 NR Others receiving votes: Gainesvill­e 23, Dacula 8, Brunswick 7, Langston Hughes 4, Mays 4, Harrison 3, Creekside 2. Dropped Out: None.

Class AAAAA

1. Kell (5) 2. Stockbridg­e 3. Ware County (2) 4. Buford (1) 5. Bainbridge (2) 6. Carrollton 7. Rome 67 7 8. Starr’s Mill 42 10 9. Jones County 25 6 10. Thomas County Central 14 NR Others receiving votes: Loganville 8, Flowery Branch 7, Locust Grove 7, Carver-Atlanta 5, WoodlandSt­ockbridge 5, Veterans 4, East Paulding 4. Dropped Out: East Paulding.

Class AAAA

1. Cartersvil­le (16) 2. Woodward Academy 3. Marist 4. Blessed Trinity 5. Jefferson 6. Thomson 7. St. Pius X 8. Sandy Creek 9. Mary Persons 22 8 10. Ridgeland 12 NR Others receiving votes: Cairo 10, West Laurens 8, Northwest Whitfield 7, Burke Co. 4, Carver-Columbus 3, Spalding 2. Dropped out: Carver-Columbus.

Class AAA

Pts Prv 1. Calhoun (13) 152 T1 2. Pace Academy (3) 143 3 3. Greater Atlanta Christian 118 4 4. Cedar Grove 117 5 5. Westminste­r 82 T1 6. Peach County 80 6 7. Westside-Macon 72 7 8. Liberty County 59 8 9. Jackson 21 NR 10. Lovett 17 9 Others receiving votes: Dawson County 13, Hart County 4, Pierce County 2. Dropped Out: Adairsvill­e.

Class AA

1. Fitzgerald (8) 2. Benedictin­e(8) 3. Vidalia 4. Callaway 5. Jefferson County 6. Brooks County 7. Heard County 8. Dodge County 9. Model 42 T8 Others receiving votes: Elbert County 14, Chattooga 8, Spencer 3, Hapeville Charter 1. Dropped Out: Elbert County.

Class A 5. Darlington 82 6. Commerce 64 7. Prince Avenue Christian 62 8. Mount Paran Christian 55 9. Irwin County 42 10. Emanuel County Institute 24 Others receiving votes: Stratford Academy 13, Marion County 6, Pinecrest Academy 6, Aquinas 5, Landmark Christian 4, Charlton County 3, Lincoln County 3, Manchester 2, McIntosh County 1. Dropped Out: None. 5

Publicatio­ns participat­ing: Athens Banner-Herald; Brunswick News; Cherokee Tribune, Canton; Columbus Ledger-Enquirer; CowetaScor­e.com; The Daily Citizen, Dalton; Gwinnett Daily Post, Lawrencevi­lle; Macon Telegraph; Marietta Daily Journal; Newnan Times-Herald; Rome News-Tribune; Savannah Morning News; ScoreAtlan­ta; Southern Crescent Buzz, Jonesboro; Valdosta Daily Times; Walker Co. Messenger, LaFayette.

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