Grayson, Blessed Trinity move up to No. 1 spots

Grayson and Blessed Trinity are new No. 1 teams in The Atlanta Journal- Constitution high school football rankings.

Grayson, a Class 7A team, defeated Parkview 47- 7 Friday to improve to 7- 0. Lowndes, the previous No. 1, beat unranked Tift County 17- 13 after sitting out three weeks on COVID- 19 protocol. Grayson’s win over a previous top- 10 team with only two losses was enough to prompt the flip.

Blessed Trinity moved to No. 1 in Class 5A despite not playing its showdown game last week against No. 4 Cartersville, which canceled because of COVID- 19 issues within its program. Blessed Trinity has played only three games. Its most recent, on Oct. 23, was a 35- 31 victory over No. 5 Calhoun. Blessed Trinity won state titles the past three seasons in 4A. Warner Rob ins moved up to No. 2aftera22- 19victory over previous No. 1Ware County. Itwas the first defeat for Ware, which has beaten five top- 10 opponents. Warner Robins has lost only to No. 1 Lee County of 6A, although an opening defeat to No. 3Valdosta of 6A was over turned by forfeit.

Collins Hill is back in the rankings at No. 7 in 7A after beating previous No. 9 North Gwinnett 42- 21, ending North Gwinnett’s 21- game winning streak in region games. Collins checks in at No. 6.

Also in 7A, Newnan ( 7- 0) is in the rankings for the first time since 2010. The Cougars beat McEachern 46- 27 last week.

River Ridge ( 7- 0) of Class 6A is in the rankings for the first in the history of a Cherokee County school that opened in 2009. River Ridge beat Centennial 31- 7 last week.