Canes No. 2 in another poll

Woodward Academy has moved to the top spot in Class AAAA in the Georgia Sports Writers Association poll released Wednesday.

The War Eagles were second in that poll behind Buford prior to the Wolves’ loss last week at McEachern. Cartersville moved up to No. 2 this week and received five first place votes, followed by Buford at No. 3 with four first place votes. Earlier in the week, Cartersville moved to No. 1 in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution rankings and remained No. 2 in the poll released by ScoreAtlanta.com. Buford retained the top spot in that poll. The Adairsville Tigers, Class AAA, received three votes by the sports writers but remain outside the Top Ten. Adairsville region rival, Calhoun, remains No. 1 in Class AAA. In other classifications, Archer is No. 1 in Class AAAAAA ahead of Colquitt County, McEachern, and Grayson. Archer plays at Grayson this week. In AAAAA, Northside-Warner Robins is No. 1. They are followed by Houston County and Ware County. Benedictine is No. 1 in Class AA and Mount Paran is tops in Class A.

CLASS AAAA

(First place votes in parenthesis / vote pts. / Last Week)

1. Woodward Academy (8) 155 2 2. Cartersville (5) 149 3 3. Buford (4) 148 1 4. Jonesboro 107 5

5. West Laurens 92 6

6. Burke County 62 NR 7. Sandy Creek 54 8

8. Mary Persons 51 NR

9. Thomson 27 NR

10. Marist 24 10 Others receiving votes: Griffin 23, Bainbridge 20, St. Pius X 8, Howard 4, Whitewater 4, Cairo 3, Eagle’s Landing 1, Wayne County 1, Dropped out: Griffin, St. Pius X, Cairo

CLASS AAA (First place votes in parenthesis / vote pts. / Last Week)

1. Calhoun (16) 169 1

2. Blessed Trinity (1) 154 2

3. Jefferson 133 4

4. Elbert County 117 5

5. Hart County 97 6

6. Central-Carrollton 74 T9

7. Cedar Grove 46 8

8. Westminster 38 3

9. West Hall 33 NR

10. Peach County 22 NR

Others receiving votes: Oconee Co. 14, Pierce Co. 14, Westside-Macon 9, Cook 5, Dodge Co. 4, Adairsville 3, Laney 3.