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Garden drops out of top 10 in Class 1A; Piedmont
still No. 1 in 3A
By KURT DURYEA
Piedmont
(7-0) will carry the 3A, No. 1 ranking into
homecoming Friday night against Saks. The Bulldogs collected all
except three first-place votes. Those three votes went to
second-ranked T.R. Miller. Saks (6-1) will be facing a Piedmont
defense that yields only 6.9 points per game.
Spring Garden (6-1) fell from the Class 1A top 10 after a
last-minute loss to Region 7 rival
Collinsville
(6-1). For Collinsville,
the dramatic 45-41 come-from-behind victory secured the No. 9 spot in this
week’s poll. Both teams still have key Region 7 games on the road. The
Garden travels to Donoho (4-3), while
Collinsville
faces a dangerous Gaylesville (3-4) squad that has won three in a row.
Defending state champion and current No. 1-ranked
Marion
County (7-0) grabs this week’s prep
spotlight when they journey to
Pickens
County to battle the No.
5-ranked Tornadoes (7-0).
Fyffe (7-0) is the new No. 2 in Class 2A. The Red Devils will have their
hands full Friday when they travel to
North
Sand Mountain.
The Bison (6-1), behind all-state quarterback Tyler Vann, will be looking to
derail the Red Devil express.
Fort Payne (7-0) held onto the No. 4 spot in Class 5A after
crushing Columbia,
57-0. The Wildcats will be on the road to play the Brewer Patriots.
Tanner (7-0) remained atop the Class 2A poll. Oneonta was unchallenged in
Class 4A. Muscle Shoals holds
onto No.1 in Class 5A. Hoover claimed all 32
first-place votes in Class 6A.
In other area games this week Grissom (2-5) is at
Gadsden
City (4-3),
Cherokee
County (0-7) hosts Munford (4-3), Anniston (4-3) comes to Hokes Bluff (1-6), Sand Rock (3-4)
is at West End (0-7), and Gaston (0-7)
journeys to Ider (4-3). Cedar Bluff has an open week.
The complete poll is listed below:
Class 6A
1.
Hoover (32) (7-0) 384
2.
Clay-Chalkville (7-0) 277
3.
McGill-Toolen (7-0) 262
4. Austin (7-0) 212
5.
Carver-Montgomery (6-1) 195
6. Mountain Brook (7-0) 153
7. Vestavia Hills (6-1) 128
8.
Auburn (6-1) 99
9. Spain
Park
(6-1) 43
10.
Tuscaloosa Co. (6-1) 33
Others receiving votes: Davidson (6-1) 15, Central-Phenix
City (5-2) 8, Stanhope Elmore (6-1) 5,
Daphne (4-3) 3, Foley (5-2) 3,
Oxford
(5-2) 2,
Pell City (4-3) 2.
Class 5A
1.
Muscle Shoals (28) (7-0) 371
2. Jackson (4) (7-0) 296
3. St. Paul’s (6-1) 237
4. Fort Payne
(7-0) 199
5.
Demopolis (7-0) 168
6. Homewood (6-1) 158
7.
Spanish Fort (6-1) 125
8.
Eufaula (6-1) 71
9.
Hartselle (5-2) 64
10.
Cullman (6-1) 48
Others receiving votes: Wenonah (7-0) 36, Benjamin Russell (7-0) 30, McAdory
(7-0) 16, Russell Co. (2-4-1) 5.
Class 4A
1.
Oneonta (26) (7-0) 365
2.
Central-Clay Co. (6) (7-0) 301
3.
Dadeville (7-0) 260
4.
UMS-Wright (6-1) 222
5.
Beauregard (6-1) 185
6. Thomasville (5-2) 140
7.
Madison Co. (6-1) 128
8.
Tallassee (6-1) 78
9.
Dora (6-1) 57
10.
Handley (5-2) 38
Others receiving votes: Brooks (6-1) 19, Sardis
(6-1) 16, J.O. Johnson (6-1) 9, Calera (6-1) 5,
Lincoln
(5-2) 1.
Class 3A
1.
Piedmont
(29) (7-0) 375
2.
T.R. Miller (3) (7-0) 289
3. Leeds (6-1) 248
4. Hamilton (7-0) 215
5.
Lauderdale Co. (6-1) 198
6.
Madison Acad. (5-2) 140
7.
Daleville (7-0) 133
8.
Fayette Co. (6-1) 105
9.
W.S. Neal (6-1) 43
10. Sylvania (6-1) 28
Others receiving votes: Saks (6-1)
19, Deshler (4-3) 13, Geraldine (5-2) 11, Trinity (5-2) 4, Straughn
(5-2) 2, Bayside Acad. (3-4) 1.
Class 2A
1.
Tanner (30) (7-0) 377
2. Fyffe (1) (7-0) 278
3.
Sweet Water (1) (6-1) 267
4.
Reeltown (6-1) 219
5.
Washington Co. (6-1) 164
6.
Mobile Chr. (7-0) 153
7.
G.W. Long (6-1) 123
8. N. Sand Mountain
(6-1) 85
9.
Lanett (6-1) 52
10. Woodland (5-2) 40
Others receiving votes: Oakman (6-1) 18, Horseshoe Bend (6-1) 14, Fultondale
(5-2) 12, Walter Wellborn (5-2) 9, Luverne (5-2) 7,
Elba
(4-3) 6.
Class 1A
1.
Marion Co. (29) (7-0) 374
2.
Linden (2) (7-0) 291
3.
Brantley (1) (7-0) 252
4.
Ragland (6-0) 207
5.
Pickens Co. (7-0) 201
6. Cedar Bluff (7-0)
156
7.
Maplesville (6-1) 144
8.
Keith (7-0) 94
9. Collinsville (6-1)
54
10.
Hackleburg (6-1) 23
Others receiving votes: Falkville (6-0) 22,
Spring Garden (6-1) 6.
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