GSWA releases Week 9 high school football polls

Not much has changed for the local teams in the latest Georgia Sports Writers Association’s high school football polls.

Manchester’s latest win — a 68-14 blowout of Pacelli — left it at No. 3 in Class A. The Blue Devils are 7-0 and host Brookstone on Friday.

No other local teams drew votes in their respective classifications.

Below are the GSWA polls in their entirety. Please note that the number in parentheses represents the number of first-place votes the team received, and the number to the right is the total points it received from the voters.

Class 7A

1. Grayson (17) - 170

2. Lowndes - 151

3. Archer - 126

4. Tift County - 116

5. South Forsyth - 92

6. Colquitt County - 86

7. Walton - 70

8. McEachern - 55

9. North Gwinnett - 34

10. Brookwood - 16

Others receiving votes: Mill Creek 8, North Cobb 3, Parkview 3, Milton 2, Mountain View 1

Dropped out: North Cobb (10)

Class 6A

1. Lee County (15) - 168

2. Tucker (1) - 150

3. Mays (1) - 135

4. Northside-Warner Robins - 117

5. Dalton - 92

6. Harrison - 82

7. Coffee - 61

8. Winder-Barrow - 53

9. Alexander - 34

10. Douglas Co. - 15

Others receiving votes: Brunswick 11, Glynn Academy 8, Langston Hughes 3, Richmond Hill 3, Sequoyah 2, Allatoona 1, Stephenson 1

Class 5A

1. Rome (16) - 168

2. Stockbridge - 147

3. Buford (1) - 136

4. Warner Robins - 119

5. Jones County - 108

6. Carrollton - 78

7. Griffin - 56

8. Carver-Atlanta - 45

9. Starr’s Mill - 35

10. Flowery Branch - 24

Others receiving votes: Kell 5, Ware County 4, Wayne County 4, Bainbridge 3, Banneker 2

Class 4A

1. Cartersville (17) - 170

2. Thomson - 153

3. Jefferson - 119

4. Ridgeland - 114

5. Blessed Trinity - 92

6. Marist - 84

7. Burke County - 74

8. Woodward Academy - 43

9. Troup - 39

10. Cedartown - 16

Others receiving votes: Mary Persons 15, Heritage-Catoosa 14, Eastside-Covington 2

Class 3A

1. Cedar Grove (17) - 170

2. Greater Atlanta Christian - 144

3. Peach County - 138

4. Jenkins-Savannah - 119

5. Calhoun - 100

6. Bremen - 79

7. Crisp County - 66

8. Monroe Area - 55

9. Morgan County - 31

10. Lovett - 18

Others receiving votes: Windsor Forest 8, Pike County 5, Dawson Co. 1, Westside-Macon 1

Class 2A

1. Benedictine (17) - 170

2. Callaway - 139

3. Screven County - 113

4. Hapeville Charter - 110

5. Thomasville - 95

6. Rabun County - 89

7. Brooks County - 71

8. Jefferson County - 61

9. Dodge County - 28

10. Heard County - 25

Others receiving votes: Toombs County 5, Swainsboro 4

Class A

1. Eagle’s Landing Christian (17) - 170

2. Prince Avenue Christian - 145

3. Manchester - 132

4. Irwin County - 102

5. Tattnall Square - 92

6. Mount Paran Christian - 78

7. Macon County - 60

8. Emanuel County Institute - 51

9. Clinch County - 48

10. Wesleyan - 26

Others receiving votes: Stratford Academy 13, Athens Academy 4, Mt. Zion-Carroll 4, Commerce 3, Charlton County 2, Calvary Day 1

This story was originally published October 9, 2017 at 2:39 PM with the headline "GSWA releases Week 9 high school football polls."