Carver, Manchester ranked in latest boys basketball polls

For the second straight week, two local boys basketball teams are included in Kyle Sandy’s rankings. This time, however, one of those is a new team.

Manchester is only two games into its 2017-2018 season, but the 2-0 start was enough to earn the 10th spot in Class A-Public. Carver, meanwhile, moves up one spot to No. 4 in Class 4A after improving to 6-0.

Sandy’s website Sandy’s Spiel provides weekly boys and girls basketball rankings for all seven GHSA classifications. Below are Sandy’s latest basketball rankings:

Class 7A

1. McEachern (4-0)

2. Norcross (6-1)

3. Wheeler (5-2)

4. Newton (7-0)

5. Grayson (4-1)

6. Meadowcreek (6-1)

7. Mountain View (5-1)

8. Duluth (6-1)

9. Peachtree Ridge (7-0)

10. Collins Hill (6-1)

Class 6A

1. Langston Hughes (4-2)

2. Dacula (3-3)

3. Gainesville (2-4)

4. Brunswick (7-0)

5. Bradwell Institute (6-2)

6. Jonesboro (3-1)

7. Tri-Cities (5-2)

8. Coffee (1-2)

9. Tucker (5-2)

10. Douglas County (2-2)

Class 5A

1. Warner Robins (6-0)

2. Buford (4-2)

3. Miller Grove (4-2)

4. Columbia (4-1)

5. Southwest DeKalb (5-2)

6. McIntosh (5-0)

7. Statesboro (6-1)

8. Maynard Jackson (8-0)

9. Lithia Springs (7-0)

10. Lithonia (6-2)

Class 4A

1. Upson-Lee (8-0)

2. St. Pius X (7-1)

3. Sandy Creek (4-1)

4. Carver-Columbus (6-0)

5. Americus-Sumter (7-0)

6. Mary Persons (6-1)

7. Stephens County (4-0)

8. Cartersville (0-0)

9. Baldwin (4-3)

10. Westover (4-4)

Class 3A

1. Morgan County (7-0)

2. Greater Atlanta Christian (5-1)

3. Johnson-Savannah (5-1)

4. Cedar Grove (2-2)

5. Jenkins (4-2)

6. Calhoun (0-0)

7. Westside-Macon (1-3)

8. Dougherty (6-2)

9. Windsor Forest (6-1)

10. Pace Academy (2-2)

Class 2A

1. Glenn Hills (4-0)

2. Banks County (4-0)

3. South Atlanta (5-1)

4. Jeff Davis (6-0)

5. Dublin (5-1)

6. Thomasville (7-1)

7. Swainsboro (3-2)

8. Berrien (6-2)

9. Monticello (4-1)

10. Washington County (2-1)

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis (5-1)

2. Aquinas (3-1)

3. Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy (6-1)

4. North Cobb Christian (5-1)

5. Landmark Christian (6-1)

6. Wesleyan (2-1)

7. WD Mohammed (5-0)

8. King’s Ridge Christian (3-1)

9. Stratford Academy (2-1)

10. Mt. Vernon Presbyterian (3-1)

Class A-Public

1. Calhoun County (7-0)

2. Central-Talbotton (8-0)

3. Macon County (2-0)

4. Woodville-Tompkins (6-1)

5. Montgomery County (5-1)

6. Wilkinson County (3-2)

7. Lanier County (4-1)

8. Hancock Central (3-3)

9. Wilcox County (6-2)

10. Manchester (2-0)

This story was originally published December 13, 2017 at 1:29 PM with the headline "Carver, Manchester ranked in latest boys basketball polls."