Carver boys basketball drops out of latest top 10 rankings

For the first time all season, the Carver Tigers boys basketball team is on the outside looking in at Class 4A’s top 10.

After falling to Americus-Sumter 55-52 on Saturday, the Tigers were not included in Kyle Sandy’s latest top 10 basketball rankings. Americus-Sumter, meanwhile, moved up two spots to No. 3 in Class 4A.

Carver’s loss leaves Manchester and Central-Talbotton as the only local teams still ranked. The Blue Devils are still No. 1 in Class A-Public with a perfect 16-0 record, while Central-Talbotton sits at No. 7 in the same classification.

Below are Sandy’s latest basketball rankings:

Class 7A

1. McEachern (16-2)

2. Norcross (17-3)

3. Newton (17-3)

4. Pebblebrook (17-2)

5. Grayson (16-3)

6. Mountain View (16-3)

7. Peachtree Ridge (16-3)

8. Meadowcreek (13-4)

9. Collins Hill (18-2)

10. Duluth (15-6)

Class 6A

1. Gainesville (13-6)

2. Langston Hughes (16-5)

3. Douglas Co. (15-4)

4. Tri-Cities (14-5)

5. Brunswick (18-2)

6. Stephenson (12-5)

7. Bradwell Institute (14-5)

8. Jonesboro (13-7)

9. Cambridge (18-1)

10. Coffee (12-6)

Class 5A

1. Buford (16-4)

2. Warner Robins (16-3)

3. Miller Grove (14-6)

4. Lithonia (15-4)

5. Eagle’s Landing (14-5)

6. Southwest DeKalb (13-7)

7. Villa Rica (16-0)

8. Maynard Jackson (18-1)

9. Columbia (12-7)

10. Stockbridge (15-5)

Class 4A

1. Upson-Lee (20-0)

2. St. Pius X (18-3)

3. Americus-Sumter (17-2)

4. Baldwin (16-5)

5. Salem (14-4)

6. Mary Persons (18-2)

7. Cartersville (14-2)

8. Westover (15-5)

9. Sandy Creek (13-5)

10. Woodward Academy (13-5)

Class 3A

1. Morgan Co. (20-1)

2. Jenkins (16-3)

3. Johnson-Savannah (17-2)

4. Greater Atlanta Christian (16-3)

5. Cedar Grove (12-6)

6. Windsor Forest (13-7)

7. Westside-Macon (12-8)

8. Long Co. (14-7)

9. Towers (11-5)

10. Central-Macon (13-5)

Class 2A

1. Glenn Hills (18-1)

2. Dublin (15-2)

3. South Atlanta (16-2)

4. Swainsboro (15-3)

5. Laney (17-3)

6. Thomasville (17-3)

7. Therrell (11-7)

8. Elbert Co. (18-3)

9. Banks Co. (18-3)

10. Vidalia (14-6)

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis (17-2)

2. Aquinas (17-3)

3. Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy (17-2)

4. Stratford Academy (14-4)

5. Lakeview Academy (14-6)

6. North Cobb Christian (15-5)

7. Christian Heritage (17-1)

8. Holy Innocents’ (10-7)

9. Mt. Vernon Presbyterian (12-6)

10. WD Mohammed (9-3)

Class A-Public

1. Manchester (16-0)

2. Woodville-Tompkins (18-2)

3. Calhoun Co. (18-2)

4. Montgomery Co. (15-3)

5. Lanier Co. (18-2)

6. Macon Co. (15-3)

7. Central-Talbotton (14-3)

8. Wilcox Co. (15-4)

9. Wilkinson Co. (13-6)

10. Pelham (14-4)

This story was originally published January 23, 2018 at 1:22 PM with the headline "Carver boys basketball drops out of latest top 10 rankings."