Staff Reports

Five area basketball teams are ranked in this week’s Alabama Sports Writers Association poll. The latest rankings were released early Thursday morning.

Leading the bunch is the top-ranked Spring Garden Lady Panthers (23-0) and the fifth-ranked Spring Garden Panthers (12-6) in Class 1A. Cedar Bluff’s girls and boys – both 11-7 – join Spring Garden in the 1A poll at No. 10.

In Class 3A, Piedmont’s boys (15-3) are ranked sixth.

Others nominated from around the area include Cherokee County’s girls (15-5) and boys (9-8), Collinsville’s girls (9-6) and boys (11-9), and Sand Rock’s girls (12-10) and boys (14-7).

This week’s complete rankings are listed below, beginning with the girls.

GIRLS
CLASS 7A
1. Hoover (24-1)
2. Sparkman (17-7)
3. Bob Jones (23-2)
4. Vestavia Hills (22-2)
5. Hewitt-Trussville (19-6)
6. Davidson (18-4)
7. Foley (18-5)
8. Central-Phenix City (12-8)
9. Chelsea (18-6)
10. Huntsville (14-9)
Others nominated: Daphne (14-10), Prattville (15-3), Thompson (15-8).

CLASS 6A
1. Hazel Green (23-0)
2. Mortimer Jordan (16-6)
3. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (17-5)
4. McGill-Toolen (21-5)
5. Carver-Montgomery (18-2)
6. Huffman (20-3)
7. Gadsden City (15-7)
8. Oxford (12-10)
9. Mountain Brook (13-7)
10. Hartselle (18-6)
Others nominated: Blount (16-6), Clay-Chalkville (15-6), Minor (16-6), Parker (16-4), Pell City (18-7), Shades Valley (11-4).

CLASS 5A
1. Guntersville (21-4)
2. Eufaula (17-1)
3. Jasper (21-2)
4. Pleasant Grove (17-4)
5. Ramsay (13-6)
6. Southside-Gadsden (16-5)
7. Wenonah (15-5)
8. Sardis (20-4)
9. Arab (14-7)
10. Marbury (14-3)
Others nominated: Carroll (15-5), Charles Henderson (8-8), East Limestone (14-7), Headland (13-5), Holtville (19-3), Madison Academy (15-8), Scottsboro (13-8), Williamson (11-6).

CLASS 4A
1. Good Hope (24-0)
2. Deshler (19-4)
3. Prattville Christian (19-2)
4. Jackson (20-4)
5. New Hope (14-4)
6. St. John Paul II (17-5)
7. T.R. Miller (10-1)
8. UMS-Wright (21-5)
9. Geneva (19-3)
10. Hale Co. (15-7)
Others nominated: Anniston (13-9), Cherokee Co. (15-5), Dora (16-5), Hamilton (17-4), Montgomery Catholic (17-7), Priceville (12-6), Rogers (14-9).

CLASS 3A
1. Trinity (19-2)
2. Susan Moore (18-3)
3. Plainview (19-3)
4. Southside-Selma (15-3)
5. St. James (16-6)
6. Lauderdale Co. (13-8)
7. Clements (17-3)
8. Ohatchee (17-3)
9. Sylvania (14-5)
10. Childersburg (14-4)
Others nominated: Glencoe (14-6), Midfield (9-10), Pike Co. (13-8).

CLASS 2A
1. Cold Springs (20-1)
2. Mars Hill Bible (14-3)
3. Sulligent (19-1)
4. Lanett (10-2)
5. Ider (15-7)
6. Luverne (21-0)
7. Geneva Co. (17-4)
8. Pisgah (11-5)
9. Francis Marion (18-1)
10. Decatur Heritage (17-5)
Others nominated: Abbeville (14-6), Collinsville (9-6), Cottonwood (10-5), G.W. Long (15-5), Hatton (14-5), J.U. Blacksher (14-3), Lexington (13-7), North Sand Mountain (16-7), Ranburne (17-5), Sand Rock (12-10), Samson (13-5), Washington Co. (14-3).

CLASS 1A
1. Spring Garden (23-0)
2. Skyline (18-4)
3. Marion Co. (10-11)
4. Loachapoka (13-9)
5. A.L. Johnson (15-4)
6. University Charter (12-3)
7. Brilliant (14-6)
8. Elba (14-5)
9. Addison (15-8)
10. Cedar Bluff (11-7)
Others nominated: Belgreen (15-7), Red Level (8-3), Woodville (15-8).

AISA
1. Edgewood Academy (18-0)
2. Sparta Academy (20-1)
3. Lowndes Academy (10-5)
4. Glenwood (15-6)
5. Fort Dale Academy (8-4)
6. Clarke Prep (16-2)
7. Lakeside (8-9)
8. Lee-Scott (NA)
9. Morgan Academy (10-5)
10. Southern Academy (NA)
Others nominated: Abbeville Christian (9-9), Hooper Academy (10-8), Jackson Academy (6-3).

BOYS
CLASS 7A
1. Hoover (22-2)
2. Vestavia Hills (18-4)
3. Baker (17-5)
4. Spain Park (19-3)
5. Huntsville (16-7)
6. Fairhope (22-1)
7. Grissom (19-6)
8. Sparkman (18-6)
9. Tuscaloosa Co. (20-3)
10. Jeff Davis (21-4)
Others nominated: Auburn (19-2), Austin (12-9), Chelsea (14-9), Dothan (18-3), Enterprise (9-7), Hewitt-Trussville (16-8), Mary Montgomery (11-6), Oak Mountain (17-7).

CLASS 6A
1. Pinson Valley (19-0)
2. Mountain Brook (15-6)
3. McGill-Toolen (18-6)
4. Buckhorn (15-7)
5. Athens (14-2)
6. Homewood (15-9)
7. Muscle Shoals (14-4)
8. Cullman (18-4)
9. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (14-6)
10. Huffman (15-8)
Others nominated: Blount (15-6), Central-Tuscaloosa (12-10), Clay-Chalkville (11-10), Hartselle (10-10), Helena (15-8), McAdory (13-9), Northridge (13-11), Paul Bryant (14-8), Pelham (15-7), Pike Road (15-7), Sidney Lanier (13-8), Wetumpka (13-6).

CLASS 5A
1. Ramsay (15-6)
2. Wenonah (14-8)
3. Fairfield (18-7)
4. Scottsboro (15-7)
5. Guntersville (16-5)
6. John Carroll (16-4)
7. Charles Henderson (13-5)
8. Valley (19-0)
9. Jasper (14-5)
10. Carroll-Ozark (18-5)
Others nominated: Alexandria (11-7), Brewbaker Tech (8-11), Douglas (18-4), Faith-Mobile (13-9), Headland (17-6), LeFlore (14-5), St. Paul’s (13-8).

CLASS 4A
1. Westminster-Huntsville (19-3)
2. Jacksonville (16-4)
3. Anniston (13-7)
4. Good Hope (17-6)
5. West Morgan (14-5)
6. Deshler (17-3)
7. Haleyville (11-11)
8. New Hope (14-5)
9. Cordova (14-5)
10. Montevallo (14-6)
Others nominated: Bibb Co. (10-8), Catholic-Montgomery (10-5), Cherokee Co. (9-8), Corner (16-5), DAR (16-6), Escambia Co. (12-6), Hanceville (17-5), Handley (11-6), Holt (13-8), Jackson (19-3), Prattville Christian (11-10), Priceville (9-8), UMS-Wright (14-10), Wilcox Central (9-2).

CLASS 3A
1. Plainview (19-4)
2. Cottage Hill (17-2)
3. Midfield (14-5)
4. Houston Academy (21-2)
5. Sumter Central (14-4)
6. Piedmont (15-3)
7. Hokes Bluff (15-4)
8. Lauderdale Co. (15-6)
9. Hillcrest-Evergreen (12-3)
10. Carbon Hill (17-5)
Others nominated: Geraldine (13-8), Montgomery Academy (10-8), Opp (10-7), St. James (8-5), Trinity (14-6), Westbrook Christian (15-4).

CLASS 2A
1. Mars Hill Bible (15-5)
2. Holly Pond (19-4)
3. Barbour Co. (13-3)
4. North Sand Mountain (17-4)
5. Decatur Heritage (11-9)
6. Tanner (14-4)
7. Hatton (15-4)
8. Ariton (13-4)
9. Sulligent (16-5)
10. Aliceville (14-0)
Others nominated: Abbeville (13-7), Collinsville (11-9), Fyffe (12-10), Red Bay (15-5), Sand Rock (14-7), Tuscaloosa Academy (12-6), Vincent (14-4), Whitesburg Christian (15-6).

CLASS 1A
1. Covenant Christian (17-3)
2. Autaugaville (10-6)
3. Oakwood Academy (13-5)
4. Brantley (12-2)
5. Spring Garden (12-6)
6. Georgiana (10-6)
7. Red Level (11-3)
8. Skyline (16-6)
9. Florala (13-5)
10. Cedar Bluff (11-7)
Others nominated: Calhoun (7-12), Donoho (11-8), Faith-Anniston (15-7), Leroy (7-4), McIntosh (12-6), Meek (15-7).

AISA
1. Lee-Scott (20-1)
2. Heritage Christian (20-1)
3. Edgewood (15-3)
4. Glenwood (15-7)
5. Macon-East (16-4)
6. Lowndes Academy (13-2)
7. Abbeville Christian (12-6)
8. Bessemer Academy (12-3)
9. Morgan Academy (6-6)
10. Snook (11-3)
Others nominated: None.

NOMINATIONS RECEIVED FROM
AL.com
Atmore Advance
Cullman Times
Daily Mountain Eagle
Decatur Daily
Dothan Eagle
EASportsToday.com
Florence TimesDaily
Fort Payne Times-Journal
Gadsden Messenger
Jackson Co. Sentinel
Monroe Journal
Montgomery Advertiser
Opp News
Sand Mountain Reporter
Selma Sun
Selma Times-Journal
Shelby Co. Reporter
South Alabamian
Starnes Media
Troy Messenger
Tuscaloosa News
Valley Times-News
WEIS radio