Canes ranked 5th in Class AAAA

The Cartersville boys basketball team maintained its No. 5 ranking in the latest release of Top 10 teams in each classification from SandysSpiel.com.

The Hurricanes have started the 2017-18 season with six straight wins and captured the Rome News-Tribune Holiday Festival championship with a 40-28 win over Rome in the tournament finals last Friday. Cartersville plays host Allatoona Wednesday, December 27 in the opening round of the Lake City Classic at Allatoona High School. The Canes will play four games in four days at the Cobb County school. Here is a link to the Lake City Classic tournament bracket: http://www.lakecityclassic.com/bracket/

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December 24 boys basketball rankings:

Class AAAAAAA

1. McEachern (9-1)

2. Grayson (8-1)

3. Norcross (9-2)

4. Collins Hill (11-1)

5. Mountain View (9-2)

6. Wheeler (6-3)

7. Newton (8-2)

8. Meadowcreek (9-2)

9. Pebblebrook (7-2)

10. Etowah (8-1)

Class AAAAAA

1. Langston Hughes (9-2)

2. Dacula (5-3)

3. Brunswick (10-1)

4. Tri-Cities (12-3)

5. Douglas County (7-2)

6. Gainesville (3-6)

7. Jonesboro (7-2)

8. Coffee (4-4)

9. Bradwell Institute (8-4)

10. Cambridge (12-1)

Class AAAAA

1. Warner Robins (8-0)

2. Buford (6-2)

3. Columbia (6-2)

4. Miller Grove (7-3)

5. Southwest DeKalb (8-3)

6. Lithonia (11-2)

7. McIntosh (6-0)

8. Eagle’s Landing (8-2)

9. Maynard Jackson (11-0)

10. Statesboro (8-2)

Class AAAA

1. Upson-Lee (12-0)

2. St. Pius X (8-2)

3. Sandy Creek (7-2)

4. Mary Persons (9-1)

5. Cartersville (6-0)

6. Westover (8-4)

7. Baldwin (6-3)

8. Americus-Sumter (9-1)

9. Salem (10-4)

10. Carver-Columbus (11-2)

Class AAA

1. Morgan County (9-0)

2. Jenkins (7-2)

3. Johnson-Savannah (8-2)

4. Cedar Grove (5-3)

5. Greater Atlanta Christian (7-3)

6. Westside-Macon (5-5)

7. Monroe Area (8-0)

8. Windsor Forest (8-3)

9. Dawson County (8-2)

10. Pace Academy (4-3)

Class AA

1. Glenn Hills (9-0)

2. South Atlanta (8-1)

3. Dublin (8-1)

4. Banks County (10-1)

5. Swainsboro (6-2)

6. Thomasville (10-2)

7. Jeff Davis (7-2)

8. Chattooga (8-1)

9. Metter (9-1)

10. Laney (10-3)

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis (8-1)

2. Aquinas (8-1)

3. Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy (9-1)

4. King’s Ridge Christian (8-2)

5. Christian Heritage (9-0)

6. Wesleyan (2-3)

7. Landmark Christian (9-3)

8. North Cobb Christian (6-2)

9. WD Mohammed (6-1)

10. Greenforest (3-6)

Class A-Public

1. Central-Talbotton (11-0)

2. Manchester (6-0)

3. Lanier County (9-1)

4. Woodville-Tompkins (11-2)

5. Montgomery County (8-2)

6. Pelham (8-2)

7. Calhoun County (10-2)

8. Wilkinson County (6-3)

9. Wilcox County (8-3)

10. Macon County (5-2)