Georgia Dugout Preview Magazine polls for week ending April 21, 2018

Posted 4/22/18

The Georgia Dugout Preview Magazine Baseball polls for week ending April 21, 2018. Records are courtesy of MaxPreps and Gamechanger. This is the last poll before the state playoffs. The final poll will be published after the state playoffs have concluded.

Class 7A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Mill Creek

(26-4)

1

2.

Parkview

(25-5)

2

3.

Woodstock

(25-5)

3

4.

South Forsyth

(24-6)

5

5.

Hillgrove

(23-7)

4

6.

North Gwinnett

(22-8)

8

7.

Brookwood

(22-8)

7

8.

Mountain View

(21-9)

9

9.

Walton

(18-11)

6

10.

Newnan

(22-8)

10

Others considered: Grayson (19-11), Kennesaw Mountain (19-11), Lowndes (20-10), Lassiter (17-13, Peachtree Ridge (21-9), Forsyth Central (12-17),Milton (19-13), North Paulding (18-11), Colquitt County (19-10), South Gwinnett (20-10), Norcross (19-12), North Forsyth (20-10)

Class 6A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Pope

(24-5)

1

2.

Allatoona

(25-5)

2

3.

River Ridge

(25-5)

3

4.

Lee County

(22-7)

4

5.

Alexander

(20-8)

5

6.

Winder-Barrow

(19-10)

6

7.

Effingham County

(21-9)

7

8.

Heritage-Conyers

(19-9)

8

9.

Glynn Academy

(24-5)

9

10.

Houston County

(23-7)

10

Others considered: Greenbrier (20-7), Harrison (17-11), South Paulding (22-8), Gainesville (20-8), Valdosta (19-10), Northgate (23-7), Brunswick (17-13), Richmond Hill (19-9), Tucker (17-11), Mundy's Mill (16-9), Stephenson (15-11-1) 

Class 5A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Wayne County

(26-4)

1

2.

Loganville

(24-6)

2

3.

Veterans

(23-7)

4

4.

Decatur

(24-5)

6

5.

Buford

(19-10)

5

6.

Starr's Mill

(20-8)

7

7.

Locust Grove

(19-10)

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8.

Ola

(23-7)

3

9.

Arabia Mountain

(20-6)

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10.

Carrollton

(24-6)

10

Others considered: Villa Rica (18-11), Harris County (16-13), Jones County (19-9), Union Grove (17-8), Whitewater (19-11), McIntosh (19-10), South Effingham (15-12), Whitewater (15-11), Flowery Branch (16-14), Chamblee (20-8)

Class 4A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Blessed Trinity

(28-2)

1

2.

Heritage-Catoosa

(23-6)

3

3.

Cartersville

(23-7)

2

4.

Woodward Academy

(23-4)

4

5.

Troup

(23-7)

5

6.

Jefferson

(18-9)

6

7.

North Oconee

(20-7-1)

7

8.

Northside-Columbus

(19-8)

10

9.

Eastside

(24-4)

9

10.

Columbus

(24-5)

8

Others considered: Madison County (16-12), Burke County (18-3), West Laurens(20-7), Stephens County (21-9), Marist (12-16), Cross Creek (15-8)

Class 3A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Ringgold

(26-4)

1

2.

Appling County

(23-7)

2

3.

Cook

(24-6)

3

4.

Pike County

(22-5)

4

5.

Morgan County

(20-10)

5

6.

Lovett

(18-8)

7

7.

North Hall

(21-5)

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8.

Redan

(21-7)

8

9.

Jackson

(23-3) 9

10.

Westminster

(16-11)

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Others considered: Pace Academy (20-8), Greater Atlanta Christian (19-9), Adairsville (20-8), Calhoun (19-9), Fannin County (17-11), Rutland (15-5), Franklin County (17-13), Southeast Bulloch (17-7), Worth County (18-8), Islands (17-11)

Class 2A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Thomasville

(25-4)

1

2.

Callaway

(20-9)

2

3.

Westside-Augusta

(24-4)

3

4.

Dodge County

(23-4)

4

5.

Benedictine

(21-6)

5

6.

Dade County

(18-6)

7

7. Elbert County

(19-10)

6

8.

Social Circle

(18-9)

8

9.

Rockmart

(20-8)

9

10.

Jeff Davis

(17-13)

10

Others considered: Berrien (19-11), Vidalia (14-14), Heard County (13-14), Screven County (13-13), Harlem (21-9), Fitzgerald (14-13), Lamar County (14-10), Bleckley County (15-14), Bacon County (14-15), South Atlanta (11-6)

Class 1A Public

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Schley County

(22-2)

2

2.

Charlton County

(22-6)

3

3.

Irwin County

(21-4)

4

4.

Gordon Lee

(20-8)

1

5.

Telfair County

(18-8)

5

6.

Bowdon

(21-7)

6

7. Johnson County

(21-5)

8

8.

Commerce

(17-11)

9

9.

ECI

(15-9)

10

10.

Taylor County

(14-6)

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Others considered: Baconton Charter (18-5), Clinch County (18-10), Manchester (13-9), GMC (16-12), Hawkinsville (12-10), Seminole County (16-11), Miller County (14-10), Pelham (14-8), Lanier County (11-9)

Class 1A Private

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Tattnall Square

(25-4)

1

2.

Savannah Christian

(23-2)

2

3.

Holy Innocents

(18-8)

5

4.

Aquinas

(22-2)

3

5.

Wesleyan

(22-3)

4

6.

First Presbyterian Day

(20-6)

6

7.

Stratford

(19-8)

7

8.

Mount Paran Christian

(21-3)

9

9.

Strong Rock Christian

(21-8)

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10.

Hebron Christian

(14-13

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Others considered: Brookstone (24-5), Kings Ridge Christian (17-9), North Cobb Christian (17-9), Fellowship Christian (19-9), Pinecrest Academy (17-12), Prince Avenue Christian (18-8), Mount Vernon Presbyterian (14-5), Savannah Country Day (16-8), Calvary Day (18-6), Athens Academy (18-6), Providence Christian (17-13), George Walton (16-12)