SM-Tn Sports

Loretto’s boys and girls each top their respective statewide Class A Top 10s polls as compiled this week by the Associated Press.

The Mustangs entered the week 7-1, with only a 53-50 mid-December loss to Creek Wood preventing what would have been a 31-game win streak dating to last season. The Lady Mustangs, meanwhile, take an 8-2 record into Tuesday’s District 12-A doubleheader against visiting Frank Hughes.

Richland’s boys are ranked fourth in Class A, coming off a 3-0 week with impressive victories over Huntland, Fayetteville and District 10-A rival Santa Fe. The Raiders take on visiting Culleoka in Tuesday league play.

Summertown’s girls, who have won five of eight games against Class AAA competition, are No. 3 in the Class A poll. The Lady Eagles travel Tuesday for a league matchup against Wayne County.

Summertown’s boys (Class A) and Columbia Academy’s boys (Division II-A) are listed among others receiving votes in this week’s polls.

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The top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s three Division I non-financial aid classifications and the top five teams in each of the state’s Division II financial aid classifications as selected by Tennessee Associated Press-member sportswriters and broadcasters follow (first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 11, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote):

Boys Class AAA

1. Houston (8)                        8-2     112
2. Arlington (3)                      11-0    100
3. East Hamilton                      7-1     72
4. Siegel                             10-3    65
5. Bearden                            14-1    63
6. Franklin                           12-2    54
7. Oak Ridge (1)                      11-3    38 
8. Science Hill                       15-2    31 
9. Station Camp                       13-3    27
10. Brentwood                          7-2     24
Others receiving 12 points or more: Bartlett 19; Morristown East 13

Boys Class AA

1. Jackson South Side (10)             8-1     118
2. Kingston (1)                       11-2    92
3. Upperman (1)                       11-3    83 
4. Covington                          5-2     53 
5. Bolivar Central                    9-5     44
6. Watertown                          9-2     35
7. Loudon                             8-2     34
7. Greeneville                        10-5    34
9. Elizabethton                       10-2    31
10. South Gibson                       11-4    28
Others receiving 12 points or more: Creek Wood 24; Tyner Acad. 20; Fulton 13

Boys Class A

1. Loretto (4)                        7-1     100
2. Madison Academic (3)                9-2     93 
3. Clay Co. (1)                    11-2    88 
4. Richland (3)                       9-0     78
5. North Greene                       13-3    57
6. Humboldt (1)                       8-1     48
7. Peabody                            8-6     39
8. South Fulton                       10-2    34
9. Oneida                             7-1     27
10. Perry Co.                       6-1     24
Others receiving 12 points or more: Pickett Co. 19; Summertown 18; Jo Byrns 12

Boys Division II-AA

1. Christian Brothers (9)                           13-0    114
2. Brentwood Acad. (1)               10-0    106
3. Montgomery Bell Acad.                                7-0     72 
4. Memphis Univ. School                                9-2     50
5. Ensworth                           8-2     46 
Others receiving 12 points or more: Knoxville Catholic 33; Briarcrest 32; Baylor 27

Boys Division II-A

1. Christ Presbyterian Acad. (2)                            10-3    102
2. First Assembly Chr. (6)        7-0     100
3. Knoxville Webb (3)                  12-2    76 
4. Goodpasture                        9-1     67 
5. Tipton-Rosemark             7-1     57
Others receiving 12 or more points: Columbia Acad. 26; Evangelical Chr. 23; Donelson Chr. 15

Girls Class AAA

1. Bradley Central (6)                  8-1     99 
2. Stone Memorial (2)                   11-1    93 
3. Riverdale (3)                        7-0     73
4. Bearden (1)                         10-1    69 
5. Brentwood                           10-2    66 
6. Blackman                            3-2     56
7. Coffee Co.                        14-1    51
8. Farragut                            9-1     34
9. Lebanon                             12-2    33
10. Sevier Co.                        15-2    21
Others receiving 12 points or more: White Co. 15

Girls Class AA

1. Upperman (11)                        17-0    119
2. Macon Co. (1)                     9-0     99 
3. Jackson South Side                   9-0     85
4. Westview                            12-1    80
4. Northview Acad.                    15-1    80 
6. Stewart Co.                       14-1    49
7. Grainger                            15-2    43
8. Meigs Co.                        5-3     29
9. Creek Wood                          13-3    26
10. Watertown                           13-2    13
Others receiving 12 points or more: Covington 12

Girls Class A

1. Loretto (5)                         8-2     101
2. Gibson Co. (4)                    17-1    94 
3. Summertown (3)                       13-3    83
4. McKenzie                            13-1    81
5. Clarkrange                          8-4     69 
6. Peabody                             14-3    49
7. Van Buren Co.                     11-1    47
8. Houston Co.                       10-1    41
9. North Greene                        10-3    22
10. Jo Byrns                            9-1     21
Others receiving 12 points or more: Tellico Plains 14; Whitwell 13

Girls Division II-AA

1. Ensworth (10)                        3-0     116
2. Brentwood Acad. (2)                12-2    107
3. Hutchison                    9-1     96 
4. Father Ryan                         6-0     81
5. Briarcrest                          3-2     56 
Others receiving 12 points or more: Pope John Paul II 24

Girls Division II-A

1. Tipton-Rosemark (3)          2-0     103
2. Trinity Chr. (1)        10-5    71 
3. Lakeway Chr.  (3)               10-5    61
4. Webb-Bell Buckle (2)                      7-1     53
5. Clarksville Acad.                  10-4    36 
Others receiving 12 or more points: Nashville Chr. 30; Middle Tennessee Chr. 28; Providence Chr. 27; Christian Acad. of Knoxville 21; Univ. School of Jackson 18