Top-10 tests loom for locals

SM-Tn Sports

Snapping a four-game losing streak Tuesday night will be a challenge for Summit, as the Spartans are set to take on visiting District 11-AAA frontrunner Franklin.

The Admirals are ranked fourth, for the third consecutive week, in the Associated Press Class AAA boys basketball statewide poll and come off an 83-70 win Monday over Independence – their 17th straight.

Summit has dropped decisions to Brentwood, Centennial, Ravenwood and Independence in succession, as personnel issues continue to plague the 2020 Class AAA sectional participant.

In the boys Class A rankings, Richland (No. 3), Loretto (No. 5) and Summertown (No. 6) each maintained their positions from last week – the last two despite the Mustangs’ 64-53 homecourt win over the Eagles in District 12-A play Friday. Richland hosts Summertown in a nondistrict matchup Thursday.

Coffee County’s girls, the class of District 8-AAA, continue at No. 3 this week, as does Summertown (No. 2) following its second regular-season victory over Loretto. The Lady Mustangs slipped slightly, from fifth to sixth.

Columbia Academy’s girls open postseason play Tuesday against Webb-Bell Buckle, ranked third in Division II-A.

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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 Feb. 8, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote and previous ranking):

Boys Class AAA

1. Bearden (4)                        22-1    126  2
2. Houston (10)                       16-3    125  1
3. Siegel                             20-3    111  3
4. Franklin                           20-2    96   4
5. Oak Ridge                          20-4    65   7
6. East Hamilton                      14-3    51   5
7. Bartlett                           15-7    50   10
8. Arlington                          14-3    45   6
9. Dobyns-Bennett                     20-4    29   NR
10. Science Hill                       23-4    26   8
Others receiving 12 points or more: Brentwood 19; Morristown East 15

Boys Class AA

1. Jackson South Side (14)             17-1    140  1
2. Bolivar Central                    16-5    112  2
3. Upperman                           18-4    108  3
4. Greeneville                        18-6    78   6
5. Kingston                           17-5    72   8
6. Grundy Co.                      15-1    55   T10
7. Elizabethton                       16-5    42   9
8. Sullivan East                      17-6    32   7
9. Fulton                             14-5    27   NR
10. Loudon                             15-6    26   4
Others receiving 12 points or more: Creek Wood 25; Covington 14; Tyner Acad. 13

Boys Class A

1. Madison Academic (9)                18-2    133  1
2. Clay Co. (2)                    20-2    126  2
3. Richland (2)                       19-1    113  3
4. North Greene (1)                    24-3    103  4
5. Loretto                            14-3    80   5
6. Summertown                         17-6    55   6
6. Jo Byrns                           12-1    55   8
8. Oneida                             16-3    40   7
9. Humboldt                           14-4    22   9
10. South Fulton                       15-5    13   10
Others receiving 12 points or more: none

Boys Division II-AA

1. Christian Brothers (12)                          18-0    135  1
2. Knoxville Catholic (1)              17-3    121  4
3. Brentwood Acad. (1)               15-2    105  2
4. Montgomery Bell Acad.                                11-1    93   3
5. Memphis Univ. School                                12-3    76   5
Others receiving 12 points or more: Pope John Paul II 15

Boys Division II-A

1. Christ Presbyterian Acad. (7)                            19-3    122  1
2. First Assembly Chr. (4)        15-0    119  2
3. Goodpasture (1)                    19-1    103  3
4. Knoxville Webb (1)                  23-2    88   4
5. Evangelical Chr.               12-7    63   5
Others receiving 12 points or more: none

Girls Class AAA

1. Bearden (4)                     19-1    129  2
2. Bradley Central (9)             18-1    128  1
3. Coffee Co. (1)               22-1    108  3
4. Stone Memorial                  19-3    92   4
5. Brentwood                       18-4    70   5
6. Blackman                        11-3    64   8
7. Riverdale                       14-2    52   7
8. Sevier Co.                   23-3    40   9
8. Lebanon                         19-4    40   6
10. Maryville                       19-4    24   10
Others receiving 12 points or more: none

Girls Class AA

1. Upperman (13)                   25-0    130  1
2. Jackson South Side              18-0    104  2
3. Northview Acad.               22-1    102  3
4. Westview                        21-1    93   4
5. Grainger                        22-2    81   5
6. Meigs Co.                    13-4    50   9
7. Macon Co.                    16-5    36   6
8. Creek Wood                      21-5    35   7
9. York Institute                  17-6    18   8
10. Westmoreland                    18-3    12   NR
10. Sullivan East                 18-4    12   NR
Others receiving 12 points or more: none

Girls Class A

1. Gibson Co. (10)              25-1    124  1
2. Summertown (2)                  21-3    107  2
3. McKenzie                        22-1    102  3
4. Clarkrange (1)                  20-4    88   4
5. Van Buren Co.                20-1    72   6
6. Peabody                         21-4    49   7
6. Loretto                         14-6    49   5
8. Jo Byrns                        14-1    41   8
9. Houston Co.                  16-2    33   9
10. Tellico Plains                  16-0    26   NR
Others receiving 12 points or more: North Greene 14

Girls Division II-AA

1. Ensworth (9)                    15-1    117  1
2. Father Ryan                     14-2    105  3
3. Hutchison (3)            16-1    99   2
4. Brentwood Acad.               14-6    83   4
5. Briarcrest                      15-3    76   5
Others receiving 12 points or more: Baylor 17

Girls Division II-A

1. Lakeway Chr.  (11)          20-5    118  1
2. Univ. School of Jackson              18-3    97   NR
3. Webb-Bell Buckle (1)                 19-2    94   4
4. Tipton-Rosemark          12-2    88   2
5. Trinity Chr. Acad.        17-7    37   5
Others receiving 12 points or more: Clarksville Acad. 28; Goodpasture 12

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