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PREP FOOTBALL RANKINGS: Eastside gets votes in Georgia sportswriters preseason poll
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Eastside football coach, Troy Hoff expects his fifth-ranked Eagles to be dialed in Friday night at Hampton with a chance to finish the regular season undefeated. -File Photo

You can tell it's football season when the preseason polls start showing up. 

In this year's preseason Georgia Sportswriters high school football rankings, we see a little Class AAAAAAA pushback to the notion that a nationally ranked Grayson squad should be the undisputed top dog in Georgia. 

You've got almost-unanimous No. 1s in Class AAAAAA, AAAAA and A, and the Eastside Eagles get a little love in the Class AAAA rankings. 

Check out the full and first 2018 prep rankings below.

2018 Georgia Sportswriters Preseason Poll 

Class AAAAAAA

1. Grayson 157 (11) 

2. Colquitt County 154 (1) 

3. North Gwinnett 149 (6) 

4. Archer 103 

5. McEachern 95

6. Marietta 79 

t7.Walton 67

t7. Lowndes 67 

9. Tift County 46 

10.Brookwood 20

Others receiving votes: Mill Creek 19, Parkview 12, Milton 10, Hilgrove 4, Norcross 1


Class AAAAAA

1. Lee County 178 (17) 

2. Tucker 151 (1) 

3. Coffee 146 

4. Northside Warner Robins 106 

5. Mays 105 

6. Glynn Academy 93 

7. Allatoona 70

8. Valdosta 40 

9. Alpharetta 38

10. Douglas County 

Others receiving votes: Stephenson 15, Harrison 14, Dalton 5, Richmond Hill 4, Brunswick 3, Evans 3, Centennial 1 


Class AAAAA

1. Rome 175 (16)

2. Buford 161 (2) 

3. Warner Robins 140 

4. Stockbridge 109 

5. Carrollton 96

6. Jones County 75

7. Carver-Atlanta 64 

8. Wayne County 38 

9. Ware County 27 

10. Starr’s Mill 22 

Others receiving votes: Griffin 19, Bainbridge 12, Dutchtown 8, Whitewater 4, Arabia Mountain 2, Villa Rica 1


Class AAAA

1. Blessed Trinity 174 (14) 

2. Marist 146 (2) 

3. Cartersville 132 (1) 

4. Mary Persons 131 

5. Woodward Academy 120 (1) 

6. St. Pius 94

7. Burke County 57

8. Thomson 53 

9. Cedartown 41 

10. Ridgeland 23 

Others receiving votes: Troup 17, Flowery Branch 7, Cairo 7, Eastside 4, Oconee County 3, Salem 2, Thomason 1


Class AAA

1. Calhoun 173 (14) 

2. Greater Atlanta Christian 140 

3. Cedar Grove 132 (2) 

4. Peach County 128 (1) 

5. Benedictine 97 (1) 

6. Jefferson 68 

7. Lovett 50

8. Liberty County 46

9. Westminster 45 

10. Jenkins 37 

Others receiving votes: Monroe Area 26, Crisp County 13, Westside-Macon 8, Pike County 7, Pace Academy 6, Morgan County 3


Class AA

1. Hapeville Charter 176 (15) 

2. Rabun County 157 (3) 

3. Heard county 124 

4. Brooks County 118 

5. Thomasville 99

6. Callaway 72

7. Dodge County 58 

8. Jefferson County 43

9. Screven County 31

t10. Bremen 28

t10. Fitzgerald 28 

Others receiving votes: Toombs County 15, Dubling 9, Rockmart 8, 


Class A

1. ELCA 179 (17)

2. Clinch County 140 (1)

3. Athens Academy 124 

4. Irwin County 106 

5. Prince Avenue 92 

6. ECI 86

7. Mount Paran 77

8. Calvary Day 46 

9. Mt. Zion-Carroll 28 

10. Macon County 27 

Others receiving votes: Wesleyan 15, Manchester 14, Darlington 8, Commerce 7, Charlton County 5, Savannah Country Day, 5 

Publications included: The Covington News, Score Atlanta, Douglas County Sentinel, The Rome News Tribune, The Walton Tribune, The Oconee Enterprise, Times-Georgian, Marietta Daily Journal, The Athletic, GeorgeAnne, Gwinnett Daily Post, Brunswick News, Cherokee Tribune, Dalton Citizen, Augusta Chronicle, Savannah Morning News, Albany Herald, Clayton News, Henry Herald.