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Georgia fills up MaxPreps' small-school rankings; Athens Academy checks in at #20 - MaxPreps
Georgia fills up MaxPreps' small-school rankings
Eight Georgia teams are in the top 25 of MaxPreps' Small Schools National Rakings this week. They are No. 3 Peach County, No. 4 Cedar Grove, No. 9 Irwin County, No. 14 Eagle's Landing Christian, No. 16 Clinch County, No. 17 Hapeville Charter, No. 20 Athens Academy and No. 25 Dublin.
Kevin Askeland compiles the top 25. It's based on MaxPreps' computer rankings, which crunch scores nationwide, and there's enough interplay to suggest that Georgia is a pretty good football state. Cedar Grove, for example, beat Colorado's No. 1 team, Valor Christian, last week and earlier took a top-25 national team, Central of Phenix City, Ala., to the brink.
Askeland defines a small school as one that plays in an enrollment classification of about 1,000 students or fewer. That eliminates schools such as Marist that have enrollment of less than 1,000 but play in classes that call for higher enrollment. Marist, which has fewer students than Peach County, would be in the top-10 of Askeland's list were the War Eagles to play in Georgia's Class AAA.
Askeland said he wasn't sure what to make of Georgia's abundant presence in the top 25.
"It seems to me that there is quite a bit of interplay among the AAA schools and the larger enrollment divisions in the state [i.e., Peach County has beaten Lee County and Northside of Warner Robins this season], so I think that helps boost their ratings," Askeland said. "Eventually, when all of those Georgia teams beat each other, some will fall out and unbeaten teams from other areas will move in. However, it's a good start to the season for Georgia most definitely."
Athens Academy
Athens Academy is an independent, co-educational school for students in K3 through 12th grade, located on a beautiful 152-acre campus in Northeast Georgia. For over 50 years, Athens Academy has pursued its mission of Excellence with Honor through academics, athletics, fine arts, and service and leadership.
