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Flowery Branch moves into AP Top 10
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Georgia Prep Football Poll
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Georgia high school football polls of the 2010 season with first-place votes in parentheses, win-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class AAAAA

    Record    Pts    Prv
 1. Camden County (11)    2-0    110    1
 2. North Gwinnett    3-0    98    2
 3. Peachtree Ridge    3-0    89    3
 4. McEachern    2-1    70    5
 5. Valdosta    3-0    57    7
 6. Lowndes    3-1    54    7
 7. Stephenson    3-0    52    6
 8. Norcross    3-0    26
 9. Newnan    1-1    22    4
10. South Gwinnett    2-1    10
Others receiving votes: Hillgrove 8, Dacula 3, East Coweta 2, Grayson 2, Newton 1, Woodstock 1.
Class AAAA
    Record    Pts    Prv
 1. Northside-WR (10)    2-0    109    1
 2. Clarke Central (1)    2-0    92    3
 3. Griffin    3-0    87    2
 4. Tucker    3-0    80    4
 5. Thomas Co. Central    2-0    64    5
 6. Kell    3-0    60    6
 7. Hiram    3-0    37    7
 8. Flowery Branch    3-0    31
 9. Marist    2-1    22    9
10. Statesboro    3-0    10
Others receiving votes: Evans 5, Ware County 4, Pope 2, Lee County 1, Lovejoy 1.
Class AAA
    Record    Pts    Prv
 1. Peach County (8)    3-0    107    1
 2. Sandy Creek (3)    2-0    101    2
 3. Cairo    3-0    79    3
 4. Baldwin    3-0    74    5
 5. Carrollton    3-0    70    6
 6. St. Pius X    2-1    45    8
 7. LaGrange    2-1    35    10
 8. Cartersville    3-0    22
 9. Eastside    2-1    12
 (tie) Allatoona    2-1    12
 (tie) Woodward Acad.    3-0    12
Others receiving votes: Jackson 8, Butler 7, Westside-Macon 6, Thomson 4, Monroe Area 4, Ringgold 3, Perry 2, Burke County 1, Monroe 1.
Class AA
    Record    Pts    Prv
 1. Carver-Col. (11)    3-0    110    1
 2. Buford    2-1    92    2
 3. Calhoun    3-0    85    2
 4. Cook    3-0    79    4
 5. Dublin    3-0    66    5
 6. Thomasville    3-1    47    6
 7. Fitzgerald    2-1    34    7
 8. Jefferson County    2-0-1    30    8
 9. Lovett    2-1    23
10. Swainsboro    2-0    15
Others receiving votes: Greater Atlanta Christian 11, Jefferson 6, Westminster 4, Callaway 2, Pike County 1.
Class A
    Record    Pts    Prv
 1. Charlton County (11)    3-0    110    1
 2. Wesleyan    3-0    94    3
 3. Clinch County    3-0    92    4
 4. Savannah Christian    3-0    68    5
 5. Wilcox County    2-1    58    2
 6. Lincoln County    2-1    51    7
 7. Eagle’s Landing    3-0    44    6
 8. Johnson County    3-0    23    9
 9. Emanuel Co. Institute    2-1    22    9
10. Aquinas    3-0    14
Others receiving votes: George Walton 9, Hawkinsville 6, Athens Academy 4, Bremen 4, Darlington 4, Marion County 1, Pace Acad. 1.
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 All Associated Press members in Georgia are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: Albany Herald, Albany; Augusta Chronicle, Augusta; Brunswick News, Brunswick; Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus; Rockdale Citizen, Conyers; Times, Gainesville; Gwinnett Daily Post, Lawrenceville; Marietta Daily Journal, Marietta; Telegraph, Macon; Rome News-Tribune, Rome; Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta.

After defeating defending 8-AAAA champion Apalachee 52-35 at Falcon Field last Friday, Flowery Branch (3-0) made its debut in this week’s AP Class AAAA top 10 poll, taking the Wildcats’ former spot at No. 8.

The Falcons join Buford as the only area schools ranked in the top 10. The Wolves (2-1) held on to their No. 2 spot in Class AA.

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