Composite rankings: Heard County edges Fitzgerald for No. 1 in Class 2A

Blessed Trinity jumped Cartersville as Class 5A’s No. 1 team in the AJC Varsity/GHSF Daily Composite rankings after its 21-20 victory over Milton last week.

Blessed Trinity got three first-place votes in the six-poll composite. Cartersville got two, and Marist got one. Cartersville is the No. 1 team in AJC Varsity’s rankings.

Here’s a look at Georgia’s teams ranked on a consensus of six polls (AJC — Atlanta Journal-Constitution/GHSF Daily; SC - Score Atlanta; GPB - Georgia Public Broadcasting; ITG — ITG Next; 680 — 680 The Fan; MW — Maxwell Ratings).

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