Friday April 26th, 2024 5:44PM

Soccer: Buford, Lumpkin girls ranked No.1, Johnson boys 2nd in first state rankings

By Jeff Hart Sports Reporter

The first Scorbord.com rankings for Georgia’s prep soccer season was released on Monday, and several Northeast Georgia-area teams are getting some early recognition.

Two girls teams are ranked No. 1 in their classification. Buford (3-1) sits perched atop the Class 7A rankings while Lumpkin County (4-0) is ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, and is one of three Region 7-3A teams in the top seven.

Dawson County (4th) and White County (7th) also cracked the top 10 in Class 3A in the poll. Commerce, the 2022 Class A Public state runner-up, is fifth in the first Class A Division 1 poll. Cherokee Bluff is eighth in Class 4A and is one of three Region 8-4A teams to be ranked with North Oconee ranked No. 1 and Walnut Grove 10th. 

Towns County is eighth in Class A Division 2 while Habersham Central is 10th in Class 6A and Jefferson, the 2022 Class 4A state runner-up, sitting in 10th in Class 5A.

On the boys side, Johnson (3-0) is the defending Class 5A state champion but is ranked second in Class 4A behind defending Class 4A state champ Southeast Whitfield (4-0). East Hall is ranked fifth in Class 4A.

Gainesville is fourth in Class 6A; Towns County is eighth in Class A Division 2; and Lumpkin County is ninth in Class 3A.

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