By Stacy Long
The Montgomery Advertiser

Three of last season’s boys state champions are ranked No. 1 in this year’s initial Alabama Sports Writers Association high school basketball rankings.
Class 5A Wenonah, Class 2A Tanner and Class 1A Pickens County start the season at the top spot.
Wenonah has breezed through eight of its first nine games, losing only to Tennessee’s Ridgeway in a Memphis tournament.
Tanner returns all five starters from last year’s 27-6 team that beat Barbour County in the 2A finals. Barbour County is ranked No. 2 this week. Because its football team played for a state title last week, Tanner has yet to start its basketball season.
Pickens County is off to a 2-0 start and has two All-State players returning. Pickens County was 30-1 last season.
The other top-ranked teams are Class 6A Bob Jones, Class 5A Wenonah, Class 4A Sumter Central, 3A Clarke County and AISA Lee-Scott. Sumter Central is a first-year school formed by the merger of perennial powers Sumter County and Livingston.
In the girls rankings, only Class 5A Center Point (formerly Erwin) earned the top spot from last year’s champions. Other girls top-ranked teams are Class 6A Hoover, Class 4A Good Hope, Class 3A Clements, Class 2A Barbour County, Class 1A Holy Spirit and AISA Lee-Scott.

ASWA Prep basketball rankings
BOYS
CLASS 6A
1. Bob Jones (5-0)
2. Gadsden City (7-0)
3. Huntsville (6-2)
4. Jeff Davis (7-1)
5. Baker (10-0)
6. Austin (5-1)
7. Carver-Montgomery (6-2)
8. Mountain Brook (5-3)
9. Florence (4-2)
10. Hoover (7-2)

Others nominated: Clay-Chalkville (5-1), Decatur (2-1), Homewood (6-2), Jackson-Olin (4-2), Minor (5-4), Murphy (6-1), Robertsdale (6-2), Smiths Station (7-0), Thompson (7-2)

CLASS 5A
1. Wenonah (8-1)
2. Lee-Huntsville (4-3)
3. Woodlawn (5-2)
4. Talladega (7-0)
5. Parker (3-1)
6. St. Paul’s (9-0)
7. Sylacauga (2-1)
8. Ramsay (4-1)
9. Pinson Valley (6-4)
10. Gulf Shores (5-1)

Others nominated: Cullman (6-1), Faith Academy (7-2)

CLASS 4A
1. Sumter Central (7-2)
2. Butler (7-1)
3. Calera (6-1)
4. Dadeville (2-1)
5. Brewbaker Tech (3-1)
6. Oneonta (3-1)
7. Midfield (4-3)
8. Andalusia (6-3)
9. West Limestone (5-1)
10. Priceville (9-1)

Others nominated: Cherokee County (5-2)

CLASS 3A
1. Clarke County (3-0)
2. Madison Academy (2-2)
3. Piedmont (4-0)
4. Lauderdale County (3-0)
5. Glencoe (5-2)
6. Central-Coosa (3-2)
7. Pisgah (5-2)
8. Holly Pond (7-2)
9. Luverne (4-0)
10. Carbon Hill (3-2)

Others nominated: Elkmont (8-1), Hanceville (8-1), Montgomery Academy (2-1), Sylvania (3-2), Trinity (4-0), Washington County (3-0)

CLASS 2A
1. Tanner (0-0)
2. Barbour County (6-0)
3. Section (5-2)
4. Central-Hayneville (8-1)
5. Holy Family (3-2)
6. Mars Hill Bible (5-1)
7. Lanett (5-2)
8. Vincent (5-2)
9. Westbrook Christian (5-2)
10. Sand Rock (5-2)

Others nominated: Cold Springs (2-2), Houston County (4-1), Mobile Christian (4-2), North Sand Mountain (3-1)

CLASS 1A
1. Pickens County (2-0)
2. Parkway Christian (7-5)
3. R.A. Hubbard (1-0)
4. Skyline (7-1)
5. St. Jude (5-0)
6. Brantley (3-1)
7. Cedar Bluff (2-2)
8. Linden (0-0)
9. Collinsville (2-3)
10. Georgiana (4-2)

Others nominated: McIntosh (3-1), Parrish (4-0), Shades Mountain Christian (8-2)

AISA
1. Lee-Scott (11-0)
2. Evangel Christian (6-1)
3. Tuscaloosa Academy (7-1)
4. Glenwood (2-1)
5. Prattville Christian (7-3)
6. Macon-East (6-0)
7. Bessemer Academy (2-0)
8. Cornerstone (4-2)
9. Edgewood (3-1)
10. Restoration (4-1)

Also nominated: Fort Dale Academy (4-1), Hooper (5-3)

GIRLS
CLASS 6A
1. Hoover (6-1)
2. Bob Jones (5-1)
3. Murphy (9-0)
4. Shades Valley (8-1)
5. Northridge (7-1)
6. Blount (7-3)
7. Austin (8-1)
8. Sparkman (4-1)
9. Davidson (6-4)
10. Jeff Davis (6-0)

Others nominated: Fairhope (7-1), Gadsden City (7-4), Mountain Brook (6-1)

CLASS 5A
1. Center Point (7-1)
2. Brewer (8-0)
3. Fairfield (10-4)
4. Faith Academy (7-0)
5. Arab (6-1)
6. St. Paul’s (6-1)
7. Hayden (10-0)
8. Lawrence County (5-2)
9. Columbia (6-3)
10. Russell County (7-1)

Others nominated: Briarwood Christian (4-1), Cullman (8-3), Selma (5-2)

CLASS 4A
1. Good Hope (10-1)
2. Oneonta (10-0)
3. Midfield (5-3)
4. Cherokee County (7-0)
5. Childersburg (4-0)
6. UMS-Wright (8-2)
7. Sumter Central (6-2)
8. Deshler (2-1)
9. DAR (8-3)
10. Dadeville (4-2)

Others nominated: Andalusia (7-2), Douglas (5-3), Straughn (8-0)

CLASS 3A
1. Clements (9-2)
2. Pisgah (9-0)
3. Madison Academy (3-1)
4. Geneva (7-2)
5. Lauderdale County (2-1)
6. Holly Pond (7-3)
7. Danville (5-5)
8. Greensboro (7-0)
9. Winfield (5-0)
10. Randolph (4-3)

Others nominated: Ashville (5-2), Carbon Hill (4-1), West Morgan (7-4)

CLASS 2A
1. Barbour County (5-1)
2. Section (7-1)
3. Woodland (2-0)
4. Lexington (4-3)
5. Tanner (0-0)
6. Cold Springs (5-4)
7. Fyffe (5-1)
8. Red Bay (4-0)
9. North Sand Mountain (5-2)
10. Hatton (3-2)

Others nominated: Altamont (6-2)

CLASS 1A
1. Holy Spirit (11-0)
2. McIntosh (4-0)
3. Brantley (5-0)
4. Woodville (8-1)
5. Collinsville (6-3)
6. Spring Garden (4-2)
7. J.F. Shields (2-2)
8. Akron (4-2)
9. Winterboro (4-2)
10. R.A. Hubbard (2-0)

Others nominated: Berry (2-1), Lynn (3-0)

AISA
1. Lee-Scott (10-1)
2. Autauga Academy (9-0)
3. Marengo Academy (5-0)
4. Lakeside (5-3)
5. Sparta Academy (5-1)
6. Southern Academy (4-1)
7. Fort Dale Academy (2-1)
8. Coosa Valley (4-2)
9. Wilcox Academy (0-1)
10. Patrician Academy (4-3)

Others nominated: Cornerstone Christian (3-3)