Trojans drop, Patriots stay put in polls

Published 6:00 am Thursday, April 9, 2009

Another doubleheader weekend loss to non-area foes dropped the Charles Henderson Trojans down the Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 5A rankings, as released today.

The Trojans (19-9) dropped from No. 4 to No. 8.

The Pike Liberal Arts Patriots (12-2) only played one game since the last poll and remained at No. 3 in the AISA poll.

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Charles Henderson went 2-2 with two wins over area foe Carroll, but had losses to then 4A No. 5 Bibb County and then 6A No. 1 Pelham last Saturday in Troy.

Two of the teams that passed CHHS in the polls beat the Trojans and the other two went undefeated since the last poll.

No. 4 Southside-Gadsden went 5-0, No. 7 Beauregard went 5-0 and No. 5 Briarwood Christian and No. 6 Pleasant Grove each beat CHHS earlier this year.

The Pike Patriots destroyed No. 6 Fort Dale 12-1 Tuesday in their only game in the last week. There were only minor changes in the order of the AISA, but the teams in the Top-10 remained the same.

The following are the rankings for Class 5A and the AISA:

Class 5A

1. Cullman (24-11)

2. Hartselle (34-7)

3. St. Paul’s (21-3)

4. S-Gadsden (19-5)

5. Briarwood (19-4)

6. Pleasant Gr. (26-8)

7. Beauregard (23-7)

8. CHHS (19-9)

9. McAdory (18-6)

10. Fort Payne (16-5)

AISA

1. Edgewood (21-4)

2. Glenwood (20-7)

3. PLAS (12-2)

4. Macon-East (14-6)

5. Lee-Scott (12-6)

6. Fort Dale (10-6)

7. Marengo (13-7)

8. Monroe (12-4)

9. Tuscaloosa (9-7)

10. S. Choctaw (11-3)