1/18/2018 basketball Edit

VHSL Hoops Top Tens - Through 1/15/18 Games

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All the teams in the #1 spot across the six divisions stay the same with the exception of Class 5, where by virtue of L.C. Bird's 19-point loss to Lake Taylor in the 10th Annual VirginiaPreps.com Classic at Henrico High in Richmond, the Maury Commodores assume the top perch.

Six teams drop out of the rankings and there are six new squads among the 60 ranked. Check out the latest edition with the records entering games on Tuesday, January 16th. Also, you can click on team previews of those hyperlinked for schools that were ranked in our Top Ten to begin the 2017-18 campaign to read more on those schools...

Kendall Bynum and the Bruins are halfway through their 2017-18 regular season unblemished (Matthew Hatfield)

Class 6 Hoops Top Ten

Rank	Last Week	School	Record (thru 1/15)
1	1	Western Branch	11-0
2	2	Oscar Smith	8-1
3	3	Battlefield	12-3
4	9	George Marshall	11-2
5	4	South County	11-3
6	7	South Lakes	10-4
7	NR	Woodside	8-3
8	5	Kellam	7-2
9	8	Patriot	9-5
10	NR	Franklin County	10-4

Dropped Out: #6 W.T. Woodson (8-7)

Chase Coleman steers the ship at the point guard spot for a Maury team averaging 73.5PPG (Matthew Hatfield, VirginiaPreps.com)

Class 5 Hoops Top Ten

Rank	Last Week	School	Record (thru 1/15)
1	2	Maury	11-1
2	1	L.C. Bird	6-1
3	4	Albemarle	14-0
4	3	Varina	11-2
5	5	Green Run	10-3
6	6	Hampton	8-2
7	7	Edison	11-3
8	8	Wakefield	10-4
9	10	North Stafford	10-2
10	NR	Stafford	12-1

Dropped Out: #9 Highland Springs (5-4)

Jalen Williams recently set the school-record for most 3's made at Loudoun Valley (Bob Lanum (BobLimages.com))

Class 4 Hoops Top Ten

Rank	Last Week	School	Record (thru 1/15)
1	1	Loudoun Valley	11-1
2	2	Lake Taylor	12-0
3	3	Handley	13-2
4	4	Grafton	10-1
5	6	E.C. Glass	10-3
6	8	Lafayette	10-0
7	10	Caroline	11-1
8	5	Louisa	9-2
9	9	GW-Danville	12-3
10	7	Monacan	7-3

Kasey Draper is one of the returnees for undefeated Northside who has raised his level of play (Bob Lanum (BobLimages.com))

Class 3 Hoops Top Ten

Rank	Last Week	School	Record (thru 1/15)
1	1	Northside	15-0
2	2	Phoebus	9-2
3	3	John Marshall	9-5
4	5	George Wythe-Richmond	9-2
5	9	Heritage-Lynchburg	9-5
6	7	James Monroe	10-3
7	4	Hopewell	8-3
8	6	Spotswood	11-3
9	10	Armstrong	6-4
10	NR	Western Albemarle	10-4

Dropped Out: #8 Park View-South Hill (10-1)

The lone loss for Zac Ervin and the Blue came out of-state in the Arby's Classic in Tennessee (Bob Lanum)

Class 2 Hoops Top Ten

Rank	Last Week	School	Record (thru 1/15)
1	1	Gate City	12-1
2	2	Radford	13-0
3	3	Robert E. Lee-Staunton	10-1
4	4	Graham	9-1
5	5	Dan River	10-2
6	6	Goochland	9-1
7	8	Central-Woodstock	12-1
8	9	Grayson County	12-1
9	10	Martinsville	9-4
10	NR	Wilson Memorial	11-4

Dropped Out: #7 Richlands (8-2)

Jake Martin is averaging a whopping 25.2 points per game for the Maroons (Bob Lanum (BobLimages.com))

Class 1 Hoops Top Ten

Rank	Last Week	School	Record (thru 1/15)
1	1	Eastside	10-3
2	2	George Wythe-Wytheville	10-2
3	3	Lancaster	6-3
4	4	Covington	10-2
5	5	Northumberland	7-1
6	6	Honaker	10-2
7	8	Surry	8-3
8	NR	J.I. Burton	10-5
9	NR	Chilhowie	7-5
10	10	Cumberland	9-3

Dropped Out: #7 Rappahannock (7-3) and #9 Colonial Beach (7-4)

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