2022 Preseason Georgia Dugout Preview Magazine baseball poll

Posted 2/5/2022

Defending Class 1A Private state champ Mt. Paran Christian will begin the season at No.1 in the Class 1A Private poll.

 

The 2022 Georgia Dugout Preview Magazine preseason baseball poll. 

Class 7A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Parkview

(30-10)

1

2.

North Paulding

(30-10)

2

3.

Woodstock

(27-10)

4

4.

Lambert

(22-15)

---

5.

Denmark

(19-17)

6

6.

Cherokee

(22-12)

10

7.

South Forsyth

(22-14)

---

8.

East Coweta

(24-9)

---

9.

Brookwood

(21-13)

9

10.

Walton

(22-11)

---

Others considered: North Forsyth (17-13), Mountain View (15-18), Lowndes (26-13), West Forsyth (14-15), Norcross (18-12)

Class 6A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Buford

(32-2)

2

2.

Pope

(29-12)

5

3.

Allatoona

(32-7)

4

4.

Houston County

(33-7)

1

5.

South Effingham

(27-11)

7

6.

Richmond Hill

(17-16)

---

7.

River Ridge

(27-7)

---

8.

Carrollton

(30-5)

---

9.

Lassiter

(32-8)

3

10.

Valdosta

(21-13)

10

Others considered: Cambridge (22-10), Winder-Barrow (24-7), South Paulding (20-9), Glynn Academy (21-13), Westlake (22-10)

Class 5A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1. 

Loganville

(30-11)

2

2.

Saint Pius X

(24-12)

4

3.

Greenbrier

(27-7)

3

4.

Blessed Trinity

(25-10)

---

5.

North Springs

(25-10)

10

6.

Wayne County

(28-8)

6

7.

Ware County

(22-13)

5

8.

Cartersville

(27-10)

7

9.

Decatur

(28-6)

9

10.

Northside-Columbus

(21-13)

---

Others considered: Coffee (18-16), Locust Grove (19-14), McIntosh (17-15), Starr's Mill (31-11), Calhoun (21-9)

Class 4A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Marist

(33-8)

1

2.

North Oconee

(31-6)

3

3.

Cedartown

(23-11)

7

4.

Troup County

(29-5)

6

5.

NW Whitfield

(21-12)

---

6.

Perry

(22-9)

---

7.

Flowery Branch

(24-9)

8

8.

Jefferson

(23-10)

9

9.

Heritage-Catoosa

(26-9)

10

10.

Thomas Co. Central

(23-13)

---

Others considered: Benedictine (33-6), LaGrange (21-12), West Laurens (25-7), Mays (10-14), Columbus (19-14)

Class 3A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

North Hall

(33-6)

1

2.

Franklin County

(36-5)

2

3.

Oconee County

(19-11)

---

4.

Pierce County

(26-7)

5

5.

Cherokee Bluff

(25-12)

6

6.

Greater Atlanta Christian

(24-10)

10

7.

Appling County

(17-15)

4

8.

Sandy Creek

(20-13)

---

9.

Pike County

(18-13)

---

10.

Mary Persons

(27-8)

---

Others considered: Harlem (28-8), Ringgold (29-8), Redan (15-10), Long County (17-14), White County (20-11)

Class 2A

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Pace Academy

(21-8)

9

2.

Vidalia

(29-6)

3

3.

Jeff Davis

(28-14)

1

4.

Lovett

(22-14)

2

5.

Thomasville

(23-12)

7

6.

Callaway

(24-14)

5

7. Bleckley County

(24-8)

6

8.

Elbert County

(27-9)

10

9.

Pepperell

(23-12)

---

10.

Bremen

(28-9)

4

Others considered: Haralson County (15-15), Coosa (19-12), Model (24-8), Worth County (18-8), Westside-Augusta (20-10)

Class 1A Public

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Metter

(29-9)

1

2.

Gordon Lee

(36-5)

2

3.

Charlton County

(30-8)

3

4.

Irwin County

(27-5)

10

5.

Wilcox County

(24-5)

5

6.

Ace Charter

(33-6)

4

7.

Claxton

(22-7)

8

8.

Schley County

(20-10)

6

9.

Crawford County

(21-8)

---

10.

Johnson County

(24-7)

10

Others considered: Clinch County (14-14), ECI (13-12), Washington-Wilkes (25-9), Lanier County (15-15), Bowdon (16-16)

Class 1A Private

Rank

Team

Record

Previous

1.

Mount Paran Christian

(29-4)

1

2.

Wesleyan

(32-6)

2

3.

Tattnall Square

(24-5)

3

4.

Fellowship Christian

(25-8)

4

5.

Hebron Christian

(23-10)

9

6.

Athens Christian

(25-11)

5

7.

Calvary Day

(21-14)

7

8.

Savannah Christian

(28-8)

6

9.

Saint Anne-Pacelli

(17-18)

---

10.

Kings Ridge Christian

(20-9)

10

Others considered: Brookstone (21-10), First Presbyterian Day (20-10), Prince Avenue Christian (24-10), North Cobb Christian (11-15), Whitefield Academy (13-16)