Georgia High School Football Daily Spotlight: Reclassification in Class AAAAA — Will Camden move to Region 1?
The Georgia High School Association will place schools in regions for the 2010-14 academic years on Dec. 2. Each day this week, the GHSF Daily staff is going to look at a different classification and tell you how we’d do the regions, starting with Class AAAAA.
These are not projections. We’d have more luck predicting the exact scores of every game this week than how the GHSA will divide up the regions. Our goal is simply to bring to light some of the questions and challenges that define the GHSA’s task next week.
Here’s how we’d do Class AAAAA:
1-AAAAA (6 teams)
Camden County (moved from 3-AAAAA)
Coffee
Colquitt County
Lowndes
Tift County
Valdosta (playing up)
Going down: Houston County, Northside, Warner Robins
Notes: Four current 1-AAAAA schools were assigned to Class AAAA because of declining enrollment. Schools may choose to play in higher classes than the ones they’ve been assigned. We expect Valdosta to play up while the Houston County schools (Warner Robins, Northside, Houston County) play in AAAA. Do we think the GHSA is going to put Camden County in this region? We’ll believe it when we see it. But here’s the logic: The average road trip for Camden County in the new Region 1-AAAAA would be 121 miles. The average trip in Region 3-AAAAA would be 107 miles. But in 1-AAAAA, there are only five opponents. Let’s do the math: Five road trips times 121 miles is 606. Seven road trips times 107 miles is 749. In other words, Camden will travel less in a six-team Region 1-AAAAA than an eight-team Region 3-AAAAA. We realize that Camden pays many Savannah schools to give up their home football games and come to Camden, but that’s irrelevant because the travel for the region overall is the same whether Savannah comes to Camden County or vice-versa. GHSF Daily asked Camden County football coach and athletics director Jeff Herron about his school moving to Region 1. His answer: “I still don’t see how we could with the consideration we must give to the other sports. It would force all of our other sports to play all of their games on the weekends [because of long travel on week days]. But, with that few of schools [in Region 1], the region schedule might be easier to pull off. I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.”
2-AAAAA (7)
Luella
M.L. King
Newton
Redan (playing up)
Shiloh (moved from 8-AAAAA)
South Gwinnett (moved from 8-AAAAA)
Stephenson (playing up)
Going down: Douglass, Greenbrier, Union Grove
Notes: Five of the eight current Region 2 schools have been dropped to AAAA, leaving Luella, M.L. King and Newton as the only legitimate AAAAA schools. We suspect Stephenson and Redan will play up and remain with M.L. King, their DeKalb County neighbor. We see Douglass, Greenbrier and Union Grove taking the plunge, although Union Grove might want to stay with fellow Henry County school Luella. Regardless, the big question is how to fill out this depleted region. There are two ways to do it: One is to merge what’s left of Region 2 with what’s left of Region 4, as both regions lost significant membership. That would form a catch-all southside metro Atlanta region that stretches 67 miles from Newnan to Covington. The alternative? Force some Gwinnett County schools to join. Those Gwinnett schools that border DeKalb (in order of the likelihood of joining Region 4) are South Gwinnett, Shiloh, Parkview, Meadowcreek and Norcross. It’s only 42 miles from Luella to South Gwinnett. Also don’t rule out Brookwood and Grayson, though neither borders DeKalb.
3-AAAAA (7)
Beach (playing up)
Bradwell Institute (playing up)
Groves (playing up)
Jenkins (playing up)
Johnson, Savannah (playing up)
Savannah (playing up)
Windsor Forest (playing up)
Moved: Camden County (to 1-AAAAA)
Notes: It’s expected that the seven Savannah-area schools will play up again, leaving this region intact except for the possible move of Camden County to Region 1. One source in Savannah told us that even Richmond Hill from Class AAA and Benedictine from AA are considering AAAAA. If that happens, the GHSA will have even more reason to put Camden County – which is isolated in the southeast corner of the state – in Region 1.
4-AAAAA (8)
Campbell (from 6-AAAAA)
East Coweta
Langston Hughes (new to AAAAA)
Marietta (from 5-AAAAA)
Newnan
Pebblebrook
South Cobb (from 5-AAAAA)
Westlake
Going down: Chapel Hill, Lovejoy, Morrow, Mundy’s Mill, Riverdale
Notes: Region 4 picked up Langston Hughes from South Fulton but lost four Clayton County schools, plus Chapel Hill, so it needs rebuilding. Unless this region merges with Region 2 (as discussed above), there’s no alternative but to draw from Cobb County schools. Note that Pebblebrook, a school in south Cobb, already competes in Region 2. South Cobb is the most eligible candidate. After that, we picked Marietta and Campbell, but McEachern and Hillgrove are suspects, too.
5-AAAAA (8)
Cherokee
Etowah
Harrison
Hillgrove (new to AAAAA)
Kennesaw Mountain
McEachern
North Cobb
Woodstock
Going down: East Paulding
Moved: Marietta, South Cobb (to 4-AAAAA)
Notes: Region 5 would love for the GHSA to let Hillgrove (promoted) replace East Paulding (demoted) and let that be that. But holes in regions 4 and 2 make this complicated. Southern Cobb County schools such as South Cobb, McEachern and Marietta are nervous that they will be moved to Region 4. Meanwhile, the Cherokee County schools (Cherokee, Etowah, Woodstock) might hope those Cobb schools remain in Region 5, freeing them up to play in a region with Forsyth County and North Fulton schools.
6-AAAAA (9)
Alpharetta
Centennial
Chattahoochee (playing up)
Lassiter
Milton
Northview
Roswell
Walton
Wheeler
Going down: Kell, Pope
Moved: Campbell (to 4-AAAAA)
Notes: Kell and Pope are now AAAA material, and they might be content to play in the smaller class because East Marietta neighbor Sprayberry already is there. But they also have strong rivalries with Walton and Lassiter in all sports and might choose to remain in AAAAA. Campbell, a Cobb school that’s the geographical odd ball in the current 6-AAAAA, could end up in Region 5 or even Region 4. Also pay attention to Chattahochee, a North Fulton team that was demoted to AAAA. The largest school not assigned to AAAAA, Chattahoochee has reason to play up and compete with most of the other North Fulton schools (Alpharetta, Centennial, Chattahoochee, Northview and Roswell).
7-AAAAA (9)
Collins Hill
Duluth
Mill Creek
Mountain View (new to AAAAA)
Norcross
North Forsyth
North Gwinnett
Peachtree Ridge
West Forsyth (new to AAAAA)
Going down: Chattahoochee, South Forsyth
Notes: This might be a simple trade of Chattahoochee and South Forsyth for Mountain View and West Forsyth. But if Region 8 loses a couple of southern Gwinnett teams, those most subject to moving from 7 to 8 are (in order) Norcross, Duluth, Peachtree Ridge, Collins Hill and Mountain View. Meanwhile, North Forsyth and West Forsyth would prefer to play with North Fulton and Cherokee schools, so there could be a shift in that direction. Current region member Chattahoochee was dropped to AAAA but could play up, but we’re putting the ‘Hooch in 6-AAAAA for now.
8-AAAAA (8)
Archer (playing up)
Berkmar
Brookwood
Central Gwinnett
Dacula
Grayson
Meadowcreek
Parkview
Moved: Shiloh, South Gwinnett (to 2-AAAAA)
Notes: Archer, which opened this year in Gwinnett County, is the second-largest school assigned to AAAAA and might opt to play in this Gwinnett-dominated region rather than AAAA. Gwinnett would love to have two regions of nine Gwinnett schools each. Lanier High will open as Gwinnett’s 18th school next year and would project to go in Region 7. But the trouble is the void in Region 2 with DeKalb and Newton county schools. See Region 2 notes for that explanation. South Gwinnett and Shiloh are anxious. Also keep an eye on Stephenson and Redan. If those DeKalb schools choose to leave AAAAA, then Region 8 could simply absorb M.L. King, Luella and Newton but at the expense of sending a few of its current members over to 7-AAAAA, setting off a domino effect that could open the door for a Forsyth-Cherokee-North Fulton region.
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273 comments Add your comment
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
3:28 pm
Paul Cook,
I understand…..
Facts
November 23rd, 2009
3:28 pm
Todd,
Do some research and look on ghsa.net and the list of teams playing up is being updated daily.
Once the forms has been filled out and turned it, there is no turning back. The form requires a signature from both the principal and the superintendent. If you are going after those two signatures, you are serious about playing up.
Benedictine is going AAAAA
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
3:31 pm
SWD Panther Paw
Those are private schools. However; I still fee the same way about it….
grayram
November 23rd, 2009
3:32 pm
Can schools also request to play in a lower class? Meadowcreek??
Paul Cook
November 23rd, 2009
3:35 pm
Benedictine’s enrollment is all boys so it is factored to get an equivalent enrollment. Benedictine competed with the Savannah schools for years and only changed regions a few years ago. They have had mediocre results at the lower level and have had to travel quite a bit more. the move back to AAAAA probably makes sense even if Camden stays in the region.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
3:36 pm
grayram,
According to GHSA a School can not play down in Classification. They can only play up in Classification.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
3:43 pm
Paul Cook,
I disagree. I don’t think that outside of Savannah, Benedictine will not stand a fighting chance to compete on the sports level if that was to occur.
Beautiful Monte
November 23rd, 2009
3:48 pm
Todd, here is something I don’t understand about the Savannah-area schools:
According to your projected regions, every school in 3-AAAAA will be “playing up”. If they want to keep all of the schools in the same region, why don’t they play in AAAA instead of AAAAA?
I realize that Camden County writes most of these schools a big check every year, but the check can’t be THAT big … can it?
SWD Panther Paw
November 23rd, 2009
3:49 pm
it’s official SportsFan31313…….. Bradwell has requested to play up. Just posted on the GHSA website
Paul Cook
November 23rd, 2009
3:58 pm
Benedictine dropped down to AAA in 2004 and then to AA and the best record they have had since then is 6-5. Not much will change if they go to AAAAA and play the Savannah schools. BC played in 2AA this year and I am sure that the travel cost was excessive.
Suwanee 0wnz
November 23rd, 2009
4:07 pm
GHSA will allow a different region alignment for football versus the other sports.
So ultimately, I believe it is up to Camden and the schools around them to decide what they want to do about it. It would be possible for Camden to play in 1AAAAA for football, but 3AAAAA for the other sports.
Despite his humrous harangue, it is not up to ENR. It is not even up to the Houston County schools who will not be playing in 1AAAAA and it certainly is not up to the AJC.
Move along folks. These are not the droids you are seeking. There is nothing to see here. Camden can determine for themselves, without our help, what is in their own best interest.
Personally, I would love to see a short region schedule in South GA so that a few of those schools can cross the border and go kick the rears of some of those over-rated Floriduh schools. Unless some real teams go beat them, those Floriduh schools will continue to be over-rated in national polls.
Alabama is willing to let their best compete with strong Georgia teams. I guess Floriduh suspects how that would work out for them.
Bryan
November 23rd, 2009
4:11 pm
Sportsfan,
I think you’re trying to say that BC would be unsuccessful outside of the region (despite your double negative). This year, BC couldn’t make the playoffs in AA. They likely would have made the playoffs in AAAAA. A move up to AAAAA, makes BC more competitive in every sport within their region, except for basketball. It’s really a no brainer: move up to AAAAA and they travel less, play traditional rivals, get more SAV press, and have a better record in every sport. BC has made the occasional run in the football playoffs and wins a state championship in AAAAA every now and again in some sport.
Ultimately, the more important point to focus on is that the SAV public school system is so inept, that they play in AAAAA even thought they don’t have a SINGLE SCHOOl that is classified by enrollment for AAAAA and only one school classified for AAAA.
Brian
November 23rd, 2009
4:20 pm
Todd:
You have completely forgotten about the Effingham Schools one of which (ECHS) is very close to AAAAA enrollment, both will probably play up.
Paul Cook
November 23rd, 2009
4:25 pm
This is a question to Todd or to anyone who knows better than I how GHSA
operates. If all 6 Savannah schools elected to play at AAAA that would mean that region 3AAAAA would disappear and there would only be 7 AAAAA regions. According to the tentative reclassification list onl 52 schools were listed as natural AAAAA so the GHSA must be counting on certain schools to play up. What would happen if Savannah chose not to go along with that?
DaveDawg96
November 23rd, 2009
4:28 pm
I present the logical, EVERYBODY WINS solution to AAAAA reclassification:
1AAAAA (7)
Coffee
Colquitt County
Lowndes
Tift County
Valdosta
*Hardaway
*Northside, Columbus
2AAAAA (9)
Luella
M.L. King
Newton
Redan
Stephenson
East Coweta
Langston Hughes
Newnan
Westlake
3AAAAA (9)
Beach
Bradwell Institute
Groves
Jenkins
Johnson, Savannah
Savannah
Windsor Forest
Benedictine
Camden County
4AAAAA (8)
Pebblebrook
South Cobb
Harrison
Hillgrove
Kennesaw Mountain
McEachern
North Cobb
Campbell or Marietta
5AAAAA (8)
Cherokee
Etowah
Woodstock
Lassiter
Walton
Wheeler
**Pope
Campbell or Marietta
6AAAAA (8)
Alpharetta
Centennial
Chattahoochee
Milton
Northview
Roswell
North Forsyth
West Forsyth
7AAAAA (8)
Collins Hill
Duluth
Mill Creek
Mountain View
Norcross
North Gwinnett
Peachtree Ridge
***Lanier
8AAAAA (8)
Berkmar
Brookwood
Central Gwinnett
Dacula
Grayson
Meadowcreek
Parkview
Shiloh
South Gwinnett
Notes:
* Hardaway and *Northside, Columbus are overlooked in the GHSF Daily predictions.
** Pope is located right in between Lassiter and Walton and will play up. Kell will not.
*** Lanier opens in 2011.
WF Doug
November 23rd, 2009
4:29 pm
Me too Todd, but this is the Chatham County school board we are talking about. They do very little that makes sense.
The best solution for Chatham County is to play in AAAA and add BC back into the mix as school #8. You would eliminate ALL out of town travel for the entire region. If that is the main criteria for their classification decisions, this would be a no-brainer.
WF Doug
November 23rd, 2009
4:32 pm
DaveDawg, in your realignment, 3AAAAA is a loser except for Camden County. None of those schools can compete with a school twice or more its size.
DaveDawg96
November 23rd, 2009
4:32 pm
I present the logical, EVERYBODY WINS solution to AAAAA reclassification:
1AAAAA (7)
Coffee
Colquitt County
Lowndes
Tift County
Valdosta
*Hardaway
*Northside, Columbus
2AAAAA (9)
Luella
M.L. King
Newton
Redan
Stephenson
East Coweta
Langston Hughes
Newnan
Westlake
3AAAAA (9)
Beach
Bradwell Institute
Groves
Jenkins
Johnson, Savannah
Savannah
Windsor Forest
Benedictine
Camden County
4AAAAA (8)
Pebblebrook
South Cobb
Harrison
Hillgrove
Kennesaw Mountain
McEachern
North Cobb
Campbell or Marietta
5AAAAA (8)
Cherokee
Etowah
Woodstock
Lassiter
Walton
Wheeler
**Pope
Campbell or Marietta
6AAAAA (8)
Alpharetta
Centennial
Chattahoochee
Milton
Northview
Roswell
North Forsyth
West Forsyth
7AAAAA (8)
Collins Hill
Duluth
Mill Creek
Mountain View
Norcross
North Gwinnett
Peachtree Ridge
***Lanier
8AAAAA (9)
Berkmar
Brookwood
Central Gwinnett
Dacula
Grayson
Meadowcreek
Parkview
Shiloh
South Gwinnett
Notes:
* Hardaway and *Northside, Columbus are overlooked in Todd’s predictions.
** Pope is located right in between Lassiter and Walton and will play up. Kell will not.
*** Lanier opens in 2011.
grayram
November 23rd, 2009
4:35 pm
DaveDawg96
what about Archer?
NHS
November 23rd, 2009
4:37 pm
We could just redraw the state line slightly and put Camden in Florida or Camden could just build 3 more high schools and play against each other in their own region or if Georgia Southern would just hire Herron, Camden will sink into the ocean.
DaveDawg96
November 23rd, 2009
4:44 pm
Sorry for the Archer oversight. I think they’d go to 8AAAAA, but this tips the balance and pushes a school (the most northwestern of the bunch) over to 7AAAAA.
NHS
November 23rd, 2009
4:45 pm
Just like the government, they build a submmarine base in a remote corner of Georgia and it causes unexpected problems, for football no less.
StateBird
November 23rd, 2009
4:47 pm
Todd,
What is the natural class for the new Johns Creek High School in North Fulton that will start competing in football next year? That could also influence which direction Chattahochee takes given that they are only 2 miles apart.
RE: Marist – the money doesn’t go to attract recruits but it does go to attract superior coaching.
spwhite
November 23rd, 2009
4:50 pm
As a Camden fan, I can tell you that the most exciting games and the games that had the biggest crowds were the games that Camden had scheduled against First Coast, Hoover, Newton, and Lowndes. And also the biggest crowds we take on the road are to the Dome, Hoover, playoffs. Why, because when Camden plays quality teams, everyone shows up. Not many will drive 100+ miles when we know there is going to be a 50 point spread.
All that being said its just a tough sitiuation for all involved. Is it fair to the students at the Savannah schools to get beat so badly in football? Or do they get their revenge in the other sports? We all hear how unfair it is for Camden in football, but how about the other sports? Is Camden dominating those as well. You would think from reading these posts that due to Camden’s huge inrollment that they should just dominate all sports, but we know that is just not the case.
By the way, Camden had a student regonized befor the game for scoring a perfect 2400 on the SAT. Yall reckon it was because we are in such a weak region?? LOL
Todd Holcomb
November 23rd, 2009
4:52 pm
“Do some research and look on ghsa.net and the list of teams playing up is being updated daily. … Benedictine is going AAAAA”"
You misunderstood the context of my post. I understand that Benedictine has applied for AAAAA (as I posted at 2:23). I was simply making the point that if Benedictine has thrown its hat in the AAAAA ring that the public schools in Savannah are sure to follow.
DaveDawg96: Be aware the the Columbus schools have been reassigned to AAAA.
Other answers … Georgia must have 8 classifications. If the Savannah schools don’t play up, then Camden would go in 1-AAAAA and you’d have seven metro Atlanta regions.
I can’t find the post now, but somebody asked why the Savannah schools don’t just play AAAA. That’s been answered above. See another of my posts.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
4:54 pm
SWD Panther Paw,
Well I knew that was going to happen.
Todd Holcomb
November 23rd, 2009
4:55 pm
Bradwell Institute now has applied for AAAAA, so it’s pretty clear where this is headed.
grayram
November 23rd, 2009
4:55 pm
spwhite
Did you go to the Camden playoff game against Grayson 2 years ago?
How many Grayson fans do you think made the trip?
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
4:58 pm
Bryan,
No, what I said was that Benedictine could not compete on this Class AAAAA Sports Level. Despite your negativity.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
5:01 pm
Brain,
You are wrong again. Effingham County student enrollment does come close to a true Class AAAAA Classification.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
5:05 pm
Todd Holcomb,
Well I guess that everything will remain the same in Region 3-AAAAA.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
5:07 pm
Brian,
I made a typo. I was saying that you were wrong again. Effingham County student enrollment does not come close to being a True Class AAAAA School
Paul Cook
November 23rd, 2009
5:10 pm
Todd, maybe 7 metro AAAAA regions is the future anyway. South Georgia isn’t growing like the metro area and due to land and construction costs it seems that Atlanta metro leans toward building large schools on large plots of land. If this doesn’t happen during this reclassification cycle it will certainly take place during the next one.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
5:11 pm
Schools Opting to “Play Up” (Updated 11/23/09 3:30pm)
To AAAAA
Benedictine (from AA)
Bradwell Institute (from AAAA)
To AAAA
North Clayton High School (from AAA)
To AAA
Dougherty High School (From AA)
Harlem High School (from AA)
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
5:18 pm
Savannah’s Benedictine Academy: From Class AA of 630 Students To play up in Class AAAAA of at least 1900 student enrollment.
Bradwell Institute: From Class AAAA of 1847.5 Students To play up in Class AAAAA of at least 1900 student enrollment.
spwhite
November 23rd, 2009
5:36 pm
grayram – It was pretty packed if I remember correctly. If I were to guess, somewhere between 2 and 3 thousand. There were quite a few Camden supporters sitting on that side to so it is hard to say. I have to admit Lowndes really brought a crowd with them. Very vocal and a bunch of them to. A lot of maroon on that side last fri night. Probably by far the most I can remember.
DaveDawg96
November 23rd, 2009
5:38 pm
Sorry for the old info on the Columbus schools.
Still, I say keep 1AAAAA at five teams and keep Camden and Bradwell in 3AAAA. 107 miles up I-95 is a lot faster than 121 miles across the back roads of south Georgia.
SportsFan31313
November 23rd, 2009
5:47 pm
DaveDawg96,
Do you mean region 3-AAAA or region 3-AAAAA?
Bryan
November 23rd, 2009
6:15 pm
Sportsfan –
I guess I’m going to have to ask you to explain what you mean by “Benedictine could not compete on this Class AAAAA Sports Level”. Are you saying that they can’t compete outside of their region? Like I said before, the ONLY negative to Benedictine Military School’s move to AAAAA is that once they reach the playoffs, they face schools that have substantially larger enrollments. They’ll trade established rivals, better overall region competitiveness, local press and less travel even if it means facing the goliaths in the playoffs. BC is still the last region team to beat Camden…
Beautiful Monte
November 23rd, 2009
6:52 pm
A point needs to be clarified:
The GHSA allows separate regions for football and other sports, but only in Class A. This is because there are a lot of small schools that do not field football teams.
Beautiful Monte
November 23rd, 2009
6:53 pm
To further clarify my previous post:
In Class A, there is one set of regions for football, and another set for regions for all other sports.
This is because a lot of small schools don’t have football programs.
city slicker
November 23rd, 2009
6:54 pm
THIS TO TODD HOLCOMB IT WOULD MAKE SINCE 4 SWD TO JOIN STEPHENSON AND MLK IN 5A THOSE ARE DEKALBS BIGEST RIVALS AND WOULD DRAW ALOT OF PEOPLE TO THE GAMES SWD HAS 1800 STUDENT STPHENSON HAS ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT REDAN SHOULD BE IN 4A WITH LITHONIA AND MILLER GROVE WHICH ARE MORE LIKE THERE RIVALS AND WESTLAKE SHOULD B IN THE REGION WITH STEPHENSON INSTEAD OF NEWNAN MAKES SINCE DEMOGRAPHIC WISE ALONG WITH LOVEJOY
DaveDawg96
November 23rd, 2009
7:05 pm
Yep, 3AAAAA.
city slicker
November 23rd, 2009
7:11 pm
TO TOOD IF THE REGIONS ARE NUMBERED SOUTH TO NORTH 1 BEING SOUTH AND 8 BEING NORTH HOW IS THE STHEPHENSON RGION CALLED REGION 2 WHEN THE NEWN AND THE CAMDEN COUTY REGIONS ARE MORE SOUTHERN THEN STEPHENSON AND ITS REGION COUNTERPARTS JUST WONDERING THATS ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION OF MIND
Guwinster
November 23rd, 2009
7:15 pm
This past year, Benedictine beat Windsor 7-6 and Savannah 31-6. So they will be competing for a football playoff spot year in and year out in 3AAAAA. Going by those stats, any one of the top 5 2AA teams (Charlton, Appling, McIntosh, Tattnall, Brantley and Benedictine) would have made the playoff in 3AAAAA this past year. 3AAAAA is way easier in football than 2AA. It probably won’t be any easier in all the other sports, but Benedictine will still compete at the top of the region in soccer, cross country, wrestling and baseball.
Todd Holcomb
November 23rd, 2009
7:39 pm
City Slicker: When the GHSA first went to 8 classes, the bottom four were middle/south Georgia, while the top four were North Georgia. Regions 2 and 4 (mainly Columbus, Augusta, Macon) are gone, so their spots were taken by metro Atlanta teams. Region 3 historically was Savannah, and it’s stayed that way. The GHSA doesn’t order them 1-8. That’s just the way it started. It’s evolved.
I’m sure SWD would like to be in Stephenson’s region, but SWD also wants to play in a class that gives it the best chance to win. That’s AAAA.
Beautiful Monte: Having different regions for football and the other sports proved to be a headache for the GHSA and the regions. That won’t happen for the next cycle.
”Still, I say keep 1AAAAA at five teams and keep Camden and Bradwell in 3AAAA. 107 miles up I-95 is a lot faster than 121 miles across the back roads of south Georgia.”
And that’s reasonable. But again, schools would be making the 121-mile trip a lot more than the 107-mile trip.
DaveDawg96
November 23rd, 2009
8:15 pm
Touché. Good point as well about the number of trips. In the end, the numbers game may dictate Camden to 1AAAAA.
For the first time in recent memory, the AAAAA breakdown has the potential to make a lot of sense in the metro area. I’m excited about the propect of a 2AAAAA south metro, 4AAAAA Cobb, 5AAAAA Cobb & Cherokee, 6AAAAA N. Fulton & Forsyth, 7AAAAA Gwinnett and 8AAAAA Gwinnett.
city slicker
November 23rd, 2009
8:16 pm
TO TOOD I THINK THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR 5 A SHOULD BE IF A SCHOOL HAS 1800 STUDENTS OR MORE AND IF IT HAS LESS THEN 2000 STUDENTS AND IT IS ISOLATED FROM IT NEIBHORS AND THEIR NEIBHORS ARE IN 4A THEN IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY DOWN IN 4A. IF A SCHOOL HAS IN BETWEEN 1400 AND 1800 STUDENTS IT SHOULD QUALIFY FOR 4A BUT IF IT IS ISOLATED AND HAS MORE THEN 1700 THEY SHOULD B ABLE TO PLAY IN 5A IF IT WAS ISOLATED IN HAD NEIBHORS IN 5A BUT IT HAD 1500 OR LESS AND HAD NEIBHORS IN 3A IT CAN PLAY DOWN IN 3A. IF A SCHOOL HAS IN BETWEEN 1000 AND 1400 STUDENTS IT SHOULD QUALIFY FOR 3A AND IF IT IS ISOLATED AND HAS NEIBHORS IN 4A AND HAS 1300 OR STUDENTS IT CAN PLAY UP IN 4A.2A SHOULD BE SCHOOLS WITH BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 STUDENTS. 1A SHOULB SCHOOOLS WITH LESS THAN 500 STUDENTS. TO ME A SCHOOL MAY BE ISOLATED DEMOGRAPHICALLY NOT ONLY GEOGRAPHICALLY. THE GHSA WONT ALOW SCHOOLS TOPLAY SDOWN I THINK A SCHOOL SHOULD BE ALOWED TO PLAY DOWN IF ITS ENROLL MENT IS ON THE BORDERLINE WATS THE DIFERENCE BETWEEN 1500 OAND 1100 0R 1700 OR 2000 NOT THAT MUCH BUT IT WILL BE A DIFERENCE IN THE TWIO SMALL SCHOOL CLASSES THATS Y I SAY DONT PLAY DOWN IN 2A AND 1A TOOD WAT U THINK I WILL PUT UP A LIST OF A 54 REGION LATER WIT MY PROJECTIONS IF IT WAS THIS WAY
Quinn of the Ridge
November 23rd, 2009
8:17 pm
To all those who criticize the AJC writers for bias towards Atlanta area teams. Duh it will be biased. Atlantans don’t complain to the newspapers in Warner Robins, Valdosta, or Moultrie if they show bias towards their teams and other south Georgia teams. If you don’t like bias, don’t read polls or columns and certainly don’t watch the news.
city slicker
November 23rd, 2009
8:22 pm
SWD VS STEPHENSON SWD VS MLK MLK VS STEPHENSO THATS WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 60000 FANS AT HALLFORD AT 20000 A GAME AND SWD COULD COMPETE IN 5A I THINK