GHSA sets 2010-11 region alignments, considers returning to two-year reclassification schedule
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The Georgia High School Association announced its new regions Wednesday, but the bigger news was a proposal to adjust the process again. The GHSA had announced new classifications in November.
Under the new plan, the state’s 445 member schools will remain in the same classification and region for the next four years, beginning in September.
The four-year cycle for this reclassification was approved last year. However, the reclassification committee has requested a return to the former long-time method of a two-year cycle. “Change is happening too quickly in education these days, and it is probably not in our best interests to go to a four-year cycle,” said Dr. Ralph Swearngin, the GHSA’s executive director.
“When we came up with the four-year idea a few years ago, we never could foresee all these changes in terms of growth, adding new schools, and people re-districting.”
That proposal, along with the final region assignments, will be voted upon by the GHSA’s executive committee Jan. 12. The reclassification committee will meet again Dec. 16 to hear any appeals about new region placements.
‘Catch-all’ Region 2-AAAAA should be strong
Here are the observations of the GHSF Daily’s Chip Saye and Todd Holcomb on the Dec. 2, 2009, regional realignment announcements for the 2010-11 academic year. They, and we at the AJC, also welcome your opinions.
Chip Saye’s observations:
*The increasing number of large schools in the metro Atlanta area continues to be a problem in Class AAAAA. The new Region 1-AAAAA in south Georgia will have only five schools, while every other region will have at least seven. In the alignment in place for this school year, every region in AAAAA has from eight to 10 schools.
*Region 2 appears to be the catch-all region in Class AAAAA. It includes two schools from DeKalb County (M.L. King, Stephenson), two Coweta County teams (Newnan, East Coweta), two from south Fulton (Langston Hughes, Westlake), one from Henry County (Luella) and one from Newton County (Newton). No other region besides Region 1 includes teams from more than two counties.
*It’s probably safe to pencil Buford in as a playoff team from Region 6-AA Div. A next season. The other five teams in its subregion (Avondale, Clarkston, Cross Keys, Decatur and GAC) had a combined record this season of 14-37. Six of the victories belonged to Avondale, and another was a forfeit to Cross Keys.
*Although about half of its schools do not play football, Region 7-A stands out as unusually large with its 25 members. The region is made up of private schools from north Fulton County to Macon. It should make for one heck of a basketball region tournament, though.
*Region 5-A will be loaded for football. Five of the eight schools that played a region schedule this season – Lincoln County, Warren County, Washington-Wilkes, Twiggs County and Wilkinson County – made the playoffs. There’s also Johnson County, which went 8-1 before losing in the Region 3-A playoff.
Todd Holcomb’s observations:
*Coffee and Tift County were 3-7 this season. One of them would’ve made the playoffs in the new Region 1-AAAAA, which has only five teams. But each of the five schools has made the quarterfinals this decade, and four have made the semifinals.
*Newnan, Stephenson and M.L. King have won weak regions this decade. That won’t be the case in the new and improved Region 2-AAAAA. This should be one of the top three or four football regions in Class AAAAA.
*None of the Regions 4-AAAAA teams won a playoff game this year, and only one qualified. In 6-AAAAA, Roswell is the only team that won a round in the playoffs or has any real name recognition around the state.
*The Houston County schools (Warner Robins, Houston County, Northside) were hoping to land in a region with Upson-Lee and Jones County. Instead, they’ll be traveling to Bainbridge and Thomas County Central on the Florida border. Warner Robins has never played Thomas County Central. Northside and Thomas Central have played once. This should be fun.
*Region 4-AA has three reigning region champions (Eastside, Jackson, Sandy Creek) that are a combined 8-1 in the playoffs. Eastside and Sandy Creek are in the semifinals, and Jackson lost to Eastside in the quarters.
Here are the new regional alignments set Wednesday by the Georgia High School Association.
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Class AAAAA
Region 1
Coffee
Colquitt County
Lowndes
Tift County
Valdosta
Region 2
East Coweta
Langston Hughes
Luella
ML King
Newnan
Newton
Stephenson
Westlake
Region 3
Div. A
Beach
Benedictine
Camden County
Groves
Savannah Arts Academy
Div B
Bradwell Institute
Jenkins
Johnson
Savannah
Windsor Forest
Region 4
Campbell
Harrison
Hillgrove
Kennesaw Mountain
McEachern
North Cobb
Pebblebrook
South Cobb
Region 5
Cherokee
Etowah
Lassiter
Marietta
Walton
Wheeler
Woodstock
Region 6
Alpharetta
Centennial
Milton
Roswell
North Forsyth
Northview
South Forsyth
Region 7
Berkmar
Collins Hill
Duluth
Mill Creek
Norcross
Meadowcreek
Mountain View
North Gwinnett
Peachtree Ridge
Region 8
Archer
Brookwood
Central Gwinnett
Dacula
Grayson
Parkview
Shiloh
South Gwinnett
CLASS AAAA
Region 1
Bainbridge
Hardaway
Harris County
Houston County
Lee County
Northside, Col.
Northside, W.R.
Thomas Co. Central
Warner Robins
Region 2
Div. A
Brunswick
Glynn Academy
Liberty County
Richmond Hill
Ware County
Wayne County
Div. B
Effingham County
Evans
Greenbrier
Lakeside, Evans
South Effingham
Statesboro
Region 3
Div. A
Alcovy
Dutchtown
Jones County
Union Grove
Ola
Woodland, Stockbridge
Div. B
Fayette County
Griffin
McIntosh
Northgate
Starr’s Mill
Upson-Lee
Whitewater
Region 4
Div. A
Jonesboro
Lovejoy
Morrow
Mount Zion
Mundy’s Mill
Div. B
Banneker
Creekside
Forest Park
North Clayton
Riverdale
Tri-Cities
Region 5
Div. A
Alexander
Chapel Hill
Douglas County
Lithia Springs
S. Paulding
Paulding County
Villa Rica
Div. B
East Paulding
Hiram
Kell
N. Paulding
Osborne
Pope
Sprayberry
Region 6
Div. A
Carver, Atl.
Chamblee
Dunwoody
Lakeside, Atlanta
Marist
Tucker
Div. B
Douglass
Lithonia
Mays
Miller Grove
Redan
Southwest Dekalb
Region 7
Div. A
Cass
NW Whitfield
Rome
Sequoyah
Woodland, Cartersville
Div. B
Chattahoochee
Creekview
Forsyth Central
Johns Creek
Lambert
S. Forsyth
Region 8
Div. A
Apalachee
Clarke Cen.
Flowery Branch
Habersham Cen
Madison Co.
Winder-Barrow
Div. B
Cedar Shoals
Heritage (Con.)
Loganville
Rockdale Co.
Salem
CLASS AAA
Region 1
Americus-Sumter
Cairo
Crisp County
Dougherty
Monroe, Albany
Westover
Worth County
Region 2
Div. A
Baldwin
Howard
Mary Persons
Peach County
Rutland
Div. B
Central, Macon
Perry
Veterans
West Laurens
Westside, Macon
Region 3
Subregion A
Burke County
Butler
Cross Creek
Glenn Hills
Hephzibah
Johnson, Augusta
Washington County
Subregion B
Davidson Fine Arts
Grovetown
Harlem
Josey
Richmond Academy
Thomson
Westside, Augusta
Region 4
Drew
Eagles Landing
Eastside
Henry County
Jackson
Locust Grove
Sandy Creek
Spalding
Stockbridge
Region 5
Div. A
Druid Hills
Grady
North Atlanta
North Springs
Riverwood
St. Pius X
Washington
Div. B
Arabia Mountain
Cedar Grove
Columbia
McNair
Stone Mountain
Towers
Woodward Academy
Region 6
Carrollton
Cedartown
Central Carrollton
Columbus
Haralson County
LaGrange
New Manchester
Shaw
Troup
Region 7
Div. A
Dalton
Heritage, Ringgold
LaFayette
Ridgeland
Ringgold
SE Whitfield
Div. B
Allatoona
Cartersville
Gilmer
Murray County
Pickens
Region 8
Subregion A
Chestatee
Franklin Co.
Lumpkin Co.
N. Hall
Stephens Co.
White Co.
Subregion B
Gainesville
Johnson, Gain.
Lanier
Monroe Area
Oconee Co.
Walnut Grove
West Hall
CLASS AA
Region 1
Albany
Berrien
Brooks County
Cook
Early County
Fitzgerald
Thomasville
Region 2
Appling County
Brantley County
Coastal
Jeff Davis
Long County
McIntosh Co. Ac.
Pierce County
St. Vincent’s Ac.
Tattnall County
Region 3
Subregion A
Bleckley County
Dodge County
Dublin
East Laurens
Vidalia
Subregion B
Jefferson County
Laney
Screven County
SE Bulloch
Swainsboro
Toombs County
Region 4
Crawford Co.
Greene Co.
Lamar Co.
Morgan Co.
Monticello
NE Macon
Pike County
Putnam Co.
SW Macon
Region 5
Callaway
Carver, Col.
Heard County
Jordan
Kendrick
Manchester
Spencer
Temple
Region 6
Subregion A
Avondale
Buford
Clarkston
Cross Keys
Decatur
G.A.C.
Subregion B
Blessed Trinity
Jackson, Atl.
Lovett
S. Atlanta
Therrell
Westminster
Region 7
Subregion A
Adairsville
Armuchee
Coosa
Model
Pepperell
River Ridge
Rockmart
Subregion B
Calhoun
Chattooga
Coahulla Creek
Dade County
Gordon Central
Lakeview, Ft. Oglethorpe
North Murray
Sonoraville
Region 8
Subregion A
Banks County
Dawson Co.
East Hall
Fannin Co.
Rabun Co.
Union Co.
Subregion B
East Jackson
Elbert Co.
Hart County
Jackson Co.
Jefferson
N. Oconee
Oglethorpe Co.
CLASS A
Region 1
Subregion A
Baconton Charter
Baker County
Miller County
Mitchell County
Pelham
Seminole County
Subregion B
Calhoun County
Quitman County
Randolph-Clay
Stewart County
Terrell County
Webster County
Region 2
Subregion A
Atkinson County
Charlton County
Clinch County
Echols County
Lanier County
Ware County Magnet
Subregion B
Bacon County
Irwin County
Telfair County
Turner County
Wilcox County
Region 3
Subregion A
Bryan County
Calvary Day
Claxton
Savannah Christian
Sav. Country Day
Subregion B
Emanuel Co. Inst.
Jenkins Co.
Metter
Montgomery Co.
Portal
Treutlen
Wheeler County
Region 4
Subregion A
Dooly Co.
Hawkinsville
Macon Co.
Schley Co.
Taylor Co.
Subregion B
Brookstone
Central, Talb.
Chatt. County
Greenville
Marion Co.
Pacelli
Region 5
Subregion A
Aquinas
Glascock County
Lincoln County
Taliaferro County
Warren County
Washington-Wilkes
Subregion B
Ga. Academy – Blind
Georgia Military
Hancock Central
Johnson County
Twiggs County
Wilkinson County
Region 6
Subregion A
Darlington
Excel Christian
Ga. School – Deaf
Gordon Lee
Morris Innovative
Trion
Subregion B
Bowdon
Bremen
Mt. Paran Christian
Mt. Zion
N. Cobb Christian
Walker
Region 7
Subregion A
Atlanta International
Dekalb Arts
Fellowship Christian
Galloway
Holy Innocents
King’s Ridge
Mt. Pisgah Christian
Pace Academy
Pinecrest Academy
Providence Christian
St. Francis
Wesleyan
Subregion B
Ben Franklin
Eagles Land. Christian
First Presbyterian
Greenforest Christian
Landmark Christian
Our Lady of Mercy
Paideia
SW Atlanta Christian
Strong Rock Christian
Tech Charter
W.D. Mohammed
Whitefield Academy
Yeshiva
Region 8
Subregion A
Commerce
Lakeview Ac.
Rabun Gap
Riverside Mil.
Tallulah Falls
Towns Co.
Woody Gap
Subregion B
Athens Ac.
Athens Chr.
George Walton
Hebron Chr.
Prince Avenue Christian
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272 comments Add your comment
plowboy
December 3rd, 2009
2:07 pm
you are not even close , you left off a lot for example Lowndes girls basketball , won three national champion titles and besides westminster doesn`t even count , they do not play anyone!
Voice of Reason
December 3rd, 2009
2:25 pm
DeeDee,
Spill the beans sister. Tell us what the unethical, conniving, dirty, money grabbing, Region 1 homers have done for you lately.
1-aa
December 3rd, 2009
2:31 pm
hello sports fans(debate teams)–THE GHSA HAS PUT TOGETHER THE REGIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. VERY GOOD JOB ON TAKING TRAVEL AS THE MAIN POINT FOR MOST SCCHOOLS. HOPEFULLY YOU(GHSA) WILL NOT GO BACK TO THE 2 YEAR SET. FOUR YEARS GIVE THE SCHOOLS THE TIME MAKE TO THE NEEDED CHANGES FOR THE LONG RUN. THIS 4 YEAR WILL GIVE THE STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR THE TERM OF THIER HIGH SCHOOL DAYS. WITH 4 YEARS THE GHSA MAY GET MORE NATIONAL RANK TEAMS.
THE REGION THAT’S NUMBER ONE(AA) WILL STILL BE THE SAME. THE ONLY CHANGE WOULD BE A MORE INTENSE GAME WHEN BASKETBALL SEASON ARRIVE FOR THE ONES IN CLASS A. IS THE REGION BASKETBALL POWERS TOGETHER AGAIN.
STICK WITH THE FOUR YEAR. THE STUDENTS WILL ENJOY THE GAMES AND STUFF THAT TIME WILL GIVE.
plowboy
December 3rd, 2009
2:31 pm
OTHER SPORTS in fact Region 1 has over 102 stae champions , but no we do not have any in CROSS COUNTRY you can have that sport.
Mike
December 3rd, 2009
3:08 pm
These AAAA schools should swap regions:
5AAAA to 7AAAA:
Kell
Osborne
Pope
Sprayberry
7AAAA to 5AAAA:
Cass
NW Whitfield
Rome
Woodland, Cartersville
This puts the Cobb schools with the Cherokee, N. Fulton, Forsyth schools, and places NW Georgia schools with other west Georgia schools (N. Paulding & Woodland are only 10 minutes apart).
DARRIN MUHAMMAD
December 3rd, 2009
3:23 pm
LOOKS LIKE UNION GROVE IS DODGING THE REAL COMPETITION,
TUCK YOUR TAILS!
Other Sports
December 3rd, 2009
3:37 pm
Plowboy: You need to inform the GHSA of your 102 state championship because that is what they have listed on their website from the year 1970 until now. Who did Lowndes beat for that national championship? The last sport that Lowndes won a state championship in beside football is 2000 baseball. Good response though, we don’t play anybody. I guess the other 80 something teams in our classification don’t count. By the way, that national championship girl’s basketball program has definitely fallen. When was the last time they advanced past the first or second round.
Hey, good talking to you buddy. Hopefully you all can add to that trophy case because the dusk is definitely collecting.
Bear_Backer (the UNBANNABLE!)
December 3rd, 2009
3:47 pm
DARRIN MUHAMMAD – have you lost your mind??? Are you saying that the Mighty Griffin Bears are not a team to be reckoned with regardless of what region they play in??? You ain’t from around here are ya?? Union Grove just entered the REGION OF DOOM!
plowboy
December 3rd, 2009
3:48 pm
oh yeah i added up all the state champs …oops
plowboy
December 3rd, 2009
3:50 pm
OTHER SPORTS you were not talking about just LOWNDES you were talking about our region!
plowboy
December 3rd, 2009
3:51 pm
we will give you all the PREPPY sports!
Other Sports
December 3rd, 2009
4:19 pm
Plowboy: Yes, I was talking about thee entire Region 1-AAAAA. No sure where you got the 102 from for the entire region from the year 1970 (which you chose). I listed the state championship from the GHSA website and it came to those I listed. From 1970 to now, in the now PREPPY sports, there is one boys basketball, two girls basketball and four SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW-Pitch softball titles and seven baseball titles. I think the word JOKE was too strong, but be honest in the scheme the entire AAAAA sports world, Region 1-AAAAA is not a major player in any sport, but football. Sorry if that offends you, but its just reality.
George mentioned Colquitt’s success in tennis last year, but the brackets are drawn where there is not north-south crossover until the semifinals, which automatically puts a team from Regions 1,2,3 or 4 in the final four. At that point, the teams from those regions usually don’t win a game or match.
Again, if this truth hurts, I apologize, but its reality.
yo
December 3rd, 2009
4:26 pm
Other Sports not a bit offended by the fact that 1AAAAA doesn’t domintate others sports like they do in football. That is true.
And usually those from schools who have very little to show for football have to find something else to hang their hat on. So we understand your inferiority complex, because in Ga. Football is the #1 thing. And 1AAAAA does the #1 thing better than any other in the state of Georgia and many (outside of 1AAAAA) have said the nation.
Some people are smart enough to know that when you do something good, keep doing it.
yo
December 3rd, 2009
4:33 pm
grayram…last year we played 3 non region games prior to the rest of the season being region games. It would be my guess that the first 3 are already planned, but that (as the article said) game 4-6 will be difficult to find. So most likely not booked. Other teams will likely be into their region schedules by the 4th game of the season both in state and out of state. Should be interesting to see how all 5 of these teams come up with an additional 15 games between them. To accomodate Region 1AAAAA should someone want to play us, other teams may have to play some region games earlier in the year and schedule their non region games in weeks 4-6. Then on he other hand if the teams we may have already booked for weeks 1-3 now have larger regions to play in then that could interupt those weeks scheduling also.
plowboy
December 3rd, 2009
4:35 pm
who do you play in football …private schools?
JamesR1991
December 3rd, 2009
5:05 pm
Why aren’t Fulton County schools in the same region? There is a clear effort to keep the north end and south end of Fulton County from competing with one another. Drop the Forsyth schools and add Westlake and Hughes or Creekside.
REGION 6 AAAAA
Alpharetta
Centennial
Milton
Roswell
N. Forsyth
Northview
W. Forsyth
BR
December 3rd, 2009
5:42 pm
Do you realize that you have S Forsyth in region 6AAAAA and 7AAAA?
Warrior44
December 3rd, 2009
5:45 pm
Who is Coastal in Region 2-AA?
EagleNationRising
December 3rd, 2009
5:45 pm
JamesR1991: I would assume that is for travel reasons. The traffic in Atlanta makes uniting the north and south Fulton teams a greater challenge than it may appear on paper. Imagine Tri-Cities traveling to Alpharetta with a boys’ basketball game starting at 7. That is a logicistical nightmare.
Bryan
December 3rd, 2009
6:59 pm
SAV Arts doesn’t have football or basketball.
Region 3-AAAAA won’t be subdivided for football. It only has 9 teams. That will leave room for 2 non-region matchups for Camden
Goldenglove002
December 3rd, 2009
7:50 pm
can someone tell me how things work in the regions with 2 subregions? People at Kell (now in region 5 AAAA) likly aren’t going to be very happy with the new classification, except for Coach Cook, who seemed to be the only one pushing for us not to remain in AAAAA. Oh well, seems like it could atleast be an interesting region. 5 AAAA div B has a 42-28 record last year, and is taking in 3 former AAAAA teams who can all beat Sprayberry, last years second place team for region 7 div B (which is the most similiar region). 5AAAA Div A looks pretty weak though, 28-42 last year.
Sure wish Kell was staying AAAAA. 5 AAAAA looks like it could be an interesting division (where Kell would have been).
Panther Pride
December 3rd, 2009
7:59 pm
region 6 4A,looks real good,in basketball,n football,but mainly basketball with SWD girls,n redan girls in same region,with mays and douglas high girls
Matt
December 3rd, 2009
9:03 pm
Of course the GHSA wants to go back to every 2 years doing reclassifications, when do they ever wanna do anything that requires work. Leaving teams in the same regions for 4 years would help develop more rivalries.
Panther4life
December 3rd, 2009
9:11 pm
Watch out for Therrell High in Atlanta they have some good p;ayers and they are moving down to AA Watch out for #17,20,5- 32
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
9:42 pm
Bryan sav arts says they are gonna start a football program
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
9:53 pm
JD my gpa spent 30+ years in the navy my dad seen 20 years in the army my brother jonathon has 4 years in the army and is in iraq my brother anthony is in the army 10 months on the 8th he goes to iraq my sister is in the air national guard my uncle is in the marines 25 years and im gonna join thje army
spwhite
December 3rd, 2009
10:28 pm
” Lowdnes McPherson says he will look into scheduling AAAAA schools from metro Atlanta and along the Atlantic coast” Well the only team on the coast of Ga. worth playing would be Camden. I would love to see a yearly matchup between these two power houses!!
Quinn of the Ridge
December 3rd, 2009
10:52 pm
Lowndes needs to schedule a Florida pandhandle team or two.
Bryan
December 3rd, 2009
11:39 pm
dokotah – Are you effin kidding me? That has to be a complete joke. They won’t put up a single point on even the worst SAV team. They would hardly be GISA worthy. Where did you hear this? I can’t stress how much of a complete and utter joke any team SAV arts fields would be. They would have to call the Camden v. SAV Arts game in the first quarter.
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:42 pm
camden faces a florida team every year them and charolton have faced florida teams the past two seasons
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:45 pm
that just what i herd i doubt it but there coach said that but the skool dont bak him what 600 people they have
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:46 pm
they would wanna play the freshman tho
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:48 pm
it would be hilarious
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:49 pm
they feshman would kill them
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:49 pm
:]
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:51 pm
go oregon beat oregon st
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:53 pm
damn it
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:56 pm
i love family guy
dakotah
December 3rd, 2009
11:58 pm
WHo thinks camden can win state again?
dakotah
December 4th, 2009
12:08 am
hahahahaha
dakotah
December 4th, 2009
12:14 am
amen
dakotah
December 4th, 2009
12:16 am
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dcollins
December 4th, 2009
12:18 am
dakotah stfu jeeze
cougar nation
December 4th, 2009
12:56 am
WOW nice job well sorta now camden will have 4 more easy years when will ya give then a real region!!!
dakotah
December 4th, 2009
1:00 am
oh shutup we we get it done in the posy season
stop all yall whinning
December 4th, 2009
1:12 am
georgia’s region 3 in its largest classification has essentially been the same for the last 25 plus years, the savannah schools playing up and any other schools along the I-95 coast including camden county. there was never any complaints about its makeup, for most of it, in truth other regions looked forward to realignments in hopes of being paired with the region in the first round (4 easy 1st rd wins ; }. even in 1999 when brunswick (14-1) made a run to the finals (lost to lowndes 17-0) there were no complaints, 2002 camden county (13-1) to the semi’s (lost to brookwood 24-23) there were still no complaints, why because any team even a poor region 3 team could get lucky right!! even in 2003 camden county (15-0) wins it all yet there were no complaints, no calls or outcries to place all the strongest southern programs in one single region. 2004 camden county (13-1) back in the semi’s (lost to eventual state champs lowndes 30-0) still no complaints because the football order had been restored, the fluky run of the poor little region 3 teams must be over right? wrong!!
only the real football people around the state realize that the state football landscape had changed for the foreseeable future(since 2002 6 semi’s, 2 state titles and counting…). finally someone (jeff herron just off a state championship at oconcee in 1999) had come into the region and changed the mindset of a school and a community that talent and fan support at games alone was not enough, you needed the facilities available at the other georgia power programs. now let’s fast forward to ‘07, ‘08 and ‘09 and everyone including you whiners (todd holcomb that includes you) rant and rave about how that poor region 3 team is not playing fair because it was not losing in the 1st or 2nd rounds per the script any longer ; (
and as for this new realignment now that region 1 (the sec of georgia high school football) will have only 5 teams (two legit programs,one playing up and living off past glories, valdosta, two programs that have seen better days tift & coffe, while losing two of the better programs in the state NHS & WR along with houston are moving down), that means lowndes and a rejuvenated colquitt now have a even shorter noncompetitive region schedule than camden county so let the real whining begin!!
THSAlum'00
December 4th, 2009
2:38 am
Wel,l Region 1-AAAAA could have 6 teams if TCCHS decides to go up a class. That would be fun to watch. I wish NSWR could have stayed though.
B-Nasty
December 4th, 2009
3:44 am
I don’t like it that Union Grove got put in the weakest region in AAAA..Despite the fact that they will win the region every year, it’s an embarrassment to, what has been a good AAAAA program, to drop down and play garbage teams from south metro Atlanta..Region 6 would be a much better placement..I would say Region 1 but the travel would be impossible for our broke little program..bottom line, Union Grove needs to be in AAAA for now but not in that region
Secondly, Northside Warner Robins needs to be reconsidered for AAAAA..That program needs more quality competition than that.
Lastly, and ill get off my spill here, Newton and Luella, say your prayers.
I’ll throw this out there for all you friday night fans. How do you think Camden would hold up in Region 1 AAAAA?
mistermak
December 4th, 2009
4:01 am
someone on here was talking about how this was going to affect cheerleeding. I remember the good ole days when cheerleeding was just that and not a ’sport’!!
SWD Panther Paw
December 4th, 2009
9:43 am
You can make all the travel excuses you want but leaving Camden in 3AAAAA is just plain wrong……besides they pay those Savannah schools to give up their homes games so they really only have a couple of away games each. But then the excuse becomes it’s not just about football but the other sports. What makes Camden so much more special than Bainbridge and TCC who’ll have to travel over 2 hours to play the Warner Robins/Macon schools much farther than Camden. It would have made more sense for the Savannah school’s to play 4-AAAA and get in the region with Brunswick and the other schools which are closer. Their must be a lot of money changing hands between Camden, the GHSA and the Savannah Administrators for selling out the Savannah kids to the benefit of Camden county