New GHSA region realignments released
The Georgia High School Association has announced alignments for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years. In Class A, all private schools will be moved into Private Class A, where they will have eight regions. Public Class A will also have eight regions. This will mean that four teams from each region will get into the playoffs for the major sports, starting next year, eliminating the power ratings.
In Region 2-A, Telfair County and Wilcox County moved into the new Region 4-A, and Region 2-A gained McIntosh County Academy. These changes will be effective next season. That means Clinch will have four non-region games in football the next two seasons (currently, they have three).
| Class AAAAAAA Region 1 Camden Co. Colquitt Co. Lowndes Tift Co. Region 2 Campbell East Coweta McEachern Newnan Pebblebrook Region 3 Harrison Hillgrove Marietta North Cobb North Paulding Walton Region 4 Brookwood Grayson Newton Parkview Shiloh South Gwinnett Region 5 Alpharetta Cherokee Etowah Milton Roswell Woodstock Region 6 Forsyth Central Gainesville Lambert North Forsyth South Forsyth West Forsyth Region 7 Archer Berkmar Discovery Dunwoody Meadowcreek Norcross Region 8 Collins Hill Duluth Mill Creek Mountain View North Gwinnett Peachtree Ridge Class AAA Region 1 Appling Co. Brantley Co. Liberty Co. Long Co. Pierce Co. Tattnall Co. Region 2 Americus-Sumter Central (Macon) Crisp County Jackson Mary Persons Peach Co. Pike Co. Rutland Upson-Lee Westside (Macon) Region 3 Beach Groves Johnson (Sav.) Savannah Sav. Arts Academy Southeast Bulloch Windsor Forest Region 4 Cross Creek Harlem Hephzibah Morgan Co. Richmond Academy Thomson Westside (Augusta) Region 5 Carver (Atlanta) Cedar Grove Douglass GAC Redan Salem Sandy Creek Westminster Region 6 Adairsville Coahulla Creek LaFayette Lakeview-Ft. Ogle. Murray Co. North Murray Ringgold Rockmart Sonoraville Region 7 Cherokee Bluff Dawson Co. Gilmer Lumpkin Co. North Hall West Hall White Co. Region 8 East Jackson Franklin Co. Hart Co. Monroe Area Oconee Co. Stephens Co. | Class AAAAAA Region 1 Houston Co. Lee Co. Northside (Warner Robins) Valdosta Region 2 Bradwell Institute Brunswick Effingham Co. Glynn Academy Richmond Hill South Effingham Statesboro Region 3 Alcovy Evans Grovetown Heritage (Conyers) Lakeside (Evans) Rockdale Co. Region 4 Hughes Lakeside (Atlanta) Lovejoy Morrow North Atlanta Tucker Westlake Region 5 Alexander Carrollton Dalton Douglas Co. East Paulding Paulding Co. Rome South Paulding Region 6 Allatoona Kell Kennesaw Mountain Lassiter Osborne Pope South Cobb Sprayberry Wheeler Region 7 Cambridge Centennial Chattahoochee Creekview Johns Creek River Ridge Riverwood Sequoyah Region 8 Buford Central Gwinnett Dacula Denmark Habersham Central Lanier Winder-Barrow Class AA Region 1 Berrien Cook Early Co. Fitzgerald Thomasville Worth Co. Region 2 Bacon Co. East Laurens Jeff Davis Swainsboro Toombs Co. Vidalia Woodville-Tompkins Region 3 Bleckley Co. Dodge Co. Lamar Co. Monticello Northeast Southwest Washington Co. Region 4 Butler Glenn Hills Jefferson Co. Josey Laney Putnam Co. Region 5 Bremen Callaway Haralson Co. Heard Co. Temple Region 6 Columbia KIPP Atl. Collegiate Lovett McNair South Atlanta Stillwell Arts Therrell Towers Washington Region 7 Chattooga Coosa Dade Co. Gordon Central Model Pepperell Region 8 Banks Co. Elbert Co. Fannin Co. Oglethorpe Co. Rabun Co. Riverside Military Union Co. | Class AAAAA Region 1 Coffee Veterans Ware Co. Warner Robins Wayne Co. Region 2 Griffin Harris Co. McIntosh Northgate Northside, Col. Starr’s Mill Whitewater Region 3 Banneker Creekside Drew Forest Park Jonesboro Mundy’s Mill Tri-Cities Woodward Acad. Region 4 Dutchtown Eagle’s Landing Jones Co. Locust Grove Ola Stockbridge Union Grove Woodland, Stock. Region 5 Chamblee Clarkston Cross Keys Decatur Lithonia M.L. King Southwest DeKalb St. Pius Stone Mountain Region 6 Chapel Hill Grady Jackson, Atlanta Lithia Springs New Manchester North Springs Villa Rica Region 7 Blessed Trinity Calhoun Cartersville Cass Hiram Northview Woodland, Cart. Region 8 Apalachee Clarke Central Eastside Greenbrier Jackson Co. Johnson, Gaines. Loganville Walnut Grove Class A Private Region 1 Deerfield-Windsor First Presbyterian Mount de Sales Stratford Academy Strong Rock Christ. Tattnall Square Region 2 ELCA Landmark Christian Our Lady of Mercy Whitefield Academy Region 3 Aquinas Calvary Day Savannah Christian Sav. Country Day Region 4 Brookstone Heritage (Newnan) Pacelli Trinity Christian Region 5 Hebron Christian Holy Innocents’ Mt. Pisgah Christ. Mount Vernon Pace Academy Providence Christ. Wesleyan Region 6 Fellowship Christian King’s Ridge Christ. Lakeview Academy Pinecrest Academy St. Francis Region 7 Christian Heritage Darlington Mt. Paran Christian North Cobb Christ. Walker Region 8 Athens Academy Athens Christian George Walton Loganville Christian Prince Avenue | Class AAAA Region 1 Bainbridge Cairo Dougherty Monroe Thomas Co. Central Westover Region 2 Carver (Columbus) Columbus Hardaway Jordan Kendrick LaGrange Shaw Spencer Troup Region 3 Benedictine Burke Co. Islands Jenkins New Hampstead Region 4 Baldwin Howard Perry Spalding West Laurens Region 5 Fayette Co. Hampton Luella McDonough Mount Zion (Jones.) North Clayton Riverdale Region 6 Arabia Mountain Druid Hills Hapeville Charter Marist Mays Miller Grove Stephenson Region 7 Cedartown Central (Carrollton) Heritage (Ringgold) Northwest Whitfield Pickens Ridgeland Southeast Whitfield Region 8 Cedar Shoals Chestatee East Hall Flowery Branch Jefferson Madison Co. North Oconee Class A Public Region 1 Baconton Charter Brooks Co. Calhoun Co. Miller Co. Mitchell Co. Pataula Charter Pelham Randolph-Clay Seminole Co. Terrell Co. Region 2 Atkinson Co. Charlton Co. Clinch Co. Irwin Co. Lanier Co. McIntosh Co. Academy Turner Co. Region 3 Bryan Co. Claxton Emanuel Co. Inst. Jenkins Co. Johnson Co. Metter Montgomery Co. Portal Screven Co. Treutlen Region 4 Dooly Co. Dublin Hawkinsville Telfair Co. Twiggs Co. Wheeler Co. Wilcox Co. Region 5 Central (Talbotton) Chattahoochee Co. Greenville Macon Co. Manchester Marion Co. Schley Co. Stewart Co. Taylor Co. Region 6 Armuchee B.E.S.T. Academy Bowdon Gordon Lee Mount Zion (Carroll) Trion Region 7 ACE Charter Crawford Co. Georgia Military Glascock Co. Hancock Central Wilkinson Co. Region 8 Commerce Greene Co. Lincoln Co. Social Circle Towns Co. Warren Co. Washington-Wilkes |
