Jefferson is playing Monroe Area tonight in a game that likely will decide the Region 8-AAA championship. Those schools haven't played each other in 70 years. Is that a record? No. In fact, it's only the third-longest separation among teams facing each other this season. Bainbridge played Seminole County on Aug. 17 for the first time since 1929. Bainbridge won the long-awaited rematch 35-0. Here are 32 games on this year's schedule played for the first time in at least 25 years. The years represent the most recent time they had played.

1929 - Bainbridge vs. Seminole Co.

1947 - Buford vs. Jonesboro

1948 - Jefferson vs. Monroe Area

1948 - Bremen vs. Cedartown

1955 - Dublin vs. ECI

1955 - Buford vs. Tucker

1965 - Vidalia vs. ECI

1967 - Tucker vs. Forest Park

1969 - Lakeside (Atlanta) vs. Decatur

1971 - Cartersville vs. Cherokee

1973 - Johnson (Gainesville) vs. Cross Keys

1973 - Dalton vs. Osborne

1973 - Cook vs. Westover

1975 - Greene Co. vs. Georgia Military

1975 - Thomas Co. Central vs. Cook

1975 - Berkmar vs. Cross Keys

1979 - Berkmar vs. Clarkston

1979 - Mount de Sales vs. Monticello

1981 - LaFayette vs. Fannin Co.

1981 - Turner Co. vs. Taylor Co.

1983 - Thomas Co. Central vs. Brooks Co.

1983 - West Laurens vs. Crisp Co.

1985 - Commerce vs. Hart Co.

1987 - Haralson Co. vs. Gordon Central

1987 - Fitzgerald vs. Dooly Co.

1989 - Dougherty vs. Columbus

1989 - Campbell vs. Villa Rica

1989 - Carrollton vs. East Coweta

1991 - Gordon Central vs. Gilmer

1993 - Crisp Co. vs. Thomasville

1993 - Newnan vs. Alexander

1993 - Rome vs. Marietta

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