Oglethorpe County football players celebrate with the student section after clinching a state playoff spot with a 34-7 win over Providence Christian on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Jack Leo/AJC)

Winless in 2024. Historic in 2025. How Oglethorpe County built a turnaround.

Oglethorpe County showed improvement early in 2025, but it was still on pace for another losing season. Then the Patriots pulled one of the top upsets of the year.

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2025 AJC Super 11 Tyler Atkinson is a linebacker at Grayson High School in Loganville. Atkinson has verbally committed to Texas. (Jason Getz/AJC)
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