Jonesboro can win its first region title since 1949 if the Cardinals defeat Locust Grove in the Region 4-AAAA championship game on Friday. That would break a record of most years between region titles set last season by Milton (1952 to 2014). Below are the schools that have gone the longest since their last region title. This does not include schools that have never won region titles, just those that won one, but haven't achieved the second one in at least 35 years.
1949 - Jonesboro
1950 - Terrell County
1951 - Jordan
1956 - Druid Hills
1959 - Perry
1959 - Albany
1960 - Jenkins County
1960 - Georgia Military
1966 - Jenkins
1970 - Dade County
1972 - Glynn Academy
1973 - Union County
1974 - Harlem
1974 - Chattooga
1974 - Groves
1975 - Coosa
1975 - Central (Macon)
1976 - Richmond Academy
1978 - Gordon Lee
1979 - Model
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