Adairsville is in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 10 for the first time since 2003. Lanier, which opened in 2010, is in the Top 10 for the first time ever. But dozens of schools have been waiting much longer than that to appear in the rankings. Here are two lists to reflect that:
Schools that have been ranked, but not in more than 40 years:
1962 - Harris County
1963 - Jackson County
1964 - Gilmer
1965 - Jordan
1967 - Hephzibah
1967 - Lumpkin County
1967 - Albany
1970 - Jenkins
1971 - Pickens
1971 - Brantley County
1971 - Liberty County
1972 - Osborne
1972 - Berkmar
1972 - White County
1973 - Mount Zion (Carroll)
*Schools that have never been ranked, and have been playing the longest:
1966 - Beach
1968 - Windsor Forest
1969 - Hancock Central
1976 - Lithia Springs
1976 - Towns County
1978 - Glascock County
1982 - McIntosh
1985 - Southside/Jackson
1987 - Meadowcreek
1988 - Lakeside (Evans)
1988 - Pope
1990 - Temple
1991 - North Atlanta
1992 - Eagle's Landing
1994 - South Atlanta
*Year listed is the first the school played a full varsity schedule in the GHSA.
Sources: GHSFHA.com and Loren Maxwell
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