Valdosta is in the AJC's Top 10 for the 595th week since 1952, when the Atlanta Constitution began statewide rankings. The Atlanta Journal began a poll some years later. Valdosta's week total actually is 595.5 when half weeks are counted - that is, if one newspaper ranked the Wildcats, and the other didn't. The Journal and Constitution merged in 1982 for one AJC poll. Second on the list is Lincoln County/Lincolnton at 569. Which school ranks third in total weeks in the AJC Top 10? (Answer Tuesday)

Answer to Friday's question: The game played Friday that came 100 years after the first meeting between the schools was Valdosta vs. Thomasville.

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