Hephzibah leads list of teams that broke longest region-title droughts
Hephzibah clinched its first region title last week with a 74-0 victory over Cross Creek. The Rebels — 3-7 last season — are 8-1 overall and 5-0 in Region 4-3A with a game remaining against Thomson (3-5, 2-2).
Hephzibah had played 72 region schedules without a region title until this one. No other school in the GHSA has ended such a long drought.
Below are the 25 schools that played the most region schedules without a region title before winning their first. The years in parentheses represent the first season playing a region schedule and the first region title.
Some teams played non-region schedules between the first and last.
72 - Hephzibah (1954-2026)
59 - Lumpkin County (1962–2023)
54 - McDonough (1951–2007)
54 - Pickens (1958–2018)
54 - Spencer (1968–2022)
53 - Wheeler County (1968–2025)
52 - Aquinas (1957–2013)
49 - Rockdale County (1950–1999)
48 - Rabun County (1950–1998)
48 - Hancock Central (1970–2020)
47 - North Gwinnett (1962–2009)
47 - Haralson County (1968–2021)
47 - Portal (1976–2023)
47 - Bryan County (1976–2023)
45 - Fayette County (1951–2007)
45 - Harris County (1959–2012)
45 - Riverwood (1972–2019)
44 - Stockbridge (1966–2012)
44 - Bleckley County (1977–2021)
43 - Westover (1970–2013)
43 - Jackson County (1980–2025)
42 - Baker (1948–1990)
42 - Dawson County (1968–2015)
40 - Appling County (1952–1992)
40 - Cherokee (1956–2002)
40 - North Hall (1958–2004)