List: Football programs started before 1961 still seeking first region titles
Twelve football programs that existed prior to Lumpkin County’s first football team in 1961 have never won region championships. Lumpkin County clinched its first last week. Here are the 12 older programs still searching.
Ringgold (1949)
Beach (1950)
Bacon County (1951)
Hephzibah (1954)
Winder-Barrow (1955)
Madison County (1957)
Osborne (1957)
Banks County (1968)
White County (1958)
Johnson-Gainesville (1958)
Cross Keys (1958)
Johnson-Savannah (1959)
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Todd Holcomb covers high school sports across the state. He rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025 and has worked with the AJC in varying capacities since 1985. He is a co-founder and editor of Georgia High School Football Daily.
