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List: Football programs started before 1961 still seeking first region titles

Cross Keys running back Roy Huff (center) looks for yardage behind the blocking of Bryan Guerrero (61) in the Indians' season-opening game against Providence Christian on Aug. 23, 2019, at Adams Stadium in Atlanta.
Cross Keys running back Roy Huff (center) looks for yardage behind the blocking of Bryan Guerrero (61) in the Indians' season-opening game against Providence Christian on Aug. 23, 2019, at Adams Stadium in Atlanta.
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Oct 31, 2023

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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