Laney and First Presbyterian played to a 44-44 tie last week. That’s the second-highest-scoring tie involving a GHSA team in history, according to the Georgia High School Football Historians Association. The GHSA adopted a rule this season that does not allow overtime between teams from different classifications unless coaches agree before the game. Laney is a GHSA team. First Presbyterian is a GIAA team.

48-48

2009 - Charlton Co. vs. Columbia, Fla.

44-44

2023 - Laney vs. First Presbyterian

41-41

2016 - Eastside vs. Newton

1997 - Crim vs. Westover

38-38

1964 - Lithonia vs. Fayette Co.

36-36

1987 - Lithia Springs vs. Lassiter

35-35

1996 - Mitchell-Baker vs. Westover

1969 - Northside (Atlanta) vs. North Springs

1966 - Druid Hills vs. North Fulton

34-34

2013 - Tri-Cities vs. Banneker

1967 - West Rome vs. LaFayette

1954 - Sandersville vs. Waynesboro

32-32

1981 - Fulton vs. Harper

1948 - Rockmart vs. Cedartown

30-30

1992 - Lakeside (Evans) vs. Evans

29-29

2002 - Valdosta vs. Lincoln, Fla.

1981 - Hart Co. vs. Commerce

28-28

2011 - Windsor Forest vs. Wayne Co.

2007 - Cartersville vs. Rome

2005 - Appling Co. vs. McIntosh Co. Academy

2005 - Social Circle vs. Monroe Area

2001 - Harlem vs. Greene Co.

1984 - Woodland (East Point) vs. Palmetto

1983 - Pebblebrook vs. Lithia Springs

1982 - Wayne Co. vs. Waycross

1976 - Carver (Atlanta) vs. Price

1976 - Carver (Atlanta) vs. Fulton

1974 - Decatur vs. Marist

1971 - Lakeshore vs. North Clayton

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

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