ACE Charter and Long County are in the playoffs for the first time. ACE started varsity football in 2018. Long County, under first-year coach Mike Pfiester, has fielded teams continuously since 2002 after a couple of starts and stops in the 1980s and 1990s. Of the 254 playoff teams, 212 also qualified in 2020, a retention rate of 83.5%. Here are the 42 new playoff teams with their most recent appearance.
First - ACE Charter
First - Long County
1994 - Duluth*
1998 - Crawford County
2006 - Cass
2009 - Apalachee
2015 - Dade County
2016 - Lambert
2016 - Laney
2016 - Villa Rica
2017 - Dougherty
2017 - Jackson County
2017 - Spalding
2018 - Charlton County, Effingham County, Miller Grove, Pope, Ringgold, South Gwinnett, Stephens County
2019 - Riverwood, Sandy Creek, Schley County, Screven County, Seminole County, Shiloh, South Paulding, St. Francis, Trion, Veterans
*Duluth’s last state-playoff appearance was 1986. The Wildcats played a postseason region playoff game in 1994 during the era of 16-team state playoff brackets.
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