Several high schools made coaching changes during the regular season, and several more have already announced openings in the last few days.

Saunders, a Woodstock resident, was commuting more than an hour each way to Apalachee in Winder. He had a reputation for turning around several downtrodden programs.

Rankings, playoff history, game projections and more for the 16 first-round games Friday in Class 5A.

Previewing all 16 Class 6A matchups in the first round of the Georgia high school football playoffs.

Fourteen schools want out of the highest class, which will be known as Class 7A beginning next year, as the GHSA has renamed its seven classes.

The new rankings system the GHSA will use in 2026 will heavily weight opponent records regardless of classification.

Private schools strong enough to compete against public schools with larger student bodies sometimes appeal for a higher classification. That's what Marist is doing.

The regular-season rushing, passing and receiving champions hail from West Laurens, North Hall and Calhoun.

Loren Maxwell, creator of the Maxwell Ratings, says his proposed alternative to the GHSA’s postseason rankings formula is more accurate.