This Atlanta football team leads GHSA with 42-season streak of playoff appearances
Marist extended its streak of making the playoffs to 42 seasons. Peach County holds the longest streak of state-playoff appearances with 34. Marist made only the region playoffs in 1993 before the GHSA expanded the state-playoff field to 32 teams in 1996.
42 - Marist
34 - Peach County
28 - Commerce
26 - Buford
25 - Fitzgerald
25 - Cook
23 - Lovett
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Photos from the championship games
Milton in Fulton County to finish No. 2 in six national high school football polls
The playoffs:
- Key details for each of the championship games played Dec. 16-18
- Grayson defense lowers the boom on Carrollton to claim 6A championship
- Calhoun shuts down Jefferson in Class 3A final to win first state title since 2017
- In Class 5A final, champion Milton tested, runner-up Hughes dignified
- Hebron Christian gets redemption over Prince Avenue Christian, claims 1st state title
- Carver-Columbus too much for Burke County in 52-14 rout
- North Oconee flips the script to beat No. 1 Marist for first state title
- Big-play Polke’s TD return sends Toombs to first state title
- ‘Relentless’ Bowdon’s 27-point run against Brooks County leads to three-peat state title
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23 - Ware County
22 - Cairo
20 - Heard County
19 - Savannah Christian
19 - St. Pius
19 - Carver (Columbus)
19 - Callaway
18 - Burke County
18 - Tucker
18 - Darlington
17 - Brooks County
17 - Kell
17 - Woodward Academy
17 - Glynn Academy
17 - Washington County
16 - Colquitt County
15 - Cedar Grove
15 - Prince Avenue Christian
15 - Calvary Day
15 - Norcross
15 - Thomson
14 - Benedictine
14 - Blessed Trinity
14 - Warner Robins
14 - Jefferson
14 - Pierce County
14 - Aquinas
13 - Cartersville
13 - Carver (Atlanta)
13 - Greater Atlanta Christian
13 - Wesleyan
13 - Irwin County
13 - Macon County
13 - Rabun County
12 - Elbert County
12 - Westlake
11 - Coffee
11 - Roswell
11 - Grayson
11 - Mill Creek
11 - Bremen
11 - Jones County
11 - Oconee County
10 - Athens Academy
10 - Carrollton
10 - Rome
10 - Pelham
10 - Manchester
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About the Author
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.
