Schools with longest waits for first appearance in GHSA football championship game

Northeast is in a state championship game for the first time in its 54 varsity seasons. The Bulldogs also are the first Macon team playing for a GHSA championship since Central in 1975. Here are the longest state finals waits in history.

70 - Perry (2023)

69 - Milton (2018)

68 - Rabun County (2017)

67 - Benedictine (2014)

63 - Crisp County (2019)

60 - Stockbridge (2023)

60 - Emanuel Co. Institute (2007)

58 - Norcross (2012)

57 - Aquinas (2013)

54 - Northeast (2024)

53 - Swainsboro (2000)

52 - Camden County (2003)

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