The Georgia High School Association placed its 454 member schools into regions for the 2026-28 academic years Monday. Schools have one week to request a move into a different region in the same classification. The GHSA’s reclassification committee will hear those appeals Nov. 17. Seventeen schools won appeals Monday to play in lower classifications than they were assigned last week.
Emma Cate Barron, a junior quarterback and safety at Southeast Bulloch, is GHSF Daily’s flag football player of the week. Barron led Southeast Bulloch, the defending Division 1 champion, to a 5-0 record last week while passing for 628 yards and 10 touchdowns, pulling nine flags and intercepting two passes.
Tucker Rhodes, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound senior tight end, defensive end and long snapper at Athens Academy, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Rhodes has a weighted GPA of 4.0 and an SAT score of 1430. He is a three-year starter on defense and a two-year starter on offense and helped the 9-1 Spartans win their second consecutive region title.
Roswell beat its archrival and won a region championship on a last-minute field goal last week. It's not clear which of those details was the most exciting in the moment. “The most memorable big part was watching the refs put the sign up saying it’s good and hearing the crowd go crazy and everyone cheering,” said Roswell kicker Balint Vorosmarty
Sandy Creek’s Amari Latimer is a four-star prospect committed to Wisconsin but only the fourth-highest senior running back prospect in Georgia. His production, especially in big games, is challenging that modest assessment. Latimer rushed for 228 yards and scored his team’s six touchdowns, one a 25-yard reception, in a 42-17 victory over Troup last week.
Tuesday’s question: What GHSA school has the highest enrollment, according to the most recent numbers used for 2026-27 reclassification? (Answer Wednesday)
Answer to Monday’s question: Sequoyah beat then-No. 6 Gainesville 38-28 in the 2024 first round.
