Daily Trivia
Thursday’s question: What south Georgia county with one GHSA football team claims six state titles but no quarterfinal appearances since 2002? (Answer Friday)
Answer to Wednesday’s question: The GHSA had round-of-16 playoff games for the first time in 1990. From 1947 through 1989, only region champions made the state playoffs. Most playoff brackets had eight teams. Regions had the option of playing postseason region playoffs to determine their champions, so several teams still played 15-game schedules, but the state playoffs remained eight-team affairs. For two seasons (1986, 1987), the GHSA had nine regions in Class 4A, then the highest class. That required a play-in game to reach a final eight. So technically, the first round-of-16 game was played between Walton and McEachern in 1986, with Walton winning 35-28. The ninth region was abolished in 1988.
