Cedar Grove will play at Bainbridge on Friday, and Marist will play Alabama Class 5A champion Pike Road on the road Aug. 26 in the wake of four Miami schools pulling out of games with Georgia teams last week. Stephenson, the other Georgia team that lost a game, hasn’t found a replacement for its canceled game.

Buford, Hughes, Warner Robins and Benedictine hold down the No. 1 spots in the highest classifications of the GHSF Daily/Atlanta Journal-Constitution preseason rankings, which were released Sunday. Today we take a more in-depth look at the top-10 teams in each of those classifications.

GHSF Daily names annual preseason all-state teams for each classification, with breakdowns of the top players, top positions, top recruits, snubs and interesting tidbits. Today we look at Class 2A.

GHSF Daily is recognizing 100 of this year’s best high school football players – known as the Georgia Power 100. They are chosen based on a mix of their high school production and their potential to have great seasons in 2022 and beyond. Today we conclude the series with the specialists.

With four players from Gwinnett County and nine from metro Atlanta, this year’s AJC Super 11 team is closer to “big city’' than “small town.” It’s cyclical in Georgia. In 2021, three Super 11 players were from South Georgia, three from Northeast Georgia and none within 30 miles of downtown Atlanta.

Cedar Grove, Marist, Stephenson and Bainbridge had games canceled Thursday when their Miami-area opponents pulled out, leaving the Georgia schools scrambling to find replacements. The three-game Georgia vs. Florida Battle of the Borders, scheduled for Aug. 27 at DeKalb County’s Hallford Stadium, is off.

The Maxwell Ratings, compiled by mathematician and Georgia High School Football Historians Association founder Loren Maxwell, have projected the region finishes of all 412 football-playing schools in the GHSA. Today we look at Class A Division I.

The Maxwell Ratings, compiled by mathematician and Georgia High School Football Historians Association founder Loren Maxwell, have projected the region finishes of all 412 football-playing schools in the GHSA. Today we look at Class A Division I.