Region champions, playoff berths and playoff seeding will be at stake in every classification this weekend in the final week of the regular season. In Class 3A, Cedar Grove and Carver of Atlanta will face off in a rematch of the 2021 state championship game.

Claxton this week is playing its final regular-season game at the Pecan Grove, a 76-year-old stadium that is one of Georgia’s most charming and unusual venues. The stadium was built on a pecan grove, and trees rise above the bleachers on both sides. Six pecan trees are growing up through the concrete stands on the home side. 

Decatur quarterback Harrison Hannah and Gainesville wide receiver put up big numbers in their teams’ region-clinching victories, and South Atlanta running back Keyjuan Brown rushed for 327 yards and three touchdowns in a 46-12 victory over Washington to put him at 2,139 yards for the regular season.

Top-10 football teams were 55-1 against unranked opponents last week, creating little movement in the rankings entering the final weekend of the regular season. The only top-10 upset, a minor one, took place Thursday, when Jenkins County defeated No. 9 Emanuel County Institute of Class A Division II. No. 7 Jones County in 5A and No. 8 Dougherty in 3A also dropped out after losing to other ranked teams.

Keegan Stover of Rabun County is the state’s new passing leader and closing in on 3,000 yards while Nick Woodford of Northeast in Macon is poised to become the GHSA’s first 2,000-yard rusher this season. Stover passed for 301 yards, his average output, in a 52-7 victory over Athens Christian last week and raised his season total to 2,701. Woodford is the state’s rushing leader with 1,865 yards.

The winners of the games between North Forsyth and Gainesville in Class 6A and Chamblee and Decatur in Class 5A will be guaranteed to win region titles, but more teams are in position to lock down championships as well with victories in the next-to-last weekend of the regular season.

The Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame inducted its first class of 45 players Saturday in Atlanta. The Hall of Fame hasn’t determined how many it will induct next year, but expect it to reload with little talent drop-off. For a sampling, here are 10 players the GHSF Daily endorses for 2023.

Friday was a big night for the rushers as Callaway’s Qua Whitfield, Hebron Christian’s Gavin Hall, Calhoun’s Caden Williams and Jefferson’s Sammy Brown all topped the 200-yard mark in Week 10 victories.

Jefferson and Thomasville are back in the top 10 after victories over ranked opponents Friday, and Bowdon is No. 1 for the first time since 2006 after the 10th weekend of high school football. Bowdon, which didn’t play last week, moved into the top spot in Class A Division II after previous No. 1 Early County lost to Eufaula, Ala., 31-28. Bowdon (8-1) has lost only to Central-Carrollton, a Class 4A school. Early (6-2) has lost consecutive games, although to strong teams.

Nick Woodford of Northeast in Macon, Tate Morris of McIntosh and Jaden Gibson of Rabun County maintained their leads in rushing, passing and receiving yards this week, although several epic performances last week shook up the standings.