As the 2023-2024 Georgia High School Association’s sports calendar rushes to an end with the soon-approaching conclusion of spring sports, so too does the GHSA’s current region alignment.
When the GHSA met back in November, it made official the transition from seven classifications back to six as well as the reconfiguration of each GHSA region. Those changes come into affect for the 2024-2025 sports calendar.
That means, when August rolls around, you’ll have to get used to seeing some of your favorite teams competing against different opponents or even in different classifications than what has become normal over the last several years.
Notable shifts move Westside from Class AA to Class AAA, Burke County drops down from Class AAAA to Class AA, Grovetown now will be the only area school to reside in Class AAAAAA, which is now the largest classification. Evans, Greenbrier and Lakeside-Evans all drop to Class AAAAA and Aquinas is up from Class A to Class AAA.
Here’s a list of each newly aligned region that includes a GHSA school.
REGION 4-AAAAAA
Archer
Grayson
Grovetown
Heritage-Conyers
Newton
REGION 1-AAAAA
Bradwell Institute
Brunswick
Evans
Glynn Academy
Greenbrier
Lakeside
South Effingham
Statesboro
REGION 4-AAA
Aquinas
Baldwin
Cross Creek
Harlem
Hephzibah
Howard
Richmond Academy
Westside
REGION 4-AA
Burke County
Butler
Davidson*
Glenn Hills
A.R. Johnson*
Josey
Laney
Technical Career Magnet*
Thomson
REGION 2-A
Sub Region A
Ace Charter
Bleckley County
Central-Macon
Northeast
Southwest
Sub Region B
Dodge County
Dublin
East Laurens
Jefferson County
Washington County
REGION 8-A
Greene County
Lake Oconee Academy
Lincoln County
Taliaferro County*
Towns County
Warren County
Washington-Wilkes
