Columbia and Wheeler County are in the top 10 for the first time this century, and two-time defending Class 5A champion Warner Robins is no longer No. 1 after the first weekend of high school football. Columbia, a Class 2A school in DeKalb County, defeated Camden County 13-10 on the road Friday night in one of the state’s biggest upsets. The computer Maxwell Ratings had Camden, a Class 7A school, a 34-point favorite.

Columbia pulled off shocker when it went to Kingsland and knocked off 34-point favorite. Osborne’s offense came to life in the first game under new coordinator Phil Ironside, the longtime Hillgrove head coach.

GHSF Daily prides itself in its statewide coverage of Georgia high school football, but nobody knows their local schools better than their hometown newspapers and radio stations. GHSF Daily reached out to members of the Georgia media this week, most of them local but a few with a statewide approach, to get their quick observations about the new season and some of the more interesting teams, players and coaches they're following. This is what they said.

GHSF Daily previews 10 of the most intriguing games each week throughout the season. The Week 1 headliners include Buford and Hughes taking on prominent out-of-state opponents and Warner Robins facing Lee County in a battle of elite middle and south Georgia teams.

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 A Division I.

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 A Division I.

Georgia high school football returns tonight with the first two of nearly 200 season openers. Games this week between top-10 teams include Lee County at Warner Robins, Mill Creek vs. Walton, North Oconee at Oconee County, Irwin County at Fitzgerald, Woodward Academy at Trinity Christian and Thomasville at Brooks County.

Cedar Grove, Eagle’s Landing Christian, Prince Avenue Christian and Schley County hold down No. 1 spots in 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 classes 3A through A.

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 A Division I.

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.