The Central Georgia Sports Report

View Original

Northside, Warner Robins, Peach County hunting a title: a look at the championship histories

          Northside, Warner Robins, and Peach County will play Tuesday for GHSA state championships.

          Today, a look at the state championship histories for the Eagles, Demons, and Trojans, and their opponents.

 

Class 6A

Lee County vs. Northside

Lee County

12-15-17     Lee County 28, Coffee 21

          Until last year, Lee County – started in 1971 – had made the playoffs 10 times and not gotten past the second round.

Northside

12-12-14     5A, Northside 25, Mays 18, at Georgia Dome

12-12-09    5A, Camden County 31, Northside 3, at Georgia Dome

12-14-07    4A, Northside 20, Ware County 14, at McConnell-Talbert

12-15-06    4A, Northside 30, Marist 6, at McConnell-Talbert

12-02-05    4A, Statesboro 13, Northside 10, at Statesboro

12-22-01    4A, Parkview 12, Northside 8, at McConnell-Talbert

          Northside went undefeated in 2006-07, and won at least 13 games in every other finals appearance. This is the first time the Eagles are in a championship not as the region champ.

 

Class 5A

Bainbridge vs. Warner Robins

Bainbridge

12-11-82     3A, Bainbridge 7, Gainesville 6, at Gainesville

          Bainbridge, started in the early part of the last century, has gotten to the quarterfinals only four other times.

 

Warner Robins       

12-15-17     4A, Rome 38, Warner Robins 0, at McConnell-Talbert    

12-3-04      4A, Warner Robins 34, Statesboro 13, at Statesboro

12-17-88     4A, Warner Robins 33, Brookwood 6, at McConnell-Talbert

12-14-85     4A, Clarke Central 21, Warner Robins 7, at Clarke Central

12-12-81     4A, Warner Robins 21, Newnan 0, at Newnan

12-10-76    3A, Warner Robins 34, Griffin 0, at McConnell-Talbert

          The Demons were undefeated in 1976 and 1981, and 14-0-1 in 2004.

 

Class 3A

Cedar Grove vs. Peach County

Cedar Grove

12-9-16       AAA, Cedar Grove 30, Greater Atlanta Christian 19, at Georgia Dome

12-14-91     AA, Cartersville 28, Cedar Grove 19, at Cartersville

          Cedar Grove (started in 1972) has reached the semifinals five other times.

 

Peach County

12-8-17       3A, Calhoun 10, Peach County 6, Mercedes-Benz Stadium

12-10-11     3A, Burke County 28, Peach County 14, Georgia Dome

12-12-09    3A, Peach County 13, Gainesville 12, at Georgia Dome

12-16-06    3A, Peach County 28, Shaw 7, at Peach County

12-03-05    3A, Peach County 35, Dougherty 14, at Dougherty

12-20-03   3A, LaGrange 16, Peach County 7, at Peach County

12-18-98    3A, Dougherty 27, Peach County 7, at Peach County

12-19-92    3A, Thomas County Central 14, Peach County 13, at TCC

          Peach County (started in 1970) has reached the semifinals 10 other times, and four of the last five coaches – Chad Campbell, Rance Gillespie, Rodney Walker, and Neal Rumble – reached at least one championship. Alan Rodemaker was at Peach County in 1999-2000, going 1-2 in the postseason before leaving coaching for several years for private business.