Bleckley County girls win state Class AA Director's Cup, Royals fifth overall to top Central Georgia programs (full area list)
Eight Central Georgia high schools finished in the top 20 in all three categories of the Georgia Athletic Directors Association’s Director’s Cup for 2018-19.
The three categories are overall, in girls, and in boys.
Points system, as per the website: “Twenty-five GHSA sports will be counted in the standings each school year. Each school’s eight highest scoring sports for each gender shall be counted in the Regions Bank Directors Cup Standings. Co-ed sports have been categorized based on majority number of participants.”
Bleckley County is the lone first-place finisher from Central Georgia, the Royals’ girls winning the Class AA trophy, edging Bremen by a point.
It was joined by Houston County, Veterans, West Laurens, Mary Persons, Perry, Dodge County, and FPD as programs that ranked in the top 20 in all three areas.
Bleckley County finished fifth overall in Class AA, a pretty regular accomplishment. The Royals were 11th in boys.
Houston County’s boys and Veterans’ girls had top-10 finishes, the Bears’ boys ninth and Warhawks’ girls eighth.
Perry was quite consistent, finishing 20th in all three.
Bleckley County had the only top-10 overall program, a rarity in that it usually has company in that area, mostly with Veterans (seven straight until this yearand Dodge County, as well as West Laurens.
For the first time in several years, neither FPD nor Stratford made the overall top 10 in Class A.
In using a point system for the fewest points being the best based on the GADA rankings, here’s how those area teams ranked:
1. Bleckley County, 17 points
2. Houston County, 34 points
3. West Laurens, 37 points
4. Dodge County, 38
5. Veterans and Mary Persons, 39 points
7. FPD, 40 points
8. Perry, 60 points
Here are Central Georgia’s rankings with overall, with the first-place finisher in each. Also, top-20 Central Georgia finishes for girls and boys, with the first-place finisher in each
Class 6A overall
1. Cambridge, 1,119
11. Houston County, 791
45. Northside, 236
57 schools
Class 6A girls
1. Cambridge, 618
9. Houston County, 433
Class 6A boys
1. Pope, 567
14. Houston County, 358
Class 5A overall
1.Starr’s Mill, 1,286
12. Veterans, 749
26. Jones County, 462
30. Warner Robins, 396
56 schools
Class 5A girls
1. Starr’s Mill, 680
8. Veterans, 451
20. Jones County, 292
Class 5A boys
1. Buford, 625
19. Veterans, 298
Class 4A overall
1. St. Pius X, 1,272
11. West Laurens, 719
13. Mary Persons, 652
20. Perry, 512
22. Upson-Lee, 492
23. Baldwin, 492
32. Howard, 361
54 schools
Class 4A girls
1. Marist, 645
12. West Laurens, 394
15. Mary Persons, 307
20. Perry, 261
Class 4A boys
1. St. Pius X, 659
10. Upson-Lee, 417
11. Mary Persons, 345
14. West Laurens, 325
20. Perry, 251
Class AAA overall
1. Westminster, 1,438
28. Peach County, 376
35. Rutland, 314
40. Central, 272
48. Westside, 186
57 schools
Class AAA girls (top area finisher)
1. Westminster, 700
27. Rutland, 208
Class AAA boys (top area finisher)
1. Westminster, 738
24. Peach County, 217
Class AA overall
1. Bremen, 1,078
5. Bleckley County, 864
11. Dodge County, 617
16. Washington County, 532
24. Lamar County, 430
27. East Laurens, 385
42. Monticello, 252
45. Dublin, 215
53. Putnam County, 159
54. Northeast, 155
60. Southwest, 78
64 schools
Class AA girls
1. Bleckley County, 523
15. Dodge County, 284
19. East Laurens, 250
Class AA boys
1. Bremen, 556
11. Bleckley County, 341
12. Dodge County, 333
13. Washington County, 322
Class A overall
1. Wesleyan, 1,318
12. FPD, 724
16. ACE, 673
19. GMC, 603
28. Stratford, 486
46. Mount de Sales, 366
47. Hawkinsville, 356
57. Dooly County, 265
68. Taylor County, 207
73. Tattnall, 183
79. Hancock Central, 145
86. Macon County, 107
87. Crawford County 98
89. Wilkinson County, 83
99 schools
Class A girls top 20
1. Wesleyan, 674
9. ACE, 445
14. FPD, 376
18. Stratford, 341
Class A boys top 20
1. Wesleyan, 644
14. FPD, 348
19. GMC, 297