2024 Way Too Early State Duals Predictions

STATE DUALS

The GHSA has decided to get in the time machine and travel backwards 3 years for the State Duals format.  We are going back to 16 team brackets at the State Duals with the top 2 teams from each Region/Area advancing to the State Tournament.  Unfortunately with the return of this format, we are not returning to the same venue, as we will continue to hold the State Tournament at individual High Schools.

With so much consternation and anger coming from fans with the release of the Team Rankings earlier this week, I decided to go ahead and release some actual predictions instead of rankings based on returning starters.

CLASS 1A

Participants:

Region 1: Champion- East Laurens, Runnerup- Dublin
Region 2: Champion- Irwin Co, Runnerup- Charlton Co
Region 3: Champion- Screven Co, Runnerup- ECI
Region 4: Champion- Social Circle, Runnerup- Lamar Co
Region 5: Champion- Temple, Runnerup- Heard Co
Region 6: Champion- Mt. Pisgah, Runnerup- St. Francis
Region 7: Champion- Trion, Runnerup- Chattooga
Region 8: Champion- Oglethorpe Co, Runnerup- Elbert Co

State Duals Predictions:

1. Social Circle
2. Mt. Pisgah
3. Trion
4. St. Francis
5. Oglethorpe Co
6. Irwin Co

CLASS 2A

Participants:

Region 1: Champion-Cook Co, Runnerup- Berrien
Region 2: Champion- Jordan, Runnerup- Southwest
Region 3: Champion- Toombs Co, Runnerup- Vidalia
Region 4: Champion- Putnam Co, Runnerup- Glenn Hills
Region 5: Champion- Landmark, Runnerup- ELCA
Region 6: Champion- Mt. Paran, Runnerup- Walker School
Region 7: Champion- Rockmart, Runnerup- Model
Region 8: Champion- Banks Co, Runnerup- Union Co

State Duals Predictions:

1. Rockmart
2. Toombs Co
3. Banks Co
4. Vidalia
5. Union Co
6. Cook Co

CLASS 3A

Just a side note here, this Classification is going to be CRAZY this year!!!!!!!

Participants:

Region 1: Champion- Columbus, Runnerup- Monroe
Region 2: Champion- Pike Co, Runnerup- Upson Lee
Region 3: Champion- Long Co, Runnerup- Savannah Country Day
Region 4: Champion- Morgan Co, Runnerup- Harlem
Region 5: Champion- Bremen, Runnerup- Adairsville
Region 6: Champion- RInggold, Runnerup- Coahulla Creek
Region 7: Champion- Lumpkin Co, Runnerup- Gilmer
Region 8: Champion- Franklin Co, Runnerup- Hart Co

State Duals Predictions:

1. Ringgold
2. Franklin Co
3. Lumpkin Co
4. Columbus
5. Gilmer
6. Bremen

CLASS 4A

Participants:

Region 1: Champion- Hardaway, Runnerup- Bainbridge
Region 2: Champion- West Laurens, Runnerup- Perry
Region 3: Champion- Benedictine, Runnerup- New Hampstead
Region 4: Champion- Troup, Runnerup- Satrrs Mill
Region 5: Champion- Lovett, Runnerup- Luella
Region 6: Champion- Southwest, Dekalb, Runnerup- Westminster
Region 7: Champion- Central Carroll, Runnerup- Sonoraville
Region 8: Champion- Chestatee, Runnerup- North Hall

State Duals Predictions:

1. Central Carroll
2. Lovett
3. Chestatee
4. Sonoraville
5. Troup
6. North Hall

CLASS 5A

Participants:

Region 1: Champion- Ware Co, Runnerup- Greenbrier
Region 2: Champion- Ola, Runnerup- Jones Co
Region 3: Champion- Harris Co, Runnerup- Northgate
Region 4: Champion- Tucker, Runnerup- Lithonia
Region 5: Champion- Villa Rica, Runnerup- Chapel Hill
Region 6: Champion- Cambridge, Runnerup- Chattahoochee
Region 7: Champion- Woodland, Cart, Runnerup- Cass
Region 8: Champion- Jefferson, Runnerup- Flowery Branch

State Duals Predictions:

1. Jefferson
2. Ola
3. Woodland, Cart
4. Cass
5. Ware Co
6. Greenbrier

CLASS 6A

Participants:

Region 1: Champion- Lee Co, Runnerup- Tift Co
Region 2: Champion- Glynn Academy, Runnerup- South Effingham
Region 3: Champion- Woodward Academy, Runnerup- Rockdale
Region 4: Champion- Marist, Runnerup- Dunwoody
Region 5: Champion- S. Paulding, Runnerup- Paulding Co
Region 6: Champion- Creekview, Runnerup- Allatoona
Region 7: Champion- Lassiter, Runnerup- Pope
Region 8: Champion- North Forsyth, Runnerup- Jackson Co

State Duals Predictions:

1. Woodward Academy
2. Glynn Academy
3. South Effingham
4. Creekview
5. Lee Co
6. North Forsyth

CLASS 7A

Participants:

Region 1: Champion- Camden Co, Runnerup- Colquitt Co
Region 2: Champion- Carrollton, Runnerup- East Coweta
Region 3: Champion- Harrison, Runnerup- North  Paulding
Region 4: Champion- Brookwood, Runnerup- Archer
Region 5: Champion- Walton, Runnerup- North Coob
Region 6: Champion- West Forsyth, Runnerup- Denmark
Region 7: Champion- North Gwinnett, Runnerup- Norcross
Region 8: Champion- Buford, Runnerup- Mill Creek

State Duals Predictions:

1. Camden Co
2. Buford
3. Mill Creek
4. Brookwood
5. West Forsyth
6. Carrollton