GHSA AA and A Football Champions 1947-Present

Year	AA Football Champions	A Football Champions
1947	Lanier
1948	Lanier	Fitzgerald
1949	Brown	Decatur
1950	Decatur	Rockmart
1951	Richmond Academy	Valdosta
1952	Murphy	Valdosta
1953	Grady	Valdosta
1954	Rossville	Jesup
1955	Rossville / La Grange (tie)	Athens
1956	Valdosta	Carrollton / Statesboro (tie)
1957	Valdosta	Statesboro
1958	Avondale / Thomasville	Stephens County
1959	Wayne County	Dublin Fighting Irish
1960	Waycross	Dublin Fighting Irish
1961	Waycross	Carrollton
1962	Rossville	Americus
1963	Cedartown	Dublin Flighting Irish
1964	Douglas County	Carrollton
1965	West Rome	Americus
1966	North Fulton	Statesboro
1967	Dalton	Thomson
1968	St. Pius X	Thomson
1969	North Springs	Coosa
1970	Woodward Academy	Roswell
1971	Westminster	Carrollton
1972	Southwest DeKalb	Carrollton
1973	Southwest Atlanta	Mt. de Sales
1974	Americus	Carrollton
1975	Americus	Irwin County
1976	Avondale	Turner County
1977	Waycross	East Rome
1978	East Rome	Buford
1979	Model	Johnson County
1980	Mary Persons	Greenville
1981	Commerce	Douglass-Montezuma
1982	West Rome	Palmetto
1983	West Rome	Palmetto
1984	West Rome	Greenville
1985	West Rome	Lincoln County
1986	Central Carrollton	Lincoln County
1987	Central Carrollton	Lincoln County
1988	R.E.Lee	Clinch County
1989	Mitchell-Baker	Lincoln County
1990	Pepperwell	Lincoln County
1991	Cartersville	Clinch County
1992	Mitchell-Baker	Bowdon
1993	Greene-Taliaferro	Lincoln County
1994	Washington County	Brooks County
1995	Elbert County	Lincoln County
1996	Washington County	Macon County
1997	Washington County	Manchester
1998	Carrollton	Darlington
1999	Cartersville	Charlton County
2000	Americus	Commerce
2001	Americus	Buford
2002	Buford	Clinch County
2003	Charlton County	Hawkinsville
2004	Charlton County	Hawkinsville / Clinch County (tie)
2005	Charlton County	Lincoln County
2006	Charlton County / Dublin Fighting Irish	Lincoln County
2007	Buford	Emanuel County Institute
2008	Buford	Wesleyan
2009	Buford	Wilcox County
2010	Buford	Clinch County
2011	Calhoun	Savannah Christian
2012	Jefferson
2013	Lovett
2014	Benedictine
2015	Pace Academy
2016	Benedictine
2017	Hapeville Charter
2018	Heard County
2019	Dublin Fighting Irish

Report

Dublin High School Fighting Irish, based in the ‘Shamrock Bowl’, Dublin City, won the AA title in 2006 in a tie with Charlton County. In 2019 they won it for the first time outright. It was their fifth GHSA Football Championship having previously won the A Championship in 1959, 1960 and 1963.

The Dublin City High School Fighting Irish play their games at the ‘Shamrock Bowl’, 100 Shamrock Drive, Dublin, Georgia, 31021.

Georgia High School Association Football System 1947-Present

The AA High School Football Championship in Georgia, USA, was the top level in the Georgia High School Association Football system from 1947 to 1955, when it cbecame the second level from 1956 to 1977. In 1978 a new AAAA tier was introduced, making AA the third level, and in 2000, a AAAAA Tier was introduced, making AA the fourth tier, until 2012 when a AAAAAA level was introduced and then in 2016 7A, making 2A the 6th tier. in 2012 also A was split into A Private and A Public.

Years
1947						AA
1948-1955						AA	A	B	C
1956-1971					AAA	AA	A	B	C
1972-1977					AAA	AA	A	B
1978-1999				AAAA	AAA	AA	A
2000-2011			AAAAA	AAAA	AAA	AA	A
2012-2015		AAAAAA	AAAAA	AAAA	AAA	AA	A Private	A Public
2016-Present	7A	6A	5A	4A	3A	2A	A Private	A Public

Video of Dublin Fighting Irish – AA Quarter-Finals 2018

References

Websites

[1] Georgia High School Association (2020) GHSA Football Champions [Internet] Available from: https://www.ghsa.net/ghsa-football-champions [Accessed 30 April 2020]

[2] Stadium Connection (2020) Shamrock Bowl ‘Home of the Fighting irish’ [Internet] Available from: http://stadiumconnection.com/stadium.php?id=1440 [Accessed 30 April 2020]

[3] Stadium Connection (2020) Shamrock Bowl ‘Home of the Fighting irish’ [Internet] Available from: http://stadiumconnection.com/simages/1440.jpg [Accessed 30 April 2020]

Media

[4] You Tube TV35 WDIG Channel(2018) Game of the Week Heard County Braves vs Dublin Fighting Irish AA Quarter Finals [Internet] Available from: https://youtu.be/2r-Eu_PpZ9Q [Accessed 7 May 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy & Ciaran Simms.

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