GHSA releases proposed regions for 2026-2028 reclassification cycle

The Georgia High School Association reclassification proposal and appeal process is over for the 2026-2028 cycle, and now the proposed regions are revealed after the Reclassification Committee’s meeting on Monday.

No Houston County appealed to move up or down. Houston County, Northside and Veterans will be 6A while Perry and Warner Robins are seated in 5A. Perry is the only school that truly moved in this cycle — they were 4A under the same system two cycles ago.

Now that reclassification is over, the region reveal and transfer requests will begin. Don’t expect any movement from Houston County schools as they’re in very familiar regions.

Houston County, Northside and Veterans are in Region 2-6A with the same opponents as this year (Coffee, Lee County, Thomas County Central) in addition to Tift County.

The biggest change here is adding one region game to the schedule. Now the teams will play six region games instead of five. That leaves less room for non-region competition at the beginning of the season and gives teams less margin for error early in the season.

Perry and Warner Robins’ region saw significant changes, though it’s nothing new for the Demons.

Benedictine’s appeal to move up to 5A was approved. Ware County and Wayne County are also in 5A, but they’ve been moved to a region with Evans, Groves, Jenkins, Richmond Academy and Statesboro.

Warner Robins returns to a region with McDonough-area teams, adding Perry to the mix with Eagle’s Landing, Jones County, Locust Grove, Ola and Union Grove.

This significantly lessens travel for Perry and Warner Robins, considering the shortest road trip in their current region is roughly two and a half hours to Wayne County.

There’s nothing surprising about these regions, and it would be surprising to see any of these teams request a transfer.

The deadline to request a transfer is Sunday, Nov. 16 at 12 p.m. The appeal meetings are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 17 at 9:30 a.m. according to the GHSA.