Dunwoody High will be moved to the 6A football classification and into region 4 next school year.
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Collins Hill has the No. 1-ranked football team in Class 7A. Buford is No. 1 in 6A. In a year, they will be chasing the same championship, part of the new Region 8-7A released Thursday by the Georgia High School Association.
The new regions, effective for the 2022-23 academic year, will foster new rivalries, and some schools will be watched more closely than others.
Buford has won 49 state titles in various sports this century, 12 in football, across six classifications, starting in Class A in 2001. For the first time next year, the Wolves will be in the highest class with fellow Gwinnett County schools Collins Hill, Mill Creek and others.
Roswell and Blessed Trinity, crosstown rivals that rarely compete against each other, will find themselves in Region 7-6A together next year. Roswell is down from 7A while Blessed Trinity is moving up. Continue at GHSA Daily
