Even though there are eight teams remaining in each of the Georgia High School Association's classifications in the state playoffs, the football season in the Southern Crescent is over.
Last Friday, the last remaining team in the playoffs, the Lovejoy Wildcats fell to Houston County 44-26 in the second round of the Class AAAAA tournament.
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