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The Georgia Interscholastic Association (GIA) was a school sports league in Georgia. [2] It was integrated into the GHSA in 1970. [3] The Big 7 Conference included large high schools for African American students in Georgia. The GIA was an expansion of this league that came include county high schools around the state. [4]
The Georgia Interscholastic Association (GIA), formed in 1948, was a sports league of high schools serving African Americans in Georgia. [1] It merged into the Georgia High School Association with desegregation in 1970. [ 2 ]
The stadium is also used by all DeKalb County high school football teams for all home state football playoff games as this is the largest stadium and the only stadium with bleachers on both sides of the field in the DeKalb County School District. The GHSA held football championship games here in 1970, 1972, 1973, 1993, and 1995.
In Canada, high school is governed by Football Canada and most schools use Canadian football rules adapted for the high school game except in British Columbia, which uses the NFHS rules. [ 1 ] Since the 2019 high school season, Texas is the only state that does not base its football rules on the NFHS rule set, instead using NCAA rules with ...
Lakewood Stadium was the first high school stadium in the state of Georgia to have artificial turf. [citation needed] Lakewood Stadium was the site of the 1975 GHSA Class AAA Football Championship Game between Douglass High School and Central High School (Macon). Central (Macon) defeated home team Douglass 21–14. [3]
These did not change until segregation came to an end, and the school merged with Douglass High School and took on the color gold, while doing away with black. In 105 years of football, the school has one high school football national championship (1974), and five state championships (1945, 1958 co-champs, 1973, 1974, 1988). They have also won ...
In 1958, two new schools were formed East Rome High School, and West Rome High School. [9] These schools were all segregated and served the White students, until desegregation efforts in 1966. [10] The Main High School, which opened in 1884 and closed in 1969, was the segregated school that served Black students in the Rome community. [10] [11]
Memorial Stadium is a 5,000 capacity county owned multi-purpose stadium near Savannah, Georgia. [1] The stadium is primarily used for American football by high schools in Chatham County, and for Savannah Clovers FC soccer matches. The facility is dedicated to Georgians who died at war. The stadium was modernized in 2018, reopening in September ...