Spurred on by two state championships, Brantley County High School recorded its highest-ever finish in the Regions Bank Directors Cup.
BCHS finished 15th in Class A Division I. Model led the way compiling 1,114 points.
The Lady Herons accumulated 276 points for 16th place with the Herons one spot back with 222 points.
The Regions Bank Directors Cup recognizes those athletic departments in all GHSA (Georgia High School Association) classifications who have excelled and shown superior performance.
Since the 1999-2000 school year, the Georgia Athletic Directors Association (GADA) has presented this award annually. Award-winning schools receive a Regions Bank Directors Cup trophy and a wall banner.
Beginning with the 2002-03 school year, the award has been presented to the top male program, top female program, and top overall program in each classification.
Points are awarded to each school, in each GHSA classified sport, using the state playoff results. Each school’s highest scoring eight sports for boys and eight sports for girls are used to calculate the school’s awarded point totals.
No more than 32 schools, and ties, will receive points per sport/gender.
A school's wrestling score will be determined by its highest score in Duals or Traditional.
Fast Pitch/Slow Pitch softball and wrestling duals are bracketed until the Elite Eight and then transition to non-bracketed for the final eight schools finishing place.
In bracketed sports (baseball, basketball, football, flag football, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, volleyball) state champions are awarded 100 points, runner-up 90 points, third-place (two teams) 84 points, fifth (four teams) 70 points, ninth (eight teams), 53 points, 17th (16 schools) 25 points.
Non-bracketed sports (cheerleading, cross-country, dance, game day cheer, golf, gymnastics, swimming & diving, track & field, wrestling (traditional) range from 100 points to 10 points (first to 32nd place).
There are 19 competitive sports for girls and 12 for boys.
Class A Div. I
Model joined the short list consisting of Gordon Lee and Commerce (four times) as public school winners.
Model compiled 1,114 points to outdistance Vidalia’s 1,065 for the title. The Lady Blue Devils’ program compiled 658 points (one title, one runner-up) to lead the division. Gordon Lee (201213) was the last public school to accomplish the feat.
The Indians finished with a classification high 495 points joining Commerce (2014-15, 2015-16, 2020-21) and Social Circle (2021-22) with the distinction.
Outside the 100 points for the champion Lady Herons tennis program, they netted 53 points for ninth-place showings in softball and volleyball, 45 points in cross-country (15th) and 25 points in basketball (17th).
The Herons also earned 100 points for winning the tennis title. They finished sixth in wrestling (duals - 72) and 17th in both basketball and baseball (25 each).
Jeff Davis was the highestranked Region 1 team finishing fourth with 827 points (406 girls, 421 boys). Thomasville (771; 404 girls, 367 boys) was seventh, Fitzgerald (477, 181 girls, 296 boys) placed 16th, Berrien (441; 169 girls, 272 boys) finished 17th and Bacon County (361; 194 girls, 167 boys) was 19th.
Worth County was ineligible with the athletic director being a non-GADA member.
