Final Softball Rankings

The pressures and expectations that come from being ranked atop a classification can be immense but the ending of the GHSA softball season saw programs handle pressure.Six of the eight programs ranked atop the respective classes ended the season with state championships led by Class 7A No. 1 Buford, which won its 11th title and first since the Wolves won 10-straight from 2007-2016.

Pope won the programs third title in Class 6A after winning championships in 2014 and 2019. In Class 5A, Northside-Columbus entered the playoffs ranked No. 10 and won it all. The title was the second for Northside after taking the 4A title in 2017.

In Class 4A, West Laurens won the programs first title after entering the tournament as the fifth-ranked team in the class. Wesleyan entered the 3A playoffs at the top of the class and won it all. The Wolves have four titles 2017, 2018, 2021 and this year.

In Class 2A, Jeff Davis took the title, the programs first, after entering the playoffs atop the class. In Class A Division I, Heard County defended its title for the third-straight season and won the programs fourth-overall championship (2014). In Class A Division II, top-ranked Emanuel County Institute captured the programs first title after entering the playoffs atop the class.

Class 7A

1. Buford

2. East Coweta

3. North Gwinnett

4. South Forsyth

5. Hillgrove

6. North Paulding

7. Parkview

8. Kennesaw Mountain

9. Lambert

10. Colquitt County

Class 6A

1. Pope

2. Apalachee

3. Lassiter

4. River Ridge

5. South Effingham

6. Effingham County

7. Veterans

8. Houston County

9. Allatoona

10. Sequoyah

Class 5A

1. Northside-Columbus

2. Loganville

3. Harris County

4. Northgate

5. Cambridge

6. Eastside

7. Villa Rica

8. Chamblee

9. Jefferson

10. Flowery Branch

Class 4A

1. Whitewater

2. West Laurens

3. Central-Carroll

4. Islands

5. Walnut Grove

6. East Forsyth

7. Wayne County

8. Heritage-Catoosa

9. Northwest Whitfield

10. North Oconee

Class 3A

1. Wesleyan

2. Jackson

3. Gordon Lee

4. Harlem

5. Bremen

6. Oconee County

7. Pike County

8. Crisp County

9. Monroe Area

10. LaFayette

Class 2A

1. Jeff Davis

2. Mount Paran

3. ACE Charter

4. Pierce County

5. Rockmart

6. Appling County

7. ELCA

8. Union County

9. Dodge County

10. Brantley County

Class A Division I

1. Heard County

2. Social Circle

3. Pepperell

4. Prince Avenue Christian

5. Bacon County

6. Mount Vernon

7. Bryan County

8. Bleckley County

9. Trion

10. Dade County

Class A Division II

1. Emanuel County Institute

2. Lanier County

3. Georgia Military

4. Wilcox County

5. Glascock County

6. Hawkinsville

7. Schley County

8. Bowdon

9. Portal

10. Marion County