Suburban Atlanta taking over as king of high school football in Georgia

LAWRENCEVILLE - About 140 players came out for the start of football practice at Collins Hill High School, the largest school in Georgia with an enrollment of about 4,000. <br> <br> About ten miles away at state runner-up Brookwood, the number of players was a whopping 190, and down the road another couple of miles, defending three-time Class AAAAA state champ Parkview had 168 players. <br> <br> It appears to be making a difference on the field, too. Since 1996, when Brookwood won its only state championship, schools from Gwinnett have won five titles, including the three straight by Parkview. <br> <br> But Valdosta High School has won 23 state championships, a national record 802 games and six unofficial national titles -- but just one of those came in the past ten years.