LINCOLN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -Here’s your notice: Lincolnton will likely be closed on Monday.

Well, it sure feels like it anyways.

Painted business windows, signs lit up with ‘schools closed’ are scattered throughout downtown.

If you don’t know why by now, ask your neighbor-they may know.

For the first time in 19 years, Lincoln County finds itself back on Georgia’s biggest stage, a road trip to Atlanta.

The Red Devils will face Bowdon in the GHSA Class A Division II state championship on Monday, but it won’t be the first time they’ll meet in the final game of the season.

The last time Lincoln County lifted a state title trophy against Bowdon? 1989 in the Class A championship game with Georgia great Garrison Hearst on the Red Devils roster.

A Battle-Tested Opponent

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