With the regular season in the rearview, the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) has placed teams in brackets for Round 1 of the state playoffs. The first round kicks off on Friday, Nov. 15.
Here are the Northeast Georgia area teams competing this week.
#4 Habersham Central @ #1 Lee County (5A)
#1 Jefferson vs #32 Monroe (3A)
#13 Lumpkin County vs #20 LaGrange (3A)
#14 Stephens County vs #19 North Murray (2A)
#24 Union County @ #9 Sumter County (2A)
#11 Commerce vs #22 Bremen (1A DI)
#21 Rabun County @ #12 Fitzgerald (1A DI)
NOT IN PLAYOFFS: Banks County, Dawson County, Towns County, White County
#1 Buford vs #4 East Coweta (6A)
#2 Jackson County vs #3 Thomas County Central (5A)
#3 Gainesville @ #2 Sequoyah (5A)
#4 Flowery Branch @ #1 Ola (4A)
#5 North Hall vs #28 Gilmer (3A)
#8 Cherokee Bluff vs #25 Monroe Area (3A)
#30 Chestatee @ #3 Peach County (3A)
#18 Hart County @ #15 Ringgold (2A)
#5 Lakeview @ #4 Deerfield-Windsor (GIAA 3A)
NOT IN PLAYOFFS: East Hall, East Jackson, Franklin County, Johnson, Riverside, West Hall
