Five No. 4 seeds survived the first round. There were eight in 2018 and only three in 2017, so it's cyclical. The No. 4 seeds that won this year were Cherokee (41-23 over Westlake in Class AAAAAAA), Houston County (31-21 over Evans in AAAAAA), Hiram (16-12 over Southwest DeKalb in AAAAA), Madison County (27-20 over Ridgeland in AAAA) and Americus-Sumter (13-6 over Burke County in AAAA). It's unusual for No. 4 seeds to win in the first round, even rarer for them to advance again. Below are the 39 teams seeded No. 4 that succeeded in winning two rounds in the playoffs. Those with asterisks won at least one more game after the second round.
2018 - Coffee
2018 - Tift County (at-large)
2017 - Marietta (at-large)
2016 - Coffee
2015 - Drew
2015 - Pace Academy***
2015 - Westside (Macon)
2014 - Pace Academy
2013 - Alexander
2012 - Colquitt County*
2012 - South Effingham
2011 - Landmark Christian**
2011 - Lassiter*
2010 - Brooks County
2010 - Lovett*
2010 - Mill Creek
2010 - Savannah Christian**
2009 - Cook
2009 - Flowery Branch*
2008 - Coffee
2008 - Mount Zion (Jonesboro)
2008 - Woodstock
2007 - Cook*
2006 - Bleckley County
2006 - Hawkinsville
2006 - Houston County
2006 - Peachtree Ridge***
2006 - Starr's Mill
2005 - Southwest DeKalb
2005 - Twiggs County
2002 - East Coweta*
2001 - Crisp County
2000 - Shiloh
1998 - Cairo*
1998 - Crawford County
1998 - South Gwinnett
1997 - Clarkston*
1997 - Colquitt County*
1997 - Irwin County**
1996 - Turner County
*Won in quarterfinals.
**Won in semifinals.
***Won state title.
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