Four teams won the first state-playoff games in their programs' histories last week. Here are the 38 that won playoff games for the first time in at least two years.
First - Johns Creek
First - Madison County
First - St. Francis
First - Union County
2001 - Riverwood
2003 - Metter
2005 - North Forsyth
2007 - Perry
2007 - Warren County
2010 - Brunswick
2010 - Hiram
2012 - Wilcox County
2013 - Veterans
2014 - Appling County
2014 - Hart County
2015 - Houston County
2015 - Oconee County
2015 - South Paulding
2016 - Carver (Columbus)
2016 - Cherokee
2016 - North Murray
2016 - Roswell
2016 - Sandy Creek
2016 - Stephenson
2016 - Turner County
2017 - Americus-Sumter
2017 - Cook
2017 - Crisp County
2017 - Jefferson
2017 - Jones County
2017 - Manchester
2017 - Marietta*
2017 - Mays
2017 - Mount Paran Christian
2017 - Pepperell
2017 - Starr's Mill
2017 - Toombs County
2017 - West Laurens
*Marietta reached the Class AAAAAAA quarterfinals in 2017 but was later forced to forfeit playoff victories over Westlake and Woodstock. Officially, the Blue Devils' most recent state-playoff win had come in 2012.
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