The playoff field has been set for Class AA-AAAAAAA and one first-round matchup has already been played. Here are the first-round pairings for the state tournament and what to watch for. Class AA-AAAAAAA have until this Friday to complete their first-round matchups, while Class A-Private and Class A-Public have until April 26. In girls Class AAAAAAA, last year’s state runner-up North Gwinnett already advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 3-0 sweep against Region 5 No. 4 seed West Forsyth. The State championships will be on May 12 at the Rome Tennis Center.
GIRLS
First Round Pairings
Class AAAAAAA
R6#3 Peachtree Ridge at R5#2 Milton
R8#4 Shiloh at R7#1 Brookwood
R2#3 Campbell at R1#2 Lowndes
R4#4 Lassiter at R3#1 North Cobb
R5#3 South Forsyth at R6#2 Mill Creek
R7#4 Parkview at R8#1 Rockdale County
R1#3 Colquitt County at R2#2 East Coweta
R3#4 Kennesaw Mountain at R4#1 Walton
R8#3 South Forsyth at R7#2 Norcross
R6#4 Duluth at R5#1 Lambert
R4#3 Woodstock at R3#2 North Paulding
R2#4 Newnan at R1#1 Camden County
R7#3 Lakeside-DeKalb at R8#2 Grayson
R6#1 North Gwinnett 3, R5#4 West Forsyth 0
R3#3 Marietta at R4#2 Etowah
R1#4 Tift County at R2#1 Wheeler
Class AAAAAA
R6#3 River Ridge at R5#2 Douglas County
R8#4 Habersham Central at R7#1 Northview
R2#3 Effingham County at R1#2 Valdosta
R4#4 Mundy’s Mill at R3#1 Lakeside-Evans
R5#3 Alexander at R6#2 Harrison
R7#4 Johns Creek at R8#1 Gainesville
R1#3 Houston County at R2#2 Richmond Hill
R3#4 Evans at R4#1 Tucker
R8#3 Dacula at R7#2 Cambridge
R6#4 Dalton at R5#1 South Forsyth
R4#3 Jonesboro at R3#2 Greenbrier
R2#4 Brunswick at R1#1 Coffee
R7#3 Centennial at R8#2 Lanier
R5#4 Northgate at R6#1 Creekview
R3#3 Heritage-Conyers at R4#2 Forest Park
R1#4 Lee County at R2#1 Glynn Academy
Class AAAAA
R6#3 Grady at R5#2 Arabia Mountain
R8#4 Johnson-Gainesville at R7#1 Kell
R2#3 Statesboro at R1#2 Thomas County Central
R4#4 Woodland-Stockbridge at R3#1 Starr’s Mill
R5#3 Southwest DeKalb at R6#2 North Springs
R7#4 Rome at R8#1 Flowery Branch
R1#3 Veterans at R2#2 Wayne County
R3#4 Morrow at R4#1 Union Grove
R8#3 Loganville at R7#2 Carrollton
R6#4 Decatur at R5#1 Chamblee
R4#3 Jones County at R3#2 McIntosh
R2#4 Ware County at R1#1 Bainbridge
R7#3 Woodland-Bartow at R8#2 Buford
R5#4 Columbia at R6#1 Riverwood
R3#3 Whitewater at R4#2 Ola
R1#4 Harris County at R2#1 South Effingham
Class AAAA
R6#3 Northwest Whitfield at R5#2 LaGrange
R8#4 Madison County at R7#1 Marist
R2#3 Spalding at R1#2 Northside-Columbus
R4#4 Luella at R3#1 Richmond Academy
R5#3 Central-Carroll at R6#2 Gilmer
R7#4 Chestatee at R8#1 North Oconee
R1#3 Shaw at R2#2 Mary Persons
R3#4 Cross Creek at R4#1 Woodward Academy
R8#3 Oconee County at R7#2 Blessed Trinity
R6#4 Pickens at R5#1 Cartersville
R4#3 Druid Hills at R3#2 Burke County
R2#4 Upson-Lee at R1#1 Columbus
R7#3 West Hall at R8#2 St. Pius
R5#4 Cedartown at R6#1 Heritage-Catoosa
R3#3 Thomson at R4#2 Eastside
R1#4 Cairo at R2#1 West Laurens
Class AAA
R6#3 Haralson County at R5#2 Westminster
R8#4 Hart County at R7#1 North Hall
R2#3 Pierce County at R1#2 Crisp County
R4#4 Rutland at R3#1 Savannah Arts
R5#3 Pace Academy at R6#2 Baldwin
R7#4 Dawson County at R8#1 Franklin County
R1#3 Dougherty at R2#2 Appling County
R3#4 Jenkins at R4#1 Pike County
R8#3 Jackson County at R7#2 Greater Atlanta Christian
R6#4 Murray County at R5#1 Lovett
R4#3 Peach County at R3#2 Southeast Bulloch
R2#4 Tattnall County at R1#1 Cook
R7#3 Lumpkin County at R8#2 Morgan County
R5#4 Stone Mountain at R6#1 Calhoun
R3#3 Islands at R4#2 Westside-Macon
R1#4 Worth County at R2#1 Brantley County
Class AA
R6#3 Douglass at R5#2 Temple
R8#4 Rabun County at R7#1 Rockmart
R2#3 Metter at R1#2 Fitzgerald
R4#4 Westside-Augusta at R3#1 Bleckley County
R5#3 Callaway at R6#2 Washington
R7#4 Pepperell at R8#1 Banks County
R1#3 Thomasville at R2#2 St. Vincent’s
R3#4 East Laurens at R4#1 Screven County
R8#3 Monticello at R7#2 Armuchee
R6#4 South Atlanta at R5#1 Heard County
R4#3 Harlem at R3#2 Dodge County
R2#4 Vidalia at R1#1 Berrien
R7#3 Model at R8#2 Elbert County
R5#4 Lamar County at R6#1 Coretta S. King
R3#3 Dublin at R4#2 Davidson Arts
R1#4 Early County at R2#1 Jeff Davis
BOYS
First Round Pairings
Class AAAAAAA
R6#3 Mill Creek at R5#2 Lambert
R8#4 Newton at R7#1 Brookwood
R2#3 Newnan at R1#2 Lowndes
R4#4 Woodstock at R3#1 North Cobb
R5#3 South Forsyth at R6#2 Peachtree Ridge
R7#4 Lakeside-DeKalb at R8#1 Grayson
R1#3 Colquitt County at R2#2 Campbell
R3#4 North Paulding at R4#1 Lassiter
R8#3 Rockdale County at R7#2 Norcross
R6#4 Collins Hill at R5#1 Milton
R4#3 Etowah at R3#2 Kennesaw Mountain
R2#4 East Coweta at R1#1 Camden County
R7#3 Parkview at R8#2 Archer
R5#4 West Forsyth at R6#1 North Gwinnett
R3#3 Hillgrove at R4#2 Walton
R1#4 Tift County at R2#1 Wheeler
Class AAAAAA
R6#3 River Ridge at R5#2 Hughes
R8#4 Apalachee at R7#1 Johns Creek
R2#3 Richmond Hill at R1#2 Valdosta
R4#4 Mundy’s Mill at R3#1 Lakeside-Evans
R5#3 South Paulding at R6#2 Creekview
R7#4 Centennial at R8#1 Gainesville
R1#3 Houston County at R2#2 Effingham County
R3#4 Evans at R4#1 Tucker
R8#3 Lanier at R7#2 Northview
R6#4 Allatoona at R5#1 Alexander
R4#3 Forest Park at R3#2 Greenbrier
R2#4 Bradwell Institute at R1#1 Coffee
R7#3 Dunwoody at R8#2 Winder-Barrow
R5#4 Northgate at R6#1 Harrison
R3#3 Heritage-Conyers at R4#2 Jonesboro
R1#4 Lee County at R2#1 Glynn Academy
Class AAAAA
R6#3 Decatur at R5#2 Southwest DeKalb
R8#4 Johnson-Gainesville at R7#1 Carrollton
R2#3 Wayne County at R1#2 Thomas County Central
R4#4 Eagles Landing at R3#1 Starr’s Mill
R5#3 Clarkston at R6#2 Riverwood
R7#4 Kell at R8#1 Buford
R1#3 Veterans at R2#2 South Effingham
R3#4 Whitewater at R4#1 Ola
R8#3 Clarke Central at R7#2 Woodland-Bartow
R6#4 North Springs at R5#1 Chamblee
R4#3 Woodland-Stockbridge at R3#2 McIntosh
R2#4 Ware County at R1#1 Bainbridge
R7#3 Rome at R8#2 Flowery Branch
R5#4 Arabia Mountain at R6#1 Grady
R3#3 Morrow at R4#2 Union Grove
R1#4 Harris County at R2#1 Statesboro
Class AAAA
R6#3 LaFayetta at R5#2 LaGrange
R8#4 Oconee County at R7#1 Marist
R2#3 Upson-Lee at R1#2 Northside-Columbus
R4#4 Luella at R3#1 Richmond Academy
R5#3 Cedartown at R6#2 Gilmer
R7#4 White County at R8#1 North Oconee
R1#3 Cairo at R2#2 Mary Persons
R3#4 Thomson at R4#1 Woodward Academy
R8#3 St. Pius at R7#2 Blessed Trinity
R6#4 Northwest Whitfield at R5#1 Cartersville
R4#3 Druid Hills at R3#2 Burke County
R2#4 Howard at R1#1 Columbus
R7#3 Chestatee at R8#2 Jefferson
R5#4 Chapel Hill at R6#1 Heritage-Catoosa
R3#3 Baldwin at R4#2 Eastside
R1#4 Americus-Sumter at R2#1 West Laurens
Class AAA
R6#3 Ringgold at R5#2 Pace Academy
R8#4 East Jackson at R7#1 Greater Atlanta Christian
R2#3 Appling County at R1#2 Crisp County
R4#4 Peach County at R3#1 Southeast Bulloch
R5#3 Lovett at R6#2 Murray County
R7#4 Lumpkin County at R8#1 Jackson County
R1#3 Worth County at R2#2 Pierce County
R3#4 Jenkins at R4#1 Pike County
R8#3 Hart County at R7#2 Fannin County
R6#4 North Murray at R5#1 Westminster
R4#3 Rutland at R3#2 Southeast Whitfield
R2#4 Tattnall County at R1#1 Cook
R7#3 North Hall at R8#2 Franklin County
R5#4 Stone Mountain at R6#1 Calhoun
R3#3 Islands at R4#2 Jackson
R1#4 Dougherty at R2#1 Brantley County
Class AA
R6#3 Douglass at R5#2 Heard County
R8#4 Social Circle at R7#1 Model
R2#3 Bacon County at R1#2 Berrien
R4#4 Davidson Arts at R3#1 Bleckley County
R5#3 Lamar County at R6#2 Therrell
R7#4 Coosa at R8#1 Elbert County
R1#3 Thomasville at R2#2 Vidalia
R3#4 East Laurens at R4#1 Screven County
R8#3 Monticello at R7#2 Rockmart
R6#4 No Team R5#1 Temple
R4#3 Johnson at R3#2 Dodge County
R2#4 Jeff Davis at R1#1 Early County
R7#3 Armuchee at R8#2 Banks County
R5#4 Callaway at R6#1 Washington
R3#3 Dublin at R4#2 Harlem
R1#4 Fitzgerald at R2#1 Benedictine
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