The baseball state playoffs opened up on Wednesday with double-headers in Class AA-AAAAAAA. There were also a handful of girls soccer first round matches being played and the boys soccer state playoffs got underway. Check out the scores below and some of the highlights.

Northgate defeated Dacula 2-0 in Game 1. Ryder Willard pitched a complete game shutout to lead the Vikings and limited the Falcons to just three hits. Andrew Baldwin batted 2-3 with a double and Samuel Jennings and Shawn Ragan each notched RBI’s. Dacula responded with a 7-3 win in Game 2 to split the series and set up a 5:30 p.m. winner-take-all showdown on Thursday. Marcerio Allen got the win and struck out six Vikings batters.

In soccer, the Westminster boys defeated Hart County 5-0 and Pace Academy scored a statement 8-1 win over Morgan County. Class A-Private's Wesleyan used a two-goal performance by Sean Renz and goals by Harrison Larner & Jonathan Lopez to defeat King's Ridge Christian 4-1.

Boys Soccer

Academy For Classical Education 8, Chattahoochee County 2
Athens Academy 4, Aquinas 1
Atlanta International 10, Mt. Paran Christian 0
Benedictine 3, Long County 0
Carrollton 4, North Springs 1
Clarke Central 2, Chamblee 1
Clarkston 11, Loganville 1
Collins Hill 4, Central Gwinnett 3 OT
Colquitt County 3, Etowah 2 OT
Crisp County 5, Westside-Macon 0
Cross Keys 7, Cedar Shoals 1
Drew Charter 4, Greene County 1
East Hall 3, North Murray 2
Fayette County 4, South Effingham 3
Forsyth Central 2, Archer 1
Georgia Military 10, Dooly County 1
Greater Atlanta Christian 3, Murray County 0
Harris County 4, Dutchtown 1
Hillgrove 2, East Coweta 0
Islands 7, Liberty County 0
Jefferson 2, Stone Mountain 0
Johnson-Gainesville 6, Arabia Mountain 0
Lake Oconee Academy 5, Elite Scholars Academy 1
Lakeside-DeKalb 1, Peachtree Ridge 0
Lambert 2, Rockdale County 0
Lassiter 5, Tift County 0
Lovett 2, East Jackson 0
McIntosh 6, Statesboro 0
Meadowcreek 1, Mill Creek 0
Milton 5, Grayson 0
Morris Innovative 3, Towns County 1
Mt. de Sales 5, Strong Rock Christian 2
Norcross 3, Mountain View 2
North Cobb 5, Newnan 1
North Paulding 3, Pebblebrook 1
Pace Academy 8, Morgan County 1
Pike County 11, Monroe 1
Rome 2, Decatur 0
Roswell 4, Lowndes 1
South Forsyth 3, South Gwinnett 0
St. Anne Pacelli 8, Landmark Christian 1
Starr's Mill 8, Ware County 0
Tattnall County 2, Savannah Arts 1
Union Grove 2, Warner Robins 1
Veterans 2, Locust Grove 1
Villa Rica 3, Riverwood 2
Walton 2, Camden County 0
Wesleyan 4, King's Ridge 1
Westminster 5, Hart County 0
Whitefield Academy 6, Riverside Military 2
Whitewater 5, Wayne County 0
Worth County 2, Jackson 1

Girls Soccer

Carrollton 5, North Springs 1
Holy Innocents' 3, Mt. Paran Christian 1
Kennesaw Mountain 2, Westlake 1
Lambert 10, South Gwinnett 0
McIntosh 14, Wayne County 0

Baseball

Alexander 4, Apalachee 1
Allatoona 12, Alpharetta 0
Allatoona 2, Alpharetta 1
Apalachee 10, Alexander 9
Appling County 4, Jenkins 3
Appling County 8, Jenkins 7
Benedictine 17, Brantley County 2
Benedictine 8, Brantley County 0
Bleckley County 8, Metter 7
Blessed Trinity 11, Ridgeland 1
Blessed Trinity 16, Ridgeland 0
Bremen 11, Union County 3
Brookwood 3, Mountain View 1
Brookwood 7, Mountain View 6
Buford 13, Arabia Mountain 3
Buford 16, Arabia Mountain 0
Burke County 13, Perry 9
Cairo 11, Druid Hills 0
Cairo 15, Druid Hills 0
Calhoun 8, Greater Atlanta Christian 6
Callaway 11, Banks County 1
Cambridge 6, River Ridge 5
Carrollton 12, North Springs 0
Carrollton 7, North Springs 1
Cartersville 10, Oconee County 0
Cartersville 5, Oconee County 0
Chattooga 28, McNair 0
Cherokee Bluff 2, Ringgold 1
Clarke Central 16, Southwest DeKalb 6
Coahulla Creek 2, North Hall 1
Colquitt County 6, Lassiter 2
Columbus 10, Hampton 0
Columbus 18, Hampton 1
Cook 16, Peach County 4
Creekview 11, Pope 5
Crisp County 15, Jackson 2
Crisp County 7, Jackson 1
Dacula 7, Northgate 3
Decatur 10, Rome 0
Decatur 4, Rome 1
Denmark 8, Northwest Whitfield 6
East Paulding 8, Riverwood 5
Effingham County 11, Lakeside-Evans 5
Effingham County 4, Lakeside-Evans 3
Elbert County 5, Lamar County 3
Etowah 12, Lowndes 2
Etowah 6, Lowndes 0
Fannin County 15, Haralson County 0
Fannin County 9, Haralson County 1
Fitzgerald 11, Jefferson County 1
Flowery Branch 4, Heritage-Catoosa 2
Flowery Branch 9, Heritage-Catoosa 0
Forsyth Central 15, South Gwinnett 0
Forsyth Central 8, South Gwinnett 1
Grayson 6, Lambert 2
Greenbrier 12, Brunswick 1
Greenbrier 12, Brunswick 2
Grovetown 6, Richmond Hill 5
Grovetown 9, Richmond Hill 4
Harlem 11, Brooks County 1
Harlem 7, Brooks County 4
Harris County 12, Union Grove 3
Harrison 15, Dunwoody 5
Harrison 4, Dunwoody 0
Hart County 4, Lovett 2
Heard County 3, Social Circle 2
Heard County 4, Social Circle 2
Heritage-Conyers 1, Glynn Academy 0
Heritage-Conyers 7, Glynn Academy 1
Hillgrove 7, Wheeler 0
Houston County 15, Mt. Zion-Jonesboro 0
Islands 10, Pierce County 3
Islands 5, Pierce County 3
Jeff Davis 10, East Laurens 2
Jeff Davis 13, East Laurens 0
Kell 14, Jackson-Atlanta 3
Kell 15, Jackson-Atlanta 0
Kennesaw Mountain 3, East Coweta 0
Kennesaw Mountain 4, East Coweta 1
LaGrange 6, Stephens County 3
Lamar County 8, Elbert County 1
Lambert 8, Grayson 4
Lassiter 4, Colquitt County 0
Lee County 8, Stephenson 4
Locust Grove 11, Bainbridge 3
Locust Grove 7, Bainbridge 0
Loganville 10, Lithonia 3
Loganville 13, Lithonia 0
Lovett 3, Hart County 2
Marist 16, Pickens 10
Marist 6, Pickens 4
Mary Persons 11, Richmond Academy 0
Mary Persons 14, Richmond Academy 0
McIntosh 6, South Effingham 5
Milton 11, Rockdale County 1
Milton 13, Rockdale County 1
Model 10, South Atlanta 0
Model 23, South Atlanta 0
Mt. Zion-Jonesboro 14, Houston County 0
Newnan 5, North Cobb 1
Norcross 12, Mill Creek 2
Norcross 4, Mill Creek 2
North Cobb 7, Newnan 4
North Forsyth 2, Archer 1
North Forsyth 4, Archer 1
North Gwinnett 10, Lakeside-DeKalb 0
North Gwinnett 13, Lakeside-DeKalb 2
North Hall 8, Coahulla Creek 1
North Oconee 15, Cedartown 7
North Oconee 3, Cedartown 1
North Paulding 11, Campbell 0
North Paulding 11, Campbell 1
Northgate 2, Dacula 0
Northside-Columbus 10, Eastside 0
Northside-Columbus 8, Eastside 1
Ola 10, Veterans 0
Ola 10, Veterans 0
Pace Academy 10, East Jackson 0
Pace Academy 15, East Jackson 2
Parkview 2, Peachtree Ridge 1
Parkview 6, Peachtree Ridge 0
Perry 12, Burke County 2
Pike County 4, Long County 1
Pike County 5, Long County 0
Pope 10, Creekview 3
Ringgold 4, Cherokee Bluff 0
River Ridge 2, Cambridge 1
Riverwood 5, East Paulding 4
Rockmart 13, Washington 0
Rockmart 14, Washington 0
Rutland 7, Worth County 6
South Paulding 6, Habersham Central 1
South Paulding 7, Habersham Central 6
Southwest DeKalb 16, Clarke Central 6
St. Pius X 3, Troup 2
Starr's Mill 3, Ware County 2
Starr's Mill 3, Ware County 2
Statesboro 3, Whitewater 2
Stephens County 12, LaGrange 3
Stephenson 6, Lee County 3
Thomas County Central 4, Jones County 2
Thomas County Central 6, Jones County 4
Thomasville 14, Laney 1
Thomasville 3, Laney 0
Troup 6, St. Pius X 2
Tucker 13, Coffee 3
Tucker 16, Coffee 4
Union County at Bremen, late
Union Grove 3, Harris County 1
Upson-Lee 4, Thomson 0
Upson-Lee 6, Thomson 4
Valdosta 15, M. L. King 0
Valdosta 17, M. L. King 0
Vidalia 11, Washington County 4
Walnut Grove 6, Chamblee 2
Walnut Grove 7, Chamblee 0
Walton 10, Collins Hill 0
Walton 9, Collins Hill 1
Washington County 3, Vidalia 2
Wayne County 11, Fayette County 0
Wayne County 8, Fayette County 0
West Laurens 14, Cross Creek 4
Westminster 7, Jefferson 1
Wheeler 1, Hillgrove 0
Whitewater 10, Statesboro 3
Winder-Barrow 13, Creekside 0
Winder-Barrow 8, Creekside 2
Woodstock 10, Camden County 4
Woodstock 10, Camden County 6
Woodward Academy 4, Hardaway 0
Woodward Academy 8, Hardaway 2
Worth County 5, Rutland 4

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