Class 6A blog: Matchups, kickoff times for Saturday’s first-round games
The schedule is set for the first round of the Class 6A football playoffs. Listed below are the times and locations for all of Saturday’s first-round games, followed by the matchups for Round 2:
First-round games
Houston County at Evans, 1:30 p.m. Saturday
Johns Creek at Rome, 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Pope at Dacula, 1 p.m. Saturday
Tucker at Brunswick, 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Glynn County Stadium)
Lakeside-Evans at Northside-Warner Robins, 2 p.m. Saturday (McConnell-Talbert Stadium)
Douglas County at Riverwood, 1 p.m. Saturday
Shiloh at Allatoona, 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Glynn Academy at Hughes, 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Effingham County at Westlake, 4 p.m. Saturday
Lanier at Kennesaw Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Creekview at Carrollton, 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Alcovy bye
Lovejoy at Richmond Hill, 1 p.m. Saturday
Kell at Buford, 5:30 p.m. Saturday
South Paulding at Cambridge, 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Grovetown at Lee County, 4 p.m. Saturday
Second-round matchups
Houston County/Evans winner vs. Johns Creek/*Rome winner
Pope/Dacula winner vs. Tucker/*Brunswick winner
Lakeside-Evans/Northside-Warner Robins winner vs. Douglas County/*Riverwood winner
Shiloh/Allatoona winner vs. Glynn Academy/*Hughes winner
Effingham County/Westlake winner vs. Lanier/*Kennesaw Mountain winner
Creekview/Carrollton winner at *Alcovy
Lovejoy/Richmond Hill winner vs. Kell/*Buford winner
South Paulding/Cambridge winner vs. Grovetown/*Lee County winner
Note: Teams marked with an asterisk are No. 1 seeds and would host second-round games if they win this week. If a No. 1 seed loses, the winner of the other game would be the home team.
About the Author
Chip Saye rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025, at the launch of AJC Varsity. In 2009 he helped start Georgia High School Football Daily. He previously worked for the AJC, Athens Banner-Herald, Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail and Gwinnett Daily News.
