There’s a lot to unpack from the Class A Division I and II high school basketball playoffs after the first round of play.
Here’s the breakdown:
Boys
Close D-I boys first-round calls/upsets: Region 1 No. 1-seed Irwin County outlasted Region 2′s No. 4 seed Jefferson County 51-48. Region 1 No. 3 seed Pelham narrowly defeated Region 2 No. 2 seed East Laurens 77-75. Region 7 No. 2 seed Chattooga beat Region 8 No. 3 seed Tallulah Falls 60-57.
Best D-I boys second-round matchups: Third-ranked Mount Pisgah travels to No. 5 Darlington, and second-ranked Mount Bethel travels to No. 8 Athens Academy.
Top 10 D-I boys first-round loss: No. 6 Social Circle lost to No. 4 King’s Ridge 69-60.
Close D-II boys first-round calls/upsets: Southwest Atlanta Christian entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed from Region 7 and beat Region 8 No. 1 seed Warren County 62-56.
Best D-II boys second-round matchups: Eighth-ranked Manchester plays at top-ranked Greenforest, and second-ranked Christian Heritage travels to fourth-ranked Macon County.
Top-10 D-II boys first-round losses: Tenth-ranked Chattahoochee County lost to Hancock Central 60-52.
Girls
Close D-I girls first-round calls/upsets: Screven County beat Heard County 43-41. Temple defeated Bryan County 55-50.
Top-10 D-I girls first-round losses: None.
Best D-I girls second-round matchups: Fourth-ranked Galloway plays at No. 7 Darlington, and eighth-ranked Mount Pisgah plays at No. 2 Elbert County.
Close D-II girls first-round calls/upsets: Region 6 No. 4 seed Chattahoochee County upended Region 5 No. 1 seed Johnson County 73-67. Greene County defeated Greenforest 47-43.
Top-10 D-II girls first-round losses: Tenth-ranked Jenkins County lost to Telfair County 48-33
Best D-II girls second-round matchups: Eighth-ranked Macon County plays at No. 6 Mount Zion-Carroll, and fifth-ranked Clinch County plays at No. 3 Montgomery County
Second-round pairings
(Games played Friday and Saturday)
Class A Division I Boys
R6 #2 No. 3 Mt. Pisgah at R7 #1 No. 5 Darlington
R4 #2 Heard County at R1 #1 Irwin County
R6 #3 No. 2 Mt. Bethel at R8 #1 No. 8 Athens Christian
R3 #2 Savannah at R2 #1 Swainsboro
R1 #3 Pelham at R3 #1 No. 7 Woodville-Tompkins
R6 #4 No. 4 King’s Ridge at R8 #2 Rabun County
R2 #3 Dublin at R4 #1 No. 9 Temple
R7 #2 Chattooga at R6 #1 No. 1 Mt. Vernon
Class A Division II Boys
R6 #2 No. 8 Manchester at R7 #1 No. 1 Greenforest
R3 #3 McIntosh County Academy at R1 #1 No. 6 Calhoun County
R7 #4 Southwest Atlanta Christian at R5 #2 Hancock Central
R4 #3 Telfair County at R2 #1 No. 7 Charlton County
R1 #3 Randolph-Clay at R3 #1 No. 3 Portal
R7 #3 Fulton Leadership Academy at R5 #1 No. 5 Wilkinson County
R1 #2 No. 9 Mitchell County at R4 #1 Dooly County
R7 #2 No. 2 Christian Heritage at R6 #1 No. 4 Macon County
Class A Division I Girls
R6 #2 No. 4 Galloway at R7 #1 No. 7 Darlington
R3 #3 Screven County at R1 #1 No. 10 Pelham
R6 #3 No. 8 Mt. Pisgah at R8 #1 No. 2 Elbert County
R4 #3 Temple at R2 #1 No. 9 Swainsboro
R2 #2 Dublin at R3 #1 No. 3 Woodville-Tompkins
R8 #2 No. 5 Rabun County at R5 #1 Oglethorpe County
R2 #3 East Laurens at R4 #1 No. 6 Lamar County
R8 #3 Athens Christian at R6 #1 No. 1 St. Francis
Class A Division II Girls
R6 #2 No. 8 Macon County at R7 #1 No. 6 Mt. Zion-Carrollton
R4 #2 Wilcox County at R1 #1 No. 9 Early County
R6 #3 Schley County at R8 #1 No. 1 Lake Oconee Academy
R4 #3 Telfair County at R2 #1 No. 4 Turner County
R2 #2 No. 5 Clinch County at R3 #1 No. 3 Montgomery County
R6 #4 Chattahoochee County at R8 #2 No. 7 Towns County
R1 #2 Randolph-Clay at R4 #1 Hawkinsville
R8 #3 Greene County at R6 #1 No. 2 Taylor County
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