List: First-round upsets, according to Maxwell Ratings

Seventeen of the 124 first-round games were upsets, according to the computer Maxwell Ratings. Here are those, with their projected margins.

Class 7A

Norcross (-4) d. Cherokee

Walton (-4) d. Colquitt Co.

Class 6A

Douglas Co. (-19) d. Riverwood

Evans (-15) d. Houston Co.

Johns Creek (-8) d. Rome

Lovejoy (-2) d. Richmond Hill

Shiloh (-9) d. Allatoona

Class 5A

Harris Co. (-10) d. Dutchtown

Class 4A

Hapeville Charter (-28) d. Jefferson

LaGrange (-19) d. Baldwin

Class 3A

Dawson Co. (-15) d. Sandy Creek

Stephens Co. (-7) d. Rockmart

Class 2A

Columbia (-7) d. Elbert Co.

Class A Private

Brookstone (-2) d. Whitefield Academy

Sav. Country Day (-11) d. Stratford Acad.

Class A Public

Turner Co. (-3) d. Dublin

Warren Co. (-31) d. Chattahoochee Co.

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