Twelve Middle Georgia teams to host in first round of GHSA football playoffs

The GHSA football playoff brackets are set, and there is a strong Middle Georgia contingent headed to the postseason.

Twelve Middle Georgia teams will host in the first round: Jones County in Class 5A, Peach County, Baldwin, Mary Persons and West Laurens in Class 4A, Northeast and Lamar County in Class 3A, Bleckley County at Dublin in Class 2A and Taylor County, Macon County and Schley County in Class 1A.

Here are the complete pairings:

GHSA PLAYOFFS
Class 6A
No. 18 Houston County at Kell
Northside 31 at Lee County
No. 32 Veterans at Thomas County Central

Class 5A
Lithonia at No. 16 Jones County
No. 26 Warner Robins at Jefferson
No. 31 Perry at Cartersville

Class 4A
East Jackson at No. 1 Peach County
Harlem at No. 8 Baldwin
North Clayton at No. 14 Mary Persons
Westover at No. 16 West Laurens
No. 23 Howard at Calhoun

Class 3A
Thomson at No. 11 Northeast
Worth County at No. 16 Lamar County
No. 19 Crisp County at Stephens County

Class 2A
Jefferson County at No. 3 Bleckley County
Vidalia at No. 4 Dublin
No. 18 Dodge County at Berrien
No. 22 ACE at Jasper County
No. 28 East Laurens at Jeff Davis

Class 1A
Seminole County at No. 3 Taylor County
Early County at No. 7 Macon County
No. 20 Hawkinsville at No. 13 Schley County