Friday's playoff games
Class AAAAA
4 North Cobb (4) at 1 Camden County (3)
3 Centennial (6) at 2 Marietta (5)
4 Archer (8) at 3 North Gwinnett (7)
3 East Coweta (2) at 2 Colquitt County (1)
4 Collins Hill (7) at 1 Grayson (8)
3 Lowndes (1) at 2 Stephenson (2)
4 Beach (3) at 1 Hillgrove (4)
3 Etowah (5) at 2 West Forsyth (6)
4 Lassiter (5) at 1 Alpharetta (6)
3 Benedictine (3) at 2 McEachern (4)
4 Coffee (1) at 1 ML King (2)
3 Brookwood (8) at 2 Peachtree Ridge (7)
4 Newnan (2) at 1 Valdosta (1)
3 Norcross (7) at 2 Dacula (8)
4 Milton (6) at 1 Walton (5)
3 South Cobb (4) at 2 Windsor Forest (3)
Class AAAA
4 North Clayton (4) at 1 Northgate (3)
3 SW DeKalb (6) at 2 East Paulding (5)
4 Habersham Central (8) at 1 Chattahoochee (7)
3 Lakeside-Evans (2) at 2 Warner Robins (1)
4 Rome (7) at 1 Heritage (8)
3 Bainbridge (1) at 4 Ware County (2)
4 Upson-Lee (3) at 1 Lovejoy (4)
3 Kell (5) at 2 Marist (6)
4 Sprayberry (5) at 1 Tucker (6)
3 Griffin (3) at 2 Jonesboro (4)
4 Thomas County Central (1) at 1 Statesboro (2)
3 Flowery Branch (8) at 2 Johns Creek (7)
4 Glynn Academy (2) at 1 Northside-Warner Robins (1)
3 Lambert (7) at 2 Clarke Central (8)
4 Mays (6) at 1 Pope (5)
3 Tri-Cities (4) at 2 Alcovy (3)
Class AAA
4 Drew (4) at 1 Burke County (3)
3 LaGrange (6) at 2 Woodward Academy (5)
4 Franklin County (8) at 1 Allatoona (7)
3 Mary Persons (2) at 2 Americus-Sumter (1)
4 Dalton (7) at 1 Gainesville (8)
3 Monroe (1) at 2 Baldwin (2)
4 Butler (3) at 1 Sandy Creek (4)
3 Cedar Grove (5) at 2 Troup (6)
4 Columbia (5) at 1 Carrollton (6)
3 Washington County (3) at 2 Stockbridge (4)
4 Worth County (1) at 1 Peach County (2)
3 Monroe Area (8) at 2 Ridgeland (7)
4 Perry (2) at 1 Cairo (1)
3 Cedartown (7) at 2 Stephens County (8)
4 Shaw (6) at 1 St. Pius X (5)
3 Henry County (4) at 2 Thomson (3)
Class AA
4 Northeast (4) at 1 Dublin (3)
3 Westminster (6) at 2 Callaway (5)
4 Jefferson (8) at 1 Calhoun (7)
3 Tattnall County (2) at 2 Brooks County (1)
4 Gordon Central (7) at 1 North Oconee (8)
3 Thomasville (1) at 2 Appling County (2)
4 Bleckley County (3) at 1 Lamar County (4)
3 Heard County (5) at 2 Blessed Trinity (6)
4 Temple (5) at 1 Buford (6)
3 Jefferson County (3) at 2 Putnam County (4)
4 Cook (1) at 1 Pierce County (2)
3 Elbert County (8) at 2 Pepperell (7)
4 McIntosh County Academy (2) at 1 Fitzgerald (1)
3 Adairsville (7) at 2 Banks County (8)
4 Lovett (6) at 1 Carver-Columbus (5)
3 Morgan County (4) at 2 Laney (3)
Class A
4 Dooly County (4) at 1 Savannah Christian (3)
3 Bowden (6) at 2 Holy Innocents' (5)
4 Commerce (8) at 1 Lincoln County (7)
3 Clinch County (2) at 2 Mitchell County (3)
4 Washington-Wilkes (7) at 1 Prince Avenue Christian (8)
3 Miller County (1) at 2 Charlton County (2)
4 Johnson County (3) at 1 Marion County (4)
3 First Presbyterian Day (5) at 2 Bremen (6)
4 Landmark Christiann (5) at 1 Darlington (6)
3 Calvary Day (3) at 2 Brookstone (4)
4 Calhoun County (1) at 1 Wilcox County (2)
3 Athens Academy (8) at 2 Aquinas (7)
4 Bacon County (2) at 1 Seminole County (1)
3 Wilkinson County (7) at 2 George Walton (8)
4 Mount Paran Christian (6) at 1 Eagle's Landing Christian (5)
3 Greenville (4) at 2 Emmanuel County Institute (3)
Seeding listed before school name, region listed in (parentheses)
The high school football playoffs begin Friday night, with a number of local teams taking part.
In Class AA, Buford (10-0), the No. 1 seed from Region 6, will host No. 4 Temple (6-4). Region 8 No. 2 Banks County (7-3) will host Adairsville (9-1), and No. 4 Jefferson (8-2) will travel to play No. 1-seed Calhoun (10-0), the Region 7 champion.
In Class AAA, Region 8 champion Gainesville (9-1) is the lone area postseason representative, hosting Region 7 No. 4 Dalton (4-6), which had to forfeit four wins this season as the result of using an ineligible player.
Both local Class AAAA schools will be on the road, with Region 8 No. 3 Flowery Branch (9-1) headed to Johns Creek (9-1) and No. 4 Habersham Central (6-4) traveling to defending state champion and Region 7 top seed Chattahoochee (9-1).
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Georgia (7-2, 5-1 SEC), now the East division leader by virtue of South Carolina’s 44-28 loss to Arkansas on Nov. 5, hosts Auburn (6-3, 4-2) Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens. The Bulldogs need a win Saturday and on Nov. 19 at home against Kentucky to seal up the division and a spot in Atlanta for the SEC championship game.
Georgia Tech (7-2, 4-2) hosts Virginia Tech (8-1, 4-1) on Thursday at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta in a big ACC bout. The game can be viewed at 8 p.m. on ESPN.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: The Lady Dogs host TCU on Friday at 6 p.m. in their season opener. The men host Wofford at 8 p.m. Friday on CSS.
Georgia Tech hosts Florida A&M at 8 p.m. Friday and the Lady Yellow Jackets host Alabama State at 5:30 p.m.
ATLANTA FALCONS: Atlanta, which defeated the Colts 31-7 yesterday, hosts New Orleans at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Georgia Dome in a crucial NFC South matchup. The Saints also won their game and sit atop the division, half a game ahead of the Falcons. The game can be viewed on Fox.