The quarterfinals saw the first use of coin flips since the tiebreakers before the initial playoff seeding and there were a total of eight matchups that used coin flips to determine home field. In Class AAAAAA, Colquitt County saved itself a 229 one-way trip to Milton and will now host the top-seeded Eagles after winning the toss.
The shortest distance between opponents is in Class AAAA. Metro Atlanta’s dominance in last week’s games in Class AAAA results in much less travel than last week. The second round saw an average distance of 144.5 miles between opponents but the quarterfinals are a manageable 76.6 miles per game in AAAA.
Class AA once again will log an incredible amount of miles this round. The shortest distance between opponents is a 186-mile drive between Vidalia and GAC and the average distance that the four visiting teams must travel is 214 miles per game.
(All distances are one-way estimates based off Google Maps)
*Home field was determined by coin flip
Friday, Nov. 28
Class AAAAAA
R2 T3 Newton at R5 T2 Etowah (65.7 miles)
*R4 T1 Hillgrove at R8 T1 Archer (52.9 miles)
R4 T2 McEachern at R2 T1 Tucker (32.6 miles)
*R5 T1 Milton at R1 T1 Colquitt County (229 miles)
Total: 380.2 miles (95.09 miles per game)
Class AAAAA
*R2 T3 Jones County at R6 T3 Mays (95.3 miles)
R2 T2 Houston County at R4 T1 Stockbridge (88 miles)
R3 T3 Glynn Academy at R2 T1 Northside-Warner Robins (179 miles)
R8 T2 Gainesville at R5 T1 Allatoona (74.7 miles)
Total: 437 miles (109.3 miles per game)
Class AAAA
R5 T2 Sandy Creek at R7 T1 Cartersville (62.6 miles)
R6 T2 Marist at R8 T1 Buford (28.6 miles)
*R2 T1 West Laurens at R6 T1 St. Pius (147 miles)
R8 T2 North Oconee at R5 T1 Woodward Academy (68.3 miles)
Total: 306.5 miles (76.6 miles per game)
Class AAA
R1 T2 Pierce County at R3 T1 Washington County (129 miles)
*R4 T1 Blessed Trinity at R8 T1 Jefferson (55 miles)
R8 T3 Elbert County at R6 T1 Calhoun (168 miles)
R4 T3 Westminster at R8 T2 Hart County (124 miles)
Total: 476 miles (119 miles per game)
Class AA
*R1 T2 Brooks County at R5 T2 Heard County (216 miles)
*R6 T2 Lovett at R2 T2 Benedictine (262 miles)
*R2 T1 Vidalia at R6 T1 GAC (186 miles)
R6 T4 Pace Academy at R1 T1 Fitzgerald (192 miles)
Total: 856 miles (214 miles per game)
Class A-Private
#9 Mount Pisgah at #1 Calvary Day (271 miles)
#5 Eagle’s Landing Christian at #4 Prince Avenue Christian (51 miles)
#6 Savannah Christian at #3 Mount Paran (270 miles)
#7Tattnall Square at #2 Aquinas (124 miles)
Total: 716 miles (179 miles per game)
Class A-Public
#8 Mt. Zion-Carroll at #1 Marion County (124 miles)
#5 Charlton County at #4 Hawkinsville (146 miles)
#14 Calhoun County at #6 Commerce (246 miles)
#10 Dooly County at #2 Irwin County (60 miles)
Total: 576 miles (144 miles per game)
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