| 5-AAAA/9-AAAA playoffs |
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February 20
Cobb Civic Center |
Etowah (24-1)| 56 |
Wills | 44 | | |
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Cherokee (17-9)| 45 |
South Cobb | 43 | | |
| 5-AAAA/9-AAAA playoffs - seeding |
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February 21
Cobb Civic Center |
Etowah (25-1)| 67 |
Cherokee (18-9)| 37 | | |
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| Opening Round |
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February 26
Cobb Civic Center |
Cedar Shoals (24-5)| 59 |
Columbia (21-4)| 50 | | |
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Etowah (26-1)| 52 |
Fayette County (24-3)| 38 | | |
Southwest DeKalb (22-4)| 62 |
Norcross (25-3)| 43 | | |
Cherokee (18-10)| 48 |
Griffin (14-11)| 41 | | |
February 26
Dublin -
West Laurens High |
Southwest (Macon) (21-2)| 64 |
Effingham County (22-0)| 50 | | |
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Lowndes (24-0)| 70 |
Jordan (22-1)| 53 | | |
Baldwin (21-3)| 57 |
Statesboro (18-8)| 47 | | |
Columbus (23-3)| 65 |
Dougherty (16-7)| 64 | | |
| Quarterfinals |
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February 28
Cobb Civic Center |
Etowah (27-1)39
OT |
Cedar Shoals (25-3)37
OT | | |
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Cherokee (19-10)| 46 |
Southwest DeKalb (23-4)| 43 | | |
February 28
Dublin -
West Laurens High |
Lowndes (25-0)| 86 |
Southwest (Macon) (23-5)| 65 | | |
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Baldwin (22-3)| 78 |
Columbus (24-3)| 58 | | |
| Semifinals |
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March 5
Macon Coliseum |
Etowah (28-1)| 65 |
Lowndes (26-0)| 45 | | |
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Baldwin (23-3)| 71 |
Cherokee (20-10)| 30 | | |
| Finals |
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March 7
Macon Coliseum |
Baldwin (24-3)| 56 |
Etowah (29-1)| 54 | | |
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The Tournament
Teams: 16
How determined: Region winners and runners-up.
Champion: Baldwin
School Title: 2nd
Final Record: 25-3
Coach: Janet Allman
Notes:
5-AAAA/9-AAAA Playoffs
- For two tournaments - 1987 and 1988 - the GHSA had nine AAAA regions. Every other class had eight. To keep whittle the number down to 16 squads, they instituted a playoff between two of the regions. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stops short of calling these state playoffs, instead referring to these AAAA squads as "earning state berths." Indeed the 5-AAAA/9-AAAA games operated very much like a region tournament, with the region winner and runner-up facing those of the other region. The winners of the game got the state bids.
Others say that these were indeed state tournament games. They mention that every other region champion and runner-up got an automatic state bid and that these should be considered no different.
Personally, I am split on the issue and am hoping that this satisfies both crowds.
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