| 5-AAAA/9-AAAA playoffs |
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February 20
Cobb Civic Center |
South Cobb (21-4)| 62 |
Etowah | 53 | | |
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Campbell-Smyrna (24-2)| 62 |
Roswell | 52 | | |
| 5-AAAA/9-AAAA playoffs - seeding |
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February 21
Cobb Civic Center |
Campbell-Smyrna (25-2)| 65 |
South Cobb (22-4)| 62 | | |
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| Opening Round |
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February 26
(North)
Cobb Civic Center |
Campbell-Smyrna (26-2)| 68 |
Douglass (13-12)| 46 | | |
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South Cobb (22-5) | 61 |
Southwest DeKalb (25-0)| 38 | | |
Morrow (20-6)| 52 |
Cedar Shoals (22-4)| 39 | | |
LaGrange (21-4)| 71 |
Norcross (19-6)| 40 | | |
February 26
(South)
Dublin -
West Laurens High |
Colquitt County (14-8)| 58 |
Statesboro (23-3)| 41 | | |
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Jordan (22-2) | 53 |
Northeast (Macon) | 52 | | |
Brunswick (21-3)| 69 |
Lowndes (13-10)| 53 | | |
Baldwin (21-1)| 49 |
Kendrick (18-8)| 40 | | |
| Quarterfinals |
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February 27
(North)
Cobb Civic Center |
Campbell-Smyrna (27-2)| 73 |
LaGrange (22-4)| 48 | | |
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South Cobb (23-5) | 54 |
Morrow (21-6)| 52 | | |
February 27
(South)
Dublin -
West Laurens High |
Jordan (23-2) 64
3 OT |
Colquitt County (15-8)62
3 OT | | |
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Baldwin (22-1) | 74 |
Brunswick (22-3)| 49 | | |
| Semifinals |
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March 4
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum |
Jordan (24-2) 76
2 OT |
Campbell-Smyrna (28-2)75
2 OT | | |
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Baldwin (23-1) | 56 |
South Cobb (24-5) | 40 | | |
| Finals |
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March 5
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum |
Baldwin (24-1) | 61 |
Jordan (25-2) | 43 | | |
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The Tournament
Teams: 16
How determined: Region winner and region runner-up.
Champion: Baldwin
School Title: 3rd
Final Record: 25-1
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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