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We are in the home stretch, Athens. High school spring sports are entering the playoffs beginning Tuesday.

Soccer concluded its region play and declared its seedings over the weekend and are now gearing up for the GHSA-wide competition to start April 22. Top-seeded Oconee County girls had a scheduling issue with another sport, so they kicked off the tournament early on Monday, April 20, with a 10-0 win against 32-seed Riverdale.

As usual, the first, second, quarterfinal and semifinals rounds will be hosted by the higher seed in each matchup. Here's the first and second round schedule breakdown, which is always split up by classification and gender:

Round 1​

• April 21: A-D1/D2, 3A, 5A girls
• April 22: A-D1/D2, 3A, 5A boys
• April 23: 2A, 4A, 6A girls
• April 24: 2A, 4A, 6A boys

Round 2​

• April 28: A-D1/D2, 3A, 5A girls
• April 29: A-D1/D2, 3A, 5A boys
• April 30: 2A, 4A, 6A girls
• May 1: 2A, 4A, 6A boys

The quarterfinals will be May 4-5 and the semifinals May 7-8. If two of the same seeds are paired, a universal coin toss will be used to determine the host.

The championships are slated for May 12-15. There will be three host sites for the finals, with classifications set for each destination. Two classes will be held at Upson-Lee and St. Pius X each, while the remaining four classes will be held at Duluth. Here's the schedule breakdown:

Upson-Lee High School​

Address: 268 Knight Trail, Thomaston

• May 14: A-Division 1
• May 15: A-Division 2
  • Both days: Girls play at 4 p.m., boys play at 6:30 p.m.

St. Pius X Catholic High School​

Address: 2674 Johnson Road Northeast, Atlanta

• May 12: Private
• May 13: 2A
  • Both days: Girls play at 5 p.m., boys play at 7:30 p.m.

Duluth High School​

Address: 3737 Brock Rd Northwest, Duluth

• May 12: 3A
• May 13: 5A
• May 14: 6A
• May 15: 4A
  • All days: Girls play at 5 p.m., boys play at 7:30 p.m.

GIAA-wide competition does not begin until May 8-9 and will conclude May 26-27 at Stratford Academy in Macon.

Here are the Athens-area soccer programs with sights set into the postseason and their first round opponents:

Athens-area high school soccer teams in state tournament: First round opponents​

Girls​

GHSA Class 5A​

2-seed Jackson County vs. 3-seed Glynn Academy | Tuesday, April 21; 5:30 p.m.

4-seed Clarke Central at 1-seed Greenbrier | Tuesday, April 21; 5:30 p.m.

Class 4A​

1-seed North Oconee vs. 4-seed Ware County | Thursday, April 23; 6 p.m.

Class 3A​

1-seed Oconee County vs. winner of 16-seed Calhoun/17-seed Pickens | TBD

• First round: W, 10-0 vs. Riverdale

7-seed Jefferson vs. 26-seed Spalding | Tuesday, April 21; 6 p.m.

Class 2A​

11-seed East Jackson vs. 22-seed Stephens County | Thursday, April 23; 5:30 p.m.

Class 1A​

24-seed Commerce at 9-seed Armuchee | Tuesday, April 21; 6 p.m.

27-seed Oglethorpe County at 6-seed Jeff Davis | Tuesday, April 21; 4 p.m.

Class Private​

12-seed Athens Academy vs. 21-seed Galloway | Thursday, April 23; 5:30 p.m.

24-seed Prince Avenue Christian at 9-seed Holy Innocents | Thursday, April 23; 5 p.m.

Boys​

GHSA Class 5A​

1-seed Clarke Central vs. 4-seed South Effingham | Wednesday, April 22; 6 p.m.

2-seed Jackson County vs. 3-seed Greenbrier | Tuesday, April 21; 7:30 p.m.

4-seed Winder-Barrow at 1-seed Glynn Academy | Wednesday, April 22; 5:30 p.m.

Class 3A​

7-seed Oconee County vs. 26-seed Richmond Academy | Wednesday, April 22; 7 p.m.

12-seed Jefferson vs. 21-seed Johnson (Savannah) | Wednesday, April 22; 6 p.m.

Class 2A​

31-seed East Jackson at 2-seed Thomson | Friday, April 24; 6 p.m.

Class Private​

28-seed Prince Avenue Christian at 5-seed Athens Academy | Friday, April 24; 7 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Follow the Athens-area high school soccer teams in GHSA playoffs

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