Northeast Georgia area teams went a perfect 5-for-5 on Tuesday on the first day of the opening round of the Georgia High School Association volleyball playoffs.
Classes 6A, 4A, and 2A all were in action around the state. Eleven more area teams will be in action on Wednesday as Classes 5A, 3A, and A all will get their playoffs under way.
In Class 6A, Region 8-6A champ Buford (21-10) steamrolled Region 2 No. 4 seed Chapel Hill 25-14, 25-8, 25-20 at home. The Lady Wolves next will face Lowndes, a 3-1 winner over Cherokee, in the second round. North Forsyth held off North Gwinnett 3-2 on the road and will head to Region 3-6A champion Harrison in the Sweet 16.
In Class 4A, East Forsyth, the No. 2 seed from Region 8-4A, swept Eagles Landing 3-0 to move into the second round. The Lady Broncos will get the Perry-Northview winner on Saturday.
In Class 2A, Union County went on the road and got an impressive 3-0 sweep over Redan. The Lady Panthers (17-18) looked impressive in winning 25-13, 25-14, and 25-10.
Despite being a No. 21 seed, the Lady Spartans will play host to No. 28 seed Spencer, who knocked off No. 5 Miller Grove, in the second round. The two teams will play on Saturday.
No. 8 seed East Jackson got past KIPP 25-15, 25-11, 25-12 to move on. The Lady Eagles (25-14) will play host to the Pierce County-Hart County winner in the second round.
(See schedule below.)
GHSA VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS, 1st round
TUESDAY'S SCORES, Oct. 15
Class 6A
Buford 3, Chapel Hill 0
North Forsyth 3, North Gwinnett 2
Class 4A
East Forsyth 3, Eagles Landing 0
Class 2A
East Jackson 3, KIPP 0
Union County 3, Redan 0
WEDNESDAY's SCHEDULE, Oct. 16
(Best-of-five sets match at higher seed)
Class 5A
Gainesville (R7, S4) at Pope (R6, S1), 6 p.m.
Habersham Central (R8, S3) at Pope (R2, S2), 5 p.m.
Houston County (R2, S4) at Jackson County (R8, S1), 5 p.m.
Class 3A
Cedar Grove (27) at White County (6), TBD
Cherokee Bluff (17) at Whitewater (16), 6 p.m.
Dawson County (29) at West Laurens (4), TBD
Mary Persons (26) at Jefferson (7), 5:30 p.m.
North Hall (18) at Northwest Whitefield (15), 5 p.m.
Southeast Bulloch (31) at Chestatee (2), 5:30 p.m.
Class A
Banks County (19) at Chattooga (14), 4:30 p.m.
Rabun County (29) at Lamar County (4), TBD
