The GHSA soccer playoffs kick of on Tuesday, April 22, and the first round continues through Friday as teams from the Greater Savannah area are prepared to make some noise in the postseason.
The Richmond Hill boys and girls enter the Class 6A playoffs as No. 1 seeds after winning Region 1-6A titles.
The Savannah Country Day boys and girls teams are also both hosting first round games in the Class A-3A Private playoffs.
The Islands boys are set to host in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs as the Sharks (12-7) are No. 4 in the GHSA Power Rankings for their enrollment classification. Jenkins (14-1), whose only loss came at Islands, is also set to host on Friday.
Benedictine has been playing some top notch soccer and the Cadets are also set to host an opening round match in the Class 4A playoffs on Wednesday.
The Savannah Arts girls are 14-2 on the season with their only losses coming against Richmond Hill and St. Vincent’s. The Panthers are at No. 3 in the Class 2A Power Rankings and will host a first-round game Thursday at Daffin Park.
Here’s a look at the Savannah area boys and girls soccer teams that are in the GHSA playoffs and their first round matchups.
Girls
Class A-3A Private
Seedings based on GHSA Power rankings
No. 31 Christian Heritage (3-10) at No. 2 Savannah Country Day (14-3), Thursday, April 24, 4 p.m.
No. 27 Weber School (3-13) at No. 6 Calvary Day (16-1), Thursday, April 24, time TBA
No. 25 Mt. Bethel Christian (4-6) at No. 8 St. Vincent’s (13-1), Thursday, April 24, at Memorial Stadium, time TBA
No. 26 Savannah Christian (3-12) at No. 7 Athens Academy (11-3), Thursday, April 24, time TBA
Class 6A
No. 4 Wheeler (4-11) at No. 1 Richmond Hill (16-1), Tuesday, April 22, time TBA
Class 5A
No. 4 Effingham County (5-11) at No. 1 Villa Rica (12-2), Tuesday, April 22, 5:30 p.m.
Class 3A
Seedings based on GHSA Power rankings
No. 27 Islands (7-10) at No. 6 Luella (12-6), Thursday, April 24, 6 p.m.
Class 2A
Seedings based on GHSA Power rankings
No. 30 Hardaway (3-6) at No. 3 Savannah Arts (14-2), Thursday, April 24, 5 p.m., at Daffin Park
Class 1A Division I
Seedings based on GHSA Power rankings
No. 18 Woodville-Tompkins (9-5) at No. 15 Fitzgerald (9-7), Thursday, April 24, 5:30 p.m.
Class 1A Division II
No. 4 Bryan County at No. 1 Irwin County, (both teams have byes in first round, meet in second round on April 29, time TBA.
Boys
Class A-3A Private
Seedings based on GHSA Power rankings
No. 26 Prince Ave. Christian (1-12) at No. 7 Savannah Country Day (11-3), Thursday, April 24, 6 p.m.
No. 19 Fellowship Christian (6-6) at No. 14 Calvary Day (8-5), Friday, April 25, time TBA
No. 28 St. Francis at No. 5 Savannah Christian, Friday, April 25, time TBA
Class 6A
No. 4 North Paulding (12-6) at No. 1 Richmond Hill (15-3), Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m.
Class 4A
No. 3 St. Pius X (14-4) at No. 2 Benedictine (11-6), Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m.
Class 3A
Seedings based on GHSA Power rankings
No. 29 Dawson County (5-9) at No. 4 Islands (12-7), Friday, April 25, 7 p.m.
No. 24 Stone Mountain (7-5) at No. 9 Jenkins (14-1), Friday, April 25, time TBA
No. 20 Johnson-Savannah (13-6) at Mt. Zion-Jonesboro (10-2), Friday, April 25, time TBA
No. 23 Groves (6-5) at No. 10 Johnson-Gainesville (11-4), Friday, April 25, time TBA
Class 2A
Seedings based on GHSA Power rankings
No. 19 Savannah Arts at No. 14 Appling County, Friday, April 25, time TBA
Class A Division I
Seedings based on GHSA Power rankings
No, 32 Woodville-Tompkins (2-12) at No. 1 Model (12-4), Friday, April 25, time TBA
Class 1A Division II
No. 4 Bryan County (3-12) at No. 1 Atkinson County (14-4), (both teams have byes in first round, meet in second round on April 30, time TBA).
Dennis Knight covers sports for the Savannah Morning News. Contact him at Dknight@savannahnow.com. Twitter: @DennisKnightSMN
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