First-round state tournament pairings

Here are the unofficial first-round pairings for the Class AAAAA boys and girls basketball tournaments. Games will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday (check with your school for specific dates and times).

Boys

(R6 #3) Stephenson at (R5 #2) South Paulding

(R4 #4) Stockbridge at (R3 #1) Brunswick

(R2 #3) Jones County at (R1 #2) Harris County

(R8 #4) Gainesville at (R7 #1) North Atlanta

(R5 #3) Alexander at (R6 #2) M.L. King

(R3 #4) Camden County at (R4 #1) McIntosh

(R1 #3) Northside-Columbus at (R2 #2) Northside-Warner Robins

(R7 #4) Kell at (R8 #1) Cedar Shoals

(R3 #3) Statesboro at (R4 #2) Drew

(R5 #4) Chapel Hill at (R6 #1) Miller Grove

(R8 #3) Apalachee at (R7 #2) Rome

(R1 #4) Carver-Columbus at (R2 #1) Warner Robins

(R4 #3) Mundy’s Mill at (R3 #2) Coffee

(R6 #4) Mays at (R5 #1) Allatoona

(R7 #3) Riverwood at (R8 #2) Heritage-Conyers

(R2 #4) Houston County at (R1 #1) LaGrange

Girls

(R6 #3) Stephenson at (R5 #2) Lithia Springs

(R4 #4) McIntosh at (R3 #1) Brunswick

(R2 #3) Grovetown at (R1 #2) LaGrange

(R8 #4) Flowery Branch at (R7 #1) Sequoyah

(R5 #3) South Paulding at (R6 #2) Southwest DeKalb

(R3 #4) Coffee at (R4 #1) Forest Park

(R1 #3) Columbus at (R2 #2) Cross Creek

(R7 #4) River Ridge at (R8 #1) Salem

(R3 #3) South Effingham at (R4 #2) Woodland-Stockbridge

(R5 #4) Alexander at (R6 #1) Mays

(R8 #3) Gainesville at (R7 #2) Kell

(R1 #4) Carver-Columbus at (R2 #1) Greenbrier

(R4 #3) Dutchtown at (R3 #2) Effingham County

(R6 #4) Miller Grove at (R5 #1) Hiram

(R7 #3) Creekview at (R8 #2) Loganville

(R2 #4) Richmond Academy at (R1 #1) Northside-Columbus