Gess' Hebron Christian team won the Class 3A-A private division last season, his third with the Gwinnett County school.

When the high school basketball playoffs start Tuesday, the full impact of the most recent realignment will be most visible in the new Class 3A-A Private classification.

“I had some kids that transferred, and administration said I had limited parent contact and they wanted to go in a different direction,” Niketa Battle told the AJC.