The GHSA state basketball tournament begins with first-round play Feb. 22-23 followed by the second round Feb. 25-26.

The quarterfinals are scheduled for March 1-2, semifinals March 4-5 and the state championship games March 9-12 at the Macon Centerplex.

Here’s the boys schedule for the first round:

Boys

7A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Tift County vs. R3 #2 Marietta

R7 #4 Meadowcreek vs. R5 #1 Milton

R6 #3 North Forsyth vs. R8 #2 Collins Hill

R4 #4 Parkview vs. R2 #1 Pebblebrook

R3 #3 Hillgrove vs. R1 #2 Camden County

R5 #4 Etowah vs. R7 #1 Berkmar

R8 #3 Mountain View vs. R6 #2 Denmark

R2 #4 Campbell vs. R4 #1 Grayson

R2 #3 McEachern vs. R4 #2 Newton

R8 #4 Mill Creek vs. R6 #1 West Forsyth

R7 #3 Archer vs. R5 #2 Roswell

R1 #4 Colquitt County vs. R3 #1 Walton

R4 #3 South Gwinnett vs. R2 #2 East Coweta

R6 #4 South Forsyth vs. R8 #1 North Gwinnett

R5 #3 Cherokee vs. R7 #2 Norcross

R3 #4 North Paulding vs. R1 #1 Lowndes

6A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Houston County vs. R3 #2 Evans

R7 #4 Centennial vs. R5 #1 Carrollton

R6 #3 Pope vs. R8 #2 Buford

R4 #4 North Atlanta vs. R2 #1 Statesboro

R3 #3 Rockdale County vs. R1 #2 Lee County

R5 #4 Paulding County vs. R7 #1 Sequoyah

R8 #3 Habersham Central vs. R6 #2 Kell

R2 #4 Bradwell Institute vs. R4 #1 Tucker

R2 #3 Glynn Academy vs. R4 #2 Westlake

R8 #4 Winder-Barrow vs. R6 #1 Wheeler

R7 #3 Chattahoochee vs. R5 #2 Alexander

R1 #4 Northside-Warner Robins vs. R3 #1 Grovetown

R4 #3 Langston Hughes vs. R2 #2 Effingham County

R6 #4 Osborne vs. R8 #1 Shiloh

R5 #3 Rome vs. R7 #2 River Ridge

R3 #4 Heritage-Conyers vs. R1 #1 Valdosta

5A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Wayne County vs. R3 #2 Jonesboro

R7 #4 Blessed Trinity vs. R5 #1 St. Pius X

R6 #3 Maynard Jackson vs. R8 #2 Loganville

R4 #4 Dutchtown vs. R2 #1 Northside-Columbus

R3 #3 Woodward Academy vs. R1 #2 Warner Robins

R5 #4 Southwest DeKalb vs. R7 #1 Hiram

R8 #3 Walnut Grove vs. R6 #2 Midtown

R2 #4 McIntosh vs. R4 #1 Eagle’s Landing

R2 #3 Griffin vs. R4 #2 Union Grove

R8 #4 Greenbrier vs. R6 #1 Chapel Hill

R7 #3 Cartersville vs. R5 #2 Lithonia

R1 #4 Coffee vs. R3 #1 Tri-Cities

R4 #3 Woodland-Stockbridge vs. R2 #2 Harris County

R6 #4 New Manchester vs. R8 #1 Clarke Central

R5 #3 Decatur vs. R7 #2 Calhoun

R3 #4 Mundy’s Mill vs. R1 #1 Veterans

4A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Dougherty vs. R3 #2 New Hampstead

R7 #4 Southeast Whitfield vs. R5 #1 Fayette County

R6 #3 Mays vs. R8 #2 North Oconee

R4 #4 Spalding vs. R2 #1 Spencer

R3 #3 Jenkins vs. R1 #2 Monroe

R5 #4 Hampton vs. R7 #1 Central-Carrollton

R8 #3 Cedar Shoals vs. R6 #2 Marist

R2 #4 Shaw vs. R4 #1 Baldwin

R2 #3 Hardaway vs. R4 #2 Perry

R8 #4 Chestatee vs. R6 #1 Druid Hills

R7 #3 Pickens vs. R5 #2 McDonough

R1 #4 Cairo vs. R3 #1 Benedictine

R4 #3 Westside-Macon vs. R2 #2 LaGrange

R6 #4 Hapeville Charter vs. R8 #1 Jefferson

R5 #3 Luella (vs. R7 #2 Northwest Whitfield

R3 #4 Islands vs. R1 #1 Westover

3A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Pierce County vs. R3 #2 Windsor Forest

R7 #4 Gilmer vs. R5 #1 Sandy Creek

R6 #3 Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe vs. R8 #2 Franklin County

R4 #4 Hephzibah vs. R2 #1 Sumter County

R3 #3 Johnson-Savannah vs. R1 #2 Tattnall County

R5 #4 Redan vs. R7 #1 North Hall

R8 #3 Hart County vs. R6 #2 Adairsville

R2 #4 Crisp County vs. R4 #1 Thomson

R2 #3 Upson-Lee vs. R4 #2 Cross Creek

R8 #4 Oconee County vs. R6 #1 LaFayette

R7 #3 East Forsyth vs. R5 #2 GAC

R1 #4 Brantley County vs. R3 #1 Groves

R4 #3 Burke County vs. R2 #2 Peach County

R6 #4 Ringgold vs. R8 #1 Monroe Area

R5 #3 Salem vs. R7 #2 White County

R3 #4 Beach vs. R1 #1 Long County

2A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Berrien vs. R3 #2 Northeast-Macon

R7 #4 Coosa vs. R5 #1 Callaway

R6 #3 Lovett vs. R8 #2 Union County

R4 #4 Glenn Hills vs. R2 #1 Vidalia

R3 #3 Dodge County vs. R1 #2 Early County

R5 #4 Bremen vs. R7 #1 Chattooga

R8 #3 Banks County vs. R6 #2 Columbia

R2 #4 Jeff Davis vs. R4 #1 Westside-Augusta

R2 #3 Toombs County vs. R4 #2 Butler

R8 #4 Elbert County vs. R6 #1 Pace Academy

R7 #3 Dade County vs. R5 #2 Heard County

R1 #4 Cook vs. R3 #1 Washington County

R4 #3 Putnam County vs. R2 #2 Woodville-Tompkins

R6 #4 Therrell vs. R8 #1 Rabun County

R5 #3 Temple vs. R7 #2 Model

R3 #4 Jasper County vs. R1 #1 Thomasville

A Private (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Deerfield-Windsor vs. R3 #2 Aquinas

R7 #4 Walker vs. R5 #1 Galloway

R6 #3 Mt. Bethel vs. R8 #2 Tallulah Falls

R4 #4 Brookstone vs. R2 #1 Greenforest

R3 #3 Savannah Country Day vs. R1 #2 Stratford Academy

R5 #4 Hebron Christian vs. R7 #1 North Cobb Christian

R8 #3 George Walton Academy vs. R6 #2 Mt. Pisgah

R2 #4 SACA vs. R4 #1 Heritage School

R2 #3 ELCA vs. R4 #2 St. Anne-Pacelli

R8 #4 Athens Christian vs. R6 #1 King’s Ridge

R7 #3 Darlington vs. R5 #2 Providence Christian

R1 #4 Tattnall Square Academy vs. R3 #1 Calvary Day

R4 #3 Trinity Christian vs. R2 #2 Paideia

R6 #4 St. Francis vs. R8 #1 Prince Avenue

R5 #3 Mt. Vernon Presbyterian vs. R7 #2 Christian Heritage

R3 #4 Savannah Christian vs. R1 #1 First Presbyterian Day

A Public (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Seminole County vs. R3 #2 Jenkins County

R7 #4 GMC vs. R5 #1 Manchester

R6 #3 Bowdon vs. R8 #2 Towns County

R4 #4 Wilcox County vs. R2 #1 Charlton County

R3 #3 Bryan County vs. R1 #2 Mitchell County

R5 #4 Taylor County vs. R7 #1 Warren County

R8 #3 Commerce vs. R6 #2 Fulton Leadership Academy

R2 #4 Turner County vs. R4 #1 Dublin

R2 #3 Lanier County vs. R4 #2 Dooly County

R8 #4 Washington-Wilkes vs. R6 #1 Drew Charter

R7 #3 Wilkinson County vs. R5 #2 Chattahoochee County

R1 #4 Quitman County vs. R3 #1 Portal

R4 #3 Wheeler County vs. R2 #2 Clinch County

R6 #4 Atlanta Classical vs. R8 #1 Social Circle

R5 #3 Macon County vs. R7 #2 Hancock Central

R3 #4 Metter vs. R1 #1 Calhoun County

Here’s the girls schedule for the first round:

Girls

7A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Camden County vs. R3 #2 Hillgrove

R7 #4 Duluth vs. R5 #1 Cherokee

R6 #3 West Forsyth vs. R8 #2 Mountain View

R4 #4 Parkview vs. R2 #1 Campbell

R3 #3 North Paulding vs. R1 #2 Tift County

R5 #4 Roswell vs. R7 #1 Norcross

R8 #3 Peachtree Ridge vs. R6 #2 South Forsyth

R2 #4 East Coweta vs. R4 #1 Brookwood

R2 #3 McEachern vs. R4 #2 Grayson

R8 #4 North Gwinnett vs. R6 #1 North Forsyth

R7 #3 Discovery vs. R5 #2 Woodstock

R1 #4 Colquitt County vs. R3 #1 Harrison

R4 #3 Newton vs. R2 #2 Pebblebrook

R6 #4 Denmark vs. R8 #1 Collins Hill

R5 #3 Etowah vs. R7 #2 Archer

R3 #4 Marietta vs. R1 #1 Lowndes

6A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Valdosta vs. R3 #2 Rockdale County

R7 #4 Creekview vs. R5 #1 Carrollton

R6 #3 Osborne vs. R8 #2 Buford

R4 #4 Lakeside-DeKalb vs. R2 #1 Brunswick

R3 #3 Lakeside-Evans vs. R1 #2 Lee County

R5 #4 Dalton vs. R7 #1 River Ridge

R8 #3 Habersham Central vs. R6 #2 Sprayberry

R2 #4 Glynn Academy vs. R4 #1 Lovejoy

R2 #3 Statesboro vs. R4 #2 Langston Hughes

R8 #4 Winder-Barrow vs. R6 #1 Kell

R7 #3 Cambridge vs. R5 #2 Rome

R1 #4 Northside-Warner Robins vs. R3 #1 Grovetown

R4 #3 Westlake vs. R2 #2 Bradwell Institute

R6 #4 Pope vs. R8 #1 Dacula

R5 #3 East Paulding vs. R7 #2 Sequoyah

R3 #4 Heritage-Conyers vs. R1 #1 Houston County

5A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Wayne County vs. R3 #2 Forest Park

R7 #4 Blessed Trinity vs. R5 #1 Southwest DeKalb

R6 #3 Villa Rica vs. R8 #2 Loganville

R4 #4 Jones County vs. R2 #1 Griffin

R3 #3 Jonesboro vs. R1 #2 Ware County

R5 #4 Stone Mountain vs. R7 #1 Hiram

R8 #3 Walnut Grove vs. R6 #2 New Manchester

R2 #4 Northside-Columbus vs. R4 #1 Union Groves

R2 #3 Harris County vs. R4 #2 Eagle’s Landing

R8 #4 Jackson County vs. R6 #1 Maynard Jackson

R7 #3 Calhoun vs. R5 #2 Decatur

R1 #4 Coffee vs. R3 #1 Woodward Academy

R4 #3 Stockbridge vs. R2 #2 McIntosh

R6 #4 Lithia Spring vs. R8 #1 Greenbrier

R5 #3 St. Pius X vs. R7 #2 Cass

R3 #4 Tri-Cities vs. R1 #1 Warner Robins

4A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Thomas County Central vs. R3 #2 Islands

R7 #4 Central-Carrollton vs. R5 #1 Luella

R6 #3 Arabia Mountain vs. R8 #2 Chestatee

R4 #4 Perry vs. R2 #1 Carver-Columbus

R3 #3 Jenkins vs. R1 #2 Bainbridge

R5 #4 Mt. Zion-Jonesboro vs. R7 #1 Northwest Whitfield

R8 #3 Cedar Shoals vs. R6 #2 Stephenson

R2 #4 Shaw vs. R4 #1 Baldwin

R2 #3 Hardaway vs. R4 #2 West Laurens

R8 #4 North Oconee vs. R6 #1 Marist

R7 #3 Heritage-Catoosa vs. R5 #2 Fayette County

R1 #4 Monroe vs. R3 #1 New Hampstead

R4 #3 Spalding vs. R2 #2 Troup County

R6 #4 Mays vs. R8 #1 Jefferson

R5 #3 Riverdale vs. R7 #2 Pickens

R3 #4 BYE vs. R1 #1 Dougherty

3A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Long County vs. R3 #2 Liberty County

R7 #4 Dawson County vs. R5 #1 Westminster

R6 #3 Sonoraville vs. R8 #2 Oconee County

R4 #4 Morgan County vs. R2 #1 Sumter County

R3 #3 Beach vs. R1 #2 Tattnall County

R5 #4 Redan vs. R7 #1 Lumpkin County

R8 #3 Franklin County vs. R6 #2 Murray County

R2 #4 Mary Persons vs. R4 #1 Cross Creek

R2 #3 Peach County vs. R4 #2 Thomson

R8 #4 Hart County vs. R6 #1 Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe

R7 #3 White County vs. R5 #2 GAC

R1 #4 Brantley County vs. R3 #1 Johnson-Savannah

R4 #3 Burke County vs. R2 #2 Central-Macon

R6 #4 Ringgold vs. R8 #1 East Jackson

R5 #3 Cedar Grove vs. R7 #2 East Forsyth

R3 #4 Savannah vs. R1 #1 Pierce County

2A (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Fitzgerald vs. R3 #2 Dodge County

R7 #4 Gordon Central vs. R5 #1 Callaway

R6 #3 South Atlanta vs. R8 #2 Elbert County

R4 #4 Butler vs. R2 #1 Swainsboro

R3 #3 Washington County vs. R1 #2 Early County

R5 #4 Temple vs. R7 #1 Fannin County

R8 #3 Banks County vs. R6 #2 Pace Academy

R2 #4 Jeff Davis vs. R4 #1 Josey

R2 #3 Vidalia vs. R4 #2 Laney

R8 #4 Union County vs. R6 #1 Columbia

R7 #3 Model vs. R5 #2 Heard County

R1 #4 Berrien vs. R3 #1 Northeast-Macon

R4 #3 Oglethorpe County vs. R2 #2 Woodville-Tompkins

R6 #4 Lovett vs. R8 #1 Rabun County

R5 #3 Haralson County vs. R7 #2 Chattooga

R3 #4 Lamar County vs. R1 #1 Thomasville

A Private (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Tattnall Square vs. R3 #2 Calvary Day

R7 #4 Walker vs. R5 #1 Holy Innocents’

R6 #3 Lakeview Academy vs. R8 #2 Prince Avenue

R4 #4 St. Anne-Pacelli vs. R2 #1 Landmark Christian

R3 #3 St. Vincent’s vs. R1 #2 Deerfield-Windsor

R5 #4 Wesleyan vs. R7 #1 Mt. Paran Christian

R8 #3 George Walton Academy (13-10) vs. R6 #2 Fellowship Christian

R2 #4 Paideia vs. R4 #1 Trinity Christian

R2 #3 Greenforest vs. R4 #2 Brookstone

R8 #4 Athens Academy vs. R6 #1 St. Francis

R7 #3 Darlington vs. R5 #2 Hebron Christian

R1 #4 First Presbyterian Day vs. R3 #1 Savannah Country Day

R4 #3 Heritage School vs. R2 #2 ELCA

R6 #4 Mt. Pisgah vs. R8 #1 Tallulah Falls

R5 #3 Galloway vs. R7 #2 North Cobb Christian

R3 #4 Aquinas vs. R1 #1 Stratford Academy

A Public (Feb. 22-23)

R1 #3 Pelham vs. R3 #2 Claxton

R7 #4 Warren County vs. R5 #1 Schley County

R6 #3 Armuchee vs. R8 #2 Commerce

R4 #4 Wilcox County vs. R2 #1 Clinch County

R3 #3 Bryan County vs. R1 #2 Terrell County

R5 #4 Chattahoochee County vs. R7 #1 Hancock Central

R8 #3 Social Circle vs. R6 #2 Trion

R2 #4 Brooks County vs. R4 #1 Montgomery County

R2 #3 Turner County vs. R4 #2 Dublin

R8 #4 Towns County vs. R6 #1 Mt. Zion-Carrollton

R7 #3 Wilkinson County vs. R5 #2 Taylor County

R1 #4 Randolph-Clay vs. R3 #1 Screven County

R4 #3 Telfair County vs. R2 #2 Charlton County

R6 #4 Gordon Lee vs. R8 #1 Lake Oconee Academy

R5 #3 Central-Talbotton vs. R7 #2 Academy for Classical Education

R3 #4 Jenkins County vs. R1 #1 Seminole County

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