GHSA Football Playoffs: Who Do Norcross High, Wesleyan Play in First Round?

The playoff journey for Peachtree Corners’ two football-playing schools will begin in enemy territory this weekend.

Both Norcross High (Class 6A) and Wesleyan (2A) will play on the road Friday when the Georgia High School Association playoffs begin.

Norcross, the two-time defending state champ, beat Collins Hill 20-17 last week, but has lost two of its last three games. The Blue Devils, the fourth seed from Region 8, plays at Region 7 champ Archer (also 7-3) Friday in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs. Neither team is listed in the Georgia High School Daily rankings, though Archer has won seven straight games.

In Class 2A, Wesleyan (6-4), which lost 41-0 to Greater Atlanta Christian last week, is the No. 3 seed from Region 6, and will play at Heard County, which finished second in Region 5, despite its 5-5 overall record.

In all, 12 Gwinnett County are playing in the first round of the state playoffs this weekend. The county’s eight representatives in Class 6A face each other in four first-round games Friday.

First-round GHSA playoff games involving Gwinnett schools:

>Class 6A

Central Gwinnett at North Gwinnett

Norcross at Archer

Grayson at Mill Creek

Peachtree Ridge at Dacula

>Class 5A

Sequoyah at Lanier

>Class 4A

TBA at Buford

(pending tiebreaker)

>Class 2A

Wesleyan at Heard County

Chattahoochee County at Greater Atlanta Christian