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Baseball playoffs: Game 3 for Buford; 2A through 5A open on Monday

By Jeff Hart Sports Reporter

North Forsyth swept into the second round, Jackson County was swept out, and Buford will go to a deciding Game 3 on Monday as the Georgia High School Association baseball playoffs continue.

All series in the first round are best-of-three formats at the site of the higher-seeded team.

Buford split with Peachtree Ridge in Class 7A on Saturday and will try to keep its season going at Gerald McQuaig Field. Meanwhile, Classes 5A through 2A will begin their playoff quests on Monday.

Jefferson and Flowery Branch both will hit the road in Class 5A with a pair of tough first round matchups. The Falcons head to unranked Woodland-Cartersville while the ninth-ranked Dragons will face off against No. 1-ranked Cartersville.

A trio of teams In Class 4A will get under way. Cherokee Bluff will play host to Heritage-Catoosa while North Hall heads to No. 6 Cedartown. East Forsyth also hits the road against eighth-ranked Sonoraville.

Lumpkin County and Dawson County will be on the road in Class 3A. The Tigers travel to No. 6 Franklin County while the Indians head to Oconee County.

Banks County in Class 2A will be at home playing host to Rockmart.

Class A Division 1 and Class A Division 2 will get started until Thursday.

(Check below for the full schedule and scores of first round series' involving Northeast Georgia-area teams.)


BASEBALL PLAYOFFS, 1st round, Monday, April 24
(Best-of-three series)

Class 7A (Game 3)
Peachtree Ridge (Region 7, Seed 4) at Buford (R8, S1), 6 p.m.

Class 5A
Flowery Branch (R8, S3) at Woodland-Cartersville (R7, S2) DH, 3 p.m.
Jefferson (R8, S4) at Cartersville (R7, S1) DH, 4:30 p.m.

Class 4A
East Forsyth (R8, S3) at Sonoraville (R7, S2) DH, 4:30 p.m.
Heritage-Catoosa (R7, S3) at Cherokee Bluff (R8, S2) DH, 4:30 p.m.
North Hall (R8, S4) at Cedartown (R7, S1), DH, 5 p.m.

Class 3A
Dawson County (R7, S4) at Franklin County (R8, S1) DH, 5 p.m.
Lumpkin County (R7, S3) at Oconee County (R8, S2) DH, 3 p.m.

Class 2A 
Rockmart (R7, S3) at Banks County (R8, S2) DH, 4 p.m.


BASEBALL PLAYOFFS, 1st round, Tuesday, April 25
(Best-of-three series)

Class 5A (Game 3s, if necessary)
Flowery Branch (R8, S3) at Woodland-Cartersville (R7, S2), 5:30 p.m.
Jefferson (R8, S4) at Cartersville (R7, S1) 5:30 p.m.

Class 4A (Game 3s, if necessary)
East Forsyth (R8, S3) at Sonoraville (R7, S2), 5:30 p.m.
Heritage-Catoosa (R7, S3) at Cherokee Bluff (R8, S2), 6 p.m.
North Hall (R8, S4) at Cedartown (R7, S1), 4 p.m.

Class 3A (Game 3s, if necessary)
Dawson County (R7, S3) at Oconee County (R8, S2), 5 p.m.
Lumpkin County (R7, S4) at Franklin County (R8, S1), 5:30 p.m.

Class 2A (Game 3, if necessary)
Rockmart (R7, S3) at Banks County (R8, S2) DH, 4 p.m.


BASEBALL PLAYOFFS, 1st round, Thursday, April 27
(Best-of-three series)

Class A Division 1 
Commerce (R8, S4) at Pepperell (R7, S1) DH, 4:30 p.m.

Class A Division 2
Mt. Zion-Carroll (R7, S3, at Towns County (R8, S2) DH, 4 p.m.


BASEBALL PLAYOFFS, 1st round, Friday, April 28
(Best-of-three series)

Class A Division 1 (Game 3, if necessary)
Commerce (R8, S4) at Pepperell (R7, S1) DH, 4 p.m.

Class A Division 2 (Game 3, if necessary)
Mt. Zion-Carroll (R7, S3, at Towns County (R8, S2), 1 p.m.


BASEBALL PLAYOFFS, 1st ROUND SCORES, Saturday, April 22
(Best-of-three series)

Class 7A
Buford 10-3, Peachtree Ridge 0-8 (series tied 1-1)

Class 6A
Blessed Trinity 10-6, Jackson County 4-2 (Titans wins series 2-0)
North Forsyth 2-4, Roswell 0-2 (Raiders win series 2-0

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