By Michael Lindsay
Postseason football kicks off across Tennessee Friday night with the first round of the TSSAA playoffs.
On the plateau, 12 teams have qualified for the playoffs: Red Boiling Springs, Gordonsville, Clay County, Monterey, York Institute, Smith County, DeKalb County, Upperman, Macon County, Stone Memorial, White County and Cookeville.
Local first-round matchups are as follows:
Red Boiling Springs at South Pittsburg
Lookout Valley at Gordonsville
Sale Creek at Clay County
Happy Valley at Monterey
Cumberland Gap at York Institute
Sycamore at Smith County
DeKalb County at East Hamilton
Chattanooga Central at Upperman
Macon County at Red Bank
Hixson at Stone Memorial
Franklin County at White County
Cookeville at Blackman
First-round playoff matchups across Tennessee are as follows, along with brackets for all 6 Division I classes:
Class 1A
[Reg. 1 #1] Cloudland (5-5) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Oakdale (7-3)
[Reg. 2 #2] Oliver Springs (5-5) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Cosby (4-6)
[Reg. 2 #3] Greenback (5-5) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Unaka (6-4)
[Reg. 1 #4] North Greene (1-9) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Coalfield (9-1)
[Reg. 3 #1] South Pittsburg (8-2) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Red Boiling Springs (4-6)
[Reg. 4 #2] Gordonsville (7-3) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Lookout Valley (5-5)
[Reg. 4 #3] Jo Byrns (3-7) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Whitwell (8-2)
[Reg. 3 #4] Sale Creek (4-6) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Clay Co. (9-1)
[Reg. 5 #1] Fayetteville (10-0) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] South Fulton (5-4)
[Reg. 6 #2] Dresden (8-2) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] Eagleville (6-4)
[Reg. 6 #3] McEwen (6-4) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] Moore Co. (9-1)
[Reg. 5 #4] Wayne Co. (6-4) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] McKenzie (10-0)
[Reg. 7 #1] Peabody (8-2) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] Bluff City (2-6)
[Reg. 8 #2] Booker T. Washington (4-4) vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Halls (6-4)
[Reg. 8 #3] Memphis Middle College (5-4) vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Lake Co. (7-3)
[Reg. 7 #4] West Carroll (5-5) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] MASE (10-0)
Class 2A
[Reg. 1 #1] Hampton (8-2) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Oneida (4-6)
[Reg. 2 #2] Monterey (8-2) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Happy Valley (2-8)
[Reg. 2 #3] Rockwood (6-4) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] South Greene (5-5)
[Reg. 1 #4] Cumberland Gap (2-8) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] York Institute (6-4)
Game 105: [Reg. 3 #1] Tyner (9-1) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Trousdale Co. (2-8)
Game 106: [Reg. 4 #2] Westmoreland (6-4) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Meigs Co. (7-3)
Game 107: [Reg. 4 #3] Harpeth (6-4) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Bledsoe Co. (6-4)
Game 108: [Reg. 3 #4] Polk Co. (6-4) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] East Robertson (9-1)
[Reg. 5 #1] Mt. Pleasant (8-1) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] Scotts Hill (6-4)
[Reg. 6 #2] Riverside (8-2) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] Loretto (4-6)
[Reg. 6 #3] Adamsville (5-5) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] Richland (8-2)
[Reg. 5 #4] Cascade (6-4) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Lewis Co. (9-1)
[Reg. 7 #1] Westview (8-2) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] KIPP Memphis (4-4)
[Reg. 8 #2] Freedom Prep (8-2) vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Union City (8-2)
[Reg. 8 #3] Mitchell (6-4) vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Huntingdon (8-2)
[Reg. 7 #4] Camden (4-6) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] Fairley (9-0)
Class 3A
[Reg. 1 #1] Chuckey-Doak (9-1) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Austin-East (3-7)
[Reg. 2 #2] Gatlinburg-Pittman (9-1) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Unicoi Co. (8-2)
[Reg. 2 #3] Pigeon Forge (5-5) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] West Greene (8-2)
[Reg. 1 #4] Johnson Co. (2-8) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Alcoa (9-1)
[Reg. 3 #1] Sweetwater (8-2) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Grundy Co. (1-9)
[Reg. 4 #2] Sequatchie Co. (6-4) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] McMinn Central (5-5)
[Reg. 4 #3] Cannon Co. (4-6) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Loudon (6-4)
[Reg. 3 #4] Brainerd (5-5) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Giles Co. (7-3)
[Reg. 5 #1] Smith Co. (9-1) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] Sycamore (4-6)
[Reg. 6 #2] Fairview (7-3) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] Maplewood (3-7)
[Reg. 6 #3] White House (6-4) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] East Nashville (8-2)
[Reg. 5 #4] Stratford (2-8) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Waverly (8-1)
[Reg. 7 #1] Covington (8-2) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] Hamilton (4-6)
[Reg. 8 #2] Memphis East (5-5) vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Millington (6-4)
[Reg. 8 #3] Raleigh Egypt (6-4) vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Dyersburg (6-4)
[Reg. 7 #4] Ripley (4-6) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] Sheffield (7-3)
Class 4A
[Reg. 1 #1] Greeneville (10-0) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Knoxville Fulton (4-6)
[Reg. 2 #2] Gibbs (6-4) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Grainger (6-4)
[Reg. 2 #3] Knoxville Carter (6-4) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Elizabethton (5-4)
[Reg. 1 #4] Seymour (3-7) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Anderson Co. (10-0)
[Reg. 3 #1] East Hamilton (7-3) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] DeKalb Co. (6-4)
[Reg. 4 #2] Upperman (8-2) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Chattanooga Central (6-4)
[Reg. 4 #3] Macon Co. (8-2) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Red Bank (8-2)
[Reg. 3 #4] Hixson (5-5) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Stone Memorial (9-1)
[Reg. 5 #1] Pearl Cohn (8-2) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] Jackson South Side (3-7)
[Reg. 6 #2] Hardin Co. (6-3) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] Creek Wood (7-3)
[Reg. 6 #3] Chester Co. (6-4) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] Marshall Co. (9-1)
[Reg. 5 #4] Greenbrier (5-5) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Lexington (7-3)
[Reg. 7 #1] Haywood (10-0) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] Kirby (2-8)
[Reg. 8 #2] Craigmont (9-1) vs. [Reg. 7 #3] South Gibson (6-4)
[Reg. 8 #3] Ridgeway (3-7) vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Milan (7-3)
[Reg. 7 #4] Obion Co. (5-5) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] Melrose (9-1)
Class 5A
[Reg. 1 #1] Daniel Boone (10-0) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Knoxville Halls (2-8)
[Reg. 2 #2] Knoxville Central (6-4) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Tennessee High (5-5)
[Reg. 2 #3] Sevier Co. (6-4) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Morristown West (6-4)
[Reg. 1 #4] David Crockett (5-5) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Knoxville West (10-0)
Game 105: [Reg. 3 #1] Powell (8-2) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Ooltewah (1-9)
Game 106: [Reg. 4 #2] Walker Valley (4-6) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Karns (7-3)
Game 107: [Reg. 4 #3] Rhea Co. (2-8) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Oak Ridge (5-5)
Reg. 3 #4] Campbell Co. (5-5) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] McMinn Co. (8-2)
[Reg. 5 #1] Mt. Juliet (8-2) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] Lincoln Co. (2-8)
[Reg. 6 #2] Page (8-2) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] Green Hill (6-4)
[Reg. 6 #3] Franklin Co. (7-3) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] White Co. (8-2)
[Reg. 5 #4] Wilson Central (4-6) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Nolensville (10-0)
[Reg. 7 #1] Henry Co. (8-2) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] Dyer Co. (5-5)
[Reg. 8 #2] Southwind (7-2) vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Portland (5-5)
[Reg. 8 #3] Memphis Central (5-5) vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Springfield (8-2)
[Reg. 7 #4] Clarksville Northeast (5-5) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] Munford (10-0)
Class 6A
[Reg. 1 #1] Science Hill (6-4) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Bradley Central (7-3)
[Reg. 2 #2] Farragut (8-2) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Jefferson Co. (7-3)
[Reg. 2 #3] Bearden (6-4) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Dobyns Bennett (8-2)
[Reg. 1 #4] Morristown East (4-6) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Maryville (7-3)
[Reg. 3 #1] Coffee Co. (8-2) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Stewarts Creek (5-5)
[Reg. 4 #2] Blackman (8-2) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Cookeville (3-7)
[Reg. 4 #3] Riverdale (6-4) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Lebanon (8-2)
[Reg. 3 #4] Shelbyville (1-9) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Oakland (9-1)
[Reg. 5 #1] Beech (9-1) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] McGavock (7-3)
[Reg. 6 #2] Smyrna (8-1) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] Hendersonville (4-6)
[Reg. 6 #3] Nashville Overton (6-4) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] Clarksville (7-3)
[Reg. 5 #4] Gallatin (4-6) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Cane Ridge (9-1)
[Reg. 7 #1] Ravenwood (6-4) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] Germantown (8-2)
[Reg. 8 #2] Houston (8-2) vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Independence (5-5)
[Reg. 8 #3] Collierville (8-2) vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Brentwood (7-3)
[Reg. 7 #4] Centennial (8-2) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] Bartlett (8-2)
Division II-A
Fayette Academy at DCA
Lakeway Christian at Clarksville Academy
King’s Academy at Trinity Christian
Columbia Academy at Jackson Christian
Tipton-Rosemark at MTCS
Friendship Christian (Bye)
Nashville Christian (Bye)
USJ (Bye)
Division II-AA
Boyd Buchanan at CPA
Goodpasture at Chattanooga Christian
Knoxville Grace at FRA
Davidson Academy at Northpoint Christian
ECS vs. Silverdale
Knoxville Webb (Bye)
Lipscomb Academy (Bye)
Lausanne (Bye)
Division II-AAA
Knoxville Catholic at Christian Brothers
St. Benedict at McCallie
Father Ryan at MUS
Briarcrest at Pope John Paul
Baylor (Bye)
MBA (Bye)
Brentwood Academy (Bye)
