Indians on the Road to Playoffs this Friday

The Stephens County Indians will be on the road this Friday traveling close to three hours to face Northwest Whitfield in the opening round of the Class AAAA state playoffs.

The Indians are the number four seed from Region 8 and finished the season with two wins over St. Pius to advance to the playoffs. The Indians enter the playoffs with a 17-13 overall record and face a Northwest Whitfield team ranked #6 in the state in the AJC Poll. Northwest Whitfield finished the regular season at 20-8 and is the #1 seed from Region 6.

Each round in the playoffs is a best two out of three at the home of the higher seed. Stephens County and Northwest Whitfield will play a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 4:30 p.m. If needed the two will meet on Saturday at noon in a deciding game. WNEG will broadcast the games live with airtime at 4:20 p.m. on Friday on 93.1 FM and AM-630 WNEG, and at wnegradio.com.

Other games involving Region-8 teams include Region Champion Madison County hosting Gilmer, Oconee County hosting Pickens County, and Jefferson playing at Heritage.
Other area teams involved in the State Playoffs include in AAA Hart County hosting North Murray, and Franklin County is at Coahulla Creek, and in AA Rabun County is at South Atlanta, and Banks County is at Hapeville.