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Friday Preview: 2 Playoff Games in Powder Springs

Both Hillgrove and McEachern will play at home tonight.

Lassiter (8-3) at McEachern (10-1) – The Lassiter Trojans needed overtime and a blocked extra point to get by Alpharetta last week in the first round of the state playoffs. Meanwhile last Friday, the Indians , as has been the case for most of the regular season.

When Region 5-AAAAA’s No. 4 seed, Lassiter, travels to Region 4-AAAAA’s No. 2 seed and sixth-ranked team in the state McEachern, two of the best quarterbacks in the state will be on display. Eddie Printz leads Lassiter and has thrown 24 touchdown passes this year, while Trent Thompson has connected on 25 touchdowns for McEachern.

Kickoff for the second-round playoff game is at 7:30 p.m. at Walter H. Cantrell Stadium.

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West Forsyth (10-1) at Hillgrove (11-0) – last week to make it to the second round of the state playoffs for the third time in the school’s six-year history.

The Hawks control the clock with a punishing ground attack led by Kenyan Drake, and will rely on him tonight as they host West Forsyth. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Cobb Energy Hillgrove Stadium.

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As always on football Fridays, we'll have the area scoreboard live starting about 7:30. We'll also be  and, technology willing, will be streaming the game live. A video wrap-up from the Hillgrove game will be posted by morning.

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