Thomas County Central Scores 51.2 a Game and Allows 10.4: Georgia's First-Round Playoff Games to Watch Friday

Thomas County Central Scores 51.2 a Game and Allows 10.4: Georgia's First-Round Playoff Games to Watch Friday

Unbeaten Thomas County Central, No. 11 nationally, hosts Veterans as the Class 6A top seed. Grayson, East Coweta, Denmark and Parkview open in 7A. Records and scoring numbers.

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Thomas County Central has scored 512 points in 10 games and allowed 104. That works out to 51.2 points a game for and 10.4 against, and it is why the Yellow Jackets are the No. 1 seed in Georgia's Class 6A bracket and No. 11 in the country in the MaxPreps national football rankings.

The GHSA playoffs open Friday night. The pairings and seeds below match the first-round lists published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the records and scoring averages come from MaxPreps.

Veterans at Thomas County Central (Class 6A), 7 p.m.

Thomas County Central (10-0) hosts No. 32 seed Veterans (4-6). The Warhawks score 16.2 points a game and allow 32.6. On paper this is the widest gap of the night: Thomas County Central averages 35 more points a game than Veterans does.

Camden County at Grayson (Class 7A), 6 p.m.

No. 12 seed Grayson is 6-4 and allows 17.5 points a game, the best defense of the four 7A teams here. No. 21 seed Camden County is 5-5 but scores more, 29.4 a game to Grayson's 28.3. The Wildcats also allow 33.6, so something gives.

East Coweta at Denmark (Class 7A), 7 p.m.

This is the closest seeding on the board: No. 17 East Coweta (6-4) at No. 16 Denmark (7-3). East Coweta has the better offense, 31.1 points a game to Denmark's 27.4. Denmark has the better defense, 19.6 allowed to East Coweta's 24.6.