Many high school football fans may be wondering what happened in the first round of the GHSA state football playoffs. For 2025, the GHSA decided to have a bye week after the last games of the regular season to be able to make up any games that were cancelled.

The playoffs finally get underway Friday and the Statesboro Blue Devils (7-3) take their No. 3 seed for a long road trip to No. 2 seed Habersham Central for a 7:30 kickoff Friday night. Habersham is in Mt. Airy, which is about 30 miles north of Gainesville.

Head coach Matt Dobson believes his team was ready to play last week and he said he was not excited about the extra week off. Nonetheless, Dobson said the team took full advantage of the extra week and are ready to finally play Friday.

“I would have rather played last week, but

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