Nine of the 10 East Cobb teams that qualified for the Georgia High School Association state basketball playoffs will be in action Friday night.
Half of them will be playing at home, including a doubleheader at Kell.
The Lady Longhorns of Kell, ranked No. 2 in Class 5A, will be playing Lithonia at 6 p.m., followed by the Kell boys against Miller Grove at 7:30 p.m.
The Longhorns boys are ranked No. 5 in Class 5A.
Another ranked team from East Cobb also gets to stay at home. The Wheeler boys, ranked No. 6 in Class 7A, will face Etowah at 7:30 p.m. at Wildcat arena.
The Walton boys are playing at home as well on Friday, meeting East Coweta at 7:30 p.m. in another Class 7A first-round game.
The Sprayberry girls are playing at home on Friday, against Habersham Central at 7:30 p.m. in a Class 6A playoff contest.
Both Pope teams made the Class 6A playoffs, and will be playing in a doubleheader on the road on Friday at Douglas County. The girls play at 6 p.m. and the boys follow at 7:30 p.m.
The Sprayberry boys will be playing at Lanier Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Two East Cobb boys teams have advanced to the Class A Private category tournament. On Friday, Mt. Bethel Christian plays at Mt. Paran Christian.
The Walker boys got a first-round bye and will play their first game next week.
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