Lassiter, Pope Hit Road in Soccer Playoffs Today

opened the soccer season but will start the Georgia High School Association playoffs on the road tonight after finishing third in Region 5-AAAAA.

The Trojans play at at 7:30 p.m. in what could be the first of five road games if they want to win the AAAAA boys title a year after .

The Lady Trojans, on the other hand, are the region champs and will start the AAAAA playoffs at home Wednesday at 7 p.m. against . They’re sure to be home at least through the semifinals if they keep winning.

At the AAAA level, both the boys and girls are in the playoffs from and .

Pope, the 5-AAAA third seed, opens the AAAA boys tournament at 5 p.m. today at , and the top-seeded Lady Greyhounds start at home Wednesday at 5:55 p.m. against . Like the Lady Trojans, the Pope girls won’t have to leave home before the state finals.

Kell’s boys have the same home-through-the-semifinals path through the playoffs as Region 5-AAAA’s champion.

They’ll open Wednesday night at 8 against Chamblee as part of a doubleheader with the Lady Longhorns, the second seed from 5-AAAA, who play Lakeside-DeKalb at 6.

The second round of the playoffs will be May 8 for the boys and May 9 for the girls.