Dunwoody’s Brand Lawson heads to third during early season action against Lakeside. Dunwoody takes on Woodward Academy on Saturday in the Class 6A state playoffs. (Photo by Mark Brock)
DeKalb County Schools has eight baseball programs qualified for the GHSA baseball state playoffs which begin on Saturday (April 22) and Monday (April 24).
Dunwoody (12-17) opens first with a trip to Woodward Academy (24-5) for a Class 6A best-of-three series on Saturday. The pair open with a doubleheader on Saturday at 12:00 pm with an, if necessary, game set for 6:00 pm on Monday.
All the other teams play their doubleheaders on Monday and the, if necessary, game on Tuesday.
Three of the teams are in Class 5A with Chamblee (13-12) playing host to Northside of Columbus (14-11-1) at 2:00 pm on Monday. Tucker (11-9-1) goes to Harris County (19-10) for a 4:00 pm doubleheader on Monday. Arabia Mountains (9-9-2) rounds out the Class 5A entries with a trip to McIntosh (24-5) with a 4:00 pm start.
Druid Hills (18-10) and Southwest DeKalb (14-10) are Class 4A state playoff contestants. Druid Hills goes to Pace Academy (16-10) for a 3:00 pm doubleheader and the Panthers travel to Lovett (21-5) with first pitch set for 5:00 pm.
Cedar Grove (1-15) heads to Gordon Lee (18-8) for a doubleheader starting at 2:00 pm.
Redan (16-10), the 2022 Class 3A state runner-up, won the Region 5-2A title and hosts Drew (11-7) in a 1:00 pm doubleheader at Gresham Park on Monday.
See link below for full first round baseball playoff schedule: