There wasn’t a lot of waiting around time for Chattanooga-area high school football coaches to find out who their first-round playoff opponent would be next week.
While some may have already knew, everything became crystal clear just past midnight Friday when the TSSAA posted completed brackets for all six Division I teams and private schools competing in Division II.
Twelve of the 23 Chattanooga-area teams that are in the playoffs will host first-round games.
Here are the early matchups by classes:
The 2016 TSSAA Football Playoffs
(All Games Start at 7 p.m. Local Time)
Class 6A
Cookeville (6-4) at Bradley Central (8-2)
Class 5A
Campbell County (8-2) at Ooltewah (8-2)
Walker Valley (6-4) at Oak Ridge (8-2)
McMinn County (7-3) at Farragut (9-1)
Lenoir City (3-7) at Rhea County (8-2)
Class 4A
Chattanooga Central (3-7) at Page (6-3)
Giles County (7-3) at Hixson (6-4)
East Hamilton (5-5) at Marshall County (9-1)
Class 3A
Upperman (6-4) at Red Bank (7-3)
East Ridge (5-5) at DeKalb County (7-3)
Smith County (5-5) at Notre Dame (6-4)
Howard (3-7) at Sequatchie County (10-0)
Class 2A
Westmoreland (4-6) at Marion County (9-1)
Boyd-Buchanan (7-3) at Watertown (9-1)
Jackson County (8-2) at Meigs County (9-1)
Tyner (4-6) at Forrest (9-1)
Class 1A
Cornersville (5-5) at South Pittsburg (9-1)
Copper Basin (5-5) at Fayetteville (8-2)
Summertown (8-2) at Whitwell (5-5)
Grace Baptist (4-6) at Columbia Academy (9-0)
Division II-2A
Father Ryan (4-6) at McCallie (6-4)
Baylor (6-4) at Pope John Paul (6-4)
(Contact Larry Fleming at larryfleming44@gmail.com and on Twitter @larryfleming44@)