How to Watch Tonight's Georgia High School Football State Playoff Games - Dec. 5, 2025

GHSA has 14 state semifinal games on tap and one quarterfinal contest
After suspensions, appeals, court injunctions and a postponement, Gainesville, with its full roster, will finally face Langston Hughes in the Class 5A state quarterfinals on Friday, streaming live on the NFHS Network.
After suspensions, appeals, court injunctions and a postponement, Gainesville, with its full roster, will finally face Langston Hughes in the Class 5A state quarterfinals on Friday, streaming live on the NFHS Network. / Gainesville Red Elephants Football

With the exception of Class 5A, all of the Georgia high school football playoff classifications have reached the semifinal round, as the GHSA has 14 semifinal games on tap, as well as the long-awaited Gainesville-Langston Hughes quarterfinal.

Of course Rome awaits the winner of Gainesville-Hughes in a 5A semifinal game which will be played on Dec. 11. The other 5A state semifinal, between Rome and Thomas County Central has also been moved to the 11th.

Otherwise, you have a full evening of Georgia semifinal high school football and you can watch each contest live, streaming on the NFHS Network. Here is the schedule.

Class 6A State Semifinals

North Gwinnett (12-1) at Carrollton (13-0) - 7 pm

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Buford (13-0) at Valdosta (12-1) - 7 pm

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Class 5A State Quarterfinal

Gainesville (10-2) at Langston Hughes (12-0) - 7:30 pm

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Class 4 State Semifinals

Kell (11-2) at Creekside (13-0) - 7 pm

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Marist (12-1) at Benedictine (10-2) - 7:30 pm

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Class 3A State Semifinals

West Laurens (13-0) at Jefferson (12-1) - 7:30 pm

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LaGrange (11-2) at Sandy Creek (13-0) - 7 pm

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Class 2A State Finals

Hapeville Charter (9-4) at Sumter County (12-1) - 7 pm

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Burke County (12-1) at Carver-Columbus (13-0) - 7 pm

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Class A Division I State Semifinals

Toombs County (12-1) at Heard County (13-0) - 7:30 pm

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Pepperell (10-3) at Worth County (13-0) - 7:30 pm

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Class A Division II State Semifinals

Bowdon (10-2) at Clinch County (12-0) - 7:30 pm

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Lincoln County (12-0) at Early County (10-3) - 7:30 pm

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Class 3A-A Private School State Semifinals

Calvary Day (11-1) at Fellowship Christian (10-1) - 7 pm

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Greater Atlanta Christian (10-2) at Hebron Christian (10-1) - 7 pm

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato is the Senior VP of Content for High School On SI and SBLive Sports. He began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University. In 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.