The GHSA high school football state playoffs open with first round games on Friday and DeKalb County has four representatives vying to move forward.

The No. 1 ranked Tucker Tigers (10-0) are the only team hosting a first round game as they take on Region 8-AAAAA No. 4 seed Heritage-Conyers (6-4) at 7:30 p.m. at a site to be determined (Adams or Hallford Stadium).

The Tigers are making their seventh consecutive state playoff appearance (2007-2013), including state titles in 2008 and 2011 (15-0). Tucker is 33-21 overall in state playoff action and 19-4 in the current run of state playoff appearances. It will be the first playoff meeting between the Tigers and Heritage.

The Stephenson Jaguars (8-2) enter the Class AAAAA state playoffs as the No. 3 seed out of Region 6-AAAAA and must travel to Flowery Branch (7-3), the No. 2 seed from Region 8-AAAAA, in a 7:30 p.m. game on Friday.

ATLANTA -- Cobb County drivers can breathe a sigh of relief this weekend -- a major construction project has been completed two weeks ahead of schedule.

For the past several weekend, North Marietta Parkway (Highway 120) in Marietta has been partially closed on weekends as crews worked to replace concrete slabs.

Georgia Department of Transportation engineer Shun Pringle said the project is now done.

"It is always good when we can get something done early," Pringle said. "We appreciate the public's patience through the few difficult traffic weekends we were out there."

However, drivers on the Buford-Spring Connector in Atlanta won't be quite as lucky this weekend. Heavy delays are expected around the Georgia 400/Interstate 85 interchange project.

Pringle said there will also be intermittent closures on nearby Sidney Marcus Boulevard and Cheshire Bridge Road.