We have been assuming playoffs in the E/Middle region of 2A work as follows. Each division has 5 teams. There is a play-in game for spots 4-5 in each division.
The 1st round is presumably play between divisions; team 1 vs team 4/5, 2 vs 3 from the other division. Unless St Andres upsets DCA, I think the 1st rd is
St Cecilia vs Mt Juliet/Ezell-Harding.
USN vs Davidson/Webb.
FRA vs St Andrews.
DCA vs Knoxville-Webb.
Then I am a bit unsure; if they simply place the teams in a bracket at the beginning, it would be
St C winner vs FRA winner, USN winner vs DCA winner; if lower rated teams win, they haven't told us whether they will instead order the teams again by original seeds.
All 1st rd winners will have to play a 3d game, to determine which W TN team they play in substate. W team 1 plays Mid/E 4, 2 vs 3, 3 vs 2, 4 vs 1. Perhaps more important, since each of the op 4 W TN teams could beat each other on a given day, the top 2 teams stay at home for substate, while teams 3 and 4 have to travel for their games.
Substate winners move on to the state tournament