The 2023 boys soccer season produced five public school playoff teams from Henry County.
Woodland and Stockbridge made it to the postseason out of Region 5-AAAA, while Eagle’s Landing, Dutchtown, Locust Grove and region champion Union Grove advanced out of Region 2-AAAAA.
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