High school football playoffs get under this Wednesday in 6 classes and 8 man starts on Saturday. I’ve got the pairings below. Some schools to watch for, In Class 1, Midway makes their 22 nd playoff appearance gunning for their 7 th title. In Class 2, Blair Oaks, just outside of Jefferson City goes for their 3 rd title in 4 years. Undefeated Harrisonville goes for their 4 th Class 3 title in 5 years. Class 4, Webb City looks for their 8 th state title. They too are 10-0. Out of the 8 teams in Class 5, no one has won a state title, and class 6 Rockhurst, the perennial power house making their 29 th playoff appearance going for their 8 th title.
8-MAN
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 10 (both games at 1:30 p.m.)
St. Joseph Christian (8-2) at Hardin-Central (7-3)
Worth County (10-0) at Mound City (9-1)
CLASS 1
Sectionals
Wednesday, Nov. 7 (all games at 7 p.m.)
Hayti (10-0) at Brentwood (3-6)
McAuley Catholic (4-6) at Thayer (10-0)
Adrian (7-2) at Lockwood (8-2)
Tipton (10-0) at Midway (7-3)
Maysville (7-3) at Princeton (8-2)
Lathrop (7-3) at West Platte (7-3)
Fayette (8-2) vs. Orrick (10-0), at Excelsior Springs HS
South Shelby (6-4) at Marceline (5-5)
CLASS 2
Sectionals
Wednesday, Nov. 7 (all games at 7 p.m.)
Crystal City (9-1) at Charleston (4-6)
Hermann (7-3) vs. Maplewood-Richmond Hts. (10-0), at CBC HS, St. Louis
Blair Oaks (8-2) at Centralia (10-0)
Trenton (10-0) at Clark County (10-0)
Mountain Grove (10-0) at Cabool (7-3)
El Dorado Springs (5-5) at East Newton (6-4)
Hogan Prep (8-2) at Warsaw (8-2)
Lawson (10-0) at Carrollton (3-7)
CLASS 3
Sectionals
Wednesday, Nov. 7 (all games at 7 p.m.)
Fredericktown (9-1) at Central (New Madrid County) (8-1)
MICDS (9-0) vs. Miller Career Academy (5-5), at Gateway HS, St. Louis
Moberly (10-0) at Lutheran North (6-4)
Osage (7-3) at St. Francis Borgia (8-2)
Mount Vernon (7-3) at Ava (7-3)
Harrisonville (10-0) at Monett (9-1)
Odessa (8-2) at Grain Valley (10-0)
Platte County (9-1) at St. Pius X (Kansas City) (8-2)
CLASS 4
Sectionals
Wednesday, Nov. 7 (all games at 7 p.m.)
Festus (9-1) at West Plains (5-5)
Vashon (7-2) at Rockwood Summit (4-6)
Parkway Central (9-1) vs. Normandy (7-3), at Ritenour HS, St. Louis
Timberland (9-1) at Fort Zumwalt North (8-2)
Ozark (6-4) at Union (9-1)
Webb City (10-0) at Carthage (9-1)
Lee’s Summit West (10-0) vs. Helias (10-0), at Jefferson City HS
Kearney (9-1) at Hickman Mills (7-3)
CLASS 5
Quarterfinals
Friday, Nov. 9 (all games at 7 p.m.)
McCluer North (8-2) at Jackson (10-0), 7 p.m.
Waynesville (9-1) at Kirkwood (9-0), 7 p.m.
Belton (7-3) at Glendale (7-3), 7 p.m.
Fort Osage (9-1) at Raytown South (4-6), 7 p.m.
CLASS 6
Quarterfinals
Friday, Nov. 9 (all games at 7 p.m.)
St. Louis Univ. High (6-4) at Mehlville (8-2), 7 p.m.
Pattonville (6-4) at Lafayette (Wildwood) (6-3), 7 p.m.
Fort Zumwalt West (9-1) at DeSmet (7-2), 7 p.m.
Blue Springs (8-2) at Rockhurst (10-0), 7 p.m.
