Class 2-1A: (Action Friday 11-2 7:00pm kickoff)

Olpe at Onaga   Listen Live

The Onaga Buffalos have accomplished many things this season including winning a district title with a perfect 4-0 record. But, the success didn't stop there for the Buffalos this season as they also won their first Twin Valley League game in seven years beating Valley Heights 28-6. Onaga will be hosting a playoff game for the first time since 2004 and that is the last time Onaga won a playoff game (49-35 vs. Lebo).

Onaga's opponent won't be an easy one to deal with as they will host the 7-2 Olpe Eagles, who have only loss to a playoff 3A team in Sedgwick and an unbeaten Lyndon team. Olpe has great wins on the season beating Jefferson County North and McLouth, both 2-1A playoff teams, and also a 3A playoff team in Wellsville.

This will be a game of ground and pound and see who can control the line of scrimmage as both teams like to run the ball. Onaga is lead by sophomore runningback, Michael Bliss and tight end, Thomas Eisenbarth who each have had stellar rushing games this season. For Olpe its Mitch Argabright and Issac Hall who both have 440+ yards rushing.

Winner of this one advances on to face the winner of Jefferson County North versus Centralia.

Jefferson County North at Centralia-Wetmore 7:00 PM Listen Live

The longest winning streak in the state of Kansas belongs to that of the defending state champs, Centralia-Wetmore Panthers has they have now won 18 straight games. Centralia has dominated the competition throughout the season outscoring their opponents 407 to 43 points (only giving up 4.8 ppg to their opponents. The Panthers rushing attack has been potent all season with quarterback, JT Rosine rushing for 1,255 yards and accounting for 33 TD's, while runningback, Sam Steinlage has 920 rush yards on the season.

For Jefferson County North, they had to win their last two game to get back into the playoffs, as they won at Valley Falls 34-14 in week nine to clinch, behind 135 yards and 2 TD's by Dustin Fowler, their leading rusher on the season.  Like last year, when JCN (4-6) lost to Pittsburg Colgan, the Chargers of 2012 (6-3) have a tough task on their hands as they open post-season play against the defending Class 2-1A state champs.

Winner of this one advances on to face the winner of the Olpe versus Onaga game.

Jackson Heights at McLouth 7:00 PM Friday Listen Live

Two teams hungry for a playoff win meet in McLouth where the Cobras (6-3) are making their initial post-season appearance since 2006 and looking for their first playoff win since 2002.  The Bulldogs, who are 8-1 with a lone 13-12 setback at Olpe this year have not been in the playoffs since a 10-1 campaign in 2005 and that was in Class 3A. 

Although the DVL foes haven't played each other the past two years, they have split (2-2) their previous four meetings in games played 2006-2009 and all four decided by 10 points or less.  McLouth tuned up for their first 2A Playoff run by whipping Immaculata 48-6 to complete a DVL South Division Championship for the second year in a row.  Jackson Heights meanwhile, was humbled with a 61-8 loss at Centralia last Friday and hopes to whipe the slate clean for a playoff run. 

With a new wishbone offense brought by Smith Center alum and first-year head coach Caleb Wick, the Cobras are led by Brant Morris with 902 yards and Tim Rupnicki with 839 while fullback Hunter Howe has added 375 and the trio has accounted for 29 rushing touchdowns.  The Cobras first two losses came by way of upsets as they fell to Horton and Troy (both 2-win teams) on the road by a combined 18 points.   

McLouth is a speedy, spread-offense team with quarterback Marc Walbridge completing 70 of 120 passes for 1,362 yards and running for another 405 while totaling 23 trips to the endzone.  Speedy slotbacks, Drew Cerny and Dakota Cop has each racked up more than 1,000 offensive yards and more than 12 touchdowns while Nick McAferty leads the team with 29 catches for 640 yards and 8 TDs.  TJ Crowell is the top runningback with 765 yards rushing and 15 trips to pay-dirt.  McLouth is averaging 428 yards of offense per game.  The winner of this contest plays next week, likely against Lyndon (9-0).    

Class 8-Man DII: (Games are all on Saturday)

B&B at Caldwell (4:00pm)  Listen Live

The Falcons have soared past the competition and they breezed to a 55-8 win in the first round of the playoffs over Goessel scoring on all seven of their offensive possessions. The Falcons saw Dustin Rottinghaus go 10-12 for 185 yards and 3 TD's, while rushing for another. Dustin Deters added to the Falcons offense with 102 yards rushing and 2 rush TD's, while catching one, also.

B&B looks to continue their success and dominance with their defense, also who only give up 9.8 ppg and only gave up 19 rush yards to Goessel. Falcons have been a dominate program over the years and the last five especially going 60-2 in that time frame, including this year.

Caldwell surprised many with their 50-36 win over previously unbeaten Waverly to advance on in the playoffs as they forced eight turnovers in the game and used their balanced rushing attack to notch the win. Quarterback, Darin Ward and backs, Jahue Arnett and Trent Kendrick lead the way for the Caldwell Bluejays.

Winner of this one plays the winner of the Colony-Crest versus Hanover game.

Colony-Crest at Hanover (3:00pm)

Like B&B, Hanover cruised past their opponent in round one of the playoffs ending their game at the half with a 48-0 win over a Chase team that had scored 60+ points their last three games. Wildcats saw Mark Zarybnicky find the endzone twice rushing, while Preston Jueneman added a rushing TD and pick six. 

Hanover's opponent, can score too winning a shootout 66-50 over South Barber to advance on in the playoffs. Crest has a quarterback in Kyle Hammond who has thrown for close to 1,000 yards and rushed for well over 1,600 yards and 32 scores on the season. The Lancers have won five in a row and their three losses are to opponents with a combine record of 29-3.

Hanover's loss are to two teams with great records in B&B (double overtime) and Rock Hills, so this one looks to be a great game and could be a shootout as both teams like to score the points. Although Hanover's defense has been more stingy this season than that of Crest's (Hanover opp. ppg--15.2 to Crest opp. ppg--29.4).

Winner of this one plays the winner of the B&B versus Caldwell game.

Class 3A: (Games are all on Saturday)

Silver Lake at Hiawatha (6:00pm)

It was the first playoff win since 2001 for the Hiawatha Redhawks as they downed Nemaha Valley 50-35 in a revenge game from week five in the regular season. The Redhawks flew to the wind on the back of one Denzel Chilcoat, as he carried the ball 36 time for 411 yards and also had an 84-yard kickoff return for one of his five touchdowns on Tuesday.

Hiawatha won't have an easy opponent come Saturday as they host the top team in the state in Silver Lake. Silver Lake cruised past St. Mary's in the first round of the playoff 46-6 and have a quite an great attack and solid team all around. Quarterback, Dailin Kruger leads the way for Silver Lake on offense with Peter Pfannesteil in the backfield also with 878 yards this year.  Silver Lake is trying to make it 10 Class 3A Title Game appearance in the last 11 years and while they have tradition and intangibles on their side, they will be facing a much larger and fast opponent in Hiawatha. 

This game is surely to be a physical one as both teams like to cause havoc along the defensive line and get into the backfield. Hiawatha is enjoy one of their best seasons as a team with more than 30 sacks and registered five versus Nemaha Valley, while Silver Lake has two guys with double figure sacks and two more with eight each.  Both teams like to pass the football as Hiawatha Senior Brad Chilcoat has thrown for more than 1,500 yards with Conner Bigham the leading target and nearly 600 yards receiving.  Parker Hasenkamp meanwhile is nearing in on a 1,000 yard rushing season to pace the Hawks on the ground.  

Winner of this game plays the winner of the Wellsville versus Caney Valley (9-1).

Rossville at Sabetha (6:00pm)

 It's been an emotional roller-coaster and bitter-sweet week for the Sabetha football team and community with the passing of team videographer Tim Edelman just before kickoff on Tuesday's Bi-District Playoff Game at Riley County.  The Bluejays, in their fifth straight post-season, beat the Falcons 28-8 thanks in part to success of all four 4th down conversions as well as getting 4 takeaways on defense.  Two of those turnovers came on interceptions in the endzone by senior Rob Nagely, a senior, who was filling in for sophomore starter Alex Edelman, son of Tim.  McKenzie McAfee ran for 147 yards and 2 Bluejays scores in their first playoff win since 2008. 

It was in 2008, that Sabetha last played Rossville, and beat the Bulldogs 22-15 to advance to sub-state.  Rossville is 9-1 this year with a lone 32-12 setback against Mid-East League Champ, Silver Lake.  The Dawgs are very balanced, much like the Eagles, with averages of 201 yards per game rushing and 171 through the air with senior quarterback Dalton Catron accounting for more than 200 yards of total offense per game.  Rossville sophomore Nick Resser leads the ground game with 714 yards and is one of 6 players with more than 100 yards receiving. 

The Bluejays will be in attendance of Tim Edelman's funeral on Saturday morning Obituary then try to focus and ride the emotions in a 6:00 kickoff against Rossville.  The winner plays Humboldt or 3A newcomer St. Mary's Pittsburg Colgan next week. 

Class 4A: (Games are all on Saturday)

Holton at Wichita-Collegiate (4:00pm)   Listen Live

 Holton is the last remaining undefeated team in Class 4A and the Wildcats continue their 15th straight playoff campaign with a Regional road trip to Wichita Collegiate.  Holton pulled away early from Hesston at home on Tuesday night and won 57-26 allowing 20 Swather points in the fourth quarter.  In fact, the stingy Wildcat defense has only allowed five touchdowns total in the first three quarters of games this season.  It was the 10-0 Wildcats 7th game to score more than 50 points this season and the Cats are averaging 431 rushing yards per game led by junior, Drake Ewing with 1,107 and senior, Cameron Karn with 840 and a combined 27 touchdowns between the duo.  Senior quarterback, Jaxon Wright, has ran for 524 and thrown for 333 on 60 percent accuracy and accounted for 16 touchdowns himself.  

Wichita Collegiate is Coached by Mike Gehrer who led the Spartans from 1990-2004 and won a trio of Class 3A State Football titles, and is now back in his first year and the inagural Class 4A run for the Spartans.  Collegiate's only loss was 28-21 in week two against Buhler, who is still alive in the playoffs as well as Maize South and Andale whom the Spartans defeated.  Junior Landon Root, a transfer from Kapaun Mt. Carmel, has completed 103 of 160 passes for 1,518 yards and 18 touchdowns while adding 583 yards on the ground.  Markus Phox, a senior who started at QB the past two years, has 622 yards on 40 catches receiving and 321 on the ground.  Isaiah Franklin has nearly 1,200 yards rushing to led the team.  The Spartans have plenty of other speedy play-makers on the astro-turf home field that can take it to the house on any given play.  

This is the first meeting between the two schools who boast a ton of football history and are set to collide at 4:00 PM Saturday in Wichita.  The winners gets the Andale/McPherson victory next week.