Here’s our best guess at the winners of this week’s playoff games. Asterisks indicate the games we believe will be the closest, thinking a touchdown or less for the final margin. Good luck to all teams in their quest for a 2023 state championship!
Class 6A
Class 6A
1. Washburn Rural
2. Olathe North
3. Manhattan
4. Olathe East
5. Gardner-Edgerton
Class 5A
1. Mill Valley
2. Blue Valley Southwest
3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
4. De Soto
5. Maize South
Class 4A
1. Bishop Miege
2. St. Thomas Aquinas
3. Louisburg
4. Tonganoxie
5. St. James Academy
Class 3A
1. Cheney
2. Andale
3. Topeka Hayden
4. Wichita Collegiate
5. Clay Center
Last week featured some amazing games. Cheney over Andale 36-30 in OT to end the streak, Hays over Liberal 48-41 in double OT to hand Liberal their first loss, Lawrence over Free State 31-24 in OT to hand Free State their first loss, Frontenac over Parsons 10-8 with a GW FG to give the Vikings their first loss, Olathe East knocks off undefeated and top-ranked Gardner-Edgerton 21-7, and Sterling needs two overtimes to beat Hutch-Trinity 13-7. This week features what could be another brilliant slate of games, especially in class 2A, where six of our top eight teams will face each other.
