Lanacaster quarterback Justin Hore rushed for 214 yards and a pair of touchdowns and threw for another, and the Arrows needed every bit of his magnificent performance. Lancaster survived a 45-42 shootout with Arcadia Friday night in the first round of the WIAA Division 4 playoffs. The unbeaten and second-seeded Arrows (10-0) advanced to face No. 3 seed Westby in a game that will be held this Friday or Saturday. Check out this week's Grant County Herald Independent for more details.
The first round of the playoffs continued Saturday with a number of area teams being upset.
In Division 7, Six Rivers co-champion and second-seeded Potosi (8-2) was bounced by unseeded Hillboro, 34-32. The Tigers will now face No. 3 Seneca, which ousted Cassville with a 14-0 decision.
Top-seed Highland and unseeded Belmont advanced from the area and will face each other this weekend. Black Hawk was also a 34-7 winner in D7.
All three local teams participating in Division 6 were eliminated. Southwestern fell to No. 3 Bangor, 38-30, Iowa-Grant to No. 2 seed Blair-Taylor, 13-0, and Pec/Argyle lost to No. 4 Kickapoo/La Farge, 6-0.
Top-seeded Darlington (7-3), the SWAL champion, was bounced from the Division 5 bracket with a heart-breaking 44-43 double overtime loss to unseeded Cambridge (8-2). In the opposite D5 bracket Cuba City rolled Mondovi Friday night 38-13.
In Division 4 No. 4 Brodhead/Juda (8-2) routed Platteville (8-2), 55-20. After starting the season 8-0 the Hillmen finished the year with back-to-back losses. River Valley was eliminated with a 41-33 loss to No. 2 Marshall.
Below are this weekend's results for brackets containing teams from the swnews4u.com coverage area, and next weekend's second round match-ups. For more information on any of these games please check out your local newspaper this week for complete playoff coverage.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS (Friday-Saturday, Oct. 21-22)
DIVISION 4
Group C
No. 1 Racine St. Catherine’s (9-1) def. Kettle Morraine Lutheran (5-5), 24-0
No. 4 Brodhead/Juda (8-2) def. Platteville (8-2), 55-20
No. 3 Lakeside Lutheran (9-1) def. Winnebago-Lutheran (5-5), 48-20
No. 2 Marshall (10-0) def. River Valley (5-5), 41-33
DIVISION 5
Group C
No. 1 Necedah (10-0) def. Osseo-Fairchild (6-4), 7-0
No. 4 Cuba City (9-1) def. Mondovi (4-6), 38-13
No. 3 Westby (8-2) def. Whitehall (8-2), 24-8
No. 2 Lancaster (10-0) def. Arcadia (5-5), 45-42
Group D
Cambridge (8-2) def. No. 1 Darlington (7-3), 44-43 2 OT
No. 4 Waterloo (6-4) def. Oostburg (7-3), 48-21
No. 3 Kenosha St. Joe’s (8-2) def. Brookfield Academy (3-6)
No. 2 Cedar Grove-Belgium (10-0) def. Lomira (5-5)
DIVISION 6
Group C
No. 1 Edgar (10-0) def. Melrose-Mindoro (4-6), 64-0
No. 4 Kickapoo/La Farge (6-4) def. Pecatonica/Argyle (4-6), 6-0
No. 3 Bangor (8-2) def. Southwestern (5-5), 38-30
No. 2 Blair Taylor (10-0) def. Iowa-Grant (7-3), 13-0
DIVISION 7
Group C
No. 1 Highland (8-2) def. Ithaca (5-5), 34-6
Belmont (6-4) def. No. 4 Weston (5-5), 24-17
No. 3 Seneca (8-2) def. Cassville (4-6), 14-0
Hillsboro (8-2) def. No. 2 Potosi (8-2), 34-32
Group D
Catholic Central (6-4) def. No. 1 Randolph (7-3), 45-12
Black Hawk (8-2) def. No. 4 Rio (7-3), 35-7
No. 3 Lake Country Lutheran (7-3) def. Fall River (5-5), 58-30
No. 2 Living Word Lutheran (9-1) def. Johnson Creek (6-4), 14-6
SECOND ROUND PAIRINGS (Friday-Saturday, Oct. 28-29)
DIVISION 5
Group C
No. 4 Cuba City (9-1) @ No. 1 Necedah (10-0), Fri., 7 p.m.
No. 3 Westby (8-2) @ No. 2 Lancaster (10-0)
DIVISION 7
Group C
Belmont (6-4) @ No. 1 Highland (8-2)
No. 3 Seneca (8-2) @ Hillsboro (8-2)
Group D
Catholic Central (6-4) @ Black Hawk (8-2)7
No. 3 Lake Country Lutheran (7-3) @ No. 2 Living Word Lutheran (9-1)
