Regional playoff picks

Here’s our predictions for the winners of this week’s Regional playoff games. Asterisks indicate the games we believe will be the closest.

Remember, these are predictions, the games will still be played on the field and some of our predictions will be wrong. For those coaches looking for additional motivation, you're welcome for the bulletin board material.

Good luck to all teams in their continued quest for a 2024 State Championship!

(Several games kicked off the Regional round Thursday night and the majority of the rest were played in soggy conditions Friday night, though a couple were played Saturday. Double asterisks to the right of a game indicates we got the pick right, ≈ indicates we got it wrong. Asterisk to the left indicates we thought the game would be close.)

Class 6A

East
*Gardner Edgerton 42-7 over Shawnee Mission East**
*Blue Valley Northwest 49-14 over Free State**
Blue Valley West 40-7 over Olathe Northwest**
*Shawnee Mission Northwest 21-7 over Olathe East**

West
Derby 42-14 over Junction City**
*Wichita East 21-17 over Dodge City**
Manhattan 49-0 over Maize**
Wichita Northwest 62-28 over Wichita South**

Class 5A

East
Aquinas 28-14 over Pittsburg**
Mill Valley 42-6 over Spring Hill**
Blue Valley North 41-14 over Leavenworth**
*St. James Academy 37-19 over Basehor-Linwood**

West
*Great Bend over Hays (≈Hays edged Great Bend 19-14)
Hutchinson33-13 over Liberal**
Eisenhower 37-26 over Maize South**
*Seaman 43-16 over Valley Center**

Class 4A

East
*Atchison over Lansing (≈Lansing edged Atchison 23-15)
*Tonganoxie 34-28 over Fort Scott**
Bishop Miege 34-6 over Labette County**
Chanute 30-0 over Ottawa**

West
*Wamego 20-13 over McPherson**
Buhler 62-21 over Mulvane**
Andover Central 35-7 over Winfield**
*Wellington 20-19 over Kapaun**

Class 3A

East
*Wellsville 49-0 over Holton**
Prairie View 34-13 over Columbus**
Frontenac over Perry-Lecompton (≈Perry-Lecompton edged Frontenac 28-22)
Hayden 49-0 over Girard**

West
Andale 74-0 over Clay Center**
*Collegiate over Cheney (≈Cheney edged Collegiate 14-6)
Rock Creek over Holcomb (≈Holcomb edged Rock Creek 21-14)
Scott City 9-7 over Hesston**

Class 2A

East
Humboldt 64-7 over Riverton**
*Silver Lake over Council Grove (≈Council Grove blew out Silver Lake 30-8)
*Osage City 14-0 over St. Marys**
Nemaha Central 21-0 over Sabetha**

West
Southeast of Saline 34-7 over Norton**
*Hoisington 24-14 over Haven**
*Garden Plain 28-0 over Phillipsburg**
Beloit 28-0 over Halstead**

Class 1A

East
Jackson Heights 38-6 over Troy**
Rossville 42-0 over McLouth**
*St. Mary's Colgan 19-0 over Riverside**
Centralia 40-26 over Olpe**

West
Conway Springs 21-6 over Marion**
*Sedgwick over Plainville (≈Plainville edged Sedgwick 12-6)
*Medicine Lodge 22-20 over Hutch Trinity** (OT)
*Sterling over Valley Heights (≈Valley Heights edged Sterling 24-19)

8-Man I

East
*West Elk over Little River (≈Little River hands West Elk their first loss 34-14)
*Chase County over Central Plains (≈Central Plains edged Chase County 58-52)
Ell-Saline over Madison (≈Madison stuns Ell-Saline 14-12)
Clifton-Clyde 44-20 over Oswego**

West
*South Central 24-6 over Rawlins County**
Hill City 50-22 over Sublette**
Wichita County 58-0 over South Gray**
Hoxie 54-0 over Oxford**

8-Man II

East
Frankfort 46-0 over Marmaton Valley**
*Hanover over Burlingame (≈Burlingame edged Hanover 36-24)
Axtell 54-0 over Rural Vista**
Osborne 44-8 over Lebo**

West
Central Christian 48-6 over Logan-Palco**
Victoria over Wallace County**
Bucklin over Hodgeman County (≈Hodgeman County edged Bucklin 34-28 in OT)
Dighton 30-16 over Argonia-Attica**

6-Man

East
*Peabody-Burns 59-20 over Chetopa**
Tescott 62-12 over Altoona-Midway**
Cunningham over Southern Coffey County (Southern Coffey County has forfeited this contest)
*Otis-Bison 65-33 over Marais des Cygnes Valley**

West
South Barber over Northern Valley**
Golden Plains 46-0 over Pawnee Heights**
Weskan 52-6 over Moscow**
Ingalls 48-0 over Cheylin**