Iowa football playoff pairings revealed

Clay Central-Everly fullback picks up yardage during a district game against North Iowa on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, in Royal. Klett ran for a season-high 219 yards to lead the Mavericks (7-2) into the postseason.
(Photo by Michael Fischer)

Clay Central-Everly was the only team left standing in the local coverage area when the Iowa High School Athletic Association released the 2009 postseason football pairings late Friday night.
The pairings included all potential matchups in bracket form, beginning with substate games and showing each postseason qualifier's road to "The Dome."

A number of northwest Iowa teams will be represented in the playoffs, though Spencer and Sioux Central will not be among them after failing to capture postseason bids with Week 9 losses.

The Mavericks earned their first postseason home game since 2001 Friday with a 36-22 win over North Iowa, which wrapped up a district runner-up spot for CC-E. The second-place finish behind Southern Cal gave the Mavericks clearance into the Class A bracket in what can now only be referred to as "the old-fashioned way" after Iowa expanded its playoff field to include an extra 16 teams and a substate round in each class beginning last year.

Clay Central-Everly (7-2) will host Woodbury Central (4-5) Wednesday in Royal after the Wildcats clinched the third seed in District 1 with a win over River Valley in the final week.

A win for the Mavericks would put them on the road against Le Mars Gehlen (9-0) or at home against Rockwell City-Lytton (6-3) on Monday, Nov. 2.

The West side of the Class A bracket features eight teams with records of 7-2 or better, including six who finished at 8-1 or better. Algona Garrigan, Rockwell City-Lytton and Bedford all finished 6-3. The remaining five teams have losing records.

Also representing the 12 counties (Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Emmet, Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista and Pocahontas) that make up the northwest corner of Iowa are MOC-Floyd Valley and Le Mars in Class 3A; Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, Pocahontas Area, Sheldon, Sioux Center, Western Christian and Cherokee in Class 2A; West Lyon, Hinton, West Sioux, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn and Emmetsburg in Class 1A; Le Mars Gehlen, Alta, and Akron-Westfield in Class A; and Remsen St. Mary's, West Bend-Mallard, Armstrong-Ringsted, North Sentral Kossuth, Remsen-Union and Graettinger-Terril in 8-Man.

Emmetsburg is the only school located in one of the 12 counties to appear in the East Bracket in its respective class.

This year's postseason pairings include 25 teams in Class 3A down to 8-Man with records of 5-4. Eighteen teams with losing records qualified for this year's postseason, including East Sac County (3-6) and Roland-Story (3-6) in 2A, Highland (2-7) and Earlham (3-6) in A, and West Bend-Mallard (3-6), Clarksville (3-6) and Moravia (3-6) in 8-Man.

Iowa High School Football Playoff Pairings

(The first team listed in each matchup is the substate host. The team with the higher finish in their respective district will be the home team for the first-round playoff games. All games are 7 p.m., unless noted)

Class 3A

West Bracket

Sioux City Heelan (8-1) vs. Creston/O-M (5-4)

Glenwood (6-3) vs. Denison-Schleswig (5-4)

Harlan (9-0) vs. MOC-Floyd Valley (5-4)

Le Mars (6-3) at ADM (6-3)

Clear Lake (9-0) vs. Dallas Center-Grimes (4-5)

Ballard (8-1) vs. Webster City (5-4)

Carroll (9-0) vs. Hampton-Dumont (5-4)

Charles City (6-3) vs. JSPC (5-4)

East Bracket

New Hampton (7-2) vs. Vinton-Shellsburg (4-5)

La Porte City Union (7-2) vs. Oelwein (5-4)

Marion (9-0) vs. West Delaware (7-2)

Decorah (7-2) vs. Maquoketa (7-2)

Williamsburg (8-1) vs. Pella (6-3)

Grinnell (8-1) vs. Fairfield (7-2)

Centerville (9-0) vs. Washington (5-4)

Clear Creek-Amana (6-3) vs. Carlisle (6-3)

Class 2A

West Bracket

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (9-0) vs. East Sac County (3-6)

Pocahontas Area/PP (8-1) vs. Sheldon (7-2)

Eagle Grove (8-1) vs. Sioux Center (5-4)

Western Christian (8-1) vs. Cherokee (6-3)

Bondurant-Farrar (7-2) vs. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto (5-4)

IKM-Manning (8-1) vs. West Marshall (6-3)

Carroll Kuemper (7-2) vs. PCM (4-5)

CMB (8-1) vs. Missouri Valley (5-4)

East Bracket

Osage (9-0) vs. Dyersville Beckman (4-5)

Cascade (8-1) vs. Hudson (5-4)

North Fayette (9-0) vs. Roland-Story (3-6)

Gilbert (6-3) vs. Sumner-Fredericksburg (7-2)

Solon (9-0) vs. Mediapolis (6-3)

Mid-Prairie (7-2) vs. Center Point-Urbana (6-3)

Davis Country (7-2) vs. North Cedar (5-4)

Iowa City Regina (8-1) vs. West Burlington/Notre Dame (6-3)

Class 1A

West Bracket

West Lyon (8-1) vs. Underwood (5-4)

Griswold (8-1) vs. Hinton (7-2)

Council Bluffs St. Albert (9-0) vs. West Sioux (4-5)

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (8-1) vs. Logan-Magnolia (6-3)

Pella Christian (7-2) vs. Panorama (5-4)

Woodward-Granger (7-2) vs. Des Moines Christian (6-3)

Prairie Valley (9-0) vs. Nodaway Valley (5-4)

Mount Ayr (7-2) vs. Manson-Northwest Webster (7-2)

East Bracket

Emmetsburg (9-0) vs. Aplington-Parkersburg (6-3)

South Winneshiek (8-1) vs. Lake Mills (5-4)

Turkey Valley (8-1) vs. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (5-4)

Saint Ansgar (6-3) vs. Denver (7-2)

Clayton Ridge (8-1) vs. Wapello (6-3)

Belle Plaine (7-2) vs. Starmont (6-3)

West Branch (9-0) vs. Bellevue (6-3)

Goose Lake Northeast (7-2) vs. Eddyville-Blakesburg (6-3)

Class A

West Bracket

Le Mars Gehlen (8-1) vs. Rockwell City-Lytton (6-3)

Clay Central-Everly (7-2) vs. Woodbury Central (4-5)

Southern Cal (8-1) vs. Alta (4-5)

Akron-Westfield (7-2) vs. Algona Garrigan (6-3)

Madrid (8-1) vs. Corning (4-5)

Treynor (8-1) vs. Earlham (3-6)

A-H-S-T (9-0) vs. Southeast Warren (4-5)

Van Meter (8-1) vs. Bedford (6-3)

East Bracket

Cedar Falls NU (9-0) vs. Lisbon (5-4)

Central (8-1) vs. Northwood-Kensett (6-3)

Wapsie Valley (8-1) vs. Tripoli (4-5)

Mason City Newman (8-1) vs. East Buchanan (6-3)

WACO (6-3) vs. H-L-V (5-4)

B-G-M (8-1) vs. Cardinal (5-4)

North Tama (9-0) vs. Highland (2-7)

Danville (5-4) vs. North Mahaska (7-2)

Class 8-Man

West Bracket

Remsen St. Mary's (9-0) vs. West Bend-Mallard (3-6)

Armstrong-Ringsted (8-1) vs. Ar-We-Va (6-3)

North Sentral Kossuth (9-0) vs. Remsen-Union (6-3)

Woodbine (6-3) vs. Graettinger-Terril (7-2)

Adair-Casey (7-2) vs. Farragut (5-4)

East Mills (7-2) vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard (7-2)

Stanton (9-0) vs. Glidden-Ralston (7-2)

CAM (7-2) vs. Sidney (5-4)

East Bracket

CWL (7-1) vs. Dunkerton (6-3)

West Central (8-1) vs. Janesville (6-3)

Preston (9-0) vs. Clarksville (3-6)

Northeast Hamilton (9-1) vs. Lansing Kee (6-3)

Tri-County (9-0) vs. East Union (5-4)

Ankeny Christian (8-1) vs. Melcher-Dallas (4-5)

Lenox (9-0) vs. Moravia (3-6)

Harmony (5-4) vs. Grandview Park Baptist (7-2)

Site Selections for all Games

Substate (All Classes)

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7 PM

First Round Games (All Classes)

Monday, Nov. 2, 7 PM

Quarterfinal Round Games (All Classes)

Friday, Nov. 6, 7 PM

Semifinal and Championship Round Games

Thursday, Nov. 12-Monday, Nov. 16 & Friday, Nov. 20-Saturday, Nov. 21