First-round high school football playoff brackets released Saturday

photo by: Mike Shaw/Special to the Journal-World

Lawrence High's Malcolm Paul and Mason Mosiman celebrate during the game against Shawnee Mission West in Overland Park on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.

The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released its brackets for the upcoming football playoffs.

All games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise specified. Area games are italicized.

Thursday, Oct. 26

Class 6A East

No. 10 Shawnee Mission North vs. No. 7 Blue Valley West at Blue Valley District Athletic Complex

Class 5A West

No. 11 Maize at No. 6 Goddard

Class 2A

D1 No. 3 Cherryvale at D2 No. 2 Humboldt

Class 1A

D2 No. 4 Pleasanton at D1 No. 1 Pittsburg St. Mary’s Colgan

Friday, Oct. 27

Class 6A East

No. 16 Blue Valley North at No. 1 Gardner Edgerton

No. 9 Shawnee Mission East vs. No. 8 Shawnee Mission Northwest at Shawnee Mission District Stadium

No. 13 Shawnee Mission South at No. 4 Olathe South

No. 15 Shawnee Mission West vs. No. 2 Olathe North at Olathe District Activity Center

No. 14 Kansas City Wyandotte vs. No. 3 Olathe East at College Boulevard Activity Center

No. 11 Olathe West at No. 6 Blue Valley

Class 6A West

No. 16 Wichita North at No. 1 Washburn Rural

No. 9 Wichita Heights at No. 8 Junction City

No. 13 Wichita Haysville Campus at No. 4 Wichita Northwest

No. 12 Wichita South at No. 5 Wichita East

No. 15 Wichita Southeast at No. 2 Manhattan

No. 10 Garden City at No. 7 Free State

No. 14 Topeka at No. 3 Derby

No. 11 Dodge City at No. 6 Lawrence

Class 5A East

No. 16 Kansas City Turner at No. 1 De Soto

No. 9 Topeka Seaman at No. 8 Kansas City Washington

No. 13 Topeka West at No. 4 Mill Valley

No. 12 Leavenworth at No. 5 Spring Hill

No. 15 Emporia vs. No. 2 Blue Valley Southwest at Blue Valley District Athletic Complex

No. 10 Lansing at No. 7 Pittsburg

No. 14 Kansas City JC Harmon vs. No. 3 Topeka Highland Park at Hummer Sports Park

No. 11 Kansas City Sumner Academy at. No. 6 Tecumseh Shawnee Heights

Class 5A West

No. 16 Salina South vs. No. 1 Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel at Stryker Sports Complex

No. 9 Great Bend at No. 8 Salina Central

No. 13 Wichita Bishop Carroll at No. 4 Maize South

No. 12 Wichita West at No. 5 Hutchinson

No. 15 Andover vs. No. 2 Goddard-Eisenhower at Goddard District Stadium

No. 10 Valley Center at No. 7 Hays

No. 14 Newton at No. 3 Liberal

Class 4A East

No. 16 Bonner Springs at No. 1 Atchison

No. 9 Kansas City Piper at No. 8 Eudora

No. 13 Kansas City FL Schlagle at No. 4 Chanute

No. 12 Ottawa at No. 5 Tonganoxie

No. 15 Altamont Labette County at No. 2 Louisburg

No. 10 Paola at No. 7 Basehor-Linwood

No. 14 Lenexa St. James Academy at No. 3 Bishop Miege

No. 11 Fort Scott at No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas

Class 4A West

No. 16 El Dorado at No. 1 Wamego

No. 9 Rose Hill at No. 8 Winfield

No. 13 Towanda Circle at No. 4 Wellington

No. 12 Augusta at No. 5 Coffeyville Field Kindley

No. 15 Ulysses at No. 2 Buhler

No. 10 Mulvane at No. 7 McPherson

No. 14 Arkansas City at No. 3 Abilene

No. 11 Independence at No. 6 Andover Central

Class 3A

D2 No. 4 Girard at D1 No. 1 Frontenac

D1 No. 3 Columbus at D2 No. 2 Burlington

D4 No. 4 Perry-Lecompton at D3 No. 1 Wellsville

D3 No. 3 Kansas City-Bishop Ward at D4 No. 2 Holton

D1 No. 4 Baxter Springs at D2 No. 1 LaCygne

D2 No. 3 Iola at D1 No. 2 Parsons

D3 No. 4 Baldwin at D4 No. 1 Topeka Hayden

D4 No. 3 Hoyt Royal Valley at D3 No. 2 Santa Fe Trail

D6 No. 4 Clearwater at D5 No. 1 Clay Center Community

D5 No. 3 Maryville at D6 No. 2 Hesston

D8 No. 4 Colby at D7 No. 1 Cheney, 6 p.m.

D7 No. 3 Pratt at D8 No. 2 Holcomb

D5 No. 4 Concordia at D6 No. 1 Wichita Collegiate

D6 No. 3 Chapman at D5 No. 2 St. George Rock Creek

D7 No. 4 Lindsborg Smoky Valley at D8 No. 1 Scott Community

D8 No. 3 Hugoton at D7 No. 2 Andale

Class 2A

D2 No. 4 Pomona West Franklin at D1 No. 1 Riverton

D4 No. 4 Minneapolis at D3 No. 1 Silver Lake

D3 No. 3 Effingham Atchison County Community at D4 No. 2 Sabetha

D1 No. 4 Neodesha at D2 No. 1 Osage City

D2 No. 3 Council Grove at D1 No. 2 Caney Valley

D3 No. 4 Easton Pleasant Ridge at D4 No. 1 Seneca Nemaha Central

D4 No. 3 Riley County at D3 No. 2 Rossville

D6 No. 4 Anthony/Harper Chaparral at D5 No. 1 Gypsum Southeast of Saline

D5 No. 3 Hillsboro at D6 No. 2 Kingman

D8 No. 4 Phillipsburg at D7 No. 1 Hoisington

D7 No. 3 Lakin at D8 No. 2 Beloit

D5 No. 4 Halstead at D6 No. 1 Garden Plain

D6 No. 3 Haven at D5 No. 2 Ellsworth

D7 No. 4 Cimarron at D8 No. 1 Norton Community

D8 No. 3 Hays Thomas More Prep-Marian at D7 No. 2 Larned

Class 1A

D1 No. 3 Uniontown at D2 No. 2 Mound City Jayhawk-Linn

D4 No. 4 Riverside at D3 No. 1 St. Marys

D3 No. 3 Eskridge Mission Valley at D4 No. 2 Jackson Heights

D1 No. 4 Arma Northeast at D2 No. 1 Olpe

D2 No. 3 Richmond Central Heights at D1 No. 2 Erie

D3 No. 4 Oskaloosa at D4 No. 1 Centralia

D4 No. 3 Troy at D3 No. 2 Winchester Jefferson County North

D6 No. 4 Belle Plaine at D5 No. 1 Smith Center

D5 No. 3 Wabaunsee at D6 No. 2 Marion

D8 No. 4 Johnson Stanton County at D7 No. 1 Conway Springs, 6 p.m.

D7 No. 3 Sterling at D8 No. 2 Ellis

D5 No. 4 Salina Sacred Heart at D6 No. 1 Sedgwick

D6 No. 3 Whitewater Remington at D5 No. 2 Blue Rapids Valley Heights

D7 No. 4 Hutchinson Trinity Catholic vs. D8 No. 1 Plainville/Natoma at Plainville

D8 No. 3 Oakley at D7 No. 2 Medicine Lodge

Thursday or Friday

8-player Division I

D2 No. 4 Burlingame at D1 No. 1 Howard West Elk, 6:30 p.m.

D3 No. 3 Oxford at D2 No. 2 Little River

D1 No. 4 Dexter/Cedar Vale at D2 No. 1 Lyndon

D4 No. 3 Herington at D3 No. 2 Caldwell/South Haven

D4 No. 4 Goessel at D3 No. 1 Burden Central

D1 No. 3 Sedan at D2 No. 2 Topeka Cair Paravel

D3 No. 4 Attica/Argonia at D4 No. 1 Moundridge

D2 No. 3 Cottonwood Falls Chase County at D1 No. 2 Oswego

D6 No. 4 Quinter at D5 No. 1 Brookville Ell-Saline

D7 No. 3 Pratt Skyline at D8 No. 2 Meade

D5 No. 4 Bennington at D6 No. 1 Hoxie

D8 No. 3 Sublette at D7 No. 2 La Crosse

D8 No. 4 Spearville at D7 No. 1 WaKeeney Trego Community

D5 No. 3 Lincoln at D6 No. 2 Atwood Rawlins County

D7 No. 4 Greensburg Kiowa County at D8 No. 1 Leoti Wichita County

D6 No. 3 Hill City at D5 No. 2 Clyde Clifton Clyde

8-player Division II

D2 No. 4 Norwich at D1 No. 1 Lebo

D3 No. 3 Hanover at D4 No. 2 Downs Lakeside

D1 No. 4 Colony Crest at D2 No. 1 Canton Galva

D4 No. 3 Beloit St. John’s at D3 No. 2 Frankfort

D4 No. 4 Wakefield at D3 No. 1 Axtell

D1 No. 3 St. Paul at D2 No. 2 Hutchinson Central Christian

D3 No. 4 Randolph Blue Valley at D4 No. 1 Osborne

D2 No. 3 Rural Vista at D1 No. 2 Moran Marmaton Valley

D6 No. 4 Logan/Palco at D5 No. 1 Victoria

D7 No. 3 Kiowa South Barber at D8 No. 2 Jetmore Hodgeman County

D5 No. 4 Otis-Bison at D6 No. 1 Sharon Springs Wallace County

D8 No. 3 Dighton at D7 No. 2 Kinsley

D8 No. 4 Bucklin at D7 No. 1 Coldwater South Central

D5 No. 3 Central Plains at D6 No. 2 Kensington Thunder Ridge

D7 No. 4 St. John Hudson at D8 No. 1 Minneola

D6 No. 3 St. Francis at D5 No. 3 Sylvan Lucas Unified

6-player

D1 No. 1 Waverly (bye)

D1 No. 5 Buffalo Altoona Midway at D2 No. 4 Burrton

D2 No. 2 Tescott (bye)

D1 No. 3 Peabody Burns (bye)

D2 No. 1 Cunningham (bye)

D2 No. 5 Southern Cloud at D1 No. 4 Lost Springs Centre

D1 No. 2 Chetopa (bye)

D1 No. 6 Leroy Southern Coffey County at D2 No. 3 Rozel Pawnee Heights

D3 No. 1 Ashland (bye)

D4 No. 4 Winona Triplains/Brewster (bye)

D4 No. 2 Almena Northern Valley (bye)

D4 No. 6 Ransom Western Plains at D3 No. 3 Deerfield

D4 No. 1 Bird City Cheylin (bye)

D4 No. 5 Tribune Greeley County at D3 No. 4 Moscow

D3 No. 2 Ingalls (bye)

D4 No. 3 Rexford Golden Plains (bye)