Aurora and High Plains have both qualified in its respective playoff bracket.
The Huskies (8-1) are the No. 4 seed in the Class B playoffs and will host No. 13 York (4-5) Friday, with a 7 p.m. kick. York features wins this season over Beatrice, Hastings, Lincoln Pius X and Seward with losses to Elkhorn, Scottsbluff, Waverly, Gretna and Norris.
Aurora and York will renew its rivalry on the gridiron, although the two teams haven't played since 2021 when the Huskies won, 48-7. Aurora has played York six times in the coach Kyle Peterson era and the Huskies have won five of those.
The rest of the Class B Bracket includes No. 1 Gretna (9-0) vs No. 16 Lincoln Pius X (2-7); No. 2 Gretna East (8-1) vs No. 15 Hastings (2-7); No. 3 Scottsbluff (8-1) vs No. No. 14 Omaha Gross (2-7); No. 4 Aurora (8-1) vs No. 13 York (4-5); No. 5 Omaha Skutt (7-2) vs No. 12 Ralston (4-5); No. 6 Blair (8-1) vs No. 11 McCook (4-5); No. 7 Waverly (7-2) vs No. 10 Elkhorn (4-5); No. 8 Northwest (7-2) vs No. 9 Norris (4-5).
The High Plains Storm qualified for the 6-man bracket in its first season playing at that level. The Storm (5-3) have the No. 15 seed and will travel to No. 2 Wallace (7-1) Friday. Wallace features a lone loss to Garden County with victories over South Platte, Hays Springs, Paxton, Southwest, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, Arthur County and Medicine Valley.
The rest of the Class D6 bracket includes No. 1 Stuart (8-0) vs No. 16 Crawford (5-3); No. 2 Wallace (7-1) vs No. 15 High Plains (5-3); No. 3 Garden County (7-1) vs No. 14 Meridian (5-3); No. 4 Diller-Odell (7-1) vs No. 13 Sterling (5-3); No. 5 Red Cloud (7-1) vs No. 12 Hays Springs (5-3); No. 6 Medicine Valley (7-1) vs No. 11 Lewiston (6-2); No. 7 Arthur County (6-2) vs No. 10 Southwest (5-3); No. 8 Riverside (7-1) vs No. 9 Leyton (7-1).
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