High School Sports

Here’s the lineup of high school football playoff games for this week: schedule

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  • Kansas City-area teams list shows state playoff matchups across classes Friday.
  • Semifinals and quarterfinals scheduled by class from 6A through 6‑man.
  • Kickoff times mainly set for 7 p.m., with select 6 p.m. and Saturday exceptions.

Here’s a look at the high school football schedules for this week for Kansas City-area teams in Kansas and Missouri that remain alive in their respective state playoffs.

All games listed here are at 7 p.m. Friday unless noted otherwise.

Kansas football sub-states

Friday’s Class 6A semifinals

Olathe Northwest at Gardner Edgerton

Derby at Manhattan

Friday’s Class 5A semifinals

St. James Academy at Basehor-Linwood

Salina Central at Great Bend

Friday’s Class 4A semifinals

Bishop Miege at Labette County

Wamego vs. Kapaun Mt. Carmel, at Wichita Heights HS

Friday’s Class 3A semifinals

Santa Fe Trail at Topeka Hayden

Rock Creek at Andale, 6 p.m.

Friday’s Class 2A semifinals

Osage City at Nemaha Central

Hoisington at Southeast of Saline

Friday’s Class 1A semifinals

Rossville at Jackson Heights

Smith Center at Sterling

Friday’s 8-man Division I semifinals

Lucas Unified at Lincoln

South Central at Hill City, 6 p.m.

Friday’s 8-man Division II semifinals

Axtell at Hanover

Hodgeman County at Victoria

Friday’s 6-man semifinals

Tescott at Cunningham

South Barber at Weskan, 6 p.m.

Missouri football quarterfinals

CLASS 6

Friday’s games

Liberty at Lee’s Summit, 7 p.m.

Helias Catholic at Nixa, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Pattonville at Ft. Zumwalt West, noon

Christian Brothers College at Jackson, 1 p.m.

CLASS 5

Friday’s game

Platte County at Grain Valley, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Kirkwood at Farmington, 1 p.m.

Ft. Zumwalt North at Cardinal Ritter, 1 p.m.

Carthage at Capital City, 1 p.m.

CLASS 4

Friday’s games

Parkway North at St. Mary’s South Side, 6:30 p.m.

West Plains at Hannibal, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Kearney at Warrensburg, 1 p.m.

Festus at Sullivan, 1 p.m.

CLASS 3

Saturday’s games

Maryville at St. Michael the Archangel, 1 p.m.

Life for Life vs. Dexter, at Mehlville HS, 1 p.m.

Osage at St. Clair, 1 p.m.

Seneca at Mountain Grove, 1 p.m.

CLASS 2

Saturday’s games

Summit Christian Academy at Blair Oaks, 1 p.m.

Mid-Buchanan at Monroe City, 1 p.m.

Montgomery County at St. Pius X (Festus), 1 p.m.

Lamar at Liberty (Mountain View), 1 p.m.

CLASS 1

Friday’s game

Putnam County at Salisbury, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games

West Platte at Adrian, 1 p.m.

Tipton at Thayer, 1 p.m.

Hayti at Van-Far, 1 p.m.

8-MAN

Saturday’s games

Wellington-Napoleon at Concordia, 1 p.m.

Archie at Lockwood with Golden City, 1 p.m.

Rock Port at St. Joseph Christian, 1 p.m.

Worth County with Northeast Nodaway at North Shelby with Marion County, 1 p.m.

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