Area playoff teams will challenge three unbeatens

McCook senior Mason Schmoker (right) speeds past an Alliance Bulldog Friday night with classmate Talyn Campbell (25) providing some interference. Both Schmoker and Campbell caught two passes during a 4-0 Bison victory which capped the 6-2 regular season. They will travel to Plattsmouth for Friday's Class B playoff opener starting at 5:30 p.m.

Steve Towery/McCook Gazette

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Cambridge Trojans, Southwest Roughriders and Medicine Valley Raiders take on undefeated foes when state playoff football games resume Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the McCook Bison (6-2 record) begin Class B post-season at Plattsmouth (6-2) in a showdown of No. 8 and 9-seeded teams.

McCook will make the 280-mile road trip for a 5:30 p.m. game on the Blue Devils' home turf.

Both teams totaled 41.25 power points following the Bison 41-0 win at Alliance last weekend. However, Plattsmouth was awarded the No. 8 seed among 16 Class B playoff teams.

Other first-round games in"B" feature No. 16 Seward at No. 1 Bennington, No. 12 Scottsbluff at No. 5 Aurora, No. 13 Beatrice at No. 4 Norris, No. 14 Omaha Gross at No. 3 Elkhart, No. 11 Blair at No. 6 Waverly, No. 10 Grand Island Northwest at No. 7 Omaha Skutt and No. 15 Omaha Roncalli at No. 2 Hastings.

The Plattsmouth Blue Devils own wins over Beatrice and Blair this season.

McCook has beaten playoff qualifiers Scottsbluff and Seward.

Unbeaten Dundy County-Stratton (8-0) will be playing only about 30 miles from McCook as the Tigers take on Lourdes Central Catholic (6-2) Friday in Nebraska City.

Opening kickoff is set for 5 p.m.

DC-S kicked off playoffs with a 58-18 rout of Anselmo-Merna on Thursday behind senior Serbando Diaz's five first-half touchdowns.

The LCC Knights have won six straight since an 0-2 start which included 56-30 to powerhouse Falls City Sacred Heart.

LCC rushers Blake Miller (162 yards) and Aidan Aldana (134) — both juniors — scored three TDs each in a 54-34 playoff win over Humphrey Lindsay Holy Family (5-3 record) on Thursday.

The unbeaten tests feature two home games: 9-0 Cross County at Cambridge and 8-0 Central Valley at Medicine Valley in Curtis.

Cross County's Cougars average 59 points per game with no game closer than 56-36 against Clarkson-Leigh in September. On Thursday, Cross County crushed that same opponent, 56-6, to start D-1 playoffs.

The Cambridge Trojans (4-3) wiped out a 16-0 deficit to knock out Sutherland, 36-22, on Thursday. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Cambridge.

Howells-Dodge is the only team to hold the Cougars under 52 points and still lost 28-0.

Senior Isaac Noyd (1,364 yards) and junior Carter Seim (1,312) both average better than 14 yards a carry.

The Central Valley Cougars from Greeley have topped 50 points five times capped with Thursday's 52-20 playoff beating of Blue Hill. Medicine Valley delivered a 34-14 win over Garden County at Oshkosh Thursday night.

Kickoff is 5 p.m. at Curtis.

Southwest (4-2) has reached the Six-Man playoffs and take momentum from a 50-20 victory over Hampton last week to play at 7-0 Sterling. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. on Friday.

The Sterling Jets are complete opposites of those 0-7 New York Jets.

They average almost 60 points (418 total) and trounced Lewiston, 60-7, last week. Their closest contest all season was a 47-13 battle at Parkview Christian in Lincoln on Sept. 11.

Watch for more playoff details throughout this week.