By Times staff
The WIAA announced Monday evening the football playoff field for divisions 3-7. Divisions 1-2 will be announced Tuesday after a judge decides a pending lawsuit against the governing body of Wisconsin's high school sports about the eligibility of a school.
Area schools that will be playing later this week:
• In Division 4, Brodhead-Juda (7-2) will host Platteville (8-1).
• In Division 5, Darlington (7-2) hosts Cambridge (7-2).
• In Division 6, Pecatonica-Argyle (4-5) plays at Kickapoo-La Farge (5-4).
• In Division 7, Black Hawk (7-2) faces Rio (7-2) on the road at Portage.
Days and times of games have not been released. The pairings are tentative and subject to change.
Monroe failed to crack the field in Division 3. The Cheesemakers (3-6, 3-3 Badger South) lost a tiebreaker to Milwaukee South based on the winning percentage of opponents beaten in conference play. It would have marked Monroe's first playoff appearance since 2003.
Shorewood-Messmer, a co-op of Milwaukee area schools that would slide into the Division 1 field, filed a lawsuit declaring it should be eligible, despite being imposed a four-year ban in 2007 for leaving the Woodland Conference.
Shorewood-Messmer (4-4, 4-2 Midwest Classic) has a winning conference record and would otherwise be eligible for its first playoff appearance in team history. The school's new conference is littered with teams whose enrollment reaches from 181-418, except for Shorewood-Messmer, which has 1,301 students.
The WIAA announced Monday evening the football playoff field for divisions 3-7. Divisions 1-2 will be announced Tuesday after a judge decides a pending lawsuit against the governing body of Wisconsin's high school sports about the eligibility of a school.
Area schools that will be playing later this week:
• In Division 4, Brodhead-Juda (7-2) will host Platteville (8-1).
• In Division 5, Darlington (7-2) hosts Cambridge (7-2).
• In Division 6, Pecatonica-Argyle (4-5) plays at Kickapoo-La Farge (5-4).
• In Division 7, Black Hawk (7-2) faces Rio (7-2) on the road at Portage.
Days and times of games have not been released. The pairings are tentative and subject to change.
Monroe failed to crack the field in Division 3. The Cheesemakers (3-6, 3-3 Badger South) lost a tiebreaker to Milwaukee South based on the winning percentage of opponents beaten in conference play. It would have marked Monroe's first playoff appearance since 2003.
Shorewood-Messmer, a co-op of Milwaukee area schools that would slide into the Division 1 field, filed a lawsuit declaring it should be eligible, despite being imposed a four-year ban in 2007 for leaving the Woodland Conference.
Shorewood-Messmer (4-4, 4-2 Midwest Classic) has a winning conference record and would otherwise be eligible for its first playoff appearance in team history. The school's new conference is littered with teams whose enrollment reaches from 181-418, except for Shorewood-Messmer, which has 1,301 students.
