MONROE - Two area football teams received No. 1 seeds in the playoffs after the WIAA announced the seeds and first-round postseason matchups Saturday.
Both Darlington (9-0) and Pecatonica (9-0) earned No. 1 seeds and are in separate eight-team playoff groupings. Darlington, ranked No. 1 in the WisSports.net Division 6 Coaches poll, received the top seed in Group D of the Division 6 playoffs and will host Pardeeville (5-4) in a first-round game Friday. All first-round playoff games are scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday.
"I think the kids certainly earned it," Darlington coach Scott Zywicki said. "They have proven their worth on the field. I think our kids are deserving of that No. 1 seed. Now we just have to go out and prove ourselves again over the upcoming weeks."
Pecatonica-Argyle, ranked No. 2, received a No. 1 seed in Group C of the Division 6 playoffs and will host Kickapoo-LaFarge (3-6).
If both Darlington and Pecatonica-Argyle make postseason runs they would have home playoff games for the first three rounds of the playoffs as top seeds.
"The team earned the No. 1 seed," Pecatonica-Argyle coach Larry Green said. "Having a home playoff game is definitely an advantage."
The other first-round playoff matchups are as follows:
Division 3
Evansville-Albany (9-0) was an unbeaten outright Rock Valley North Conference champion, but they got a No. 3 seed and will host Pewaukee (5-4) in the opening round of the playoffs.
Kewaskum (9-0), ranked No. 3 in the state in Division 3, received the No. 1 seed and Catholic Memorial (7-2), ranked No. 6 in the state, received the No. 2 seed.
Division 4
Brodhead-Juda (4-5) received a No. 7 seed and will play at River Valley in a rematch of the Cardinals' season opening 44-38 loss to River Valley.
Division 5
New Glarus-Monticello (3-6) received a No. 8 seed and will play at No. 1 seed Spencer/Columbus Catholic, which is ranked No. 2 in Division 4.
Division 7
Black Hawk (6-3) received a No. 7 seed and will play at No. 2 seed Catholic Central (9-0). Despite being ranked No. 2 in the state in Division 7, the Hilltoppers were seeded No. 2 behind top seed Cambria-Friesland, which is ranked No. 6 in the state.
Both Darlington (9-0) and Pecatonica (9-0) earned No. 1 seeds and are in separate eight-team playoff groupings. Darlington, ranked No. 1 in the WisSports.net Division 6 Coaches poll, received the top seed in Group D of the Division 6 playoffs and will host Pardeeville (5-4) in a first-round game Friday. All first-round playoff games are scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday.
"I think the kids certainly earned it," Darlington coach Scott Zywicki said. "They have proven their worth on the field. I think our kids are deserving of that No. 1 seed. Now we just have to go out and prove ourselves again over the upcoming weeks."
Pecatonica-Argyle, ranked No. 2, received a No. 1 seed in Group C of the Division 6 playoffs and will host Kickapoo-LaFarge (3-6).
If both Darlington and Pecatonica-Argyle make postseason runs they would have home playoff games for the first three rounds of the playoffs as top seeds.
"The team earned the No. 1 seed," Pecatonica-Argyle coach Larry Green said. "Having a home playoff game is definitely an advantage."
The other first-round playoff matchups are as follows:
Division 3
Evansville-Albany (9-0) was an unbeaten outright Rock Valley North Conference champion, but they got a No. 3 seed and will host Pewaukee (5-4) in the opening round of the playoffs.
Kewaskum (9-0), ranked No. 3 in the state in Division 3, received the No. 1 seed and Catholic Memorial (7-2), ranked No. 6 in the state, received the No. 2 seed.
Division 4
Brodhead-Juda (4-5) received a No. 7 seed and will play at River Valley in a rematch of the Cardinals' season opening 44-38 loss to River Valley.
Division 5
New Glarus-Monticello (3-6) received a No. 8 seed and will play at No. 1 seed Spencer/Columbus Catholic, which is ranked No. 2 in Division 4.
Division 7
Black Hawk (6-3) received a No. 7 seed and will play at No. 2 seed Catholic Central (9-0). Despite being ranked No. 2 in the state in Division 7, the Hilltoppers were seeded No. 2 behind top seed Cambria-Friesland, which is ranked No. 6 in the state.
