Football playoff pairings for area teams

By: 
Jake Ryder
regionalsports@midamericapub.com

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released playoff brackets for the football teams in the state early Saturday morning.

Of the teams from the Grundy Register coverage area, Dike-New Hartford, Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Grundy Center will compete in the 2019 playoffs.

Full brackets at iahsaa.org

All first-round games kick off at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 1 unless otherwise noted.

Below are the matchups in the four-team "pods" featuring Register-area teams. The number next to the team name denotes the team's ranking in the final RPI from the IHSAA. The highest-rated remaining team after the first-round games will host the quarterfinal game in the "pod" on Friday, November 8.

In the first round, all host teams are teams that won their district titles.

Class 1A

#8 Panorama (8-1) at #4 Dike-New Hartford (9-0)

#5 West Lyon (8-1) at #15 Osage (5-4)

Class A

#11 South Winneshiek (7-2) at #2 MFL MarMac (9-0)

#5 Grundy Center (8-1) at #10 Belle Plaine (7-2)

8-Player

#15 New London (7-2) at #3 Don Bosco (9-0) 

#6 Easton Valley (8-1) at #13 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (7-2)

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