Football playoff pairings for area teams

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)