Iowa high school football: Playoff matchups released for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-player

It’s survive and advance in the Iowa high school football playoffs.

Playoff pairings for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-player were released on Saturday morning. In each class, 32 teams punched their ticket to the playoffs. In Classes 2A, 1A and A, each district champion, runner-up, third-place team, and fourth-place team make the field. In round one, a fourth-placed team will travel to face a district champion, while a third-placed team will face a second-place team. In 8-Player, the district champion, runner-up and third-placed team, as well as two at-large teams qualify.

Sixteen contests will be held in the first round in each class.  After that, the 16 remaining schools will be placed into four pods of four for the second round and quarterfinals. Playoff pairings for Class 3A, 4A and 5A will be released next week following the conclusion of the regular season.

Here are the first round matchups for each class.

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Class 2A

Fourth place at First place

• Waukon at Anamosa
• Chariton at Kuemper Catholic, Carroll
• Union, LaPorte City at Mid-Prairie
• Monticello at North Fayette Valley
• Des Moines Christian at PCM
• Cherokee at Spirit Lake
• Albia at Van Meter
• Garner-Hayfield-Ventura at West Lyon

Third place at Second place

• Greene County at Clarinda
• Forest City at Central Lyon/George-Little Rock
• Mediapolis at Northeast
• Western Christian, Hull at Okoboji
• Jesup at Osage
• Crestwood at Roland-Story
• Centerville at West Burlington/Notre Dame
• West Liberty at West Marshall

Class 1A

Fourth place at First place

• Ogden at Dike-New Hartford
• Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont at Grundy Center
• Hudson at Manson Northwest Webster
• Shenandoah at OABCIG
• West Branch at Sigourney/Keota
• West Sioux at Treynor
• Aplington-Parkersburg at Wilton
• East Sac County at Woodward-Granger

Third place at Second place

• Hinton at AHSTW
• Sumner-Fredericksburg at Beckman Catholic, Dyersville
• Grand View Christian at Emmetsburg
• Alburnett at MFL MarMac
• Regina at Pleasantville
• Underwood at Ridge View
• Sioux Central at South Hamilton
• Pella Christian at South Hardin

Class A

Fourth place at First place

• Wayne at ACGC
• St. Albert, Council Bluffs vs. Gehlen Catholic, LeMars, at Akron-Westfield
• Starmont at Lisbon
• North Tama at Madrid
• Columbus Community at Maquoketa Valley
• South Central Calhoun at Tri-Center
• Lake Mills at Wapsie Valley
• Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn at West Hancock

Third place at Second place

• Danville at Bellevue
• Logan-Magnolia at MMCRU
• Earlham at Mount Ayr
• Newman Catholic, Mason City at Nashua-Plainfield
• North Linn at Pekin
• Lynnville-Sully at Riverside, Oakland
• South Winneshiek at Saint Ansgar
• Sibley-Ocheyedan at Woodbury Central

8-player

At-large at First place

• Tripoli at Bishop Garrigan, Algona
• Exira-EHK at Lenox

Third place at second place

• Clarksville at Riceville
• Collins-Maxwell at Woodbine

Third place at Second place

• East Mills at Audubon
• Springville at Don Bosco, Gilbertville
• BGM, Brooklyn at Edgewood-Colesburg
• Ar-We-Va at Fremont-Mills
• Kee, Lansing at Gladbrook-Reinbeck
• Southeast Warren at Iowa Valley
• Winfield-Mount Union at Montezuma
• West Bend-Mallard at St. Mary’s, Remsen

Second place at Second place

• Bedford at Belle Plaine
• WACO at Central City
• CAM at GTRA
• St. Edmond at Janesville

Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.