North Dakota high school playoff scores and brackets

(KFGO/KNFL) It was the opening spherical of the North Dakota highschool 9-man playoffs on Saturday. The sphere is now all the way down to sixteen groups remaining.

• Maple River 36, Richland 6
• Surrey 60, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 12
• North Star 40, Larimore 22
• Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 50, Hatton-Northwood 12
• Hettinger County 34, Kidder County 0
• South Border 46, Hettinger-Scranton 16
• North Border 42, New Rockford-Sheyenne 8
• Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn 50, Tioga 14

Second spherical play is that this Saturday.

• Maple River at #1 LaMoure/Litchville-Marion
• Surrey at #8 St. John
• North Star at #4 Cavalier
• Wyndmere-Lidgerwood at #5 Could-Port CG
• Hettinger County at #2 New Salem-Almont
• South Border at #7 Grant County-Flasher
• North Border at #3 North Prairie
• Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn at #6 Divide County

The Class 11B postseason begins this Saturday. Defending champion Kindred is the general #1 seed. The Area 1 champion Vikings are 9-0 and can host Langdon-Edmore-Munich on Saturday at Jerlow Subject.

The 4 area champions are seeded 1-4. Kindred is #1, Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison #2, Hillsboro-Central Valley #3, and Beulah #4.

Listed here are the Saturday matchups.

• Langdon-Edmore-Munich at Kindred
• Central Cass at Bottineau
• Bishop Ryan at Beulah
• Shiloh Christian at Des Lacs-Burlington
• Bowman County at Velva-Drake-Anamoose-Garrison
• Ray-Powers Lake at Dickinson Trinity
• Lisbon at Hillsboro-Central Valley
• Oakes at Thompson