High school football postseason is upon us
Oct. 23—The regular season in high school football in Idaho is done. The time for reminiscing is done, and it's now time to look ahead.
Washington high schools still have one week remaining, and we'll get to that.
Here's what we learned after Week 9:
Satisfying conclusion
Lapwai defeated Genesee 66-20 on Saturday to qualify for the Idaho Class 1A Division 1 state football tournament. The Wildcats (5-3) started their season 1-3 and suffered a laundry list of injuries. From there, they got healthy and reeled off four consecutive wins to end the regular season.
Lapwai will receive more clarity sometime this afternoon as to who, where and when it'll be playing.
Nonetheless, it is the third Whitepine League Division I team to make the postseason, joining Kamiah (8-1) and Clearwater Valley (7-2).
Kendrick, Lewis County make it in 1A DII
There never was any doubt of Kendrick (8-0) getting into the Idaho Class 1A Division II playoffs. The Tigers have scored 372 unanswered points since allowing six to Washington school Wilbur-Creston-Keller on Sept. 9.
The second bid came down to the winner of Lewis County-Timberline game Friday at Highland of Craigmont. Despite losing one of their top players earlier in the season, quarterback Ty Hambly, the Eagles (6-2) got a pair of touchdowns from Wyatt Webb and beat the Spartans of Weippe 28-6.
While times, dates and locations won't be set until later today, the matchups are. Kendrick will have a first-round bye and will face the Watersprings-Camas County winner.
Lewis County's first-round opponent will be Garden Valley. The Eagles will have their hands full with the Wolverines, who average 56 points per game and have three shutouts.
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