Flathead faces Butte in playoffs

The Daily Inter Lake

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Flathead (6-3) will face off with Butte (7-2) on Friday in first-round action of the Class AA football playoffs.

Flathead is seeded fifth in the eight-team field while Butte is seeded fourth.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Bulldog Memorial Stadium.

Flathead and Butte tangled in Butte on Oct. 6 with the Braves prevailing 21-14.

Dan Ogden ran for three touchdowns in that contest and Travis Knoll had a key interception and a fumble recovery.

Both teams came into that battle 5-1 in league play and overall.

Butte was ranked No. 1 at the time and Flathead No. 2.

The victory lifted FHS into the No. 1 spot the following week, but the Braves fell at Helena High 10-7.

Butte is currently ranked No. 5 while Flathead is unranked.

Top-ranked Billings West (8-1) is the top seed. West will host eighth-seeded Bozeman (4-5) on Friday.

The Butte/Flathead winner will meet the West/Bozeman winner in the semifinals the weekend of Nov. 10-11.

Two teams with losing records managed to make this year's playoff round as C.M. Russell (4-5) is seeded seventh. The Rustlers face No. 2 seeded Helena High (7-2) on Friday.

One playoff game will take place Saturday. Sixth-seeded Billings Senior (6-3) travels to No. 3 seed Helena Capital (7-2).

Class AA

Final Standings

League All Games

W L W L

Billings West 8 1 8 1

Helena High 7 2 7 2

Helena Capital 7 2 7 2

Butte 7 2 7 2

Flathead 6 3 6 3

Billings Senior 6 3 7 3

C.M. Russell 4 5 4 6

Bozeman 4 5 4 5

Missoula Big Sky 4 6 4 6

Great Falls High 3 6 3 7

Billings Skyview 2 7 2 7

Missoula Hellgate 2 8 2 8

Missoula Sentinel 0 10 0 10

Playoffs

First Round

Friday

Bozeman (4-5) at Billings West (8-1)

Great Falls Russell (4-5) at Helena (7-2)

Flathead (6-3) at Butte (7-2)

Saturday

Billings Senior (6-3) at Helena Capital (7-2)