Football: Undefeated Glacier starts playoffs with Billings West
Top-ranked Glacier opens Class AA football playoff action Friday at Legends Stadium versus Billings West in a 7 p.m. quarterfinal matchup.
Glacier is 10-0 on the season and also the top seed for postseason play. West enters with a 4-6 record and is the No. 8 seed.
Those two teams opened the season back on Aug. 29 in Billings with Glacier posting a 31-7 victory.
Glacier (11-2) finished second last year, falling to Bozeman (13-0) 24-14 in the title game.
Bozeman (5-5) is seeded seventh this year and will play at No. 2 seed Helena High (9-1) on Friday at 7 p.m.
Semifinal play will take place Nov. 14 with the championship game at the highest remaining seed on Nov. 21.
Butte, Missoula Sentinel and Helena Capital made the playoffs a year ago, but missed out this fall. Replacing those teams are Missoula Big Sky, Billings West and Billings Senior.
Class AA
Final Standings
W L PF PA
*Glacier 10 0 489 129*Helena High 9 1 327 128
*C.M. Russell 8 2 301 215
*Billings Skyview 7 3 274 206
*Missoula Big Sky 7 3 311 251
*Billings Senior 6 4 254 178
*Bozeman 5 5 298 266
*Billings West 4 6 244 280
Missoula Sentinel 4 6 273 273
Butte 4 6 271 295
Flathead 3 7 162 285
Great Falls High 2 9 137 344
Helena Capital 1 9 159 262
Missoula Hellgate 0 10 58 446
* — advance to playoffs
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Seeds in parenthesis
Friday
All games 7 p.m.
Billings West (8) at Glacier (1)
Missoula Big Sky (5) at Billings Skyview (4)
Billings Senior (6) at Great Falls C.M. Russell (3)
Bozeman (7) at Helena High (2)
Class A
Postseason actions continues Saturday with quarterfinal action at Whitefish (Northwestern), Butte Central (Southwestern), Belgrade (Central) and Billings Central (Eastern). Those four teams earned first-round byes for last weekend by winning regular-season championships.
Miles City (8-2) faces Whitefish (7-2). Miles City won a wild first-round game at home last Saturday with Havre, 48-47 in overtime.
As long as Whitefish keeps winning, it will have the home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Semifinal play will be held Nov. 15 with the championship game on Nov. 22.
Playoff Schedule
Quarterfinals
Friday
7 p.m. — Dillon (7-2) at Belgrade (8-1)
Saturday
1 p.m. — Miles City (8-2) at Whitefish (7-2)
1 p.m. — Hamilton (7-3) at Billings Central (6-2)
6 p.m. — Laurel (7-3) at Butte Central (8-1)
Class B
Bigfork stays home for the second-straight playoff weekend, entertaining Malta on Saturday in quarterfinal play at 1 p.m.
Bigfork (8-1) rolled in last weekend’s first round, crushing Deer Lodge 44-7. Malta (6-3) advanced by slipping by visiting Roundup 20-17.
The Bigfork/Malta winner hosts the Fairfield/Huntley Project winner.
Semifinals will be held No. 15 with the championship game on No. 22.
Playoff Schedule
Saturday
Quarterfinals
1 p.m. — Baker (6-3) at Townsend (8-1)
1 p.m. — Conrad (7-2) at Glasgow (10-0)
1 p.m. — Fairfield (9-0) at Huntley Project (10-0)
1 p.m. — Malta (6-3) at Bigfork (8-1)