Prep Football Playoffs Underway in Southeast Minnesota-Semi Finals Set
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The journey to the state tournament got started on football fields across Minnesota Tuesday night.
Listen to Fillmore Central at Blooming Prairie on Saturday. Coverage begins at 12:45 p.m. on 103.1 KFIL, KFIL App and KFILradio.com
Three of the four defending Section 1 champions were in action. All of the teams began their title defense at home and all three of the defending champions won.
The section semi finals are set to begin on Saturday. KFIL Radio will be covering #3 Fillmore-Central at #2 Blooming Prairie in the 1A semi final. Coverage starts at 12:45 p.m.
Section 1 Football Quarterfinal Results & Semi Final Matchups
Section 1 9-Man
Lanesboro 14 Lyle Pacelli-LeRoy Ostrander 70
Houston 17 Southland 27
Grand Meadow 6 Spring Grove 52
Mabel-Canton 0 Kingsland 43
The section semi finals will feature Southland at Lyle Pacelli-LeRoy Ostrander and Kingsland at Spring Grove. Both games start at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Section 1 1A
Bethlehem Academy 0 Goodhue 63
Rushford-Peterson 42 Wabasha Kellogg 6
Kenyon-Wanamingo 8 Blooming Prairie 39
Hayfield 14 Fillmore Central 48
Goodhue will host Rushford-Peterson in the Section 1A Semifinal on Saturday at 1 p.m. Fillmore Central visits Blooming Prairie in the other semi final at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Listen to Fillmore Central at Blooming Prairie on Saturday. Coverage begins at 12:45 p.m. on 103.1 KFIL, KFIL App and KFILradio.com
Section 1 2A
Cotter 0 Dover-Eyota 28
St. Charles 14 Lewiston-Altura 40
Dover-Eyota visits Chatfield and Lewiston-Altura travels to Caledonia. The Gophers and Warriors both earned first round byes. Both games start at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Section 1 3A
Red Wing 6 Stewartville 57
LaCrescent-Hokah 13 Lake City 35
Plainview-Elgin-Millville 0 Pine Island 27
Rochester-Lourdes 21 Zumbrota-Mazeppa 14
Section 1 4A
No first round games were played on Tuesday night. The semi final games, which both kick off at 1 p.m. on Saturday, feature Winona at Byron and Faribault at Kasson-Mantorville.
5A
Century 7 New Prague 14
New Prague moves on to play Owatonna in the section semi final on Saturday at 1 p.m. The other semi final is Northfield at Rochester John Marshall at 7 p.m.
Listen to Fillmore Central at Blooming Prairie on Saturday. Coverage begins at 12:45 p.m. on 103.1 KFIL, KFIL App and KFILradio.com
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