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The WIAA announced its Level 1 football playoff pairings for Divisions 1 and 2 on Tuesday afternoon following a judge’s ruling that will allow the Messmer/Shorewood co-op team into the playoffs. The ruling comes after the WIAA had delayed release of its complete playoff field for three days.
Messmer/Shorewood had asked for the injunction after the WIAA said the program was ineligible for the playoffs because it had dropped out of a conference and faced a four-year ban per WIAA rules. However, Messmer/Shorewood joined a new conference this year and the judge ruled that the WIAA must allow the team to be in the playoffs since it qualified with a 4-3 conference record. Messmer/Shorewood is in the Division 1 playoff field.
Locally, Marshfield (8-1) earned a No. 3 seed in its Division 2 bracket and will host former Wisconsin Valley Conference rival Merrill (4-5) at 7 p.m. Friday at Beell Stadium.
With a win, the Tigers would take on the winner of No. 2 seed Menomonie (8-1) and New Richmond (4-5) on Oct. 28 or Oct. 29.
Tomah is the No. 1 seed in Marshfield’s bracket.
Here is a look at the Division 1 and Division 2 Level 1 pairings:
DIVISION 1
Hudson (6-3) at No. 1 Wisconsin Rapids (8-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Green Bay Preble (7-2) at No. 4 Kimberly (8-1), Saturday, 7 p.m.
D.C. Everest (5-4) at No. 3 Eau Claire Memorial (8-1) (Carson Park), Saturday, 7 p.m.
Bay Port (4-5) at No. 2 Appleton North (8-1), Saturday, 3 p.m.
Milwaukee Madison/NW/Career & Tech (4-5) at No. 1 Manitowoc (9-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
Germantown (7-2) at No. 4 Sussex Hamilton (8-1), Saturday, 2 p.m.
Milwaukee King (7-2) at No. 3 Mequon Homestead (7-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
Messmer/Shorewood (4-4) at No. 2 Milwaukee Riverside (8-1) (Pulaski Stadium), Friday, 7 p.m.
Watertown (6-3) at No. 1 Verona (9-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
Hartland Arrowhead (7-1) at No. 4 Middleton (8-1), Saturday, 4 p.m.
Sun Prairie (7-2) at No. 3 Lake Geneva Badger (7-2), Saturday, 4 p.m.
Janesville Parker (6-3) at No. 2 Waukesha West (9-0), Saturday, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee Pulaski/Arts/Reagan (4-5) at No. 1 Kenosha Bradford (9-0) (Indian Trail), Friday, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee Washington/CEO/North (3-5) at No. 4 Muskego (8-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Franklin (7-2) at No. 3 Milwaukee Marquette University (7-2) (Hart Park), Friday, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee Hamilton (4-5) at No. 2 Brookfield Central (7-2), Saturday, 1 p.m.
Division 2
Wausau East (4-5) at No. 1 Tomah (8-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Holmen (5-4) at No. 4 Antigo (6-3), Saturday, 1 p.m.
Merrill (4-5) at No. 3 Marshfield (8-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
New Richmond (4-5) at No. 2 Menomonie (8-1) (UW-Stout), Friday, 7 p.m.
La Crosse Logan (4-5) at No. 1 Waunakee (9-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
Onalaska (5-4) at No. 4 Menasha (5-4), Saturday, 4 p.m.
La Crosse Central (4-5) at No. 3 DeForest (7-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
Hortonville (5-4) at No. 2 Beaver Dam (7-2), Saturday, 7 p.m.
De Pere (4-5) at No. 1 Monona Grove (9-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
Fort Atkinson (7-2) at No. 4 Green Bay Southwest (7-2), Saturday, 7 p.m.
West Bend East (4-5) at No. 3 Pulaski (7-2), Saturday, 7 p.m.
Ashwaubenon (5-4) at No. 2 Cedarburg (7-2), Saturday, 4 p.m.
Brookfield East (6-3) at No. 1 Greendale (8-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Whitefish Bay (5-4) vs. No. 4 Milwaukee Bradley Tech (6-3) at Milwaukee South, Friday, 7 p.m.
Greenfield (5-4) at No. 3 Waterford (8-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
South Milwaukee (6-3) at No. 2 Wilmot (8-1), Saturday, 7 p.m.