Marshfield opened the WIAA football playoffs with a 44-14 win at Wausau East in Division 2 on Friday night. Josh Taylor ran for 236 yards and four touchdowns for Marshfield, which advances to play at Monona Grove on Friday night.
Other area winners on Friday included Stratford, which beat Seymour 34-13 in Division 4 behind 123 passing yards and three touchdowns from Kolton Haupt and seven catches for 118 yards and two scores from Matthew Schoenfuss. Medford blanked Green Bay West 42-0 in Division 3, Edgar shut out Prairie du Chien 36-0 in Division 6, Athens won 48-42 at Hurley and Gilman beat Clear Lake 50-0 in the eight-player second round.
In Saturday football, Crivitz beat Pacelli 25-14 in a Division 7 first-round game, and Owen-Withee won 26-8 at Assumption in the eight-player second round. Owen-Withee advances to play at Oshkosh Valley Christian on Friday night.
Saturday's WIAA volleyball regional finals included Marshfield at Holmen and Wisconsin Rapids at De Pere in Division 1, Stratford at Onalaska Luther and Northland Pines at Marathon in Division 3, and Pittsville at Pacelli and Auburndale at Bangor in Division 4.
Boys soccer regional finals on Saturday sent Wausau West to Eau Claire Memorial, Wausau East to New Richmond, Merrill to Lakeland and Columbus to Amherst. The college slate included UW-La Crosse football at UW-Stout and UW-Stevens Point football at UW-Whitewater.
