Friday, Nov. 6 is a major playoff day for central Wisconsin teams, with state volleyball semifinals in the morning and WIAA football quarterfinals in the evening.
In the WIAA state volleyball tournament, Marathon faces Watertown-Luther Prep in a Division 3 semifinal at 8 a.m. The other Division 3 semifinal, also at 8 a.m., matches Stanley-Boyd against River Valley. Division 2 semifinals follow at 10:30 a.m., with Appleton Xavier against Waukesha Catholic Memorial and Kettle Moraine Lutheran against Barron, and Division 1 semifinals are set for 1 p.m., with Kimberly against Bay Port and Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels against Wisconsin Lutheran.
On the football field, Edgar hosts Lomira at 7 p.m. in a Division 6 eleven-man quarterfinal, with Regis at Mondovi in the other listed Division 6 game at 7 p.m. Division 5 quarterfinals at 7 p.m. send Durand-Arkansaw to Darlington and Grantsburg to Amherst, and the eight-man semifinals include Owen-Withee at Gilman at 7 p.m.
Thursday's state volleyball results set up Saturday's finals in the smaller divisions. In Division 5, Turtle Lake beat Seneca 3-1 and Central Wisconsin Christian beat Green Bay NEW Lutheran 3-1, putting Turtle Lake and Central Wisconsin Christian in Saturday's 9 a.m. final. In Division 4, Heritage Christian swept Columbus Catholic 3-0, ending the Dons' season at 33-11, and McDonell swept Sheboygan Christian 3-0, setting a Heritage Christian-McDonell final Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
In Thursday's Division 1 volleyball quarterfinals, Bay Port swept Chippewa Falls, Kimberly swept Franklin, Divine Savior Holy Angels swept Verona, and Wisconsin Lutheran edged Arrowhead in five sets. In boys state soccer semifinals, Wauwatosa East beat Pulaski 2-0 and Whitefish Bay advanced past Monona Grove on penalty kicks in Division 2, while Hudson beat Verona 3-2 and Milwaukee Marquette beat Arrowhead 2-0 in Division 1.
