Volleyball sectional finals are set for Saturday. In Division 1, Chippewa Falls plays top-seeded Hudson at 1 p.m. at Chippewa Falls, with the winner reaching state. Chippewa Falls beat River Falls in four sets Thursday and is seeking its second state appearance in program history.
Other volleyball finals include Barron against Mosinee in Division 2, Stanley-Boyd against Fall Creek in Division 3, McDonell against Edgar in Division 4 and Turtle Lake against Winter in Division 5.
In boys soccer, Hudson beat Eau Claire Memorial 5-0 and will play De Pere for a state berth. Holmen faces Monona Grove in Division 2, Rice Lake faces New London in Division 3 after beating Altoona 3-0, and Arcadia faces Northland Pines in Division 4. Winners advance to the state tournament in Milwaukee next week.
Football continues with second-round games in 11-player and quarterfinals in eight-player, including a Fall Creek-Regis rematch, Osseo-Fairchild against Boyceville, and Cadott against Cochrane-Fountain City in eight-player.
The WIAA State Cross Country Championships are also Saturday. Boyceville and Stanley-Boyd qualified as girls teams, Cadott leads local boys teams in Division 3, and the Menomonie boys qualified as a team after winning their sectional. At the college level, UW-Eau Claire hosts UW-La Crosse in football Saturday at Carson Park, and hockey and swimming seasons are also getting underway.
