High school football playoffs tonight — Clear Lake at Humboldt — West Hancock, St. Ansgar, Osage second round games

HUMBOLDT — The high school football playoffs head into the round of 16 today with second round games in the lower classes and first round contests in the upper classes. For Clear Lake, it’s a rematch from two weeks ago as they face district foe Humboldt in a Class 3A first round game. The Wildcats won the first contest 23-13, but Lions coach Aaron Stensland says limiting mistakes and penalties will be a key in the contest.

Humboldt coach Derrick Elman says his team knows they’ll be challenged tonight.

You can hear the Clear Lake-Humboldt game on 103.7 The Fox and watch it on northiowanow.com starting with the Radio Iowa Scouting Report at 6 o’clock, the pre-game gets underway at 6:15, with the kickoff from Mason Mach Field in Humboldt scheduled for 7 o’clock.

— Two area Class A teams are looking to make it into the quarterfinal round of the playoffs.

== West Hancock will host Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union in Britt tonight. The Eagles are 9-0 after taking care of Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 65-27 in the opening round last week, while MMC-RU beat Logan-Magnolia 47-14 in the first round last week. You can hear the West Hancock and Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union game tonight on B103 in Britt as well as watch the game under the “area high school sports section” in the sports tab here on northiowanow.com. The pre-game starts at 6:30 with the kickoff scheduled for 7 o’clock.

== St. Ansgar hits the road to face Wapsie Valley. The Saints are 8-1 after a 54-14 win over South Winneshiek while 7-2 Wapsie Valley cruised to a 50-6 win in their opening playoff game over Lake Mills. Kickoff in Fairbank is scheduled for 7 o’clock.

SPIRIT LAKE — Osage travels to Spirit Lake in a Class 2A second round contest tonight. The Green Devils are 6-3, beating Jesup in the first round last week 53-13. Spirit Lake is 8-1 and held off a comeback attempt by Cherokee Washington last week in a 31-27 victory. Kickoff in Spirit Lake tonight is scheduled for 7 o’clock.

— High school playoff schedule tonight
== Class 3A
— Pod A
Clear Lake at Humboldt
Solon at Benton Community

— Pod B
MOC-Floyd Valley at Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Sioux City Heelan at Nevada

— Pod C
Davenport Assumption at Dubuque Wahlert
Williamsburg at Independence

— Pod D
Harlan at Algona
Carroll at Mount Vernon

== Class 2A
— Pod A
Western Christian of Hull at West Lyon
Central Lyon/George-Little Rock at Carroll Kuemper

— Pod B
Greene County at Prairie City-Monroe
Mediapolis at Mid-Prairie

— Pod C
Osage at Spirit Lake
Crestwood at North Fayette Valley

— Pod D
West Marshall at Van Meter
West Burlington Notre Dame at Anamosa

== Class 1A
— Pod A
West Branch at Grundy Center
Sumner-Fredericksburg at Manson Northwest Webster

— Pod B
South Hamilton at Dike-New Hartford
Emmetsburg at South Hardin

— Pod C
Hinton at Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove
Underwood at Treynor

— Pod D
Iowa City Regina at Woodward-Granger
MFL-Mar-Mac at Wilton

== Class A
— Pod A
Marcus Meriden Cleghorn/Remsen-Union at West Hancock
Woodbury Central at LeMars Gehlen

— Pod B
Mount Ayr at Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center
Riverside at Tri-Center

— Pod C
St. Ansgar at Wapsie Valley
Nashua-Plainfield at Maquoketa Valley

— Pod D
Bellevue at Lisbon
Pekin at Madrid

== Class 4A
— Pod A
Fort Dodge at North Polk
Cedar Rapids Xavier at Norwalk

— Pod B
Newton at Decorah
Western Dubuque at North Scott

— Pod C
Clear Creek-Amana at Pella
Waverly-Shell Rock at Gilbert

— Pod D
Ballard at Council Bluffs Lewis Central
ADM at Spencer

== Class 5A
— Pod A
Waukee at Iowa City Liberty
Linn-Mar at Ankeny

— Pod B
Cedar Falls vs. West Des Moines Dowling at Mediacom Stadium
Iowa City City High at Ankeny Centennial

— Pod C
Iowa City West at Bettendorf
Southeast Polk at Pleasant Valley

— Pod D
Sioux City East at West Des Moines Valley
Waterloo West at Johnston

=== Eight-Player
— Pod A
Ar-We-Va at Lenox
Bedford at Montezuma

— Pod B
Riceville at Algona Garrigan
Janesville at Edgewood-Colesburg

— Pod C
WACO at Don Bosco
Iowa Valley at Gladbrook-Reinbeck

— Pod D
CAM at Remsen St. Mary’s
Woodbine at Audubon