By John Kemmeter

The WIAA football playoffs begin this week, with Amherst and Almond-Bancroft at home and Stevens Point Area Senior High School (SPASH) on the road.

Senior running back Colton Kizewski (1) and the Stevens Point Area Senior High School (SPASH) football team will play at fourth-seeded Hudson in a WIAA Division 1 Level 1 Playoff Game Friday, Oct. 20.
(John Kemmeter photo)

Back-to-back defending State Champion and top-ranked Amherst (8-1) is the second seed in its eight-team Regional and will host seventh-seeded Colby (6-3) in a WIAA Division 5 Level 1 Playoff Game at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, while Almond-Bancroft (7-3) received the fourth seed in its Division 7 Playoff group, and will host fifth-seeded Hilbert/Stockbridge (5-4) at 7 p.m. Friday.

Stevens Point Area Senior High School (SPASH) (5-4) knocked off fourth-ranked Fond du Lac in the regular-season finale last week to earn a playoff berth, as it received the fifth seed in its Regional and will travel to play at fourth-seeded and 10th-ranked Hudson (7-2) in a WIAA Division 1 Level 1 Playoff Game at 7 p.m. Friday.

Amherst

Amherst won the Central Wisconsin Conference (CWC) Large Title outright with a 35-0 win over Wittenberg-Birnamwood (6-3) last week, and will open the playoffs at home against Colby.

“It’s exciting to be playoff season again,” said Amherst football head coach Mark Lusic. “Our goal is to be 1-0 at the end of this game, that’s all we’re worried about right now.”

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