How each team reached Kansas high school football state playoff championship game
The final round of the Kansas high school football state playoffs are coming up this weekend and Varsity Kansas has you covered for previews of all nine of the state championship games.
How can you watch the KSHSAA state championship football games on the schedule for Saturday? You’ll need a subscription to NFHS Network to watch, starting at $11.99 per month or $79.99 annually.
Below is a recap of each team’s journey to the state finals and the time and place the championship game will be taking place in each classification.
Kansas high school football Class 6A championship game
Who: Manhattan (12-0) vs. Gardner-Edgerton (9-3)
Where: Welch Stadium at Emporia State University
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
How to watch: NFHS Network
Manhattan (12-0)
W 26-23, at Derby
W 59-7, Topeka
W 31-21, at Hays
W 28-25, Washburn Rural
W 58-7, at Emporia
W 44-7, at Junction City
W 65-0, Lansing
W 56-28, Wichita Northwest
W 71-7, Wichita North
W 48-20, Wichita East
W 27-18, Wichita Northwest
W 28-23, Derby
Gardner-Edgerton (9-3)
W 63-32, Shawnee Mission East
W 56-6, Shawnee Mission South
W 36-19, at Olathe West
L 35-14, Mill Valley
L 13-2, at Olathe North
W 35-7, Lawrence
W 41-14, at Olathe East
L 37-36, at Olathe South
W 42-21, Shawnee Mission East
W 28-19, Blue Valley Northwest
W 21-14, Blue Valley West
W 56-7, Olathe Northwest
Kansas high school football Class 5A championship game
Who: Maize (12-0) vs. Mill Valley (11-1)
Where: Carnie Smith Stadium at Pittsburg State University
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
How to watch: NFHS Network
Maize (12-0)
W 78-7, at Topeka
W 42-14, at Andover Central
W 49-0, Newton
W 56-7, Salina South
W 63-26, at Maize South
W 52-51, at Derby
W 41-13, Hutchinson
W 59-14, Campus
W 63-0, Salina South
W 43-14, Kapaun Mt. Carmel
W 21-14, Hutchinson
W 42-9, Hays
Mill Valley (11-1)
W 40-0, at Olathe Northwest
W 65-7, Shawnee Mission West
W 51-0, Shawnee Mission Northwest
W 35-14, at Gardner-Edgerton
W 45-14, Olathe South
W 58-6, at Shawnee Mission South
L 20-16, Olathe North
W 63-3, at Shawnee Mission East
W 69-0, Kansas City Harmon
W 24-0, Shawnee Heights
W 49-0, Pittsburg
W 63-0, Blue Valley Southwest
Kansas high school football Class 4A championship game
Who: Wamego (12-0) vs. Bishop Miege (10-2)
Where: Hummer Sports Park in Topeka
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
How to watch: NFHS Network
Wamego (12-0)
W 45-6, Clay Center
W 34-7, at Marysville
W 46-0, at Concordia
W 51-16, at Kansas City Washington
W 34-6, Coffeyville
W 35-6, Shawnee Heights
W 48-0, at Clearwater
W 49-0, Abilene
W 56-11, Ulysses
W 35-8, Rose Hill
W 42-7, Andover Central
W 33-16, McPherson
Bishop Miege (10-2)
W 40-14, at Blue Valley North
W 42-0, Blue Valley Southwest
W 52-14, at St. James Academy
W 28-21, Rockhurst (Mo.)
W 40-0, at Blue Valley
L 29-26, St. Thomas Aquinas
W 48-13, Blue Valley West
L 28-21, at Blue Valley Northwest
W 63-14, Ottawa
W 33-26, Eudora
W 68-20, Kansas City Piper
W 38-28, St. Thomas Aquinas
Kansas high school football Class 3A championship game
Who: Andale (12-0) vs. Holton (11-1)
Where: Gowans Stadium at Hutchinson Community College
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
How to watch: NFHS Network
Andale (12-0)
W 63-14, at Wellington
W 60-7, at Rose Hill
W 58-19, El Dorado
W 57-8, Smoky Valley
W 108-0, at Nickerson
W 49-0, at Wichita Collegiate
W 32-0, Cheney
W 42-14, at Pratt
W 63-0, Goodland
W 45-6, Pratt
W 48-0, at Rock Creek
W 36-0, Clay Center
Holton (11-1)
L 35-28, Nemaha Central
W 35-14, Sabetha
W 49-7, at Hiawatha
W 49-18, Perry-Lecompton
W 48-15, at Royal Valley
W 48-17, at Rossville
W 37-13, Topeka Hayden
W 53-7, at Jefferson West
W 49-16, Santa Fe Trail
W 56-0, Bishop Ward
W 47-27, at Girard
W 48-17, Topeka Hayden
Kansas high school football Class 2A championship game
Who: Kingman (12-0) vs. Nemaha Central (12-0)
Where: Salina District Stadium
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
How to watch: NFHS Network
Kingman (12-0)
W 28-14, at Cheney
W 36-0, Conway Springs
W 64-6, Wichita Trinity Academy
W 63-7, at Douglass
W 28-0, at Hesston
W 35-7, Chaparral
W 42-0, at Haven
W 40-7, Garden Plain
W 49-7, Hillsboro
W 33-6, Ellsworth
W 35-6, at Beloit
W 28-22, Southeast of Saline
Nemaha Central (12-0)
W 35-28, at Holton
W 71-15, Royal Valley
W 46-13, Perry-Lecompton
W 78-0, at Horton
W 67-6, at Jefferson West
W 56-0, Minneapolis
W 34-12, at Riley County
W 24-7, Sabetha
W 74-6, Pleasant Ridge
W 36-13, Rossville
W 44-20, at Humboldt
W 30-14, Sabetha
Kansas high school football Class 1A championship game
Who: Inman (11-1) vs. St. Marys (10-2)
Where: Lewis Field at Fort Hays State University
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
How to watch: NFHS Network
Inman (11-1)
W 46-12, Marion
W 42-24, Sedgwick
W 54-14, at Remington
W 40-0, at Sterling
W 21-3, Hutchinson Trinity
W 38-0, at Ellinwood
L 35-14, at Conway Springs
W 58-6, Medicine Lodge
W 36-7, Ellis
W 47-0, at Oakley
W 28-6, Smith Center
W 23-6, at Conway Springs
St. Marys (10-2)
W 20-13, Rossville
L 41-20, Rock Creek
L 43-16, at Silver Lake
W 64-0, at Oskaloosa
W 65-14, at Valley Falls
W 45-0, Jefferson County North
W 56-0, at Mission Valley
W 58-6, McLouth
W 46-14, Jackson Heights
W 26-0, Troy
W 36-12, at Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan
W 46-16, Centralia
Kansas high school football 8-man Division 1 championship game
Who: Little River (11-1) vs. Wichita County (12-0)
Where: Fischer Field in Newton
When: 3:30 p.m. Saturday
How to watch: NFHS Network
Little River (11-1)
L 66-36, at Canton-Galva
W 57-6, Rural Vista
W 46-14, Ell-Saline
W 56-6, Solomon
W 46-0, at Moundridge
W 48-0, Herington
W 54-0, at Pretty Prairie
W 60-14, Goessel
W 60-12, Argonia-Attica
W 60-14, Madison
W 48-40, at Chase County
W 48-0, at Burlingame
Wichita County (12-0)
W 76-0, at Wheatland-Grinnell
W 56-6, at Elkhart
W 56-28, Hoxie
W 57-0, St. John
W 56-8, Spearville
W 56-20, at Meade
W 60-0, Sublette
W 57-0, at South Gray
W 66-0, La Crosse
W 64-20, Hoxie
W 58-12, at Rawlins County
W 76-30, at Hill City
Kansas high school football 8-man Division 2 championship game
Who: Axtell (12-0) vs. Thunder Ridge (11-1)
Where: Fischer Field in Newton
When: 11 a.m. Saturday
How to watch: NFHS Network
Axtell (12-0)
W 82-38, at Cair Paravel
W 54-0, Hartford
W 58-12, at Clifton-Clyde
W 56-0, Linn
W 62-0, at Blue Valley Randolph
W 62-14, Hanover
W 62-14, Frankfort
W 68-0, at Doniphan West
W 68-8, Pike Valley
W 50-0, Hutchinson Central Christian
W 52-6, at Osborne
W 36-32, Canton-Glava
Thunder Ridge (11-1)
W 74-58, Alma (Neb.)
W 54-8, at Rock Hills
L 48-22, Hill City
W 46-0, at Logan-Palco
W 54-6, at Lakeside-Downs
W 55-6, Wheatland-Grinnell
W 50-0, at St. Francis
W 42-6, Wallace County
W 62-0, Wilson
W 50-0, Hodgeman County
W 62-46, at Victoria
W 58-12, Dighton
Kansas high school football 6-man championship game
Who: Cunningham (12-0) vs. Ashland (10-1)
Where: Dodge City Memorial Stadium
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
How to watch: NFHS Network
Cunningham (12-0)
W 38-30, at Ashland
W 47-0, Natoma
W 65-13, Chase
W 42-0, at Tescott
W 46-0, at Pawnee Heights
W 57-6, Southern Coffey County
W 72-0, Burton
W 1-0, at Southern Cloud
W 65-0, Natoma
W 58-12, Wetmore
W 60-12, at Waverly
Ashland (10-1)
L 38-30, Cunningham
W 56-6, Golden Plains
W 50-28, at Cheylin
W 78-33, at Deerfield
W 55-6, Rolla
W 74-26 at Moscow
W 64-14, Ingalls
W 62-14, Golden Plains
W 68-20, Northern Valley
W 78-34, Cheylin