Football playoffs start Friday for five Central Oregon teams

Five Central Oregon teams will lay it all on the line Friday night as they try to extend their seasons in the first round of the high school football state playoffs. Three of the five teams will play at home. The Class 5A Intermountain Conference sent the same three teams to the postseason as it did a year ago, with Summit, Mountain View and Ridgeview all earning playoff bids. The Storm and Cougars received automatic bids, while the Ravens earned one of the state’s five at-large bids. In the 2A field, undefeated Culver was a shoe-in for the postseason, while La Pine got in as the final 2A at-large team. Summit, the IMC champion, was awarded the No. 6 seed and will host No. 11 Canby on Friday at 7 p.m. The Storm have reached at least the quarterfinals every year since 2021, but will have to continue that streak this season without star quarterback Andrew Guthrie, who is sidelined with a knee injury. However, Summit’s defense has shown it is good enough to carry the team to victory.

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