Football: WIAA playoff brackets announced with Wausau West, D.C. Everest, Wausau East, Marathon all among teams earning spots.

The WIAA announced the official football playoff brackets for all 7 11-player divisions Saturday morning in a program airing on television stations throughout the state. Among the 224 teams moving forward to next Friday's Level 1 games are Wausau West and D.C. Everest in Division 1, Wausau East in Division 2, and Marathon and Edgar in Division 6.

In Division 1, Wausau West and D.C. Everest are slotted in the same part of the bracket. The Evergreens are seeded 7th with a 5-4 record and will travel to 2nd seeded Waunakee on Friday night. Waunakee, champions of the Badger-Large Conference, has an 8-1 overall record. The winner advances to a Level 2 game against either 3rd seeded SPASH or 6th seeded Appleton North. Wausau West is seeded 8th in the bracket with a 5-4 record and will play at top seeded Bay Port. The Pirates, who finished 2nd in the Fox River Classic Conference-North to another D-1 #1 seed in West De Pere, is 8-1 on the season. The winner moves on to face either 4th seed Neenah or #5 De Pere. Friday's Wausau West at Bay Port Level 1 playoff will air live on Wausau Area Sports with the pregame at 6:35 pm and kickoff at 7.

In Division 2, Wausau East earns a 4 seed and a Level home game at Thom Field against former Wisconsin Valley Conference rival Marshfield, who is seeded 5th. The Lumberjacks enter the postseason at 7-2 overall and finished 2nd in the Great Northern Conference at 6-1 behind only Medford. Marshfield is 6-3 overall and was 2nd in the WVC behind SPASH but has lost their last two games, including a week 9 loss to undefeated New Richmond. The winner of the East-Marshfield will play either top seed Monona Grove and 8th seeded Milton.

In Division 6, Marathon will take a 6-3 record into a Level 1 game at 3rd seeded Cambridge. Marathon is seeded 6th in the bracket and enters the playoffs off of two straight wins, including a 35-7 win at Spencer/Columbus on Friday. Cambridge is 7-2 overall and finished in a 3-way tie for the Eastern Suburban Conference title with Pardeeville and Belleville. The winner will play either 2nd seeded Lomira or 7th seeded Fall River/Rio in Level 2. Also in the part of the D-6 bracket is Edgar. The 8-1 Marawood Conference champion Wildcats are the top seed and will host 8th seeded Prairie du Chien with the winner moving on to play either 4th seeded Pardeeville or 5th seeded Nekoosa.

The full WIAA football brackets for all 7 Divisions can be found at https://tournaments.wiaawi.org/FB2026