No. 1 Florence (11-0) at No. 9 Platte Canyon (10-1)
Saturday, 1 p.m.
Visiting Huskies quarterback Cody Nichols led a first-round win against Eaton with seven completions for 110 yards and two touchdowns. . . . Florence running back John Alexander is averaging more than 10 yards per carry and has scored 12 rushing touchdowns. . . . Platte Canyon has scored at least 45 points in each of its last three games and received a 182-yard, two-touchdown effort from running back Mikey Gunkel during last week’s 58-38 victory against Buena Vista.
No. 4 Olathe (9-2) at No. 5 Faith Christian (9-2)
Saturday, 1 p.m.
Faith has averaged 46.9 points during its seven-game winning streak and erupted for 34 unanswered in the second half of Saturday’s 40-21, first-round win against Basalt. . . . Faith quarterback Alex Buchmann leads Class 2A in passing yards (1,642) and touchdown passes (18), while running back Oran Tool ranks third with 1,271 rushing yards. . . . Olathe has put together its eight-game winning streak behind a stout defense that has allowed more than seven points only three times during that skein.
No. 3 Brush (9-2) at No. 11 Bayfield (9-1)
Saturday, 1 p.m.
Brush is averaging 42.1 points per game and has outscored its past two opponents 111-0. . . . Visiting Beetdiggers running back Joe Rosenbrock led a first-round shutout of Bishop Machebeuf with 125 rushing yards and two touchdowns. . . . Bayfield recorded a first-round upset at sixth-seeded Colorado Springs Christian behind the play of Waylon Sutton, who compiled 83 yards rushing and a touchdown, as well as 47 receiving yards and another TD.
No. 2 Kent Denver (9-2) at No. 7 Aspen (9-2)
Saturday, noon
The Sun Devils’ shutout streak ended at six games last week, but not until after Kent built a 20-0 lead in a first-round win against Coal Ridge. . . . Quarterback Richard Yates and running back Matt Florence have provided an almost perfect offensive balance for Kent, with Yates throwing for 1,297 yards and 15 touchdowns and Florence running for 1,255 yards and 15 touchdowns. . . . The host Skiers, who have been playing without injured all-state running back Nick Ufkes, opened the postseason with a 21-14 win against Platte Valley.
