HERE WE GO. SECOND SEASON BEGINS TONIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. THE POSTSEASON IS HERE. NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOLS NEED TO WIN THREE TO EARN THE RIGHT TO PLAY INSIDE MEMORIAL STADIUM FOR TO WIN IT ALL. WE START WITH OUR MONSTER MATCHUP, ARGUABLY THE BEST MATCHUP IN THE FIRST ROUND IN CLASS. A BELLEVUE WEST PAPILLION LA VISTA. NEWSWATCH. MAT FOSTER IS BATTLING THE ELEMENTS OUT AT THE FOUNDATION FIELD. AND YEAH, A LITTLE CHILLY OUT HERE, BUT BUT WEST PAPIO THEY DON’T SEEM TO MIND. AND THOSE TWO TWO OF THESE SURPRISE TEAMS THIS YEAR IN CLASS A BUT FOR VERY DIFFERENT REASONS. THE MONARCHS CAPPED AN EIGHT AND ONE REGULAR SEASON AND COME INTO THE POSTSEASON, RIDING A SIX GAME WINNING STREAK AS FOR THE T-BIRDS, THEY STARTED THE YEAR RANKED SECOND IN THE STATE, BUT THEY LOST THREE OF THEIR FIRST FIVE GAMES. NOW, ONE THING THAT HURT THE T-BIRDS DURING THAT STRETCH WAS INJURIES. WEST WAS WITHOUT NEBRASKA WIDE RECEIVER COMMITS ISAIAH MCMORRIS AND DAVON HALL. BUT SINCE THOSE TWO GUYS HAVE COME BACK HUSKER QUARTERBACK COMMIT DANNY KALEN WELL HE’S BEEN BACK TO DROPPING DIMES LIKE USUAL THE T-BIRDS COME INTO TONIGHT ON A FOUR GAME WIN STREAK OF THEIR OWN MOMENTUM THEY HOPE LEADS TO A FIRST ROUND WIN OVER THE MONARCHS. AS YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW WE STARTED THE SEASON, YOU KNOW, IT’S A LONG SEASON AND WE KNEW THAT. SO WE’VE JUST BEEN GRINDING IT OUT, GETTING GUYS HEALTHY AND THE NAME OF THE GAME IS KIND OF PEAKING TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEASON AND GETTING MOMENTUM WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT. SO I THINK THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING AND WE’RE GONNA HAVE A BIG TEST AND A BIG ONE. THIS, THIS FRIDAY. AND WE’RE PLAYING OUR BEST FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW. SO WE GOT TO GET PAST PAPIO AND WE CAN’T LOOK PAST PAPIO THOUGH, BECAUSE WITH THE WAY THEY RUN THAT FOOTBALL AND WITH THEIR SIZE, THEY ARE GOING TO BLEED THE CLOCK. WE WON’T GET AS MANY POSSESSIONS AS WE NORMALLY DO, AND IT MIGHT BE TOUGH TO BELIEVE THIS IS JUST THE THIRD MEETING BETWEEN THE T-BIRDS AND MONARCHS IN THE LAST 11 YEARS, AND THE STAKES DON’T GET ANY HIGHER AS THE WINNER WILL MOVE ON TO NEXT FRIDAY’S QUARTERFINALS. REPORTING LIVE AT FOUNDATION FIELD, MATT FOSTER, KETV, NEWSWATCH SEVEN SPORTS. THANKS, MATT. YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF THAT, WINNER OF TONIGHT’S MONSTER MATCHUP WILL MOST LIKELY GET TOP SEEDED WEST SIDE. THEY’RE THE TOP RANKED THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS. THE WARRIORS HOSTING THEIR OLD RIVAL, CREIGHTON PREP, IN THE 116 MATCHUP TONIGHT AT SEVEN AT PHELPS FIELD. FIRST OF TWO GAMES TODAY OVER AT DEUEL STADIUM, MILLARD SOUTH, THE TWO SEED HOSTING LINCOLN NORTH STAR HOME PATRIOTS UP THREE NOTHING FIRST QUARTER WHEN NASDA DOSUNMU PICKS OFF DEAN DONALDSON OVER THE MIDDLE AND THAT SETS UP MILLARD SOUTH AT MIDFIELD THEN IT’S QUARTERBACK JET WHO TOSSES IT UP TO ISAAC JENSEN SIX SIX USING ALL OF IT FOR THAT TOUCHDOWN TEN NOTHING. MILLARD SOUTH NEXT DRIVE IS NOAH FELLER RIGHT UP THE GUT. MILLARD SOUTH MOVING ON TO THE QUARTERFINALS THEY WIN BIG 38 NOTHING OPENING GAME OF A DOUBLE HEADER OUT IN ELKHORN ELKHORN SOUTH PAPIO SOUTH IN CLASS A THE STORM GOING UP EARLY. BRADY BOUSQUET POWERS HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME. AND THEN IT’S MADDEN RIGGS WHO WILL DROP BACK TO PASS HE’LL AIR IT OUT TO TY NIELSEN WHO SHED A FEW BLOCKERS OR TACKLES, I SHOULD SAY, AND TAKES IT IN FOR THE SCORE. STORM WINS BIG 42 TO 8. OTHER GAMES IN CLASS A TONIGHT. GOOD ONE OUT IN GREEN DRAGONS HOSTING OMAHA NORTH IN 710 GAME TONIGHT AT BUELL WILL BE MILLARD NORTH AND MILLARD WEST. THAT STARTS AT EIGHT CLASS B WEB CAMERAS AT CRETE. BENNINGTON ELKHORN ELKHORN NORTH GROSS AT SKUTT AND BLAIR AND PLATTSMOUTH. CLASS C ONE 4:00 START OUT AT MEMORIAL STADIUM OUT IN ASHLAND HOSTING CHADRON THIS ONE ALL ALL BLUE JAYS DRAKE ZIMMERMAN PUTTING ON A SHOW