Class 6 district semifinal matchups

The Missouri state football playoffs have reached the district semifinals stage this week. The winners of Wednesday night’s semifinal games in Classes 1-5 advance to the district championship game on Monday, Nov. 5. The Class 6 games will be held on Friday night. The winners will advance to the district championship game on Friday, Nov. 9.

Here is the schedule for the Class 6 semifinal games. All games will be played on Friday night at 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Several metro-east teams have also qualified for the second round on the IHSA state playoffs. The schedule for their games is also listed. 

Class 6

District 1

Marquette at Lafayette

Eureka at Parkway South

District 2

Ritenour at CBC

DeSmet at Hazelwood Central, Sat. 1:30 p.m.

District 3

Jefferson City at Francis Howell

Columbia Rock Bridge at Columbia Hickman

Illinois State Playoffs Second Round Games

 Class 8A

 Lyons at O’Fallon, Sat., 7:30 p.m.

 Class 7A

 East St. Louis at Edwardsville, Friday, 7 p.m.

 Class 5A

 Chatham-Glenwood at Jerseyville, Sat., 2 p.m.

 Class 4A

 Olney East Richland at Alton-Marquette, Sat., 2 p.m.

 Columbia at Harrisburg, Sat., 2 p.m.

 Class 2A

 Althoff at Athens, Sat., 2 p.m.

First round district highlights

Lutheran North sophomore quarterback Justin Baker completed 22 of 36 for 361 yards and four touchdowns in the Crusaders’ 41-32 victory over Herculaneum in a District 2, Class 2 contest. Senior Anthony Virdure had eight receptions for 180 yards and two touchdowns. Baker is the leading passer in the St. Louis area while Virdure leads the area in receiving yardage.

O’Fallon advances

O’Fallon’s Todd Porter passed for 357 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for two touchdowns in the Panthers’ 37-35 victory over Homewood-Flossmoor in the first round of the IHSA Class 8A playoffs.

ESL beats Belleville West

East St. Louis’ Daniel Williams had six receptions for 129 yards and three touchdowns in the Flyers’ 27-13 victory over Belleville West in the first round of the IHSA Class 7A playoffs.

Vianney routs Poplar Bluff

Vianney’s Markel Smith rushed for 188 yards and five touchdowns in the Golden Griffins’ 41-15 victory over Poplar Bluff in the Class 5, District 1 playoffs.

Gateway Tech shuts out St. Charles

Gateway Tech’s Corbin Mason and Michael Ball combined to rush for 392 yards and five touchdowns in the Jaguars’ 48-0 victory over St. Charles in the Class 4, District 4 playoffs.

(You can catch Earl Austin Jr. talking high school football on Friday nights on The Prep Zone with host Maurice Drummond on KTVI-Fox 2 at 10:20 p.m.).