SEAMAN (5-2) AT WASHBURN RURAL (6-1)
 
There's more than just revenge on the minds of Washburn Rural as it enters its regular-season finale against a Seaman team that beat the Junior Blues twice last year.
 
With a win, Rural can clinch a share of the Centennial League title for the first time since 1996. The Junior Blues' lone loss was an overtime decision to Junction City. But a win by Rural over Manhattan, which handed Junction City its only loss, positioned the Junior Blues to potentially earn a tri-championship with the Indians and Blue Jays.
 
Seaman can play the spoiler, its losses coming to both Manhattan and Junction City, the latter in overtime. The Vikings have gutted out a pair of tough wins the past two weeks thanks to a defense that held Emporia and Topeka High to a combined six points while the Viking offense was slowed after plenty of early-season fireworks.
 
Averaging 40 points a game through its first five games, Seaman has managed just 42 total in its last two games. Senior quarterback Camden Barta continues to have a big season, throwing for 1,329 yards and 13 touchdowns with three receivers over 275 yards and four-plus touchdowns led by Casen Stallbaumer's 525 yards and four scores. The ground game has been balanced with 804 yards total but no back has more than Kaden Ireland's 270 yards.
 
Rural quarterback Branton DeWeese has thrown for 1,041 yards and 14 touchdowns while getting picked off just twice. Four different receivers have at least 195 yards and multiple touchdown catches with Robby Bolin (22 catches, 272 yards, 7 TDs) and Amr Sabarrini (26-285, 4 TDs) leading the way. Ma'Kenttis Adams has added 420 yards and six touchdowns rushing.
 
 
CONCORDIA (6-1) AT CHAPMAN (5-2)
 
With a Class 3A District 5 title out of reach after each lost to Riley County, Concordia and Chapman will have to settle for settling the North Central Kansas League title in Friday's showdown. Both are undefeated in league play.
 
Concordia's powerful run game was slowed in a big way by Riley County in last week's surprising 48-7 loss. Averaging 350.5 yards per game on the ground entering the contest, the Panthers mustered just 142 yards against the Falcons with leading rusher Keyan Miller held to 83 yards and the Panthers' lone touchdown.
 
Miller still has had a huge season and the game will feature the two leading rushers in Class 3A this season. Miller has 1,237 yards and 18 touchdowns, just a shade behind Chapman's Eli Riegel, who has run for 1,269 yards and 16 touchdowns.
 
Riegel ran for 246 yards and four touchdowns in the Irish's 52-16 rout of Council Grove last week. It was his third game of 200-plus yards with a season-high of 288 against Abilene. Miller has two games of 200 or more yards with a 401-yard outing against Council Grove.
 
The winner of the game will get a home game in the first round of the 3A playoffs, while the loser will hit the road.
 
 
HOISINGTON (6-1) AT BELOIT (5-2)
 
Hoisington has won six straight games since a season-opening loss to Pratt, while Beloit enters on a four-game winning streak after dropping two straight early in the season.
 
That sets up a Class 2A District 8 title showdown with both teams 4-0 in district play. The loser will be the district runner-up.
 
Class 2A state runner-up to Rossville a year ago, Hoisington had to reload and took it on the chin from Pratt, 68-18, in its opener. Since, however, the Cardinals have been on a pretty good roll. A big reason is the emergence of tailback Legend Robinson, who has game to go with his name.
 
The senior back logged only 11 carries for 53 yards in a reserve role last year, but is one of the top rushers in the state this year. He's run for 1,449 yards and 21 touchdowns, ranking third in the state at 207 yards per game behind Maize South's Evan Cantu (218.7) and Wichita Northwest's LJ Phillips (215.6). Robinson burned Minneapolis for 327 yards and five touchdowns in Week 5 and has at least 152 yards in every game.
 
He's far from a one-man show in the backfield with fellow senior Wyatt Wikum adding 504 yards and the Cardinals rushing for 2,561 yards overall (365.9 per game).
 
Beloit, which has lost to 3A unbeaten Southeast of Saline and 3A one-loss Concordia, counters with a balanced ground attack. The Trojans have racked up 1,810 yards on the ground (258.6 per game) with Benson Berndt leads the way with 884 yards and 9 touchdowns, while Branson Hiserote has added 452 yards and Logan Arasmith has 375.
 
OSAGE CITY (6-1) AT HUMBOLDT (5-2)
 
Last week, Osage City rebounded from a tough loss to Wellsville, pummeling Eureka 49-6. This week, it's Humboldt's turn to try to bounce back from its loss to Wellsville as the Cubs fell 40-0 last week.
 
The winner will take the runner-up spot in Class 2A District 2 behind undefeated Wellsville while the loser will go on the road to start the playoffs.
 
Osage City quarterback Landon Boss, knocked out of the Wellsville game in the second half, was back and in top form in the rout of Eureka. Boss threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 83 yards and two more scores.
 
This season, he's thrown for 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns without getting picked off and run for 339 yards and 11 scores. Garrett Fager has been his top target with 541 yards receiving, while Brody Littrell has complemented Boss in the backfield with a team-high 523 yards and 12 touchdowns rushing.
 
Humboldt has its own 1-2 backfield punch in senior Gavin Page and junior Trey Sommer. Page has run for 781 yards and 10 touchdowns and Sommer has 724 yards rushing and nine scores. Page has also thrown for 553 yards and six touchdowns.
 
 
ATCHISON COUNTY (6-1) AT ST. MARYS (3-3)
 
Atchison County has enjoyed a big-time breakthrough season, capturing its first Northeast Kansas League title since 2010 and posting its most wins in more than a decade.
 
The Tigers' lone loss came to Nemaha Central, 20-0 in Week 4, but they've bounced back with three straight wins including their first win over Maur Hill since 2013. Defense has been Atchison County's strong suit with the Tigers allowing just 81 points in seven games, giving up more than 13 just twice.
 
Bricen Lee has paced the Tiger offense with 678 yards and 12 touchdowns passing and another 402 yards on the ground. Kieran Courter has a team-high 462 yards rushing and 390 yards receiving as a dual-threat weapon out of the backfield.
 
St. Marys started the season 0-3, but it was a deceptive record with the losses coming to 3A unbeaten Riley County (17-14), 2A unbeaten and No. 1 Rossville (44-2) and 2A No. 3 Silver Lake (29-28).
 
The Bears have ripped off three straight wins, including a 30-12 win over Nemaha Central. Their game with Maur Hill last week was canceled for COVID-19 concerns with Maur Hill, but the Bears can wrap up the Class 2A District 4 title with the victory. 
 
An Atchison County win would create a three-way tie for the top spot in the district if Nemaha Central also wins its game and the champion would be determined via the point tiebreaker.
 
CENTRALIA (6-1) AT WABAUNSEE (5-2)
 
Wabaunsee clinched the program's first winning season since 1997 with its 49-0 rout of Horton last week. Now the Chargers are looking for a signature win to go along with it.
 
Beating Centralia would fill that bill. The Panthers are annually one of the top teams in Class 1A and they've already clinched the Class 1A District 2 title.
 
Centralia has reeled off six straight wins since opening the season with a 38-0 loss to Class 2A No. 1 Rossville. The Panthers blanked Lyndon 26-0 last week and have outscored their opponents 216-53 in their six wins.
 
Ethan McNally ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns, but burned Lyndon through the air last week for a career-high 130 yards and a score – nearly half the yardage he'd thrown for in Centralia's first six games (339). McNally's been a threat on the ground all season, rushing for 764 yards and 13 touchdowns with Jarod Blaha adding 528 yards and four scores on the ground.
 
Wabaunsee gets the bulk of its yardage via the arm of senior quarterback Cade Oliver. A starter at quarterback since his freshman year, Oliver has thrown for 1,149 yards and 16 touchdowns this year while getting picked off just twice. Brayden Meseke (28 catches, 460 yards, 4 TDs) and Eli Oliver (25-326, 9 TDs) have been his favorite targets and Zach Frank leads the ground game with 331 yards.