DOVER – Woodbridge High earned the top seed in Division II while Smyrna took the No. 2 spot in Division I as the DIAA football state tournament brackets were announced on Sunday morning. Milford …
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DOVER – Woodbridge High earned the top seed in Division II while Smyrna took the No. 2 spot in Division I as the DIAA football state tournament brackets were announced on Sunday morning.
Milford (Division II) and Sussex Central (Division I) also earned at-large berths for the tourneys, which begin next weekend.
In both tournaments, the bracket is reshuffled after each round with the highest-remaining seeds hosting the lowest-remaining seeds.
In the six-team Division I bracket, top-seeded Middletown (10-0) and defending state champion Smyrna (10-0) both received first-round byes and won’t play until the following weekend.
In next week’s Division II matchups, No. 1 Woodbridge will host eighth-seeded Howard (6-4) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. with No. 4 Milford (9-1) hosting fifth-seeded Wilmington Friends (9-1) on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
The other first-round games have No. 2 Glasgow (10-0) hosting No. 7 Caravel (7-3) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. while No. 3 St. Georges (8-2) hosts No. 6 Delaware Military (8-2) on Saturday at 11 a.m.
In Division I, No. 6 Sussex Central (8-2) will travel to No. 3 William Penn (9-1) on Saturday at 1 p.m. No. 4 Salesianum (7-3) hosts No. 5 Concord (7-3) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the other opening-round contest.
Smyrna will host a semifinal game on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. with Middletown hosting the other semifinal on Friday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m.
Both state championship games will be played on Saturday, Dec. 3 at Delaware Stadium in Newark. The Division I finals are slated for 1 p.m. while the Division II finals will start at 5:30 p.m.
FOOTBALL
DIAA state tournaments
Division I
Quarterfinals
Friday, Nov. 18
5-Concord (7-3) vs. 4-Salesianum (7-3) at Baynard Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19
6-Sussex Central (7-3) at 4-William Penn (9-1), 1 p.m.
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 25
Lowest-remaining seed at 1-Middletown (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 26
Highest-remaining seed at 2-Smyrna (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
Finals
Saturday, Dec. 3
At Delaware Stadium, 1 p.m.
Division II
Quarterfinals
Friday, Nov. 18
8-Howard (6-4) at 1-Woodbridge (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
7-Caravel (7-3) at 2-Glasgow (10-0), 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19
6-Delaware Military (8-2) at 3-St. Georges (8-2), 11 a.m.
5-Wilmington Friends (9-1) at 4-Milford (9-1), 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 25-26
Semifinals
Lowest-remaining seeds at highest-remaining seeds, TBA
Finals
Saturday, Dec. 3
At Delaware Stadium, 5:30 p.m.