Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

Regina locked up a district title with a 35-0 win over previously unbeaten Wilton on Friday.

On Saturday morning the Regals learned their opening-round playoff opponent.

Sixth-ranked Regina (7-1) will host Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (3-5) on Friday in the opening round of the Class 1A playoffs.

Regina and West Branch each secured postseason spots and got their first look at their postseason paths when the Iowa High School Athletic Union released opening-round playoff pairings for Classes 2A, 1A, A and eight-player on Saturday morning.

West Branch (5-3) will host Pleasantville (5-3) in the opening round at the Little Rose Bowl on Friday at 7 p.m.

Regina (7-1) closed the regular season with back-to-back wins over Dyersville Beckman and Wilton following a week-six loss to West Branch.

The District 5 champion, Regina hosts an Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont team that finished fourth in District 6.

The Rockets lost back-to-back games to playoff qualifiers Pleasantville and Sigourney-Keota to close the regular season by a combined total of 87-12.

Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont fell to Sigourney-Keota 52-12 in the regular season finale on Friday.

Pleasantville brings a three-game winning streak into the playoffs, rattling off three consecutive shutouts to close the regular season.

The Trojans lost three straight games to Lynnville-Sully, Pella Christian and Sigourney-Keota before outscoring Colfax-Mingo, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont and Cardinal by a combined score of 133-0 to close the regular season.

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