It’s a special playoff edition of Friday Night Live and there’s major stakes for it.
No. 9 seed Wellington hosts No. 13 Eaton in a NoCo semifinal battle for a spot in next week’s Colorado 2A football state championship game.
The Eagles are coming off a shutout upset over No. 1 Strasburg, while Eaton also blanked No. 4 Lamar in the 2A quarterfinals.
The two teams were in the same conference for the first time this season, with Wellington winning 35-10 at Eaton last month.
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Wellington football’s path to the 2A semifinals
The Eagles followed up last season’s unbeaten regular season with a 7-2 campaign this fall, including a 4-1 mark in league play.
Wellington then won on the road at defending state champion Delta in the 2A first round, erasing a 4th quarter deficit to win 27-23.
The Eagles hosted Strasburg last week, upsetting the No. 1 seed in a 17-0 shutout quarterfinal victory.
Full story: Wellington football stuns top-seeded Strasburg in shutout playoff upset
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How to watch Wellington vs. Eaton football
There are two ways to watch tonight’s 2A semifinal between Eaton and the Eagles:
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Northern Colorado football playoff teams remaining
There are still a handful of NoCo teams still playing as we reach the final weeks of the high school football season:
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5A quarterfinals: No. 9 Erie at No. 1 Cherry Creek (Friday, 7 p.m.)
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3A quarterfinals: No. 13 Severance at No. 5 Green Mountain (Friday, 6 p.m.)
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3A quarterfinals: No. 9 Discovery Canyon at No. 1 Thompson Valley (Saturday, 1 p.m.)
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3A quarterfinals: No. 7 Pueblo Central at No. 2 Mead (Saturday, 1 p.m.)
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3A quarterfinals: No. 6 Windsor at No. 3 Pomona (Saturday, 3:30 pm.)
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2A semifinals: No. 13 Eaton at No. 9 Wellington (Friday, 7 p.m.)
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This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Colorado 2A football playoff scores, updates: Wellington hosts Eaton in semis
