The TSSAA football playoffs move to the second round this Friday, Nov. 13, and MaxPreps has posted its statewide guide to the matchups, brackets, rankings and stat leaders.
The featured games on the MaxPreps schedule kick off at 7 p.m. local time Friday, and several of the top-ranked teams in MaxPreps' Tennessee rankings are in action. The guide also includes live broadcast listings, postseason brackets and live and final scores as games are played.
Among the featured matchups involving West Tennessee teams, No. 19 Westview of Martin hosts Cheatham County Central. Briarcrest Christian of Eads, ranked No. 3 in the state by MaxPreps, faces No. 5 Montgomery Bell Academy of Nashville. Henry County of Paris travels to No. 21 Page in Franklin, and Lakeland Prep visits No. 25 Pearl-Cohn in Nashville.
Memphis-area public schools are also in the featured games. No. 16 Whitehaven plays at No. 11 Ravenwood in Brentwood, Southwind hosts No. 22 Brentwood, and No. 10 Houston of Germantown travels to No. 23 Antioch.
Elsewhere, top-ranked Baylor of Chattanooga hosts No. 17 Christ Presbyterian Academy, and No. 2 Brentwood Academy hosts No. 8 McCallie.
MaxPreps' statewide statistical leader lists include several West Tennessee players, among them Humboldt's Jaden Champion and Darion Taylor, Jackson Christian's Jay Pirtle, Crockett County's DK Woods, Dresden's Athan Spaulding, Obion County's Chace Jenkins and Lakeland Prep's Brett Godwin.
The TSSAA playoffs continue each Friday through November, leading to the state championship games in early December.
Raw 100.5 will keep following Jackson and West Tennessee teams as they try to keep their seasons alive, and we will share results from area games after Friday night.
Sources: MaxPreps; TSSAA