Cottage Grove is top seed in 4A playoffs


North Bend travels to Cascade and South Umpqua hosts Stayton in Oregon School Activities Association Class A football play-in games.

Far West League champion Marshfield, the No. 3 overall seed, has a bye, as does top seed Cottage Grove.

Marshfield and Cottage Grove will be in the reconstituted Sky-Em League next year, along with Siuslaw, Marist, Junction City and Elmira.

Junction City and Elmira are in Class 4A play-in games this season. Marist will be dropping from Class 5A this season to 4A next year.

Class 4A play-in games:

  • Newport at Phoenix
  • Crook County at Sweet Home
  • Elmira at Banks
  • Molalla at La Grande
  • Junction City at Henley
  • Stayton at South Umpqua (Tri City), 7 p.m. Friday
  • Astoria at Estacada
  • North Bend at Cascade (Turner), 7 p.m. Friday

Teams receiving byes include Cottage Grove, Scappoose, Marshfield, Mazama, Seaside, Ontario, Gladstone and North Marion.