Kansas high school football scores
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The gist
Kansas high school football's 2026 playoffs opened with upsets, last-second wins and lopsided results.
Second-round Class 5A matchups are now set across the state.
Background
The Kansas high school football postseason is organized under KSHSAA (Kansas State High School Activities Association), whose brackets and weekly schedules the MaxPreps team pages and a Sports Illustrated roundup reference. MaxPreps, which publishes weekly Kansas schedules, scores, rankings and stat leaders, is the source for most of the team-level results here. The topic is trending because the opening weekend of the 2026 playoffs has just been played and second-round matchups are being set.
How it unfolded
- Oct 9, 2026Cimarron lost to Reno County HomeSchool 14-26.
- Oct 16, 2026Lansing beat Turner 45-7, and Cimarron beat Southwestern Heights 45-14.
- Oct 23, 2026Lansing beat Leavenworth 31-25; Cimarron lost to Kingman 6-20.
- Oct 29, 2026Southeast beat Oxford 18-8 in the first round of the KSHSAA 8-Man Division 1 playoffs.
- Oct 30, 2026Blue Valley beat Leavenworth 58-0 in a Class 5A playoff game.
- Nov 3, 2026A playoff brackets article was published covering the opening weekend of the 2026 Kansas high school football playoffs.
- Nov 6, 2026Second-round Class 5A matchups were scheduled, including St. James Academy at De Soto, Blue Valley at Kansas City Washington, Blue Valley North at Spring Hill, Kansas City Piper at Basehor-Linwood, Hutchinson at Andover, Maize South at Bishop Carroll, Salina Central at Kapaun Mt. Carmel and Goddard at Hays. Southeast was also scheduled to play Canton-Galva at 6:00pm.
Key terms
- 8-Man Division 1
- A form of American football played by eight players per side, often in smaller high schools, with a narrower field.
- KSHSAA
- The organization overseeing interscholastic high school athletics and activities in the U.S. state of Kansas.
Source: Wikipedia
Who’s saying what
- Analysts
- Sports Illustrated's playoff roundup described the opening weekend as producing stunning upsets, last-second escapes, offensive explosions and dominant performances from teams chasing state championships.