Anne Arundel County Football Teams Advance To Playoffs

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD —The regular season may have wrapped up for high school football, but several area teams have entered the playoffs. In Class 4A East Region, top dog South River faces No. 8 Annapolis. South River has enjoyed an undefeated season -- the first time in school history. Old Mill is the No. 2 seed with a 7-2 record and will host seventh ranked Severna Park. Meade is No. 3 in the division and will host sixth ranked North County. No. 4 Arundel will host No. 5 Broadneck.

In Class 3A South, Northeast is ranked sixth and will play at No. 3 North Point with a 7-2 record, while seventh ranked Chesapeake plays at No. 2 Oxon Hill. Kent Island is the No. 7 seed in Class 2A East with a 6-3 record and will play undefeated No. 2 North Caroline. Games will be played at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the higher seeded team's home field.

The teams that prevail Friday night will advance to another week of playoff games and the remaining eight teams will be re-seeded based on the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association point system from regular-season play. State quarterfinals will take place Nov. 22-23, with the semifinals scheduled for the following weekend, according to the association. The state finals are scheduled for Dec. 5-7 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Class 3A will play on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m., Class 4A will play Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m., while Class 1A and 2A will play Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. respectively.

Each state final game will be broadcast live on television by Sinclair Broadcasting. The NFHS Network will be livestreaming the games to watch on TV, phone, tablet or computer via the Sinclair Broadcasting live feed.