Thirteen area football teams will be in the WIAA playoffs Tuesday night, according to the preliminary qualifier field released after Thursday night’s games.
All three city schools tentatively have qualified for the playoffs, with Central (8-1) and Logan (8-1) in Division 2 and Aquinas (5-4) in Division 5.
Holmen (4-5) and Tomah (3-6) join Central and Logan in Division 2.
The WIAA reserves spots in its seven-division, 224-team playoff format for teams with winning conference records. Teams with .500 record still can qualify if spots remain on the brackets, and Aquinas and Tomah both finished 3-3 in the MVC.
Black River Falls (8-1) is the smallest school in the Division 3 field, and Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (7-2) and Prairie du Chien (7-2) are Division 4 qualifiers.
Arcadia (7-2) is a Division 5 qualifier, and Melrose-Mindoro (5-4), Bangor (9-0) and Blair-Taylor (7-2) all made it in Division 6.
De Soto (9-0) is the only Division 7 qualifier in the circulation area.
First-round playoff pairings will be announced today and can be seen when released at www.lacrossetribune.com.