The Ticker: A quick look at area teams in action

Football playoffs

Tuesday, Oct. 25

Section 7A

Braham 54, South Ridge 22

Section 7AA

Barnum 56, Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 7

Moose Lake-Willow River 40, Hinckley-

Finlayson 19

Section 7AAAA

Grand Rapids 48,

Cloquet 22

Nine-man

Cromwell-Wright 44, Bertha-Hewitt 14

Ogilvie 95, Carlton/Wrenshall 0

Football schedule

Saturday

Nine-man semifinals

Cromwell-Wright at

Ogilvie, 2 p.m.

Verndale at Nevis, 2 p.m.

Championship game: Semifinal winners, Nov. 2, Brainerd, 6 p.m.

7AA semifinals

Aitkin at Barnum, 2 p.m.

Mesabi East at Moose Lake-Willow River, 2 p.m.

Championship game: Semifinal winners, Nov. 2, Esko, 6 p.m.

7AAA semifinals

Pierz at Esko, 2 p.m.

Two Harbors at Pequot Lakes, 2 p.m.

Championship game: Semifinal winners, Nov. 2, UMD’s Malosky Stadium, 7 p.m.

Cross country

The Section 7AA meet, which includes Cloquet, was scheduled for Thursday in Hibbing. The Section 7A meet, featuring the rest of the teams from Carlton County, was also Thursday, in Coleraine.

The state meet is Nov. 4 at the University of Minnesota’s Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights.

Volleyball

See Page 12 for the playoff matchups.