Cochrane-Fountain City downed Boyceville in an undefeated showdown last night
Below are some quick takeaways from Level 3 of the high school football playoffs. Look for a full preview of each division to come out next week on BoundWisconsin.com.
For the full Level 3 results on the Bound Wisconsin scoreboard, please click here.
As a reminder, we'll have loads of additional content coming in the next few days to wrap up Level 3, including:
Prep Props: Top Statistical Leaders from the week (Monday)
Bound Wisconsin Football Player of the Week nominees (Monday)
Bound Wisconsin Football Team of the Week nominees (Monday)
HOME TEAMS TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS
Last year, lower-seeded road teams won 15 of the 28 games in the sectional finals. In 2025, the script was flipped, with higher-seeded home teams largely taking care of business, going 21-7 overall. Still, there were a lot of very competitive games, with half of the games decided by two touchdowns or less, seven of those by a single score.
CINDERELLA KEEPS DANCING
Of the lower-seeded teams that were able to score wins in Level 3, several of them did so in convincing fashion. Defending Division 1 state champion Bay Port hammered previously undefeated Franklin 42-13. Three-time defending state champion Stratford posted a 29-0 shutout of Tomahawk to continue on in Division 5. In a battle of unbeatens, Northwestern was a 44-16 winner over last year’s D6 runner-up Grantsburg.
The biggest Cindrella still going is Division 3, eighth-seeded Whitefish Bay, who scored a third consecutive road victory in a 28-7 victory over third-seeded Martin Luther. The Blue Dukes become just the third eight-seed to advance to the state semi-finals, joining Freedom in 2012 and Belleville in 2024, though none of the previous instances resulted in state finals trips.
TRACKING THE CHAMPIONS
D1: Bay Port beat Franklin 42-13
D2: Slinger lost in Level 2
D3: Notre Dame beat Rice Lake 28-20 in a Division 2 game
D4: Racine St. Catherine’s lost to Little Chute 23-12
D5: Stratford beat Tomahawk 29-0
D6: Lomira lost in Level 1
D7: Edgar beat Bonduel 8-7 in a Division 6 game
8-Player: Owen-Withee lost in Level 2
CONFERENCE RESULTS
Below is a list of conferences and the combined win-loss percentage of league teams. The best win/loss percentage is shared by the Midwest Classic-Small and the FRCC-North at 0.750, while the FRCC-South is close behind at 0.714. The FRCC-North and the Classic Eight are tied with the most playoff wins at nine.
(sorted by alpha)
Badger - Large 5-3
Badger - Small 3-3
Bay 3-2
Big East 7-4
Big Eight 2-3
Big Rivers 7-5
Capitol 4-4
Central Wisconsin 8-6
Classic Eight 9-4
Cloverbelt 7-3
Coulee 3-3
Dairyland 5-4
Dunn-St. Croix 3-5
East Central 3-4
Eastern Suburban 1-5
Eastern Wisconsin 2-6
Flyway 5-5
Fox River Classic-North 9-3
Fox River Classic-South 5-2
Fox Valley Association 1-5
Great Northern 5-7
Greater Metro 4-6
Heart O' North 4-3
Lakeland 2-4
Marawood/CWC 3-4
Metro Classic 7-5
Middle Border 5-5
Midwest Classic-Large 1-4
Midwest Classic-Small 3-1
Milwaukee City-Blackbourn 0-3
Milwaukee City-Richardson 1-6
Mississippi Valley 6-4
North Eastern 7-3
North Shore 8-4
Northwoods 4-5
Packerland 3-4
Parkland 4-4
Rock Valley 2-5
Scenic Bluffs 3-5
Six Rivers 5-3
South Central 0-3
Southeast 3-4
Southern Lakes 6-5
SWAL 6-3
SWC 4-6
Trailways 4-5
Wisconsin Valley 0-3
Woodland 4-3
Travis Wilson serves as the Bound Wisconsin Manager. Wilson was selected as part of the Sports 40 Under 40 list by Coach & AD Magazine and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for 2019. The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) named Travis the 2015 recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves on the WFCA Executive Board and is a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. A graduate of Richland Center High School and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Travis was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball, basketball), inducted to the Richland Center High School Hall of Fame in 2023, and currently resides in Reedsburg. You can follow him on Twitter at @travisBound or reach him at [email protected].