Medicine Valley 62, Southwest 28: Week 8 Class D6 final

CURTIS, Neb. — Medicine Valley beat Southwest 62-28 at home Friday in Class D6 football. Medicine Valley is 7-0 and Southwest is 4-3.

The playoff picture

Medicine Valley entered at No. 2 of 41 in D6 by NSAA wildcard average (44.5000), No. 3 in the Class D6 Hurrdat Sports coaches poll; Southwest entered at No. 6 of 41 in D6 by NSAA wildcard average (43.3333), No. 9 in the Class D6 Hurrdat Sports coaches poll. Those ranks are from NSAA's wildcard page as of Oct. 16 at 11:07 a.m. CT, before this game, and are projections, not seeds. 16 teams qualify in D6.

Going in, Medicine Valley's 44.5000 average was 5.2143 points above the No. 16 average (39.2857), and Southwest's 43.3333 average was 4.0476 points above the No. 16 average (39.2857). This result moves those averages, and NSAA's next wildcard update will show by how much.

Series

Before this game, Medicine Valley was 0-2 against Southwest in regular-season meetings in NSAA records since 2020. The last one was Southwest's 61-14 win at Medicine Valley on Oct. 3, 2025. This win cut into Southwest's series lead.

Season so far

In seven scored games on NSAA's 2026 schedule, Medicine Valley has outscored opponents 444-179, an average margin of +37.9 points a game. Its wins: Ansley-Litchfield (68-26), Silver Lake (79-33), South Platte (70-26), Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (56-28), Paxton (56-7), Arthur County (53-31), Southwest (62-28). That is seven straight wins.

In seven scored games on NSAA's 2026 schedule, Southwest has outscored opponents 242-191, an average margin of +7.3 points a game. Its wins: Silver Lake (54-12), Red Cloud (51-20), Garden County (21-12), Paxton (56-13). Its losses: Arthur County (19-52), Wallace (13-20), Medicine Valley (28-62).

The two share three common opponents this season: Arthur County (Medicine Valley won 53-31; Southwest lost 52-19); Paxton (Medicine Valley won 56-7; Southwest won 56-13); Silver Lake (Medicine Valley won 79-33; Southwest won 54-12).

Next

Medicine Valley visits Wallace (6-1) on Thu., Oct. 22; Southwest hosts Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (3-4) on Thu., Oct. 22.

Sources: secure.nsaahome.org; secure.nsaahome.org; hurrdatsports.com.

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