Brentwood and Maplewood Richmond Heights football teams will play each other at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Brentwood to start the post-season.
Brentwood beat MRH in the second game of the season 42-22. They met last year in the district final, and MRH won that one 54-14.
Brentwood (9-0) is the 2-seed in the Class 2, District 2 championship tournament. MRH (1-8) is the 7-seed.
The winner will play the winner of the Lutheran North (5-4) — Herculaneum (4-5) game on Nov. 6. The district final is Nov. 11.
Brentwood’s running game is led by sophomore Jacob Clay with 1,123 rushing yards and senior Jake Zivic with 987.
Brentwood has scored 492 points while having 108 scored against. MRH has 212 points for and 320 against.
The winner of this game is just four wins away from being state champion.
GO EAGLES!