Caledonia Has Allowed 44 Points in 10 Games. Minnesota's State Quarterfinals Thursday Put Three Unbeatens Against Each Other

Caledonia Has Allowed 44 Points in 10 Games. Minnesota's State Quarterfinals Thursday Put Three Unbeatens Against Each Other

Minnesota's high school football state quarterfinals Thursday, Nov. 12: unbeaten Caledonia hosts unbeaten Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, No. 2 Willmar hosts No. 7 Byron, and 10-0 Border West visits 10-0 Hills-Beaver Creek.

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Caledonia has played 10 football games this season and given up 44 points. Thursday night it hosts a team that has not lost either. Minnesota's state quarterfinals on Nov. 12 feature three games between unbeaten teams, and MaxPreps data through Parse shows how different the paths have been.

Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (10-0) at Caledonia (10-0), 7 p.m.

Caledonia, No. 5 in the MaxPreps Minnesota rankings, has scored 412 points and allowed 44, an average of 41.2 to 4.4. The Warriors' MaxPreps page shows a defense that has not allowed a touchdown a game. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, ranked No. 25, is 10-0 with 382 points scored and 135 allowed, 38.2 to 13.5 a game. The Buccaneers' 13.5 points allowed would be the most Caledonia has scored against anyone only on a bad night; the question is whether WEM can be the first team to score twice on the Warriors.

Byron (9-1) at Willmar (10-0)

No. 2 Willmar is 10-0 with 439 points scored and 81 allowed, 43.9 to 8.1 a game. No. 7 Byron is 9-1 and nearly its mirror image: 421 points scored, 106 allowed, 42.1 to 10.6. Two offenses averaging more than 40 a game against two defenses that have allowed about one touchdown a game is the best matchup on paper in the round.

Border West (10-0) at Hills-Beaver Creek (10-0), 7 p.m.

Border West has the biggest numbers of any team in these games: 479 points scored and 82 allowed, 47.9 to 8.2 a game. Hills-Beaver Creek answers with 428 scored and 68 allowed, 42.8 to 6.8. Neither team has lost, and the loser Thursday will have given up more points in one game than it usually does in three.

The Rest of Thursday's Slate

In Class 6A, No. 4 seed Prior Lake (6-4), which beat top-ranked Moorhead 19-14 on Friday, hosts No. 2 seed Rosemount (7-3, 29.8 points a game, 11.0 allowed). The MaxPreps feed also lists No. 1 Orono (10-0) at the Blake, Hope Academy, Minnehaha Academy and St. Paul Academy co-op (9-1), and No. 13 Champlin Park (10-0) at Forest Lake (8-2). The Star Tribune has the full state tournament field. Semifinals follow the week after, with the Prep Bowl on Nov. 27. More high school football is on BallerTube.