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In the "one and done" scenario that comes with the WIAA football play-offs, the Iowa-Grant Panthers knows they will have their hands full with the team they drew.
Welcome to Garry Crull Field, Whitehall.
The Norse received the fifth seed while the Panthers are the fourth seed with the higher seed awarded the home game. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday for the Division 6 game. The bracket also includes Pecatonica-Argyle and Darlington. With a win the Panthers will face the winner between top seeded Pecatonica-Argyle and number 8 seed Kickapoo-LaFarge.
The Norse finished third in the Dairyland Conference with a 4-2 record and are 5-4 overall. What will the Panthers be facing with The Norse?
"Whitehall is physical team that likes to pound the ball," says Panthers coach Gary Allen.
The Norse are led by quarterback Payton Slaby who has the most carries on the team. Latest stats have the 5-10, 180 pound senior with 77 carries for 176 yards. He has also thrown for close to 400 yards when The Norse go to the airways.
Fellow senior Austin Powell is the leading rusher with the latest available stats having him at 61 carries for 490 yards. He is also Slaby's favorite target with 18 receptions for 264 yards.
"He is big and athletic," Allen says about Powell. "They try to get mismatches with him and get him the ball."
Look for The Norse to do a little experimenting before they settle into their offense of choice.
"They will use several formations,"Allen said. "They just try to find a weakness in the defense and attack it."
Whitehall will also present some size problems for the Panthers when it comes to line play.
"Their big kids are on our big kids," Allen said. "That will be a big factor in this game."
"Whitehall has a good program with a good tradition," Allen said. "Their kids play hard. We will need to play well."
The Panthers ran into double trouble at Darlington Friday as the Redbirds rolled to a 42-0 shutout in the SWAL wrap-up for both teams.
The Johnson cousins, Hunter and Trevor, put on a display of speed and accounted for all six Redbirds scores.
Hunter scored on runs of 27, 82 and eight yards in that order, finding the end zone twice in a 21-0 first quarter and once in the second frame when the Redbirds scored twice.
Trevor scored the first touchdown of the game on a 20 yard scamper. He duplicated that in the second quarter and finished the night catching a third quarter scoring pass from Jared Meister that he turned into a 46 yard touchdown.
A huge, strong offensive line to run behind compliments the Johnsons.
"They are fast and run very hard," Allen said about the Johnsons. "They also have a very good offensive line to run behind."
Hunter Johnson ran for 177 yards on 14 carries and Trevor Jonson romped for 90 on seven tries.
Meister got the Redbirds involved through the air with 146 yards on five of six passing, one for a score.
Trevor Johnson was the key receiver for Darlington, hauling in two for 87 yards.
The Panthers knocked on the door a few times but couldn't dent the end zone.
"We were in the red zone a couple times but didn't finish the drives," said Allen.
A third Johnson, this one for Iowa-Grant was the brunt of the Panther offense as Brayden Johnson ran for 119 yards on 29 carries. Travis Arndt got his number called five times and added 11 yards for Iowa-Grant.
Caleb Hill completed five of 10 passes for 21 yards. Charles Christianson grabbed one for 11 and Isaac Anderson one for 10.
Playing the Redbirds, one of the state's ranked teams, could pay off for the Panthers as they start their second season.
"Hopefully we can correct the mistakes we made last week and play better this week." Allen said.