The Sigourney-Keota Cobra football team steps on the field tonight when they welcome the Cardinal Comets to Sigourney for the second round of the class 1A playoffs. SK, which captured their first district title since 2010, earned a bye through the opening round of the postseason last Friday. Their last live action was against Cardinal in week seven. With their first district championship in a decade on the line the Cobras crushed Cardinal by a 68-8 score. In that game, SK was led by Sam Sieren with 12 carries for 155 yards and a touchdown. Cade Molyneux also went over the century mark with nine carries for 120 yards and a pair of scores. The Cobras come into tonight ranked No. 3 in class 1A in the latest poll from the Iowa Associated Press. For the year the Cobras are led by Molyneux through the air at 23 of 32 for 433 yards, seven touchdowns and just one interception. His favorite target is Brady Duwa with 13 catches for 310 yards and six touchdowns. On the ground the Cobras are fourth in class 1A with 2,121 yards and 27 touchdowns. SK is led by Sieren with 909 yards on 84 carries and 12 touchdowns. His 12 scoring runs are eighth most in the state. Jack Clarahan leads the Cobra defense with 39 tackles.

Cardinal comes in with an overall record of 5-3. They were winners over Pekin 38-28 in last Friday’s opening round of the class 1A postseason. On the year the Comets are led by Maddux Jones at 66 of 92 for 1,089 yards, 15 touchdowns and one interception. His favorite target in the high powered passing game is Griffin Greiner with 33 catches 619 yards and 10 touchdowns. He ranks in the top 10 in 1A in catches, yards and touchdowns. On the ground, the Comets are led by Ian Liles with 48 carries for 202 yards and three touchdowns. They are led by Greiner on defense with 46 and a half tackles. This week, Sigourney-Keota Head Coach Jared Jensen talked about the rematch with Cardinal. “We know what we are going to get with Cardinal. When we played them we did see some different formations. Their skill guys are very good. They’ve got a lot of targets in the passing game and a good quarterback. We’re not going to look at that 68-8 score. This is playoffs now. At this point it doesn’t matter. It’s about us. It’s about taking care of business and playing our brand of football. We take the field, it doesn’t matter who is on the other side we are playing against our best and our kids have bought into that this season.”

Winner of tonight’s game moves to the round of 16 in the class 1A playoffs. Action begins tonight at 7p.m. at Sigourney High School.