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5A Southern Idaho Conference
*Note: There is an 'at-large' berth available for the best remaining 5A team throughout the state. (meaning one team from North, East, or West will be chosen to play in the state tournament). Please remember this information as you read the scenarios below. There is a chance that a team from the scenarios below is chosen as the at-large bid.
Pod A
The top two teams, Capital and Rocky Mountain, will battle for the 'Pod Championship' and top seed from Pod A. The loser will take the Pod A #2 seed.
Two key games this week in determining the final playoff berth: Nampa at Borah and Timberline at Centennial. Centennial has already been eliminated. Here are the scenarios:
If Borah wins and Timberline loses: Borah takes West Pod A #3 seed, Nampa and Timberline are eliminated.
If Borah wins and Timberline wins: Borah takes West Pod A #3 seed, Nampa and Timberline are eliminated.
If Borah loses and Timberline loses: Nampa takes West Pod A #3 seed, Borah and Timberline are eliminated.
If Borah loses and Timberline wins: 3-way tie for third place between Borah, Nampa, and Timberline.
Pod B
The top two teams in this pod, Eagle and Mountain View, will go after the top seed from Pod B in their head-to-head matchup this week. The loser takes the Pod B #2 seed.
Unlike Pod A, there is only one game that is needed to determine the final playoff berth from Pod B: Meridian at Vallivue. Columbia and Boise have already been eliminated from playoff contention.
If Meridian wins: Meridian takes West Pod B #3 seed, Vallivue is eliminated.
If Vallivue wins: Vallivue takes West Pod B #3 seed, Meridian is eliminated.
4A Southern Idaho Conference
*Note: There is an 'at-large' berth available for the best remaining 4A team from District 3 or District 4. Please remember this information as you read the scenarios below. There is a chance that a team from the scenarios below is chosen as the at-large bid.
Bishop Kelly is the only team that has qualified for a playoff berth for sure as of this writing. But their positioning is yet to be determined.
To sort out the potential finishes in the 4A SIC, fortunately the top 4 teams all play each other this week to make it a bit easier: Skyview at Bishop Kelly and Middleton at Kuna. Mountain Home and Caldwell have been eliminated from contention. Here are the scenarios:
If Bishop Kelly wins and Middleton wins: Bishop Kelly takes seed 3A, Middleton takes seed 3B, Skyview takes seed 3C, and Kuna is eliminated.
If Bishop Kelly wins and Middleton loses: Bishop Kelly takes seed 3A, 3-way tie for second place between Middleton, Skyview, and Kuna.
If Bishop Kelly loses and Middleton wins: 3-way for first place between Bishop Kelly, Skyview, and Middleton. Kuna is eliminated.
If Bishop Kelly loses and Middleton loses: Skyview takes seed 3A, Bishop Kelly takes seed 3B, Kuna takes seed 3C. Middleton is eliminated.
3A Snake River Valley Conference
Three of the five available playoff berths have already been determined, with Emmett securing the top seed, Fruitland taking seed 3B, and Parma securing seed 3E.
With two berths remaining, it comes down to two teams: Homedale and Payette. Weiser has been eliminated from contention. Here are the scenarios:
If Homedale wins: Homedale takes seed 3C and Payette takes seed 3D.
If Payette wins: Payette takes seed 3C and Homedale takes seed 3D.
2A Western Idaho Conference
Four playoff berths are available and four schools have already clinched those berths: New Plymouth, Nampa Christian, Melba, and Cole Valley. The order of those berths, however, is not set.
In determining those berths, we only need to look to two games: Cole Valley at Nampa Christian and Melba at New Plymouth. Marsing and McCall-Donnelly have been eliminated. Here are the scenarios:
If New Plymouth wins and Nampa Christian wins: New Plymouth takes seed 3A, Nampa Christian takes seed 3B, Melba takes seed 3C, and Cole Valley takes seed 3D.
If New Plymouth wins and Nampa Christian loses: New Plymouth takes seed 3A, 3-way tie for second place between Nampa Christian, Melba, and Cole Valley.
If New Plymouth loses and Nampa Christian wins: 3-way tie for first place between New Plymouth, Nampa Christian, and Melba. Cole Valley takes seed 3D.
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