A trio of rematches involving Delco teams, two from the final week of the regular season, highlights the opening round of the District 1 football playoffs, which begin Friday.
The pairings were announced on Sunday but are not official until noon on Monday.
Haverford (5-5) earned the 16th seed in Class 6A with a 55-0 romp over Academy at Palumbo. That gives the Fords a date with top-seeded Garnet Valley (10-0) at Moe DeFrank Stadium Friday night at 7. The Jaguars rolled to a 55-14 victory over Haverford at the Moe on Oct. 15.
No. 10 Conestoga (7-3) is back at Phil Marion Field to take on seventh-seeded Ridley (9-1) at 7 p.m. in a 6A first-round rematch of a classic battle in the regular-season finale. The Green Raiders rallied from a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to pull out a dramatic 29-28 victory over the Pioneers at home on Saturday night. Tahir Mills scored with 2:16 left to tie the game, and Nick Volpone’s extra point was the difference.
