The SCAC’s annual heavyweight classic could again take to the big city in about a month.

Six-time defending Class 1A state champion Royal, winner of 57 straight games, was seeded for the Week 10 state play-in games.

Right behind the Knights (9-0), none other than Cashmere. The Bulldogs (8-1) the champs on the ropes last season, pushing them to overtime in the regular season, and being a two-point conversion of taking the lead in final moments of the state championship.

The Week 10 pairings – 16 games for class 4A, 3A and 2A, and 12 for 1A – were released late Sunday morning by the Washington State Football Coaches Association, which has organized the play-in system since 2024.

After the play-ins, the WIAA will reseed the teams into the brackets. Class 2B and 1B do not have the same Week 10 structure.

Moses Lake (8-1), winner of three straight CBBN championships, is seeded eighth and will open at home against Kentwood (5-4), while Mid-Columbia Conference 4A winner Chiawana (8-1) grabbed the No. 9 spot and will welcome 24th-seeded Curtis to the Tri-Cities.

Big Nine runner-up Eastmont (8-1) is 14th and will host Mid-Columbia Conference 4A runner-up Kamiakin (6-3).

Locals hitting the road in the 4A are No. 23 Wenatchee (6-3), which heads to 10th-seeded Mead (8-1), and West Valley, the 26th seed, which heads to No. 7 Bothell. Richland (4-5) will meet Gonzaga Prep in a tiebreaker for the 20th seed and a trip to No. 13 Mount Si.

MCC 3A champ Southridge (8-1) is seeded ninth and will meet No. 24 University, while Walla Walla (5-4) is 26th and heads to No. Stanwood. Kennewick (5-4) will square off with Cheney for the 25th spot and trip to Lakes.

Three of the CWAC’s four entries will host in 2A round of 32.

Conference champion and unbeaten Prosser (9-0) will welcome the 30th-seeded Spudders of Ridgefield, while CWAC runner-up Selah (8-1) is No. 7 and drew Black Hills, and 2025 state semifinalist East Valley (7-2) is the 14th seed and will host No. 19 Fife.

Othello is back in the round of 32 under first-year coach Jerome Learman, and the Huskies (5-4) are seeded 25th and will travel to Spokane to play West Valley of the Greater Spokane League.

Royal, which won its 12th straight SCAC title, and will host No, 24 King’s Way Christian, and Cashmere is set to entertain No. 23 Klahowya.

SCAC third-place finisher Zillah (7-2) is seeded No. 7 and hosts 18th seed Montesano, while No. 17 Connell (6-3) travels to Vancouver to play eighth-seeded Seton Catholic.

Dates, times and the exact site will be posted later.

CLASS 4A

No. 32 Lewis and Clark (3-5) vs. No. 1 Puyallup (9-0)

No. 31 Lake Washington (3-6) vs. No. 2 Lake Stevens (7-1)

No. 30 Stadium (4-5) vs. No. 3 Sumner (8-1)

No. 29 Juanita (4-5) vs. No. 4 Graham-Kapowsin (7-2)

No. 28 Arlington (3-6) vs. No. 5 Kennedy Catholic (8-1)

No. 27 Bethel (3-6) vs. No. 6 Skyview (9-0)

No. 26 West Valley (Yakima) (5-4) vs. No. 7 Bothell (8-1)

No. 25 Kentwood (5-4) vs. No. 8 Moses Lake (8-1)

No. 24 Curtis (4-5) vs. No. 9 Chiawana (8-1)

No. 23 Wenatchee (6-3) vs. No. 10 Mead (8-1)

No. 22 North Creek (6-3) vs. No. 11 Tahoma (7-2)

No. 21 Woodinville (7-2) vs. No. 12 Glacier Peak (6-3)

No. 20 Gonzaga Prep (2-7)/Richland (4-5) vs. No. 13 Mount Si (6-3)

No. 19 Kamiakin (6-3) vs. No. 14 Eastmont (8-1)

No. 18 Eastlake (6-3) vs. No. 15 Emerald Ridge (7-2)

No. 17 Camas (6-3) vs. No. 16 Olympia (7-2)

CLASS 3A

No. 32 Everett (6-3) vs. No. 1 O’Dea (9-0)

No. 31 Bishop Blanchet (4-5) vs. No. 2 Bellevue (8-1)

No. 30 Capital (5-4) vs. No. 3 Enumclaw (8-0)

No. 29 Decatur (7-2) vs. No. 4 Eastside Catholic (8-1)

No. 28 West Seattle (5-4) vs. No. 5 Federal Way (8-1)

No. 27 Mountlake Terrace (7-2) vs. No. 6 Rainier Beach (7-2)

No. 26 Walla Walla (5-4) vs. No. 7 Stanwood (9-0)

No. 25 Cheney (3-6)/Kennewick (5-4) vs. No. 8 Lakes (7-1)

No. 24 University (7-2) vs. No. 9 Southridge (8-1)

No. 23 Sedro-Woolley (6-3) vs. No. 10 Mount Tahoma (5-3)

No. 22 Gig Harbor (5-3) vs. No. 11 Ridgeline (8-1)

No. 21 Seattle Prep (6-3) vs. No. 12 Snohomish (7-2)

No. 20 Liberty of Issaquah (7-2) vs. No. 13 Ferndale (7-2)

No. 19 Mercer Island (7-2) vs. No. 14 Kelso (7-2)

No. 18 Evergreen of Vancouver (6-3) vs. No. 15 Meadowdale (9-0)

No. 17 Lincoln of Tacoma (6-2) vs. No. 16 Peninsula (5-3)

CLASS 2A

No. 32 Chief Sealth (0-9) vs. No. 1 Tumwater (9-0)

No. 31 Renton (5-4) vs. No. 2 Lynden (7-2)

No. 30 Ridgefield (4-5) vs. No. 3 Prosser (9-0)

No. 29 Washington (4-5) /North Mason (5-4) vs. No. 4 Anacortes (7-1)

No. 28 Hockinson (5-4) vs. No. 5 Archbishop Murphy (5-4)

No. 27 Bremerton (5-4) vs. No. 6 W.F. West (8-1)

No. 26 Black Hills (4-4) vs. No. 7 Selah (8-1)

No. 25 Othello (5-4) vs. No. 8 West Valley of Spokane (8-1)

No. 24 Washougal (4-5) vs. No. 9 Franklin Pierce (7-2)

No. 23 East Valley (Spokane) (6-3)/Pullman (7-2)/Rogers (6-3) for GSL 3 vs. No. 10 North Kitsap (8-1)

No. 22 East Valley of Spokane (6-3), Pullman (7-2) or Rogers of Spokane (6-3) for GSL 2 vs. No. 11 Burlington-Edison (6-3)

No. 21 Bainbridge (6-3) vs. No. 12 Woodland (7-2)

No. 20 Foster (8-1) vs. No. 13 Olympic (7-2)

No. 19 Fife (6-3) vs. No. 14 East Valley (Yakima) (7-2)

No. 18 Squalicum (4-5) vs. No. 15 Eatonville (7-2)

No. 17 Orting (7-2) vs. No. 16 Cedarcrest (7-2)

CLASS 1A

No. 24 King’s Way Christian (2-7) vs. No. 1 Royal (9-0)

No. 23 Klahowya (5-4) vs. No. 2 Cashmere (8-1)

No. 22 Annie Wright (2-7) vs. No. 3 Lynden Christian (7-2)

No. 21 Castle Rock (4-5) vs. No. 4 Rochester (9-0)

No. 20 Kalama (4-5) vs. No. 5 Mount Baker (6-3)

No. 19 Omak (4-4) vs. No. 6 Cascade Christian (7-1)

No. 18 Montesano (4-5) vs. No. 7 Zillah (7-2)

No. 17 Connell (6-3) vs. No. 8 Seton Catholic (6-2)

No. 16 Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) (6-2) vs. No. 9 King’s (8-1)

No. 15 Cascade of Leavenworth (5-4) vs. No. 10 La Center (7-2)

No. 14 Granite Falls (6-3) vs. No. 11 Meridian (5-4)

No. 13 Riverside (4-4) vs. No. 12 Tenino (7-2)