Here's a brief look at each of the second-round games Wednesday and Thursday in the Nebraska high school football playoffs:

Class C-1

No. 2 Norfolk Catholic (9-0) at David City (8-1), 2:30: Seth Behrens, with 1,634 yards rushing, has helped the Scouts to their best season since 1986.

Wahoo (6-3) at Wahoo Neumann (6-3), 7: Neumann won 40-0 in the regular season.

Ashland-Greenwood (7-2) at No. 1 Boys Town (9-0), 7: While Ashland's two-QB system has assured the Jays their best season since going 8-1 in 1983, it has to dent a Cowboys defense that has seven shutouts.

No. 5 Syracuse (9-0) at Bennington (7-2), 7: Dual-threat quarterback Adam Vogt last year led the Rockets to a 40-13 victory in the second round.

No. 4 Chadron (8-0) at St. Paul (6-3), 2: Chadron wasn't sharp in a 21-8 win over 3-6 Boone Central at home and now has a road game against the Wildcats, who eliminated two-time champion Pierce last week.

No. 9 Gothenburg (8-1) at No. 6 Broken Bow (9-0), 6: In the regular season, Bow beat its Southwest Conference rival 14-13.

No. 7 Grand Island Central Catholic (8-1) at No. 8 Crofton (8-1), 5:30: Crofton sputtered last week in a 21-20 home win over 3-6 Cozad.

No. 10 Gordon-Rushville (8-1) vs. No. 3 Hastings St. Cecilia (9-0), 1:30 at Duncan Field: G-R's defense has nice numbers, but it hasn't faced the likes of 1,000-yard rusher Dalton Sealey and the Bluehawks.

Class C-2

No. 7 Creighton (7-2) at No. 9 Elm Creek (8-1), 5: Elm Creek has won eight straight since an opening loss. Landon Pospisil of Creighton and Derek Foster of Elm Creek are 1,000-yard rushers.

No. 4 Hartington Cedar Catholic (8-1) at No. 8 Ravenna (8-1), 4: A matchup of C-2's top two rushers, Chad Koch of Cedar (1,783 yards) and quarterback Josh Crowell of Ravenna (1,630).

No. 10 Sutherland (7-2) at No. 1 Blue Hill (9-0), 6: Defending champion Blue Hill has won 21 in a row, the Sailors seven.

Nebraska City Lourdes (7-2) at No. 2 Ponca (9-0), 5: Jared Curry has rushed for 1,600 yards for the undefeated Indians, enjoying their best season since 1962.

No. 6 Fremont Bergan (7-2) at Elmwood-Murdock (7-2), 7: Bergan beat the Knights 21-12 in September.

No. 5 Oakland-Craig (8-1) at Humboldt-TRS (7-2), 4: Oakland played four ranked teams during the season, HTRS one.

Wilber-Clatonia (7-2) at David City Aquinas (9-0), 7: Wolverines lost at home 26-20 to Aquinas in their first district game.

Thursday

Cambridge (6-3) at Perkins County (7-2), 5 MT: Perkins comes off a win over North Platte St. Patrick's, which beat Cambridge in midseason.

Eight Man-1

No. 5 Shelby (8-1) at No. 6 Johnson-Brock (9-0), 5: The hosts have gone undefeated against a soft schedule, but a 38-6 win over Eight Man-2 Sterling suggests the Eagles can stay with Shelby.

Pawnee City (6-3) at No. 2 Bancroft-Rosalie (9-0), 1:30: Wins over playoff teams the past three weeks have Pawnee City thinking upset in this afternoon game.

Exeter-Milligan (7-2) at Emerson-Hubbard (6-3), 5: Emerson last had a seven-win season in 1988, when it was playing in 11-man.

Osmond (7-2) at No. 3 Howells (8-1), 7: Clint Belina has 1,561 yards rushing this year for Howells, 5,521 for his career.

No. 4 Giltner (8-1) at No. 8 Axtell (7-2), 6:30: Axtell held Giltner passer Nate Most to season lows, yet lost 38-7 three weeks ago.

Garden County (8-1) at No. 9 Overton (8-1), 6: It's the first time Garden County plays a team east of Gothenburg.

Maxwell (7-2) at Amherst (6-3), 5: Since scoring single touchdowns in a pair of losses to open the season, Maxwell is averaging 60 points a game.

No. 1 Palmer (9-0) at Eustis-Farnam (7-2): The only two losses for E-F were to teams still alive in this round.

Eight Man-2

No. 7 Hayes Center (8-1) at Spalding/Spalding Academy (5-4), 3: The hosts were the only 4-4 team to win in the first round in any class.

No. 8 Anselmo-Merna (8-1) at No. 10 Chambers (7-2), 3 at Merna: Schedule strength could be a plus for the host Coyotes.

Sargent (8-1) at Mullen (8-1), 5 MT: Mullen's loss was to the Bulldogs 41-22 in September.

No. 9 Wynot (8-1) at No. 2 Ewing (9-0), 6: Only blemish for Wynot, which was ranked in the preseason, was 42-38 to Lindsay Holy Family – which Ewing put away 54-22 last week.

No. 6 Hampton (8-1) at No. 5 Sterling (8-1), 7: Running backs Alex Dose of Hampton and Jake Wirthele of Sterling are their teams' workhorses.

No. 1 Humphrey St. Francis (9-0) at Allen (6-3), 4:30: There's three common opponents, and the score comparisons are close in two.

No. 3 Bloomfield (9-0) at Elgin Pope John (6-3), 6: Pope John comes off its best defensive showing of the season, a 19-6 win over Lawrence-Nelson.

Thursday

No. 4 Pleasanton (9-0) at Loomis (6-3), 1: Pleasanton rusher Sean Campbell is less than 300 yards from 5,000 for his career.