As Class 9A champions, Gregory placed a class-high six players on the South Dakota Football Coaches Association's all-state team, with four on offense and a pair on defense.
After an exciting finish to the regular season in the three largest-enrollment classes and the start of the small-school playoffs on Thursday night, the focus narrows on the final eight teams in each bracket, each now two victories away from a state championship game trip to the DakotaDome in Vermillion.