By TYLER HENRY
Lead Sportswriter - Salina Post
The Ell-Saline Cardinals (7-1), will open postseason play at home this Friday when they play host to the Quinter Bulldogs (5-3).
This will be the first all-time meeting between the two sides.
“I think our team is in a good place right now," Cardinal head coach Joe Roche said. "We know we deserve to be in this position but we know we have to beat really good teams to reach our goal. Quinter is one of those really good teams, and we will need to execute our offense with passion and play rugged and disciplined defense."
The winner of this matchup will advance to the round of 16 in this year's 8-Man DI playoff to take on either Meade (7-1) or Pratt-Skyline (4-4).
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 at Ell-Saline High School in Brookville.