Eight more teams will claim high school football state semifinal spots today, the third and final of three playoff days that determine the matchups in the seven classes next week at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Strib Varsity will provide live updates from two big Class 5A matchups — Cretin-Derham Hall vs. Chanhassen at Osseo and Spring Lake Park vs. Alexandria at Monticello.

Strib Varsity’s scoreboard lists the games and their scores. Study the updated state tournament brackets here:

• Class 6A
• Class 5A
• Class 4A
• Class 3A
• Class 2A
• Class 1A
• Nine-Player

Final (OT): Spring Lake Park 13, Alexandria 12

Talan Witt scored in overtime for Alexandria, and the Cardinals went for two points and the win. Witt, after carrying twice on the OT possession, tried again, running to the left side. He was knocked out of bounds before he could cross the goal line. It’ll be 11-0 Spring Lake Park against 11-0 St. Thomas Academy in one Class 5A semifinal.

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Elk River 53, Minneapolis Washburn 20: It’s over, the Elks laying low in the second half. They’ll take a 9-2 record to U.S. Bank Stadium, where, as the top seed in Class 5A’s North bracket, they’ll play 10-1 Chanhassen, the second seed in the South, in the semifinals. Henry Eichten scored two touchdowns late for Washburn, running his total this season to 19.

OT: Spring Lake Park 13, Alexandria 6

The Panthers strike first in overtime. Nolan Roach rolled to his left and threw back to the middle of the field. Calen Truckenbrod dived and tipped the pass back into his body for the touchdown.

— Joe Gunther

End of regulation: Spring Lake Park 6, Alexandria 6

The Panthers blocked a field goal with just over a minute left to send this game to overtime. We know the winner will play undefeated St. Thomas Academy in the Class 5A semifinals.

— Joe Gunther

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Minneapolis North 50, Pine Island 21: Just that fast, North’s victory is official. We see four passing touchdowns by Logan Lachermeier (two to J’Marion Sanders) and three rushing touchdowns by Tyshone Jenkins. Like the Polars, we wait until tonight to learn their Class 3A semifinal opponent.

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Minneapolis North 50, Pine Island 21: Tyshone Jenkins scored his third rushing touchdown of the game, his second of the fourth quarter. It appears the Polars will roll undefeated into the Class 3A semifinals. They’ll be paying attention to Annandale’s game tonight against Litchfield. North’s opponent will be top-seeded, undefeated Annandale if the Cardinals win and Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton if Litchfield wins.

Q4: Spring Lake Park 6, Alexandria 6

The Panthers answered with a 17-play, 72-yard drive to tie the score. Tyler Wilkinson scored on a 2-yard touchdown run with 3:32 left. The Panthers had the ball for over eight minutes. The extra point was deflected into the air and a few feet short of the crossbar.

— Joe Gunther

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St. Thomas Academy 21, Rochester Mayo 14: It’s another final score, and another 11-0 record headed to U.S. Bank Stadium. STA will play either Alexandria or Spring Lake Park in the semifinals. That game is ongoing and tight, led 6-0 by Alexandria.

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Waseca 14, Holy Family 0: That’s a final after a scoreless second half. Waseca will take an 11-0 record to U.S. Bank Stadium for the Class 3A semifinals. We can’t yet speculate on the pairing as we need all the results to decode the crossover semifinals.

Q3: Alexandria 6, Spring Lake Park 0

The Cardinals strike first with a 1-yard touchdown run by Brody Berg with 15.2 seconds left in the third quarter. They went 80 yards on 16 plays in their first possession of the second half.

— Joe Gunther

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Minneapolis North 44, Pine Island 21: Tyshone Jenkins scored on a 26-yard run, his second rushing TD of the game for the Polars. It’s the fourth quarter.

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St. Thomas Academy 21, Rochester Mayo 14: Mayo, the fourth seed in the South bracket, scores a touchdown to keep it close against the top-seeded Cadets. Dominic Baez has two TD runs for STA.

Final: Chanhassen 23, Cretin-Derham Hall 19

Looking to close out a game that was closer that Chanhassen wanted, the Storm leaned on 6-5 tight end Kade Bush. Playing in the backfield on their final drive, Bush proved to be the a revelation at running back, running for 62 yards on five carries. It wasn’t a comfortable conclusion for the Storm, however. They fumbled at the CDH 5 and needed a late safety on a sack by Gavin Anderson.

— Jim Paulsen

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Elk River 53, Minneapolis Washburn 6: We’ll let this one go soon, but not before reporting that Washburn scored a first-half touchdown, a pass from Andrew Backhaus to Milo Queenan.

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Minneapolis North 36, Pine Island 21: Tyshone Jenkins rushes 37 yards for a North touchdown, but it becomes an opportunity for Pine Island’s Owen Harstad, who returns the kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown. Given North’s passing game, it’s easy to forget about Jenkins, who had 1,114 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns entering the game.

4Q: Chanhassen 21, Cretin-Derham Hall 19

Cretin-Derham Hall nearly pulled into a tie. Dre Frierson-Hollie caught an 11-yard scoring pass from Izaak Johnson, but the two-point conversion attempt failed. The Raiders have gone toe-to-toe with the Storm today.

— Jim Paulsen

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Elk River 53, Minneapolis Washburn 0: Carsyn Kleffman scores two more TDs, and he’s up to five this game. One came on a pass from Levi Harris. The Elks don’t pass much. Harris was 14-for-18 all season coming into the game.

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Minneapolis North 28, Pine Island 14: Logan Lachermeier throws his fourth touchdown of the game, the second to J’Marion Sanders. This one went 60 yards; the previous one went 99.

St. Thomas Academy 21, Rochester Mayo 7: The Cadets are marching steadily toward U.S. Bank Stadium.

Halftime: Spring Lake Park 0, Alexandria 0

The Panthers and Cardinals remain scoreless despite combining for just one punt. The Panthers have turned the ball over on a missed field goal, interception and downs in their three possessions. The Cardinals gave the ball to the Panthers on a punt, turnover on downs and an interception. Alexandria also had a drive end with the expiration of the first half.

— Joe Gunther

3Q: Chanhassen 21, Cretin-Derham Hall 13

The Storm put together a 63-yard drive, extending the lead to 21-13 on Nathan Ramler’s second 1-yard touchdown run of the game.

— Jim Paulsen

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Elk River 39, Minneapolis Washburn 0: Carsyn Kleffman rushes 28 yards for a second-quarter touchdown, his third TD of the game and 13th this season. The Elks eased up a bit, kicking the PAT this time. Aidan Christianson handled that.

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St. Thomas Academy 14, Rochester Mayo 0: The undefeated Cadets take a lead. All four of the Class 5A games are going on at once, so it’ll be a while before we can speculate about the crossover semifinal matchups.

Elk River 32, Minneapolis Washburn 0: A 57-yard run by Braedon Becker gives the Elks their fourth first-quarter touchdown. We’ve enjoyed the Washburn story this season, and we fear it’s about to end. The Millers (8-3) reached the state quarterfinals for the first time since 2007, and running back Henry Eichten, who entered the game with 1,441 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns, is the Millers’ first 1,000-yard runner since 2013.

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Elk River 24, Minneapolis Washburn 0: Carsyn Kleffman scores his second rushing touchdown of the game. Levi Harris scored the other. That’s 16 TD runs this season for Harris and 12 for Kleffman. The Elks don’t pass often, but two of their two-point conversions came on passes by Harris.

1Q: Spring Lake Park 0, Alexandria 0

Both offenses have moved the ball, but the Panthers missed a 26-yard field goal and the Cardinals are inside the red zone on their second drive of the game.

— Joe Gunther

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Elk River 16, Minneapolis Washburn 0: The top seed isn’t letting up. Did we mention the Elks average more than 40 points a game? This will make matters difficult for Washburn, which turns to running back Henry Eichten for offense. He has 1,441 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns this season. Elk River, with its Power T offense build on deception, gets points from everywhere. Three players, Levi Harris (15), Braedon Becker (11) and Carsyn Kleffman (10), entered the game in double figures in rushing touchdowns.

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Elk River 8, Minneapolis Washburn 0: The Elks (8-2) get going first among the 1 p.m. starts in this Class 5A game between North No. 1 seed Elk River and No. 4 Washburn. This is not a surprise given the Elks’ 43-point scoring average

Halftime: Chanhassen 14, Cretin-Derham Hall 13

Both of Chanhassen’s touchdowns have come off Cretin-Derham Hall mistakes. The latest came as a result of an interception by Logan Smith, who bought it back to the CDH 37. A long pass to Kade Bush moved the ball to the 2 and the Storm scored two plays later on a 1-yard push by QB Nathan Ramler. It all took place in the final 25 seconds of the quarter. Late scores like that can build momentum or kill it. Depends on the perspective.

— Jim Paulsen

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Minneapolis North 20, Pine Island 14: Logan Lachermeier throws his third TD pass of the game, and it was a long one, 99 yards to J’Marion Sanders. That’s three TDs to three receivers for Lachermeier today.

Rochester Mayo 7, St. Thomas Academy 7: Mayo, a determined fourth seed, evens it up. When these two teams played in September, a 17-12 STA victory, Mayo scored all of its points in the final 2:39.

2Q: Cretin-Derham Hall 13, Chanhassen 7

Cretin-Derham Hall stopped Chanhassen at its own 5 after the Storm failed on a fake field goal. The Raiders, energized, then went 95 yards in 12 plays, scoring on a 5 yard pass from Izaak Johnson to Owen Welk, who had a clean release off the line and walked the ball in. Chanhassen blocked the extra point.

— Jim Paulsen

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Pine Island 14, Minneapolis North 14: Cody Schiltz scored on a 9-yard run in the second quarter for Pine Island, and a two-point conversion tied it. One of these teams has to lose for the first time this season. It’s way too early to guess who that will be.

Pregame: Alexandria vs. Spring Lake Park, 5A quarterfinal

Here in Monticello, Alexandria and Spring Lake Park, the second and third seeds in the North bracket, are set for a Class 5A quarterfinal. Alexandria is led by senior quarterback Talan Witt, who has passed for over 1,700 yards and run for more than 600 this season. Spring Lake Park brings a defense that has allowed an average of only 11.5 points per game. Senior linebackers Jake Dunbar and Cade Skelly lead the way with over 10 tackles per game each. The Panthers also have a prolific pass rush duo of senior defensive end Jamal Smith and senior linebacker Chase Warner; each has surpassed seven sacks.

— Joe Gunther

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Waseca 14, Holy Family 0: Kellen Klinger threw a pass to Owen Rupe for a second-quarter touchdown after Jordan Johnston scored on a run in the first quarter. Undefeated Waseca puts two scores between it and 8-2 Holy Family, and it’s not halftime yet.

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St. Thomas Academy 7, Rochester Mayo 0: The Cadets (10-0), seeded first in the South bracket, score first. They have been steady and ranging toward spectacular all season, but don’t sleep on Mayo and its 6-4 record. Mayo has lost only to prominent Class 5A teams, including 17-12 to STA in September; the other losses were to Chaska, Owatonna and Chanhassen.

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Minneapolis North 14, Pine Island 7: The pace is fast in this 3A quarterfinal pitting second and third seeds in the South Bracket. Pine Island got a 3-yard rushing touchdown from Alex Knox, before Logan Lachermeier threw his second TD pass of the game, this one to Jeremiah Jackson.

2Q: Chanhassen 7, Cretin-Derham Hall 7

Chanhassen gets a gift from Cretin-Derham Hall and turns it in to a touchdown. The Storm recovered a muffed punt at the Raiders 5. A Cretin-Derham Hall player had a brain cramp and tried to dive on the ball, which squirted free. One play later, Nathan Ramler threw a short swing pass to Kade Bush, who went in untouched to tie the score.

— Jim Paulsen

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Waseca 7, Holy Family 0: Waseca (10-0), the top seed in Class 3A’s South bracket, takes a lead. Holy Family (8-2) is seeded fourth. We just added it up. Waseca is among six undefeated teams playing today.

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Minneapolis North 6, Pine Island 0: Offensive-minded North scores first, on a 52-yard pass from Logan Lachermeier to Anthony Deline. North thrives on a passing game triggered by Lachermeier, who has thrown 39 touchdown passes. He has a lot of options and uses them. That was Deline’s 13^th TD catch this season. J’Marion Sanders has 13 and Jeremiah Jackson nine. This is the one game of the eight today that pits undefeated teams; each team is 10-0.

1Q: Cretin-Derham Hall 7, Chanhassen 0

Raiders quarterback Izaak Johnson threw a perfect deep ball to Dre Frierson-Hollie for a 57-yard touchdown. Good way for Cretin-Derham Hall to start.

— Jim Paulsen

Pregame: Class 5A quarterfinal, Chanhassen vs. Cretin-Derham Hall

Osseo is hosting the game, and Orioles head coach Derrin Lamker visited with me in the press box. He proposed something many have trying to get the MSHSL interested in because hosting these state tournament games is problematic for individual schools: It’s time to seek a new venue for the quarterfinals, and he suggests TCO Performance Center in Eagan, the practice home of the Vikings.

“It’s a win-win for everybody,” Lamker said. “It’s easier than having these games as places the teams don’t care about, easier on the schools hosting the games and it would give the games more of a state tournament feel.”

Two big-time passers square off in this game, Isaak Johnson of Cretin-Derham Hall and Nathan Ramler of Chanhassen. Johnson leads the state in passing yards (3,032) and is second in touchdown passes (35). Ramler has been the picture of efficiency for Chanhassen, completing 161 of 231 passes for 2,105 yards and 26 TDs, and he has thrown just two interceptions. The key is on the lines. Chanhassen is big, brawny and built for this time of year.

— Jim Paulsen

Pregame across the state

It’s mostly afternoon football today, with four games starting at noon: Pine Island vs. Minneapolis North in Class 3A, Holy Family vs. Waseca in 3A, Rochester Mayo vs. St. Thomas Academy in 5A and Chanhassen vs. Cretin-Derham Hall in 5A. We’ll keep you up to date on those and on the games that fire up at 1 p.m.: Minneapolis Washburn vs. Elk River in Class 5A and Alexandria vs. Spring Lake Park.