The State high school football quarterfinals get underway across the state on Thursday. In the 9-player bracket, the Kittson County Central Bearcats will play the Cook County Vikings at 6pm at Grand Rapids High School. Recently, KQ92/KRWB sports caught up with the head coach of the Bearcats and a couple of players. KCC head coach Cory Waling  commented on the opponent his team is facing this evening.

KCC senior Willie Nelson also talked about the game this evening and the preparation leading up to it.

Senior Brody Scalese talked about the “unknown factor in the opponent for the Bearcats this evening.

You can listen to tonight’s 9-Player State football quarterfinal on the Northern Star 1410AM and 102.9FM KRWB and online at kq92-dot-com and click on “KRWB Listen Live”. Pregame is scheduled for 5:40pm with the opening kickoff scheduled for 6:00pm.