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And here’s you’re installment of the weekly Can’t-Miss Events.

Starting off with golf: Class 6-5A golf is today at Auburn Hills, while Class 4-1A is at Buhler’s Cottonwood Hills. Check out kansas.com for coverage in Tuesday’s paper.

As for soccer: There’s some pretty good matches in Dodge City-East, Augusta-Andover Central, Maize-Northwest all on Tuesday. On Thursday, there’s Andover Central-Andover, East-Kapaun. Regional action starts next week. Also, regional pairings come out on Saturday.

Volleyball on Tuesday: Derby’s at Maize — with a Maize win, the Eagles win the AVCTL Division I title. Derby, Goddard and Salina South are a game back, so a Derby win  could mean a four-way tie for first. Northwest is playing North and Heights, two teams it lost to on Saturday.Sub-state action starts on Saturday. The highlight could be Andover and Circle meeting in the finals of the 4A sub-state at Circle.

Cross Country: Regional meets are on Saturday — check out Sunday’s paper or  kansas.com for results.

Onto football: East meets Southeast on Thursday night, and the Aces are desperate for a victory. If East loses, Southeast clinches a playoff berth, while East is out despite its most highly anticipated season in years. East must rebound from its loss to Derby in the opening game of districts. Will the Brown brothers be at full strength? We don’t know yet.

Heights at Junction City — both are 1-0 in district, which gives this game some meaning. OK, not as much as it used to, given that half the teams in Kansas advance to the playoffs. Ugh. Regardless, should be a good game.

Derby at South — Derby could clinch a playoff berth with a win. Unbelievable, huh? Especially considering the Panthers were 1-17 over the past two years.

Garden City at Goddard (edited) – This game lost some luster with Goddard losing last week, however two straight wins could still mean a playoff berth. (P.S. — thanks to City for setting me straight)

Andover Central at Augusta — Augusta got a big overtime victory last week, so both are 1-0 in districts. Not bad for Augusta (3-4), considering the Orioles started the season 0-2.

Collegiate at Garden Plain — Both got easy wins next week, so it’s pretty fair to say they’ll both advance to the playoffs. Still should be an interesting game. The Owls won it last year 27-20.

There’s obviously other games that will be good — Hesston’s at Hillsboro, Rose Hill’s at Andover. What game or event do you not want to miss this week?

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