Homestead Enters 2025 WIAA Football Playoffs as No. 1 Seed
After finishing off the 2025 regular season a perfect 9-0, Homestead High School opens the WIAA Division 2 football postseason as a No. 1 seed and will host Menomonee Falls in Level 1 on Friday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. at Homestead. The Highlanders claimed the North Shore Conference title while running 7-0 in conference play en route to the playoffs.
Homestead’s quadrant
Level 1: #1 Homestead vs. #8 Menomonee Falls (@ Homestead).
Potential Level 2: Winner of #4 Elkhorn vs. #5 Milwaukee Bay View.
Potential Level 3 (Sectional final): Teams on the bottom half of the quadrant are #3 Germantown vs. #6 Wauwatosa West (@ Germantown) and #2 Monona Grove vs. #7 Brookfield Central (@ Monona Grove). Winners here feed into Homestead’s path.
Key dates
Postseason rounds in this bracket are scheduled for Fridays at 7:00 p.m.: Oct. 24 (Level 1), Oct. 31 (Level 2), Nov. 7 (Level 3), and Nov. 14 (state semifinals). The Division 2 championship is Friday, Nov. 21 at 1:00 p.m. at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.
What to watch
Early test: Menomonee Falls brings local familiarity and nothing-to-lose energy against a top seed—exactly the kind of first-round opponent that forces a fast start.
Round 2 profile: Elkhorn/Milwaukee Bay View presents a stylistic contrast—Elkhorn’s physicality vs. Bay View’s playmakers—setting up a tricky Level 2 regardless of who advances.
Possible rivalry tilt: A Level 3 showdown could feature Germantown or Monona Grove—both programs with postseason pedigree and enough defense to turn it into a field-position chess match.
The road ahead
If Homestead holds serve at home through its quadrant, a state semifinal on Nov. 14 awaits before the title game on Nov. 21 at Camp Randall. Survive four Fridays of playoff football, and the Highlanders are playing for gold.
Wisconsin high school playoff football
Locally, the North Shore conference is also represented with Whitefish Bay football coming in as a No. 8 seed and Nicolet earning a No. 7 seed.
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