The playoff picture is getting more clear as the final week of the regular season is coming up. The Star Valley Braves used a 40-6 home win over the Evanston Red Devils to punch their ticket to the post-season on Thursday. Lane Oesch had over 160 rushing yards and two touchdowns to lead the offense. Winston Green set the tone for the game by returning the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and adding a 30-yard touchdown reception later in the game. Taft McClure threw for a pair of scores.

The win combined with Jackson’s 21-17 win over Powell cemented Star Valley’s spot on the road in the first round of the playoffs as the 3A West #3 seed. Douglas defeated Buffalo and the Braves are likely to play the Bison on the road in the first round.

Star Valley wraps the regular season with a road game in Green River next week before the post-season.

• Cross-Country
The Star Valley harriers ran in Riverton on Friday afternoon where the Lady Braves placed fourth and the Braves placed second in the 3A West Regional Meet.

The Lady Braves scored 91 team points led by an All-Conference effort from Eve Mavy who placed third overall with a time of 19:38.8.
Emmalee Hale, Kaia Barkdull, Elsie Piper and Lilian Weiller rounded out the scoring five.

In the boys race the Braves scored 68 points to place second behind Mountain View. The Buffaloes scored 51. Star Valley got an All-Conference performance from freshman Habtamu Wetzel who placed eighth overall with a time of 17:07.2. The depth of Star Valley helped push them to the runner-up finish as Beau Skinner (11th), Drake Plowman (12th), Jase Burton (18th) and Johnny Hunting (19th) scored at top-20 finishers with Bryan Hahn and Peter Lorch close behind in 21st and 22nd place respectively.

The Wyoming State Cross-Country Championships take place in Ethete next weekend.

FULL RESULTS COURTESY OF WYOPREPS.COM –