THE FRONT ROW: NIC soccer teams begin postseason

While the high school soccer, volleyball and cross country seasons have concluded, four area high schools are still playing football this week.

Coeur d’Alene travels to Eagle on Friday at 5 p.m. PDT in the quarterfinals of the state 5A football playoffs.

Also Friday, Lakeland plays host to Blackfoot in the 4A quarterfinals at 7.

On Saturday, Timberlake plays host to Gooding at 1 p.m. in a 3A quarterfinal matchup.

And in the 2A quarters, St. Maries takes on North Fremont at 12:30 at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow.

The state high school swim meet is scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Boise.

The North Idaho College men’s and women’s soccer teams begin play in the Northwest Athletic Conference playoffs this week.

NIC’s women, the No. 2 seed from the East Region, play Green River, the No. 3 seed from the West Region, on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Spokane Falls Community College.

NIC’s men, the No. 2 seed from the East Region, face Pierce, the No. 3 seed from the West Region, on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at SFCC.

Both games were originally scheduled to be played at NIC’s Eisenwinter Field, but were moved to the artificial turf field at Spokane Falls because of muddy field conditions at NIC

The winners of the men’s and women’s games each travel to Clark Community College of Vancouver, Wash., on Saturday.

Saturday’s winners advance to the NWAC Final Four at the Starfire Soccer Complex in Tukwila, Wash., on Nov. 11 and 13.

NIC’s wrestling team travels to Highline of Des Moines, Wash., on Thursday, and to Simon Fraser of Burnaby, British Columbia, on Friday, then travels to Forest Grove, Ore., for the Mike Clock Open on Sunday.

NIC’s volleyball team wraps up the regular season this week, visiting Wenatchee Valley on Wednesday and hosting Treasure Valley on Friday. The NWAC volleyball championship is Nov. 17-20 at the Tacoma Convention Center.

NIC’s men’s and women’s golf teams wrap up play today at the two-day Walla Walla Invitational at the Wine Valley Golf Club.

High school girls basketball practice begins today for Idaho teams, with season openers for most teams two weeks away.