Is the second week of the high school playoff season for District 9 teams "revenge time" or is it "second time’s a charm time"? Of the six games on the schedule, four are rematches from the regular season.

One game features D9 League rivals Clearfield and St. Marys playing in the Class AAA Championship game Friday night at Clarion University. The Class AA semifinals have Karns City hosting Moniteau on Friday while Brockway hosts Redbank Valley Saturday.

In Class A, Clarion meets Clarion-Limestone at Clarion University Saturday while Curwensville travels to Coudersport Friday.

DuBois plays in a District 9-10 sub-regional game – or the D9-10 Championship game depending on who is asked – for the second straight year. The Beavers meet District 10 champion Cathedral Prep at 1 p.m. Saturday Slippery Rock University.

Here’s a closer look at this week’s games:

A year ago, the DuBois Beavers played on the same turf at Slippery Rock University and lost the District 9-10 sub-regional to McDowell, 28-6. This year, it’s a new opponent.

The Beavers face Cathedral Prep one week after the Ramblers edged McDowell, 20-19, for the District 10 Class AAAA Championship. It made it a season split between the Erie rivals. McDowell had won the first match-up in overtime.

One of the Beavers’ biggest wins in several years came against McDowell a week after the first match-up when DuBois won in Erie, 33-21.

What does that mean? It’s probably not mission impossible for the Beavers, who took their regular season-ending 13-7 loss to Altoona hard. The loss denied DuBois of its first perfect regular season since 1952.

Head coach Jason Shilala and his squad have had two weeks to shake that off and get ready for the Ramblers, who will be coming off an emotional win like McDowell did earlier this year.

Prep, which won the Class AAAA state title five years ago, has a new coach in Don Holl, who coached the previous five years as an assistant at Gannon University. Holl’s squad has racked up some offensive numbers, averaging 32.7 points and 342 yards per game, including a near split in rushing vs. passing yardage.

Senior quarterbacks John Csir (844 yards, 4 TDs) and Matt Fischer (907-9) have both thrown passes in every game except last week’s game where Csir completed 11 of 15 passes for 107 yards. Fischer is the second leading rusher with 263 yards. Their top receiving threat is Javon Brown with 657 yards.

Jon Wentz is the team’s top rusher with 645 yards and 14 TDs. He’s also the team’s top tackler on defense.

The Beavers counter with their Fantastic Four that includes quarterback Ryan Liddle and running backs Rob Hanzely, Mark Malacarne and Adam Lawrence. Those four have had a hand in or accounted for 39 of the team’s 40 touchdowns.

Malacarne, who leads the way with 14 TDs, has rushed for 804 yards and caught a team-best 23 passes for 378 yards. Hanzely has 10 touchdowns, 561 yards rushing and 271 yards receiving. Lawrence has rushed for 265 yards and leads the team on defense in tackles. Liddle has passed for 1,035 yards and 10 TDs, completing 58.3 percent of his passes. He’s also rushed for 321 yards and eight TDs.

DuBois averages 350 yards per game, 225 of that on the ground.

Saturday’s winner gets Brashear in the opening round of the PIAA state playoffs. Brashear plays Perry in the City League Championship this week but since Perry is Class AAA, Brashear will represent District 8 in the Class AAAA playoffs.

DuBois hasn’t played a state playoff game since 1993, a loss to Erie Central. The Beavers and Ramblers haven’t met since 1992 when they played twice, in the regular season and playoffs. Both match-ups were won by Prep, including a 21-0 win in the playoffs.

Prep leads the all-time series 4-2. DuBois hasn’t beaten Prep since the first two meetings in 1975 and 1976.

Just three weeks ago, the Flying Dutchmen handled the visiting Bisons in a 40-22 victory at Dutch Country Stadium. That was regular season, this is playoff time and it’s something these programs don’t have in common.

The defending district champion Bisons, coached by Tim Janocko, are a perennial playoff team and is appearing in its eighth straight Class AAA Championship game. The Bisons won titles last year, 2002, 1998 and 1998, along with a Class AAAA crown in 1994.

For St. Marys, this is it. The Dutch have never played a playoff game, let alone a district championship. The last title the Dutch can claim was a share of the District 9 League title with DuBois back in 1986, which is also the last time St. Marys had a winning season.

Head coach Joe Schlimm’s Dutch are favored in the rematch simply because of the first time around when they built a 33-0 lead in the third quarter. Brian Tamburlin ran for 191 yards and three touchdowns as the Dutch piled up a season-high 278 yards rushing.

Tamburlin (663 yards rushing, 9 TDs) and fellow running backs Adam Cornelio (492, 5) and Scott Schatz (310, 3) won’t be the only weapons the Dutch use. Quarterback Lucas Wendel is the third highest ranked quarterback in D-9, completing 59 percent of his passes for 1,148 yards and 12 TDs. Three receivers are over 200 yards in Shad Boschert (443 yards, 8 TDs), Brad Steinbach (271, 2) and Schatz (240, 0).

Clearfield has some offensive firepower as well, even with the loss of its leading rusher after seven games. Junior quarterback Andrew Janocko has had a fantastic first year as a starter, leading D-9 with 1,500 yards passing with 12 TDs and a 58.9 completion percentage. His top receiving targets are Beau Ryan (475, 2), Curtis Campman (404, 3), Adam Jury (254, 1) and Matt Morgan (253, 3). The Bisons’ backfield is led by Campman (557, 5) and Shane Davis (334, 9).

The winner advances to the first round of the PIAA playoffs against traditional Pittsburgh City League power Perry at a District 9 site and time to be announced.

The Warriors kept the mystique of the fifth seed alive last week by knocking off Brookville on the road to notch their first-ever-postseason victory.

Last year, Brookville won the district title as the fifth seed.

To keep that theme alive, the Warriors, who are looking for their first title game appearance, will have to avenge a 10-0 regular-season loss at home to Karns City in Week 7. For that to happen, the Warriors will need a big game from Matt Schandelmeier, who has rushed for 1,219 yards and 16 TDs. Last week, he ran for 89 yards and two touchdowns. Adam Cousins (516 yards, 4 TDs) will be a key performer as well. He ran the opening kickoff back for a touchdown against Brookville.

Karns City, which had a first-round bye, comes into the postseason as a pleasant surprise. Head coach Ed Conto’s top-seeded Gremlins have won their last six games in a row, including an overtime win over Clarion. Thanks to an overtime loss to Clarion-Limestone in Week 3, the Gremlins shared the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference title with C-L and Clarion.

Karns City’s offensive numbers are modest. Wayne Harris (663 yards, 8 TDs), Joey Everetts (323-2) and quarterback Steve Black (277-2) lead the running game while Black has passed for 667 yards and 7 TDs. His top receiving target is Justin Switzer (244 yards, 1 TD).

The Gremlins are trying to get back to the championship game after a run of five straight trips was interrupted last year. The Gremlins won three straight crowns from 1999 to 2001.

These teams haven’t met since both were members of the KSAC back in 1998. The next year, Brockway bolted for the Allegheny Mountain League.

The second-seeded Rovers have rallied since starting the year at 3-3. Three straight wins from head coach Ray Reckner’s team have diminished a rocky start to the season.

The Rovers don’t possess the massive rushing numbers as in other district-title contending teams, but they certainly have the potential to win the Class AA bracket with what they have, a balanced attack, averaging 271.7 yards per game, 169 of that rushing.

Ben Donlin has rushed for 724 yards in a season interrupted by injuries, and a week off should help him for this game. Andy Fremer (401 yards, 3 TDs) and Dillon Park (240-3) will also carry the ball.

Quarterback Anthony Varischetti has passed for 835 yards and eight TDs. Defensively, he’s picked off seven passes. Varischetti’s top receiving targets are Donlin (13 catches, 159 yards, 1 TD), Park (8-231-3) and Joe Antonuccio (10-204-2).

Redbank Valley will look to senior running back Skyler Smith to lead the way. Smith has rushed for 1,097 yards and scored 20 touchdowns for the Bulldogs. He’s just 219 yards shy of reaching the 3,000-yard rushing milestone for his career. If he gets that in this game, the Bulldogs probably like their chances.

It’s not all about Smith, though. Quarterback Brandon Doverspike has passed for 901 yards and 11 TDs and his passing rating of 159.4 is the second highest among starting quarterbacks in D-9. Receiver Nick Johnston (22 catches, 609 yards, 8 TDs) is another big-play athlete for the Bulldogs, averaging a whopping 27.7 yards per catch.

Brockway won back-to-back D-9 titles in 2002 and 2003. Redbank Valley, which played in last year’s D-9 title game, is looking for its first title since 1996.

How will the second time around turn out? Just two weeks ago, Coudersport traveled to Curwensville and routed the Golden Tide, 41-13, to win its first-ever Allegheny Mountain League title.

Last week, Coudersport continued its undefeated cruise through the season with a 42-15 win over Kane. Curwensville rebounded with a 42-7 rout of Port Allegany.

This time, the game is in Coudersport. Will the Falcons use the same strategy as the last meeting? Quarterback Boomer Wetzel completed 7 of 8 passes for 169 yards and three touchdowns. Wetzel has attempted just 55 passes all season for 676 yards and eight TDs.

Wetzel doesn’t throw much because of his powerful running game behind him in David Babcock and Sam Decker. Babcock ranks third in the district with 1,349 yards and 24 TDs while Decker has rushed for a respectable 718 yards and 10 TDs. Against Curwensville, Babcock and Decker rushed for 72 and 116 yards respectively, combing for the other three touchdowns.

Curwensville junior Nick Sipes’ 249 yards rushing and four TDs against Port Allegany pushed his district-leading numbers to 1,595 yards and 28 TDs. He’s just 286 yards shy of 4,000 career rushing yards and he owns a 23-game streak with 100 or more yards rushing.

If Sipes gets to 4,000 yards, the Tide’s chances are very good against the favored Falcons. If he fails to get 100, the Tide’s season is probably over. Anywhere in between and Curwensville has a chance, but will probably need good performances from quarterback Shawn Sopic (688 yards, 7 TDs) and the other running backs in Phillip Solley (530 yards, 6 TDs) and Brandon Hess (507-4).

Coudersport is looking to make it back to the D9 Class A title game for the first time since they beat Curwensville for the championship in 2001.

The Tide are the defending champions and are looking to make their fourth trip to the championship game since 2000. Curwensville beat Clarion in 2000, lost to Coudersport in 2001 and beat Clarion-Limestone last year.

After Clarion escaped with a narrow win over Elk County Catholic and Clarion-Limestone routed Johnsonburg, it’s time for another rematch between next-door neighbors.

Earlier this year, Clarion dumped C-L, 41-6, in Week 7. That game was marred by an ejection of C-L star quarterback Scott Davis in the first quarter. After the ejection, the Lions couldn’t come up with enough offense to deal with Clarion’s power running game.

With Davis in the lineup for four quarters, C-L’s offense certainly should fare better this time around. The question will be if the Lions can improve their defensive effort against the Bobcats.

Clarion didn’t have any problems moving the ball in last week’s 20-16 win over the Crusaders -- 385 yards -- but scored on just two of six trips inside the ECC 30. That’s a recipe for a playoff loss if the Bobcats aren’t careful.

Chris McSwain, the fourth-leading rusher in D-9 with 1,343 yards, ran for 148 yards last week. He’ll be a key factor in Clarion’s chances. However, quarterback Sean Wolf (745 yards, 8 TDs) has made key passes all year. Manny Carpin (468 yards, 6 TDs) and Tyler Schwab (167-2) are his top targets.

Davis, who has turned in a remarkable junior season, leads the Lions. He’s passed for 1,429 yards and 12 TDs, completing 64.6 percent of his passes, and run for 689 yards and nine touchdowns. He’s had a hand in 21 of the team’s 31 touchdowns. David Brooks (366 yards rushing, 652 yards receiving, 10 TDs) is another player to watch for the Lions along with receiver Kaleb Klosky (490 yards, 5 TDs).

Davis is 74 yards short of 4,000 yards of offense. He’s passed for 1,989 yards, rushed for 1,364 yards and made 573 yards receiving. He’s scored 19 touchdowns and passed for 18 touchdowns.

This is the first time these rivals have met in the postseason since C-L won a thrilling 21-14 overtime contest and the District 9 title with it in 1990. That year, current C-L head coach Todd Smith was the QB for the Lions and threw the game-winning TD in over to Brian Walker. The Bobcats then got the ball to the 3-yard line with a 7-yard run on first down before throwing an interception that sealed C-L’s first D9 title.

Overall, the teams have met 34 teams with each winning 17. Clarion’s win earlier in the year broke a 4-game losing streak to the Lions.

C-L is looking to make a fourth straight trip to the District 9 championship game. The Lions lost to Curwensville last year after beating Port Allegany in 2003 and Kane in 2002.

Clarion is looking for its first trip to the D9 title game since losing to Curwensville in 2000. The Bobcats also lost to Cameron County in 1999 in the title game and haven’t won the title since beating Smethport in 1997.