The road to a District 11 football championship begins Thursday night, with teams across six classifications preparing for the opening round of the postseason.

The first games will feature Class 3A and Class 5A on Thursday before Class 1A, 2A and 6A take the field Friday. Class 4A will have games Friday and Saturday.

Here is the full slate of contests.

Class 6A

The largest classification features four quarterfinal matchups Friday, Nov. 6, with several familiar EPC opponents facing one another.

Top-seeded Nazareth (8-2) hosts No. 8 Emmaus (4-6) at 7 p.m.

The most intriguing local matchup could come at BASD Stadium, where No. 4 Freedom (7-3) faces No. 5 Easton (5-5) at 7 p.m. Both teams just met in week nine with Freedom coming out on top with a last second field goal for a 38-35 victory.

No. 3 Parkland (8-2) hosts No. 6 Northampton (5-5) at 7 p.m., while red hot No. 2 Whitehall (9-1) takes on No. 7 Stroudsburg (5-5), also at 7 p.m.

The four quarterfinal winners advance to the semifinals Friday, Nov. 13. The Class 6A championship is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 20.

Class 5A

Undefeated Southern Lehigh headlines the Class 5A field as the top seed.

The Spartans (10-0) open their postseason Thursday against No. 4 East Stroudsburg South (4-6) at 6:30 p.m.

No. 2 Pleasant Valley (6-4) hosts No. 3 Pocono Mountain East (6-4) in the other semifinal at 6 p.m. Thursday.

The two winners will meet for the District 11 championship Friday, Nov. 13, at a neutral site.

Class 4A

Class 4A features a split opening round, with one quarterfinal Friday night and three more Saturday.

Saucon Valley (6-4), the No. 6 seed, visits No. 3 Allentown Central Catholic (6-4) on Friday at J. Birney Crum Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Saturday begins with top-seeded Blue Mountain (9-1) hosting No. 8 Bangor (4-6) at noon. No. 4 Pottsville (7-3) welcomes No. 5 Lehighton (7-3) at 1 p.m.

Bethlehem Catholic, the No. 2 seed with an 8-2 record, will host No. 7 North Schuylkill (3-7) at BASD Stadium at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The quarterfinal winners advance to the semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 14. The Class 4A championship is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 20.

Class 3A

The Class 3A quarterfinals open the postseason Thursday with four games on the schedule.

Top-seeded Northwestern Lehigh (9-1) hosts No. 8 Panther Valley (4-6) at 6 p.m.

No. 4 Executive Education (5-5) hosts No. 5 Palmerton (7-3) at 7 p.m. No. 3 Jim Thorpe (6-4) battles No. 6 Tamaqua (6-4) at 6 p.m., while No. 2 Notre Dame-Green Pond (9-1) hosts No. 7 Salisbury (3-7), also at 6 p.m.

The semifinal round is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 13, with the championship set for Friday, Nov. 20.

Class 2A

Catasauqua and Northern Lehigh will both be on the road Friday night as the Class 2A semifinals get underway.

Top-seeded Schuylkill Haven (6-4) hosts No. 4 Catasauqua (4-6) at 7 p.m. No. 2 Shenandoah Valley (7-3) will host No. 3 Northern Lehigh (5-5) in the other semifinal.

The winners advance to the District 11 championship game scheduled for Friday, Nov. 13, at a neutral site.

Class 1A

The Class 1A tournament features a District 2/11 subregional, with two semifinal games scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6.

Top-seeded Williams Valley (9-1) will host No. 4 Lackawanna Trail (4-6) at 7 p.m., while No. 2 Tri-Valley (6-4) meets No. 3 Marian Catholic (4-6), also at 7 p.m.

The semifinal winners will meet Friday, Nov. 13, for the championship.