These 2 will square off in Columbia for the first round of the 3A playoffs this week with Adair coming in as the 2 seed in district 2 and McClean the 3 seed in district 1. This will be the first home playoff game for Adair since 2016. The Indians are led by SR RB Lane Grant who broke the all time record in rushing for the school last week with over 4000 yards in his career, they also have Solomon Stonebraker who is now the all time receiving leader in school history doing that in just 2 seasons. McClean is led by Aden Bolden at RB who has rushed for 1400 yards and 13 TDS. McClean is a run heavy team and only average 27 yards per game passing. Adair is a balanced offense for the most part. The winner of this game will meet the winner of 1 seed Union County and 4 seed Glasgow in round 2. 

Bump.

Mclean has been playing their best football of the season over the past few weeks which is a Coach Wagner staple since he has been with that program.  Aden Boldin is a very underrated athlete for the Cougars.  He is putting up 140 yards per game on the ground.  The Cougars struggled finishing drives with points and self inflicted wounds earlier in the year.  If they can run the football consistently and finish drives with points they can maybe keep this game close.  I just worry that the physicality of Adair, along with the offensive balance, will be tough for Mclean.  I'll say both Lane and Bolden finish with 150 plus rushing yards but the difference is the Adair passing game with Jessie.

Adair 42 - Mclean 21

28-0 Adair leads at the half.