Friday nights just got more important.

Here’s a couple of key tidbits about a few of Friday’s bigger playoff match-ups.

Ridgeway-Germantown (at Halle)….After missing three games due to a high ankle sprain, Roadrunner senior RB Aaron Crawford is back. That could be bad news for Germantown, though Charlie White did a fantastic job of gameplanning for Crawford’s brother, Jocques Crawford, in a first-round playoff win over Cordova last season, limiting him to 48 rushing yards in a 37-0 shutout.

Wooddale-Millington (at Cordova)…My pick for game of the week. Both teams have outstanding atheltes on both sides of the ball - Wooddale with senior QB Jeremy Perry, senior receiver Roderick Davis and junior receiver Sean Armstrong and Millington with junior running back Travis Simpson, one of the area’s top rushers this season with over 1,150 yards. The difference here will be special teams and turnovers.

White Station-Cordova (at Fairgrounds) …. White Station is talented, yes, but without junior quarterback Jeff Link at the helm, the Spartans come down a couple of notches. While junior Martin Haaga is certainly capable at quarterback (he split time with Link at QB last year before moving to TE this season), he doesn’t have much time to develop much chemistry between himself and the receivers, having started at QB for the first time this season last Friday.

Raleigh-Egpyt at Munford …… Did you really think former East High coach Wayne Randall would get it turned around at Munford this quickly? No way.

Mitchell at Dyersburg…..Last year Dyersburg, at 10-0, was asking first-round opponent Sheffield what it knew about Mitchell, which Dyersburg assumed it would face in the second round. Sheffield, with just two wins last season, ended up knocking off top-seeded Dyersburg in one of the biggest upset in recent playoff history. Think Dyersburg will look past Mitchell to its second-round opponent this year?

Washington at Trenton Peabody……Find me one quality win on Washington’s schedule. Take your time. I can wait.