Category Question

Hey Community,

I understand the order a post will be shown in a category is as follows:

category-6.php
category.php
archive.php
index.php

What I am trying to do is get a category that is a subcategory of another to display in its parent category page before scaling down the order of levels.

Say I have category-8 that is also a subcategory of category-6. Is there a way to get category-8 to display in category-6’s category template, i.e., I am trying to avoid creating a category-8.php.

I have five subcategories of a category that could all show in the same category page. The work around I have so far is to create the five categories pages and then to use includes for the side bars and banners for streamlining efficiency on updating, but again, if possible I would like to avoid creating the additional pages.

Anyhow, any suggestions?

Thanks,
Orion