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    WIAA State Football Championship Preview (All Seven Divisions)

    Elijah VangsoulatdaBy Elijah VangsoulatdaNovember 15, 2023No Comments7 Mins Read
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    We have finally made it to the big game, which has been a long-awaited quest for the gold ball, and several teams will go home Friday night either on top of Wisconsin State Football or a sad end to a season. Today I will be going over each of the seven division matchups in the WIAA State Football Championship games with a quick preview of all of them.

    F.Y.I. All of the games will be played at Camp Randall Stadium, home of the Wisconsin Badgers College Football team in Madison.

    DIVISION 7

    #2 Edgar (12-1) Vs #3 Black Hawk/Warren, IL (12-1)

    These two teams come into the state championship game with a hard-earned win on the defensive end, as Edgar got the best of Bangor 21-3 and Black Hawk/Warren won 36-7 against the one-seeded Reedsville. The story of the season for Edgar has been how they held their opponents to nine straight shutouts after their week-one loss, which seems like they put their foot on the gas throughout this spectacular season and are looking for their first championship win since 2016. Black Hawk is looking for their first state championship victory since 2019.

    This game will be a dogfight to open the four-game slate on Thursday.

    Three key players to watch on Edgar:

    RB/LB: Karter Butt

    DE/TE: Brett Baumgartner

    TE/DE: Lucas Stahnke

    Three key players to watch on Black Hawk are:

    DB/RB: Lane Marty

    RB/LB: Owen Seffrood

    DB/WR: Andrew Figi

    Kickoff: 10 a.m. CT Thursday

    DIVISION 6

    #2 Stratford (12-1) Vs #1 Darlington (12-1)

    This matchup will be a fun one as the reigning Division 6 state champions, Stratford, look to defend their title and complete the back-to-back repeat against the team that loves to run the ball. Darlington, in thirteen games this year averages 240.8 rushing yards per game and only 91.2 passing yards per game. I bet Stratford will do all they can to stop that dominant run game of Darlington, but this one will be a shootout, in my opinion, with all of the talent on both sides.

    Three key players to watch on Stratford:

    QB/FS: Jack Tubbs

    OLB/HB/PR: Gavin Leonhardt

    FB/MLB: Koehler Kilty

    Three key players to watch in Darlington:

    RB/DB: Tye Crist

    DB/HB: Reagan Jackson

    OL/DL: Ross Crist

    Kickoff: 1 p.m. CT Thursday

    DIVISION 5

    #3 Wrightstown (11-2) Vs #1 Aquinas (12-1)

    If you thought that the Division Six game would be the only one with a heavy rushing game attack, you were wrong. Wrightstown averaged 290.6 rushing yards per game in thirteen games this season, and only 30 averaging on the pass game. The Tigers are looking for their first state championship victory since 2011, when they were in division four. The Aquinas Blugolds are looking to repeat in Division Five again, as they like to keep things very balanced in their offensive attack and their powerhouse defense as well.

    Three players to watch on Wrightstown:

    LB/RB: Aiden Humphreys

    LB/QB: Quade Thompson

    LB/FB: Landon Helphrey

    Three players to watch on Aquinas:

    RB: Kyle White

    DB: Brady Lehnherr

    DB: Tony Miller

    Kickoff: 4 p.m. CT Thursday

    DIVISION 4

    #2 Luxemburg-Casco (12-1) Vs #1 Lodi (13-0)

    To close out the Thursday slate of state championship games, this game should be the cherry on top. Luxemburg-Casco comes into this game after a thrilling victory against Catholic Memorial on a game-winning field goal with two seconds left. The magical run lives on to the big stage, where they will face the undefeated Lodi, another big run game team that is very talented all around and has a spectacular defense with seven shutouts on the year. Luxemburg-Casco is in search of their first WIAA State Championship victory ever, while Lodi is looking for number two this year as they previously won in 2017.

    Three players to watch on Luxemburg-Casco:

    QB/DB: Max Ronsmann

    TE: Trace Schoenebeck

    WR/LB: Braeden Schley

    Three players to watch on Lodi:

    DB/QB: Mason Lane

    LB/RB: Kyler Clemens 

    LB/RB/LS: Brady Puls

    Kickoff: 7 p.m. CT Friday

    FRIDAY GAMES: WIAA STATE FOOTBALL

    DIVISION 3

    #1 Rice Lake (12-1) Vs #4 Grafton (11-2)

    Being one of the best teams up north, Rice Lake was the powerhouse team all year, as they lost their opener against Menomonie 21-12 and haven’t looked back since as they finished undefeated the rest of the way, led by that scorching hot offense that has scored at least 30 points each game other than the opening loss they had. This seems like a big pattern where a team takes their first week to get used to the team situation and then turns on the jets right after the whole way. The Grafton Black Hawks have had a pretty successful season, led by their pass game, and are looking for their first state championship victory since 1982. Rice Lake is looking for its first championship since 2017.

    Five players to watch from Rice Lake:

    FB/ILB: Lucas Peters

    FB/ILB: Easton Stone

    WR/DB: Zach Orr

    HB/DB: Conner Durand

    DB: Lucas Sirek

    Five players to watch from Grafton:

    QB: Brady Hilgart

    RB: Tommy Lutz

    ILB: Tyler Heinle

    FB/ILB: Tyler Van Sluys

    OLB: Dalton Reindl

    Kickoff: 10 a.m. CT Friday

    DIVISION 2

    #1 Waunakee(13-0) Vs #2 LG Badger (13-0)

    This is one of the biggest games being played in the WIAA State Championships, as we have two teams that have yet to fall in a game yet. Waunakee is always one of the powerhouse teams that seems hard to take down as they have a stellar defense and can hold teams to a slim amount of points, and on Badger’s end, they had one of the best run games in the state, averaging over 350 rushing yards per game. Waunakee is looking to win its first state championship since 2021, and Badger is looking for their first-ever WIAA Football State Championship win.

    Five players to watch on Waunakee:

    1. QB Vance Johnson
    2. RB Ben Lindley
    3. WR David Emerich
    4. LB Sam Hogland
    5. LB Cole Savola

    Five players to watch on Badger:

    1. QB/DB JP Doyle
    2. FB/LB Landon Nottestad
    3. LB/TE Torrence Smith
    4. RB/LB Logan Clausen
    5. TE/DE Ethan Francois

    Kickoff: 1 p.m. CT Friday

    DIVISION 1

    #2 Marquette (11-2) Vs #2 Franklin (13-0)

    To end it all off, we have a big matchup between two teams that have stellar defenses. First off, the Marquette Hilltoppers are coming off a big upset on the reigning D1 state champions and are looking for more as their defense tries to stop a red-hot Franklin offense, which is a strong possibility as Marquette has eight shutouts on the year and their offense still knows how to put points on the board as well. Franklin comes into this game after back-to-back weeks of upsets on two other top-five teams, Muskego and Sussex Hamilton, outscoring them 70-7. They hope to keep this all rolling this week as the Sabers look for their second state championship in the last three years and Marquette tries to win it for the first time since 2009.

    Five players to watch from Marquette:

    1. RB Tommy Novotny
    2. DB Ryan Tomlinson
    3. LB Mitchell Negro
    4. LB Nate Schramm
    5. WR Cam Russell

    Five players to watch from Franklin:

    1. RB Terrance Shelton 
    2. WR Jacques Brooks
    3. QB Joey Kallay
    4. DB Dominic Walters
    5. LB Manny Joseph

    Kickoff: 4 p.m. CT Friday

     

    Good luck to all of the fourteen teams this Thursday & Friday!

     

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    Elijah Vangsoulatda

    Elijah Vangsoulatda will be covering WIAA high school sports, the Bucks, Packers, and Badgers. He is also an analyst, play-by-play announcer, and producer for WIAA basketball, football, and baseball, all on @ZaleskiSports in the Milwaukee metro area.

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