Eight-Player

St. Mary’s, Remsen 38, WACO 16

St. Mary’s, Remsen jumped out to a 24-3 lead by halftime and rolled to the 8-Player title with a 38-16 win over WACO. The Hawks were led by 134 yards and 4 touchdowns rushing and one score receiving from Brenden Fisch. Cael Ortmann was a very efficient 12 of 16 passing for 156 yards and the one scoring toss to Fisch. St. Mary’s also held WACO to just 58 yards rushing in the game. The Hawks finish the season a perfect 13-0.

WACO had 212 yards passing and 1 score from the hand of Isaac Oswald. They end the season at 13-1.

Class A

Grundy Center 27, West Hancock, Britt 0

Grundy Center was able to avenge a loss in last year’s title game to West Hancock by grabbing a 27-0 win in the Class A Championship in 2022. The Spartans got two touchdown passes from Colin Gordon to Tate Jirovsky and Gordon added a field goal and rushing touchdown to cap the scoring. Grundy Center outgained West Hancock 364-143 yards in a dominating effort. The Spartans end the season at 13-0. West Hancock finishes at 12-1.

Class 4A

Xavier, Cedar Rapids 45, Lewis Central 38

Cedar Rapids Xavier used a powerful ground game to avenge their title game loss to Lewis Central last year. Michael Cunningham finished with 174 yards and 1 touchdown on the ground for the Saints. The Saints gobbled up a total of 278 yards rushing in the game, staying almost exclusively on the ground in the second half. The Saints end with a record of 13-0. Lewis Central falls just short of back-to-back titles. Jonathan Humpal had 136 yards rushing and Braylan Kammrad threw for 257 yards and three scores. The Titans finish the year at 12-1.