CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Ben Granstra ran for three touchdowns, Tyson Kooima accounted for three more scores and Hull Western Christian beat Iowa City Regina 47-34 Friday to win the Class 1A state championship and deny the Regals a seventh consecutive title.
Granstra ground out 180 yards on 39 carries and topped off his big day with a 1-yard TD run that put the back-and-forth game out of reach and gave Western Christian (12-1) its first state championship.
Regina (11-2), which had won 33 straight playoff games, was done in by five turnovers.
Isaac Vollstedt ran for 189 yards and three touchdowns for the Regals, but it wasn’t enough against a Western Christian team that was in only its 13th season of football. Western lost to Regina 35-28 in last year’s championship game.