WIAA Football Championships: Division 5 Preview
Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 -- 7:26 AM
The 42nd Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Football State Championship Finals will be held Thursday and Friday, Nov. 16-17, at Camp Randall Stadium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Here's a preview of the Division 5 game....Thursday, Nov. 16
Div. 5 - Amherst (12-1) vs. Lake Country Lutheran (13-0) - 4 p.m.
LAST YEAR: Amherst outscored Cedar Grove-Belgium 38-35 to win the Division 5 title.
ON THE AIR: The championship finals of all seven divisions will be televised live on Fox Sports Wisconsin. Check local cable listings for the FS Wisconsin channel in your area. In addition, the finals of all seven divisions will be streamed live on the FoxSportsGo app through your cable system’s authentication.
DIVISION 5 NOTES: Two-time defending champion Amherst will make its fifth appearance in the title game, having now advanced to the title game in five of the last six seasons. The Falcons also won the title in their first experience in the State final in 2012 and finished runner-up in 2014. They overwhelmed Grantsburg 35-6 in their Level 4 match-up to return to the final for an opportunity to win the gold trophy for the third straight season, a feat done only eight other times. They are the champions of the Large Division of the Central Wisconsin Conference this fall. The Falcons’ only loss was in the second week of the season to Division 5 finalist St. Mary’s Springs, 14-13. They are scoring 44 points per game this season, but an even more impressive 46.5 points per game against their four playoff opponents. Lake Country Lutheran advances to the State final for the first time. The furthest advance in the playoffs prior to this year was to Level 4 in Division 7 in 2013. The Lightning won the Midwest Classic Conference championship this fall and edged last year’s runner-up Cedar Grove/Belgium 16-14 in their Level 4 match-up to advance to the final. The Lightning dominated their conference opponents this season with an average scoring margin of 39 points per game in their six league games.
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