The Thorp Cardinals Will Play For An 8 Player Football State Championship!

Monday, November 6th, 2023 -- 6:38 AM

The Thorp Cardinals will play for the 8-Player Football State Championship this Saturday after downing previously unbeaten Chippewa Fall McDonell last Friday night 16-13.  

The Cardinals got on the board first on a 7 yard run by Logan Hanson midway through the 2nd quarter.  The 2-point conversion was good and it was 8-0.  The Cardinals would score again, early in the third quarter on a 41 yard pass play from Hanson to Dylan Mattson.  With a successful 2-point conversion, the score was 16-0.

McDonell would come back and score with a little over 5 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter on an 8 yard run by Dawson Moulton, the extra point failed making the score 16-6.  McDonell would get one more score midway through the 4th quarter on a 7 yard pass from Grant Smiskey to Cael Holm.  Extra point was good and that's how it ended - 16-13 in favor of Thorp.

Thorp (9-2) will now play Florence (10-0) in the 8 Player Football Championship this Saturday at 1 pm at  Wisconsin Rapids High School.  

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