WIAA Eight-Player Football Championship
Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids 1801 16th St. S, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 54494
media release: The fifth annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association 8-Player Football State Championship final will be held Saturday, Nov. 11, at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School at 1 p.m.
The WIAA uses GoFan Ticketing for all digital and cashless tickets. Admission is $11 plus online fees for adults and students. All tickets must be redeemed on a mobile device. To purchase tickets, visit the WIAA website at: https://gofan.co/app/school/WIAAWI.
The 8-player football championship game will be streamed live on the WIAA.TV portal of the NFHS Network on a consumer subscription basis. To purchase a subscription to the live programming, log-on to wiaa.tv and click on the “Subscribe” link at the top of the page. Archived streams of the games will be available on demand on the NFHS Network 72 hours after the tournament with a subscription.
Both Florence and Thorp will be making their first appearance in the 8-player championship game. Florence qualified for the football playoffs all five seasons of the tournament. Prior to this season, the Bobcats’ furthest advance in the bracket was to the second round in 2018. Before transitioning to 8-player, they qualified for the 11-player playoff field 27 times. They were State runners-up in Division 5 in 1987. The Bobcats are the champions of the Northern Border Conference this fall. They cruised past Oakfield 40-12 in their Level 3 match-up to advance to the championship game. Thorp has qualified for the playoffs for the first time. Prior to the transition to 8-player, the Cardinals qualified 16 times in the 11-player playoffs. They won the Division 6 championship in 1993 and were runners-up in 1994. Thorp placed second in the East Division of the Central Wisconsin Conference this season. The Cardinals advanced to the title game following a 16-13 win over McDonell Catholic in their Level 3 game.