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Seven football champions crowned in U.S. Bank StadiumdebutThe long-awaited debut of U.S. Bank

Stadium as the new host for theMinnesota State High School League’s PrepBowl Playoff is now complete. Over threelong days of semifinal action and anothertwo days for the Prep Bowl XXXV champion -ship games, thousands of fans got to experi-ence the state-of-the-art facility and see sevenstate champions crowned.

Grand Meadow claimed its third consecu-tive 9-Man title, while Caledonia repeated inClass AA.

Class 9-ManThe streak continues, as does the gather-

ing of state titles for Grand Meadow (14-0).Grand Meadow won its 50th consecutive

game, and along with it, a fourth consecutive9-Man championship following a 41-21 victory over Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran (13-1).

Senior running back Christophor Bainrushed for 278 yards on 36 carries and scoredfour touchdowns to carry the Superlarkswithin one of tying the record for consecutivestate championships in the 9-Man class.From 2003-07, Stephen-Argyle Central wonfive in a row.

Stephen-Argyle Central also holds thestate record for longest winningstreak at 76 games, a spree thatwent from 2003-08. MinneapolisWashburn compiled a 60-gamegame streak (58-0-2) from 1966-73.

Grand Meadow, which lastlost on Oct. 5, 2013, toLanesboro (47-36) is third at 50in a row.

Grand Meadow stretched asix-point halftime advantageinto the second half by continu-ing to pound the ball with arushing attack that accumulated353 yards on 61 carries. TheSuperlarks also sprinkled in 115yards of passing.

Bain scored two quick touch-downs in the third quarter tostretch the Superlarks’ lead to34-14. He scored on a 78-yardrun 20 seconds into the secondhalf and added a 7-yard runshortly after.

Grand Meadow held a 20-14halftime advantage behind twotouchdowns from Bain and a 24-yard scoring toss to senior tightend Wes Ojulu that opened thescoring. Bain rushed for 104

yards on 16 carries in the first half and scoredon runs of 11 and three yards, respectively.

The Superlarks built a 14-0 lead with aminute left in the first quarter, butCleveland/Immanuel Lutheran fired backwith a 59-yard touchdown pass to juniorwide receiver Austin Plonsky from juniorquarterback Carter Kopet with no time left inthe first quarter.

Grand Meadow stretched its lead to twotouchdowns again with Bain scoring on a 3-yard run with 4:22 left in the first half. Butless than a minute later, the Clippersanswered with a 61-yard scoring play to sen-ior wide receiver Jaiden Zishka.

Kopet finished 22-of-34 for 238 yards andthree touchdowns for the Clippers. GrandMeadow senior quarterback Brenn Olsoncompleted 5-of-10 passes for 115 yards.

Grand Meadow advanced to the champi-onship game with a 35-0 win over Waubun.Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran used a 38-29win over Cromwell-Wright to earn a berth inthe title game.

Class AA football championship came back to

the Minneapolis City Conference for the firsttime since 1977. Minneapolis NorthCommunity (13-0) took care of that with a30-14 victory over Rushford-Peterson (12-2)in the Class A championship game.

The Polars used a dominating second-halfperformance on both sides of the ball to winthe school’s first football championship andfirst for the Minneapolis City Conferencesince Minneapolis Washburn won the secondof two Class AA titles in 1977. MinneapolisNorth Community came close to taking thatfinal step in 2015, but was upended byMinneota in the Class A title game.

This season, the Polars scored two second-half touchdowns while draining the clock,clamped down on Rushford-Peterson seniorrunning back Noah Campbell, and held theTigers to just 10 total yards of offense in thefinal 24 minutes of play.

Senior quarterback Azerick Rodgers direct-ed Minneapolis North’s attack, completing10-of-13 passes for 115 yards and two touch-downs. Sophomore running back Nasir El-Amin led a balanced running attack with 70yards on 11 carries. The Polars averaged 4.7yards per carry in rushing for 245 yards.

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2016 State Class 9-MAN ChampionGrand Meadow

Row 1 (L-R): Ayden Manahan, Donovan Swanson, Taylor Wurst, Jay Baldus, DeAngelo Vigo-Dow, Wyatt Weiss, Ryan Hinz, John Baldus, Ethan Lane, HunterTangen. Row 2: Nolan Skifter, Kenton Jones, Caden Fruth, Justin Krumm, Grant Skifter, Justin Kassel, Michael Stevens, Sean Lex, Kyle Oehlke, Drew Copley,Austin Funk, Carter Czapiewski, Tommy Oehlke. Row 3: Josh Graves, Rian Leichtnam, Brenn Olson, Zach Myhre, Jacob Oehlke, Connor King, Blake Benson,Christophor Bain, Wes Ojulu, Chance Hammermeister, Erik Hinz, Cameron Guy.

1 Grand Meadow (11-0)

November 11Rochester Community & Technical College

3 *Edgerton/Ellsworth (10-1)

6 Waubun (11-0)

November 11Bemidji State University

8 Stephen-Argyle Central (10-1)

2 *Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran (11-0)

November 11Husky Stadium, St. Cloud State University

4 *Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (10-1)

5 Cromwell-Wright (11-0)

November 11Public Schools Stadium, Duluth

7 Ely (10-0)

November 18 U.S. Bank Stadium

Waubun 41-18

Grand Meadow 36-0


Cromwell-Wright 38-29

*Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran39-22


Cromwell-Wright 35-7

November 11, 17-18, 25, 2016QUARTERFINALS

Sites Statewide SEMIFINALS, CHAMPIONSHIPU.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis

QUARTERFINALSSECTION

SEMIFINALS

CHAMPIONSHIP

Grand Meadow41-21

* Denotes cooperatively sponsored program.

Grand Meadow 35-0

2016 Prep Bowl Playoffs & Championship — Class 9-Man


2016 CLASS A

2016 State Class A ChampionMinneapolis North Community

Row 1 (L-R): Jaquees Lyles, Marlon Riddley, Kehyan Porter, Shawn Jackson, Joe Coleman, Jevon Walker, Zion Sanford, Tyree Cox. Row 2: FarlandersRoss, Charles Royston, Leon Haynes, Quintrail Travis, Davant Moore, Quintin Travis, Zeek Rodgers, Nate Wheeler. Row 3: Odell Wilson, Cornelius Wooten,Jamire Jackson, Kiareon Bellfield, Jamin Smith, Arman Dalton, Javonta Williams, Tayler Johnson, Phaizon Scott, Nasir El-Amin, Isiaiah Ballard, MichealHarris. Not Pictured: Phil Scott, Corleon Powell.

1 Rushford-Peterson (10-1)

November 11New Prague High School

3 Murray County Central, Slayton (8-3)

6 *Browerville/Eagle Valley (8-3)

November 12Bemidji State University

8 Mahnomen (10-1)

2 Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (8-3)

November 11Richfield High School

4 Minneapolis North Community (10-0)

5 Wabasso (10-1)


7 Braham (8-2)


*Browerville/Eagle Valley 40-28

Rushford-Peterson 44-21


Minneapolis North Community16-8

Minneapolis North Community32-13 November 19 U.S. Bank Stadium

Wabasso 22-0

November 11-12, 19, 26, 2016QUARTERFINALS



SEMIFINALS

CHAMPIONSHIP

Minneapolis NorthCommunity

30-14


Rushford-Peterson 49-0

2016 Prep Bowl Playoffs & Championship — Class A


2016 CLASS AA

2016 State Class AA ChampionCaledonia

Row 1 (L-R): Mgr. Jenna Ideker, Mgr. Taylor Beardmore, Aidan Augedahl, Jack Beardmore, Tyler Wiebke, Evan Denstad, Mick Bullerman, Payton Schott,Cameron Melde, Mgr. Austin Schellsmidt, Heather Mireau. Row 2: Mitchell Welsh, Dylan Beneke, Kyle Cavanaugh, Marten Morem, Riley Gavin, Arick Bauer,David Seymour, Tate Meiners, Matt Gavin. Row 3: Willy Schmitz, Isaac McCabe, Roy Kerrigan, Noah King, Nick McCabe, Ryan Wagner, Spencer Stemper,Austin Heim, Sam Roble, Brady Rosendahl. Row 4: Mason Staggemeyer, Owen King, Jordan Burg, Riley Cordes, John Koch, Brent Robley, Andrew Goergen,Noah Snell, Sam Barthel, Noah Kearney. Row 5: Nick Loging, Ben McCabe, Austin Werner, Alex Goergen, Thomas Jergenson, Ethan Zahn, Brandon Robley,Mitchell Bechtel, Dalton McHan, Carson Bullerman, Zeke Ott. Row 6: Coaches - Head Coach Carl Fruechte, John Hauser, Mitch Mullins, Brent Schroeder,Zach Kasten, Ryan Pitts, Bill Kearney.

1 Caledonia (11-0)

November 12Gustavus Adolphus College

3 Lakeview (9-2)

6 Pillager (11-0)

November 11Moorhead High School

8 Barnesville (10-0)

2 Maple River, Mapleton (9-2)

November 11Shakopee High School

4 Norwood-Young America (7-3)

5 Eden Valley-Watkins (9-1)

November 11Brainerd High School

7 Royalton (9-1)


Barnesville 42-14

Caledonia 58-16


Eden Valley-Watkins 46-13

Maple River, Mapleton 12-7


Eden Valley-Watkins 29-12

November 11-12, 17-18, 25, 2016QUARTERFINALS



SEMIFINALS

CHAMPIONSHIP

Caledonia61-12


Caledonia 55-20

2016 Prep Bowl Playoffs & Championship — Class AA


2016 CLASS AAA

2016 State Class AAA ChampionRochester Lourdes

Row 1 (L-R): Jon Beckman, Alex Lindeen, Will Kopischke, Destin Hinson, Zach Stevermer, Noah Vettel, Caleb Timmerman, Brenden Trahan, Joel Gangl.Row 2: Ben Timmerman, Fredrick Douglas, Nate Fitzgerald, Matthew Bowers, Zach Nickels, Jonathon Gangl, Ben Stevens, Andrew Peine, Carter Greguson,Riley Becher. Row 3: Jake Groteboer, Sean Salz, Ed Caples, Matthew Suino, Mark Ustby, Trevor Greguson, Frankie O’Hara, Jimmy Fritzjunker, KoltonMullenbach, Ben Limburg, Noah Hillman. Row 4: Coach John Jensen, Coach Dave Jenson, Coach Rick Lilla, Coach Richard Lilla, Coach Matt Bjergum,Head Coach Mike Kesler, Coach John-Howard Carroll, Coach Scott Nickels, Coach Jerome Garry, Coach Ben Witter, Coach Brent Lichty, Coach Nic Jensen.Row 5: Noah Borgeson, Aaron Stanek, Pat Leary, Caleb Rasmussen, Dominic Simonson, Haydon Brown, Joseph Uhlmann. Row 6: Chol Angok, MatthewSather, Kenny Fox, Matt Schliesman, Riley Schaefer, Matthew Ustby.

1 Rochester Lourdes (10-0)

November 12Gustavus Adolphus College

3 Jackson County Central (10-0)

6 *Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (9-1)

November 11Alexandria Area High School

8 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (10-1)

2 *Belle Plaine (9-2)

November 12Lakeville North High School

4 St. Croix Lutheran, West St. Paul (10-0)

5 Pierz (9-1)

November 12Brainerd High School

7 *Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (7-2)


Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 43-20

Rochester Lourdes 30-0


St. Croix Lutheran, West St. Paul35-28

St. Croix Lutheran, West St. Paul32-21 November 19 U.S. Bank Stadium

Pierz 34-0

November 11-12, 19, 26, 2016QUARTERFINALS



SEMIFINALS

CHAMPIONSHIP

Rochester Lourdes42-35


Rochester Lourdes 43-21

2016 Prep Bowl Playoffs & Championship — Class AAA


2016 CLASS AAAA

2016 State Class AAAA ChampionBenilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park

Row 1 (L-R): Nick Johnsrud, Patrick Kalb, Jack Beutz, John Stone, Tommy Anderson, Ricky Floyd, Will Whitmore, Alex Houlihan, Grant Gustafson. Row 2:Jonathan Wallrich, Alex Fischer, John Landry, Braeden Fitzgerald, Henry Wolfe, Ryan McTigue, Andrew Radosevich, Skyler Burns-Goetzmann, Jordan Frantz,Dustin Dallman. Row 3: Max Byzewski, Parker Kennedy, Tino Fialo, Devon Dunne, Michael Doppler, Carson Swenson, John Whitmore, Ikenna Ujuagu, ClydeSellke, Liam Ford, Sean McCullough. Row 4: Owen Brown, Gabe Jackson, Mehdi Duda, Turner Wine, Eric Wilson, Malachi Johnson, William Hodder, MattBrooks, Gabriel Alada, Nick Bolin. Row 5: Mgr. Elsa Beise, Co-Head Coach Jon Hanks, John Beutz, Ehren Essler, Coach Joe Creer, Coach Bill Burke, CoachMal Edwards, Coach Michael Swann, Coach Rudy Johnson, Coach Gene Brouillette, Co-Head Coach Patrick Krieger, Mgr. Sedona Brown. Not Pictured:Coach Dick Crandall, Coach Michael Fuller, Zip Kaffey, Jamison Battle, Peyton James, Matt Guggemos, Joseph Marinaro, Elijah Brown, Declan Lee-Gilligan,Noah Layton.

1 Winona (9-1)

November 11East Ridge High School, Woodbury

3 South St. Paul (10-0)

6 Orono (7-4)


8 Rocori, Cold Spring (8-3)

2 Marshall (10-0)

November 11Burnsville High School

4 Fridley (8-2)

5 Benilde-St. Margaret’s,St. Louis Park (7-3)

November 11Chisago Lakes High School, Lindstrom

7 Cloquet (7-3)


Rocori, Cold Spring 30-7

Winona 24-0


Benilde-St. Margaret’s,St. Louis Park 44-34

Marshall 40-7


Benilde-St. Margaret’s,St. Louis Park 42-7

November 11, 17-18, 25, 2016QUARTERFINALS



SEMIFINALS

CHAMPIONSHIP

Benilde-St. Margaret’s,St. Louis Park

31-28


Winona 34-30

2016 Prep Bowl Playoffs & Championship — Class AAAA


2016 CLASS AAAAA

2016 State Class AAAAA ChampionElk River

Row 1 (L-R): Mitch Stroh, Sherrod Kpahn, Austin Solors, Adam Nelson, Jimmy Heinzen, Ben Libby, AJ Tarpeh, Blake Hills, Devon Garrison, Cam Cotton,Sam Gibas, Noah Weege. Row 2: Jackson Sundt, Jake Hanson, Jackson Smith, Luke Dickinson, Austin Backstrom, Tristan Carlson, Charlie Franz, ZachBerg, Joe Pelle, Brennan Martindale, Nick Rice, Jared LeClair, Colin Nelson, Cole Daleiden. Row 3: Patrick Boland, Brett Wachtel, Sam Nordstrom, KeithDaley, Casey Schilz, Josh Peterson, Zach James, Collin Wilcox, Reese Norby, Connor Bryan, Nick Eull, Max Weisberg, Jalon Nielson. Row 4: Bill Peltonen,Patrick Wahl, Kadden Olson, John McClay, Ronnie Audette, Zach Cramond, Kole Beese, Jared Creighton, Carter Baldwin, Tyler Billman, Jarod Gill, MaxwellWaite, Nick Anderson. Row 5: Shannon Allen, Marv Johnson, Eric Klears, Danny Kohler, John Pink, Mike Breyen, Mike Cross, Steve Hamilton, Brad Olson,Luke Nowinsky, Ben Gustafson, Mark Leadens, Ryan Korolewski, Mary Stoutenburg, Rachel Schoenecker.

1 Owatonna (7-2)

November 12Lakeville North High School

3 Apple Valley (7-3)

6 Elk River (10-0)


8 Alexandria Area (9-1)

2 Mankato West (10-0)

November 12Farmington High School

4 Mahtomedi (10-0)

5 Spring Lake Park (10-0)

November 11Centennial High School, Circle Pines

7 Andover (5-6)


Elk River 60-36

Owatonna 28-24


Spring Lake Park 14-0

Mankato West 28-7


Spring Lake Park 31-30




SEMIFINALS

CHAMPIONSHIP

Elk River42-14


Elk River 19-7

2016 Prep Bowl Playoffs & Championship — Class AAAAA


2016 CLASS AAAAAA

2016 State Class AAAAAA ChampionTotino-Grace, Fridley

Row 1 (L-R): Mgr. Jilli Sitartz, Tyler Santos, Jared Florell, Charlie Waters, Joe Russell, Kyle Halverson, Brady Bertram, Mgr. Nick Anderson. Row 2: SamGrodnick, Ngewondah Saracouli, John Thibault, Scott Quesnell, Matt Kennedy, Carter Djam, Nate Zdon, Jack Vettel, Charles Kamara. Row 3: Joe Pinc, JoelDols, Kameron White, Evan Spevacek, Jake Park, Alex Claussen, Christian Morel, Ryan Suggs, Eric Moynagh, Michael King, Jack Eibensteiner, NathanKavolak. Row 4: Chris Thomas, Mark O’Donnell, Joe Wilson, Luke Kubesh, Mitch Fox, Joey Linders, Jacob Ranning, Nick Jezierski, Matt Heurung, AlexMotta, Lucas Lee, Michael Kavolak, Matt Kraemer. Row 5: Chad Fox, Gayflor Flomo, Ryan Kusch, Mark Berger, Andrew Nguyen, Ben Cran, Ivan Burlak,Nick Sticha, Shawn Przybilla, Collin Erickson, Greg Drayton, Patrick Albrecht, Ryan Tigner, Connor Lafeber. Row 6: Josh Pinc, Bear Bouwman, Alex Bergmann,Peyton Schuler, Nick Kuharski, Tommy Bredemus, Jeff Deisting, Nolan Neilson, Reece Wickland, Nate Schutz, Hunter Christenson, Sam Hanson, ZachClausing, Adam Carpenter, Tommy Hinnenkamp, Zach Collins, Joe Carr. Row 7: Coaches - Don Roney, Bernie Litecky, Mike Palkert, Garrett Gmach, JimmyCarlson, Tim Pastoors, Pat Hinnenkamp, Jim Flinn, Jay Anderson, Head Coach Jeff Ferguson, Jeff Mortiko, Brian Litecky, Ron Kullas, Tom Rooker, YvetteWoell, Mgr. Jaydon Johnson.

Lakeville North (9-1)

November 10Edina Community Center

Totino-Grace, Fridley (10-0)

Minnetonka (8-2)

November 10Park Center High School

Blaine (8-2)

Maple Grove (8-2)

November 11Chanhassen High School

Eden Prairie (9-1)

Champlin Park (7-3)

November 11Woodbury High School

Rosemount (9-1)


Blaine 39-14

Totino-Grace, Fridley 42-14


Eden Prairie 23-0

Eden Prairie 63-21


Champlin Park 34-28




SEMIFINALS

CHAMPIONSHIP

Totino-Grace, Fridley28-20


Totino-Grace, Fridley 21-20

2016 Prep Bowl Playoffs & Championship — Class AAAAAA


State Football Tournament Championship Games — 1972-2016

1972 AA Minneapolis Washburn Moorhead 26-6 A Burnsville Sauk Centre 46-19 B Mountain Iron Dassel-Cokato 54-6

C Gaylord Preston 26-6 9-Man Rothsay Cotton 64-12

1973 AA Rochester John Marshall St. Paul Harding 25-0 A Eveleth Willmar 28-18 B New Prague Appleton 13-7 C Gaylord Holdingford 29-6 9-Man Lake Benton Brandon 50-12

1974 AA Rochester John Marshall Bloomington Jefferson 41-19 A Alexandria Chaska 26-7 B New Prague Caledonia 41-12 C Battle Lake Bird Island 34-26 (2 OT) 9-Man Lake Benton Fisher 36-6

1975 AA Stillwater Richfield 20-17 A St. Thomas Academy St. Peter 21-14 B Gaylord Onamia 14-13 C Esko Karlstad 62-0 9-Man Ruthton Audubon 42-20

1976 AA White Bear Lake Cloquet 14-13 (OT) A St. Peter Mora 56-12 B Caledonia Sartell 38-7 C New Richland-Hartland Bird Island 21-19 9-Man Deer Creek Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, 57-14 Fergus Falls1977 AA Minneapolis Washburn Stillwater 13-0 A Fridley Grace Rocori, Cold Spring 36-12 B Granite Falls Stewartville 44-6 C Battle Lake Henderson 21-20 (OT) 9-Man Deer Creek Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, 20-0 Fergus Falls1978 AA Edina West Fridley 21-0 A Fridley Grace Apple Valley 17-14 B New Richland-Hartland Barnesville 48-8 C Alden-Conger Battle Lake 15-14 9-Man Hoffman Albrook, Saginaw 44-28

1979 AA Columbia Heights Richfield 8-3 A Rochester Lourdes Apple Valley 22-6 B Gaylord Mahnomen 15-6 C Bird Island-Lake Lillian Harmony 34-6 9-Man Russell Toivola-Meadowlands 17-14

1980 AA Burnsville Cambridge 23-6 A Crookston Pipestone 32-6 B Mahnomen Austin Pacelli 34-0 C Bird Island-Lake Lillian Mountain Lake 20-7 9-Man Hoffman-Kensington Toivola-Meadowlands 18-14

1981 AA Rosemount Moorhead 40-14 A St. Peter Hermantown 18-14 B Holdingford Pine Island 39-0 C Medford Clarkfield 33-28 9-Man Argyle Starbuck 31-19

1982 AA Stillwater Owatonna 34-27 A Brooklyn Center East Grand Forks 30-8 B LeCenter Mahnomen 12-6 C Truman Belgrade 16-14 9-Man Westbrook Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, 34-12 Fergus Falls

1983 AA Coon Rapids Bloomington Jefferson 34-31 A Hutchinson Park Rapids 36-14 B Jordan Breckenridge 27-0 C Southland, Adams Bird Island-Lake Lillian 28-0 9-Man Silver Lake Norman County West/Climax 27-12

1984 AA Stillwater Burnsville 36-33 A Hutchinson Centennial, Circle Pines 32-7 B Granite Falls Breckenridge 13-7 C Harmony Glyndon-Felton 20-14 9-Man Norman County West Silver Lake 37-20

1985 AA Burnsville Apple Valley 27-21 A New Prague Mora 16-12 B Jackson Mahnomen 26-20 C Glyndon-Felton Zumbrota 38-14 9-Man Westbrook Norman County West 45-18

1986 AA Apple Valley Osseo 35-6 A Cambridge Stewartville 24-0 B Watertown-Mayer Granite Falls 29-6 C Minneota Sherburn-Dunnell 52-19 9-Man Argyle Silver Lake 32-7

1987 AA Moorhead Winona 13-7 A Cambridge Lakeville 28-14 B Granite Falls Ely 43-20 C Minneota Grand Meadow 27-7 9-Man Silver Lake Verndale 30-14

1988 AA Blaine Cretin-Derham Hall 25-24 A Lakeville Staples-Motley 35-28 B Breckenridge Morris 21-7 C Minneota Rushford 42-28 9-Man Hallock Stewart 35-24

1989 AA Burnsville Stillwater 21-7 A Albany Totino-Grace, Fridley 41-32 B Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Perham 27-15 C Waterville-Elysian Mahnomen 14-7 9-Man St. Clair Albrook 47-12

1990 AA Anoka Elk River 19-14 A Fridley Sartell 34-12 B B O L D, Olivia DeLaSalle, Minneapolis 15-14 C Mahnomen Becker 27-7 9-Man Hills-Beaver Creek Argyle 28-21

1991 AA Burnsville Lakeville 10-7 A Spring Lake Park Rocori, Cold Spring 20-0 B B O L D, Olivia Deer River 14-0 C Mahnomen Mankato Loyola 42-0 9-Man Chokio-Alberta Grygla/Goodridge 7-6

1992 AA Lakeville Cretin-Derham Hall 19-7 A Detroit Lakes Farmington 21-0 B St. Cloud Cathedral B O L D, Olivia 7-6 C Mahnomen Mankato Loyola 20-13 (2 OT) 9-Man Stephen Cromwell 36-20

1993 AA Apple Valley Rochester John Marshall 29-7 A Detroit Lakes Northfield 21-14 B St. Cloud Cathedral Zumbrota-Mazeppa 28-6 C Mahnomen Minneota 43-23 9-Man Chokio-Alberta LeRoy-Ostrander 35-0

1994 AA Anoka Alexandria 34-7 A Sartell Northfield 24-21 B Triton, Dodge Center Becker 40-21 C Chatfield Red Lake Falls 34-14 9-Man Kittson Central, Hallock Verndale 36-16

1995 AA Stillwater Area Rochester Mayo 31-7 A Detroit Lakes St. Peter 30-15 B Kingsland, Spring Valley Breckenridge 22-3 C Chatfield Hawley 12-6 9-Man Cromwell LeRoy-Ostrander 26-18

1996 AA Eden Prairie Blaine 23-22 A Mora Northfield 7-3 B Breck School, Golden Valley Windom Area 24-7 C Chatfield Hawley 12-7 9-Man Cromwell Verndale 46-44

1997AAAAA Eden Prairie Blaine 32-28 AAAA Northfield Detroit Lakes 28-0 AAA Albany Jackson County Central 55-7 AA Pelican Rapids Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 34-32 A Cook County, Grand Marais Adrian 13-12 9-Man Verndale Cromwell 18-12

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State Football Tournament Championship Games — 1972-2016

1998 AAAAA Woodbury Champlin Park 28-7 AAAA Hutchinson Owatonna 21-20 AAA Foley Jackson County Central 21-7 AA Mahnomen B O L D, Olivia 27-26 A Cook County, Grand Marais Adrian 38-32 (2 OT) 9-Man Cromwell Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, 40-22 Fergus Falls

1999 AAAAA Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul Hastings 42-21 AAAA Mankato West Cambridge-Isanti 35-28 AAA De LaSalle, Minneapolis St. Michael-Albertville 28-7 AA Waterville-Elysian-Morristown West Central Area, Barrett 34-0 A Cook County, Grand Marais LeCenter 14-6 9-Man Stephen-Argyle Nicollet 18-8

2000 AAAAA Eden Prairie Cretin-Derham Hall 24-14 AAAA Cambridge-Isanti St. Thomas Academy 24-14 AAA Glencoe-Silver Lake Albany 21-0 AA Triton, Dodge Center *Otter Tail Central 31-12 A Sleepy Eye Public Warren-Alvarado-Oslo 13-12 9-Man Westbrook-Walnut Grove Cromwell 42-20

2001 AAAAA Hastings Blaine 28-9 AAAA Detroit Lakes Mankato East 36-34 AAA Jackson County Central Becker 42-7 AA Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Windom Area 27-20 A McLeod West, Brownton Pillager 30-22 9-Man Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, Ada-Borup 37-7 Fergus Falls

2002 AAAAA Eden Prairie Champlin Park 21-0 AAAA Mankato West Mahtomedi 17-7 AAA Plainview/Elgin-Millville Glencoe-Silver Lake 24-21 AA Kingsland, Spring Valley Norwood-Young America 35-7 A Rushford-Peterson Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin 14-7 9-Man Verndale Nicollet 21-14

2003 AAAAA Lakeville Hastings 34-9 AAAA Totino-Grace, Fridley Hutchinson 57-13 AAA Glencoe-Silver Lake Delano 21-0 AA Breck School, Golden Valley Kingsland, Spring Valley 51-14 A Goodhue Medford/El Shaddai 20-8 9-Man Stephen-Argyle Central Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, 39-7 Fergus Falls

2004 AAAAA Minnetonka Wayzata 23-14 AAAA Totino-Grace, Fridley Sartell-St. Stephen 27-6 AAA East Grand Forks Becker 31-14 AA Pierz Eden Valley-Watkins 39-14 A Rushford-Peterson *Otter Tail Central, Battle Lake 20-6 9-Man Stephen-Argyle Central Bertha-Hewitt 25-6

2005 AAAAA Wayzata Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul 28-24 AAAA Mahtomedi Academy of Holy Angels, 27-26 (OT) Richfield AAA Becker Albany 28-0 AA Eden Valley-Watkins Caledonia 21-7 A Springfield Goodhue 21-16 9-Man Stephen-Argyle Central Cromwell 45-15

2006 AAAAA Eden Prairie Lakeville South 21-14 AAAA Totino-Grace, Fridley St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights 40-25 AAA Glencoe-Silver Lake Becker 42-20 AA Triton, Dodge Center Luverne 70-21 A Rushford-Peterson New Ulm Cathedral 20-7 9-Man Stephen-Argyle Central Wheaton 42-15

2007 AAAAA Eden Prairie Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul 50-21 AAAA Totino-Grace, Fridley Mahtomedi 13-8 AAA Glencoe-Silver Lake DeLaSalle, Minneapolis 56-20 AA Caledonia Luverne 14-7 A Goodhue Adrian 28-7 9-Man Stephen-Argyle Central Waubun 43-21

2008 AAAAA Wayzata Blaine 27-7 AAAA Mankato West Northfield 33-14 AAA Glencoe-Silver Lake DeLaSalle, Minneapolis 42-21 AA Caledonia Luverne 47-7 A Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Royalton 33-22 9-Man Houston Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 22-16

2009AAAAA Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul Eden Prairie 16-5 AAAA Totino-Grace, Fridley Sartell-St. Stephen 45-7 AAA New London-Spicer Glencoe-Silver Lake 28-21 AA Waterville-Elysian-Morristown *Moose Lake/Willow River 33-22 A Minneota Adrian 42-21 9-Man Stephen-Argyle Central Nicollet 37-22

2010 AAAAA Wayzata Rosemount 31-14 AAAA Totino-Grace, Fridley Rogers 34-14 AAA Rochester Lourdes Holy Family Catholic, Victoria 41-13 AA Caledonia Triton, Dodge Center 28-7 A New Ulm Cathedral Barnesville 19-13 9-Man Cromwell Lanesboro 49-42

2011 AAAAA Eden Prairie Wayzata 13-3 AAAA Rocori, Cold Spring Bemidji 17-10 AAA St. Croix Lutheran, Fairmont 34-32 West St. Paul AA Caledonia *Moose Lake/Willow River 27-0 A Dawson-Boyd Mahnomen 35-20 9-Man *Edgerton/Ellsworth *Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 36-28

2012AAAAAA Eden Prairie Lakeville North 28-7 AAAAA Totino-Grace, Fridley Owatonna 49-21 AAAA Hutchinson Holy Family Catholic, Victoria 67-7 AAA Blue Earth Area Rochester Lourdes 30-7 AA Caledonia *Moose Lake/Willow River 25-22 A Mahnomen Bethlehem Academy, Faribault 20-14 9-Man Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Grand Meadow 40-22

2013AAAAAA Eden Prairie Rosemount 28-7 AAAAA Owatonna Brainerd 24-0 AAAA Hutchinson Academy of Holy Angels, 49-7 Richfield AAA St. Croix Lutheran, New London-Spicer 48-44 West St. Paul AA Chatfield *Minneota/Lincoln HI 17-7 A Mahnomen Dawson-Boyd 46-13 9-Man Grand Meadow Underwood 28-6

2014AAAAAA Eden Prairie Totino-Grace, Fridley 28-27 AAAAA Mankato West Simley, Inver Grove Heights 42-19 AAAA Becker DeLaSalle, Minneapolis 24-6 AAA Rochester Lourdes New London-Spicer 35-14 AA Holdingford BOLD, Olivia (2 OT) 20-18 A Minneota Dawson-Boyd 28-14 9-Man Grand Meadow *Edgerton/Ellsworth 48-0

2015AAAAAA *Osseo East Ridge, Woodbury 14-13 AAAAA St. Michael-Albertville St. Thomas Academy 28-21 AAAA Becker South St. Paul 35-14 AAA Pierz Jackson County Central 36-8 AA Caledonia Pipestone Area 40-0 A Minneota Minneapolis North Community 35-18 9-Man Grand Meadow Underwood 34-20

2016AAAAAA Totino-Grace, Fridley Eden Prairie 28-20 AAAAA Elk River Spring Lake Park 42-14 AAAA Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park Winona 31-28 AAA Rochester Lourdes St. Croix Lutheran, West St. Paul 42-35 AA Caledonia Eden Valley-Watkins 61-12 A Minneapolis North Community Rushford-Peterson 30-14 9-Man Grand Meadow *Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran 41-21

Class Champions Runners-up Score Class Champions Runners-up Score

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State Football Tournament Paid Attendance Totals


(1972-2016)

1982

Class 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981AA 19,520 11,765 14,156 21,894 11,789 20,206 ***31,036 30,686 20,522 32,230A 8,836 6,206 7,411 12,328 9,795 *16,938 18,338 14,073 13,041 13,607B 6,119 5,944 4,612 4,725 3,329 *15,065 11,841 7,985 9,993 10,982C 3,553 3,142 5,158 4,065 3,972 * 9,383 7,803 6,982 8,688 9,6019-Man 1,723 3,046 3,723 3,713 2,965 * 4,020 4,601 5,025 7,928 7,735

Total 39,751 30,103 35,060 46,735 31,620 **65,612 ****73,619 64,751 60,172 74,155* Total includes 7 games; previous years were 3 games. ** Total includes 31 games; previous years were 15 games. *** Total includes 7 games; previous years were 3 games. **** Total includes 35 games; previous year was 31 games.

Prep Bowl I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,311Class AA1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,297Class A1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,896Class B1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,939Class C1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,053Class 9-Man1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,691Total 88,187

1983Prep Bowl II. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,465Class AA1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,977Class A1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,748Class B1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,464Class C1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,199Class 9-Man1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,322Total 92,175

1984Prep Bowl III . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,159Class AA1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,522Class A1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,450Class B1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,332Class C1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,521Class 9-Man1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,853Total 79,143

1985Prep Bowl IV . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,499Class AA1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,980Class A1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,238Class B1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,955Class C1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,580Class 9-Man1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,445Total 73,697

1986Prep Bowl V . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,089Class AA1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,442Class A1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,598Class B1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,300Class C1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,551Class 9-Man1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,369Total 85,349

1987Prep Bowl VI . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,606Class AA1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,610Class A1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,473Class B1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,909Class C1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,743Class 9-Man1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,301Total 78,642

1988Prep Bowl VII . . . . . . . . . . . 27,608Class AA1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,402Class A1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,449Class B1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,803Class C1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,299Class 9-Man1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,237Total 67,798

1989Prep Bowl VIII . . . . . . . . . . . 30,199Class AA1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,769Class A1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,936Class B1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,311Class C1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,344Class 9-Man1. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,016Total 72,575

1990Prep Bowl IX . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,412Semifinals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,642AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,194A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,167B Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,466C Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,3659-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 2,672Total 105,918

1991Prep Bowl X . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,414Semifinals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,613AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,424 3

A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total 75,451

1992Prep Bowl XI . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,801Semifinals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,198AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,614A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,759B Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,538C Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,1409-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 2,140Total 69,190

1993Prep Bowl XII . . . . . . . . . . . 19,968Semifinals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,921AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,004A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,625B Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,456C Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,0399-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 2,202Total 69,215

1994Prep Bowl XIII . . . . . . . . . . . 29,009Semifinals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,366AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,752A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,302B Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,994C Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,0869-Man Quarters . . . . . (no quarters)Total 94,509

1995Prep Bowl XIV . . . . . . . . . . . 21,337Semifinals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,779AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,078A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,010B Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,191C Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,5939-Man Quarters . . . . . (no quarters)Total 79,988

1996Prep Bowl XV . . . . . . . . . . . 24,575Semifinals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,458AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,998A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,093B Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,155C Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,4059-Man Quarters . . . . . (no quarters)Total 81,684

1997Prep Bowl XVI . . . . . . . . . . . 30,463Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,584AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . 10,920AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 6,329AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,927AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,161A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,9689-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 2,681Total 101,033

1998Prep Bowl XVII . . . . . . . . . . 31,349Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,286AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . 10,461AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 6,658AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,815AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,109A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,2619-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 3,197Total 107,136

1 Total includes quarterfinal and semifinal games. 2 Total of 10 semifinal games played in Metrodome.

3 Total of 20 quarterfinal games played in Metrodome.4 Total of 12 semifinal games played in Metrodome.

FORMAT CHANGE

FORMAT CHANGE - 6 CLASSES

1999Prep Bowl XVIII . . . . . . . . . . 27,050Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,336AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . 14,518AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 7,947AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,663AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,925A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,9709-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 3,136Total 110,545

2000Prep Bowl XIX . . . . . . . . . . . 27,381Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,822AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . 11,726AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 5,039AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,500AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,343A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,2939-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 2,641Total 98,745

2001Prep Bowl XX . . . . . . . . . . . 25,139Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,398AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . 13,326AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 8,565AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,548AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,744A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,5969-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 3,492Total 106,808

2002Prep Bowl XXI . . . . . . . . . . 28,706Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,229AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . 12,240AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 6,923AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,238AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,749A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,4879-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 2,704Total 100,276

2003Prep Bowl XXII . . . . . . . . . 23,698Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,667AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . 9,586AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 4,339AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,226AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,365A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,1839-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 2,872Total 89,936

2004Prep Bowl XXIII . . . . . . . . . 27,001Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,626AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . 12,378AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 7,125AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,336AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,662A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,7619-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 2,539Total 102,428

2005Prep Bowl XXIV . . . . . . . . . 26,448Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,217AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . 16,051AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 8,769AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,529AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,378A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,1519-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 4,042Total 116,585


State Football Tournament Paid Attendance Totals


(1972-2016)

1 Total includes quarterfinal and semifinal games. 2 Total of 10 semifinal games played in Metrodome.3 Total of 20 quarterfinal games played in Metrodome.4 Total of 12 semifinal games played in Metrodome.5 Total of 24 quarterfinal games played at 11 sites in MN and ND.

6 Total of 14 semifinal games played in Metrodome.7 Total of 28 quarterfinal games played at 16 sites in MN.8 Total of 28 quarterfinal games played at 18 sites in MN.9 Total of 14 semifinal games played at 5 sites in MN.

10 Total of 14 semifinal games played in U.S. Bank Stadium.

2006Prep Bowl XXV . . . . . . . . . . 29,193Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,742AAAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . 10,968AAAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 6,952AAA Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,592AA Quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,965A Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,9019-Man Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . 3,505Total 102,818

2007Prep Bowl XXVI . . . . . . . . . 32,430Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,140Quarterfinals5 . . . . . . . . . . . 37,199Total 103,769

2010Prep Bowl XXIX. . . . . . . . . . 27,070Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,016Quarterfinals5 . . . . . . . . . . . 31,940Total 95,026

2013Prep Bowl XXXII . . . . . . . . . 34,404Semifinals6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,514Quarterfinals7 . . . . . . . . . . . 38,776Total 113,694

2014Prep Bowl XXXIII. . . . . . . . . 14,022Semifinals8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,543Quarterfinals9 . . . . . . . . . . . 31,020Total 57,585

2015Prep Bowl XXXIV . . . . . . . . 24,917Semifinals8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,395Quarterfinals9 . . . . . . . . . . . 34,442 Total 79,754

2016Prep Bowl XXXV . . . . . . . . 50,042Semifinals10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,936Quarterfinals8 . . . . . . . . . . . 36,571 Total 133,549

2011Prep Bowl XXX . . . . . . . . . . 28,711Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,916Quarterfinals5 . . . . . . . . . . . 41,859Total 103,486

2012Prep Bowl XXXI. . . . . . . . . . 29,561Semifinals6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,573Quarterfinals7 . . . . . . . . . . . 45,408Total 112,542

2008Prep Bowl XXVII . . . . . . . . . 32,094Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,201Quarterfinals5 . . . . . . . . . . . 28,715Total 100,010

2009Prep Bowl XXVIII . . . . . . . . 24,444Semifinals4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,307Quarterfinals5 . . . . . . . . . . . 40,302Total 99,053

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FORMAT - 6 CLASSES

Sophomore running back Kehyan Portergave the Polars some separation from a 16-14halftime lead on an 8-yard touchdown runwith 1:20 left in the third quarter.Minneapolis North Community sealed thevictory on a 13-yard pass from Rodgers tojunior wide receiver Corleon Powell.

Minneapolis North held its narrow half-time advantage on the strength of two sec-ond-quarter touchdowns by junior widereceiver and safety Taylor Johnson, whoscored on both sides of the ball.

The Polars took their first lead following a13-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers toJohnson with 11:09 left in the second quarter.Minneapolis North Community then con-verted the two-point attempt on a pass fromRodgers to senior wide receiver IsaacJohnson. Just more than four minutes later,Johnson scooped up a fumble by Carlsonand rumbled 56 yards for a touchdown.Another conversion pass from Rodgers toJohnson created a 16-7 advantage.

The Tigers closed to within 16-14 at thebreak when Carlson caught an 11-yard touch-down pass from sophomore quarterbackLandon Skalet. Carlson, who rushed for 140yards in the first half, opened the scoring inthe first minute of play on a 74-yard touch-down run. Carlson finished with 161 yardson 27 carries.

Minneapolis North Community defeatedWabasso 16-8 in the semifinals. Rushford-Peterson earned its spot in the championshipgame after defeating Browerville/Eagle Valley49-0.

Class AACaledonia continued its reign of recent

Class AA dominance with a 61-12 champion -

ship victory over Eden Valley-Watkins. Juniorquarterback Owen King had a near-recordtying performance with five touchdown pass-es in leading the Warriors to a successfulchampionship defense and their seventhClass AA championship since 2007.Caledonia also was the Class B champion in1976.

King completed 17-of-25 passes for 328yards to power an attack that tallied morethan 500 yards of offense. Senior runningback Ben McCabe rushed for 99 yards on 22carries and scored three touchdowns.

King’s performance also threatened to tiethe longtime Prep Bowl record of six touch-down passes in a game set by Kirk Midthunof Triton of Dodge Center in 1994. The 61points scored by the Warriors (14-0) was themost in a championship game sinceHutchinson scored 67 in a victory over HolyFamily Catholic of Victoria in the Class AAAAtitle game in 2012.

The Warriors were off and running in thefirst half, rolling up 338 offensive yards. Mostof those were from King, who completed 16-of-24 passes for 319 yards and five touch-downs in the first half. King spread the ballaround to four different receivers and, hisfavorite, junior fullback Andrew Goergen,had seven receptions for 79 yards and twotouchdowns.

Junior wide receiver Jordan Burg also hadtwo touchdown passes among his four recep-tions for 90 yards. King ended a dazzlingfirst-half performance with a 13-yard scoringpass to senior running back Alex Goergenwith 1 minute, 41 seconds left. The onlyWarriors’ touchdown in the first half thatwasn’t through the air was by McCabe on a 1-yard run with 4:27 left in the half.

McCabe also had two punt returns for 84yards in the first half, the longest a 76-yardscamper.

Senior quarterback Reese Jansen was 8-of-22 for 61 yards in the first half for EdenValley-Watkins (11-2). He also had a team-best 83 rushing yards in the first half.

Caledonia outscored Barnesville 55-20 inthe semifinals. In the lower bracket, EdenValley-Watkins defeated Maple River ofMapleton 46-13.

Class AAAYears from now in Rochester Lourdes foot-

ball lore, it will likely be remembered simplyas “The Play.” It was a zany play that not onlymade jaws drop, but also paved the way toRochester Lourdes’ 42-35 victory over top-ranked St. Croix Lutheran of West St. Paul inthe Class AAA title game.

While sophomore running back JakeGroteboer scoring on a 5-yard run with 25seconds remaining in regulation snapped aback-and-forth thrill ride of offense, it wasthe preceding play that will rememberedmost. Using one last-ditch effort to end thegame in regulation, the craziness started witha 14-yard pass from senior quarterback NoahHillman to senior wide receiver Ed Caples. Atmidfield, Caples lateraled the ball to sopho-more receiver Pat Leary. He ran the ball to the30 before lateraling to a streaking senior run-ning back Carter Greguson, who extendedthe play to the 5-yard line.

It helped seal the Eagles’ quest for theirfourth state championship. RochesterLourdes was the Class AAA champion in 2010 and ’14, and the Class A champion in1979.

2016 REVIEW (Continued from page 174)


2016 State Football Tournament Paid Attendance


(QUARTERFINALS, SEMIFINALS & PREP BOWL)

St. Cloud State UniversityAAAAA, AAAA, A & 9-Man Paid AttendanceAlexandria Area vs. Elk River (Nov. 12)Orono vs. Rocori, Cold Spring (Nov. 11)Braham vs. Wabasso (Nov. 12)*Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran vs. *Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 6,277

Chanhassen High SchoolAAAAAA Paid AttendanceEden Prairie vs. Maple Grove (Nov. 11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TOTAL 1,719

Moorhead High SchoolAA Paid AttendancePillager vs. Barnesville (Nov. 11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TOTAL 1,434

Woodbury High SchoolAAAAAA Paid AttendanceChamplin Park vs. Rosemount (Nov. 11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TOTAL 1,584

Lakeville North High SchoolAAAAA & AAA Paid AttendanceOwatonna vs. Apple Valley (Nov. 12)St. Croix Lutheran, West St. Paul vs. Belle Plaine (Nov. 12) . . . . . . . . . . .

TOTAL 2,493

Brainerd High SchoolAAA & AA Paid AttendancePierz vs. *Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin (Nov. 12)Eden Valley-Watkins vs. Royalton (Nov. 11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TOTAL 1,944

Shakopee High SchoolAA Paid AttendanceMaple River, Mapleton vs. Norwood-Young America (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 1,251

Farmington High SchoolAAAAA Paid AttendanceMankato West vs. Mahtomedi (Nov. 12)

TOTAL 1,664

Gustavus Adolphus College, St. PeterAAA & AA Paid AttendanceRochester Lourdes vs. Jackson County Central (Nov. 12)Caledonia vs. Lakeview, Cottonwood (Nov. 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TOTAL 2,307

Richfield High SchoolA Paid AttendanceMinneapolis North Community vs. Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 826

Edina High SchoolAAAAAA Paid AttendanceTotino-Grace, Fridley vs. Lakeville North (Nov. 10)

TOTAL 2,011

New Prague High SchoolA Paid AttendanceMurray County Central, Slayton vs. Rushford-Peterson (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 1,018

Alexandria Area High SchoolAAA Paid Attendance*Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta vs. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 1,303

Public Schools Stadium, Duluth9-Man Paid AttendanceCromwell-Wright vs. Ely (Nov. 11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TOTAL 785

Rochester Community & Technical College9-Man Paid AttendanceGrand Meadow vs. *Edgerton/Ellsworth (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 988

Bemidji State UniversityA & 9-Man Paid Attendance*Browerville/Eagle Valley vs. Mahnomen (Nov. 12)Waubun vs. Stephen-Argyle Central (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 1,573

Park Center High School, Brooklyn ParkAAAAAA Paid AttendanceBlaine vs. Minnetonka (Nov. 10)

TOTAL 2,025

Centennial High School, Circle PinesAAAAA Paid AttendanceSpring Lake Park vs. Andover (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 1,760

East Ridge High School, WoodburyAAAA Paid AttendanceSouth St. Paul vs. Winona (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 1,694

Burnsville High SchoolAAAA Paid AttendanceMarshall vs. Fridley (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 1,254

Chisago Lakes High School, LindstromAAAA Paid AttendanceCloquet vs. Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park (Nov. 11)

TOTAL 661

Quarterfinals

(28 games held at 21 sites in MN)

Thursday, November 10 –Saturday, November 12, 2016(28 games – 4 in each class)

Adults 21,174 Students 15,397

TOTAL 36,571

Quarterfinals(14 games held at U.S. Bank Stadium, Mpls.)

Thursday, November 17 –Saturday, November 19, 2016(14 games – 2 in each class)

Adults 28,246 Students 18,690

TOTAL 46,936

Semifinals(All games held at U.S. Bank Stadium, Mpls.)

Friday, November 25 & Saturday, November 26, 2016

(7 games – 1 in each class) Adults 32,606 Students 17,436

TOTAL 50,042

Prep Bowl


Hillman completed 12-of-16 passes for270 yards and two touchdowns. Hillmanrushed for 102 yards on seven carries andscored a touchdown. Groteboer had twotouchdown runs.

Senior running back Daniel Rust rushedfor 134 yards on 17 carries and scored twotouchdowns for St. Croix Lutheran. Juniorrunning back Mike Stern added 109 yards on23 carries and a touchdown. Senior quarter-back Isaac Tietz completed 6-of-18 passes for119 yards and a touchdown.

An evenly-played first half was reflectedon the scoreboard in a 21-all tie. St. CroixLutheran forced the deadlock when Tietzscored on a 1-yard run with no time remain-ing in the first half. Just 35 seconds earlier,Rochester Lourdes had snapped a 14-all tiewhen Greguson caught a 30-yard touchdownpass from Hillman.

St. Croix Lutheran produced 212 yards oftotal offense and Rochester Lourdes had 161.Hillman led Rochester Lourdes by completing

6-of-9 passes for 102 yards and two touch-downs. Stern had 61 rushing yards on 14attempts. Tietz had 102 passing yards on fourcompletions.

Two records were set during the Class AAAchampionship game. Greguson set a recordfor most unassisted tackles with 20. Thatbroke the old mark of 18 shared by MattJarland of Harmony (1984), Michael Weickof Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley (2008), andJared Blackwell of Nicollet (2009).

Rochester Lourdes (13-0) tied a record forthe longest scoring drive with a 4-play, 99-yard drive with 8:02 left in the fourth quarter.The Eagles now share that mark withHastings (1999), Mahtomedi (2005), Becker(2005), Mankato West (2008), and Wayzata(2008).

Rochester Lourdes made short work ofDilworth-Glyndon-Felton in the semifinals,dismissing the Rebels 43-21. St. CroixLutheran (12-1) moved into the title game

Prep Bowl Records — 1982-2016


Most Yards Rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374, Jordan Suhonen, Cromwell, 2010Most Rushing Attempts: . . . . 44, Joel Bauman, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, 2008Best Rushing Average (15+ att.): . . . . . . . . . 13.4, Jordan Suhonen, Cromwell, 2010Most Touchdowns Rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, Jordan Suhonen, Cromwell, 2010Longest Run from Scrimmage: . . . . . 92 Yards, Robbie Grimsley, Hutchinson, 2013Most Yards Passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368, Isaac Heard, *Edgerton/Ellsworth, 2011Most Passes Attempted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, Joey Lee, Dawson-Boyd, 2013Most Passes Completed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, Joey Lee, Dawson-Boyd, 2013Best Pass Completion Pct. (10 or more attempts): . . . .824 (14-17), Jayme Moten,

New London-Spicer, 2009Longest Pass Completion: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Yards, Charlie Nelson, Perham, 1989Longest Pass Reception: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Yards, Jon Toedter, Perham, 1989Most Passes Caught:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, Michael Lee, Dawson-Boyd, 2013;

Marquise Bridges, DeLaSalle, Minneapolis, 2014Most Yards Pass Receptions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198, (7 passes) Devin Hulsteing,

*Edgerton/Ellsworth, 2011Most Touchdowns Passing: . . . . . . . . . . 6, Kirk Midthun, Triton, Dodge Center, 1994Most Touchdown Receptions: . . . . . . . 4, Judge Gisslen, Triton, Dodge Center, 1994;

Bryce Holm, Fairmont, 2011Most Touchdowns (Rushing/Receiving/Passing): . . . . . . . . . 6 (0/0/6) Kirk Midthun,

Triton, Dodge Center, 1994

Most Offensive Yards (Passing/Rushing): . . . . . . . . . . . 401 (344/57), Cory Hackett, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, 1999

Most Passes Intercepted: . . . . . . . . 3, Pete Roback, Anoka, 1990; Mark Olsonawski, Kittson Central, Hallock, 1994; Mason Hansen, Cromwell, 1998;

Tyler Drinkall, Rushford-Peterson, 2004; Matt Risinger, Minnetonka, 2004; Evan Robertson, Dawson-Boyd, 2011; Dawson Brown, Becker, 2014.

Most Pass Interception Yards: . . . . . 120, Reece Henrickson, Stephen-Argyle Central(on 2 interceptions), 2003

Longest Kickoff Return:. . . . . . . . 98 Yards, Marcus Binns, Cretin-Derham Hall, 2007Total Yards Kickoff Returns:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, Aaron Oden, Stillwater, 1984Longest Punt Return: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Yards, Calen Wilson, Mankato West, 1999Total Yards Punt Returns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 (5 returns), Matt McQuillan,

Cretin-Derham Hall, 2005Total Yards All Returns: . . . 157, Tony Stoering, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, 1997Longest Punt:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Yards, Guy Osterfeld, BOLD, Olivia, 1991Best Punting Average (4 or more kicks): . . . 44.25, Brad Defauw, Apple Valley, 1993Longest Field Goal: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Yards, Brian Smiddle, Blaine, 1996Most Unassisted Tackles: . . . . . . . . . 20, Carter Greguson, Rochester Lourdes, 2016Most Unassisted, Assisted Tackles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, Joel Staats, Winona, 1987

Most Points (One Team): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, Triton, Dodge Center, 2006Most Points (Two Teams): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, St. Croix Lutheran, West St. Paul (48)

vs. New London-Spicer (44), Class AAA, 2013Fewest Points (Two Teams) in a title game: . . . . . . . . . 10, Mora (7) vs. Northfield (3),

Class A, 1996Most First Downs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, Stephen-Argyle Central, 2009Most Rushing First Downs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, Stephen-Argyle Central, 2009Most Passing First Downs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, *Edgerton/Ellsworth, 2011.Most Yards Rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569, Stephen-Argyle Central, 2009Most Rushing Attempts:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, Stephen-Argyle Central, 2009Most Passes Completed:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, Minneota, 1986; Dawson-Boyd, 2013Most Passes Attempted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, Dawson-Boyd, 2013Most Yards Passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368, *Edgerton/Ellsworth. 2011

Best Pass Completion Pct.: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.000 (6-6 for 133 Yds.),Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, 2008

Most Passes Intercepted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, Breck School, Golden Valley, 1996Most Offensive Plays:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, Stephen-Argyle Central, 2009Most Total Offensive Net Yards:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616, Stephen-Argyle Central, 2009Best Average Yards Per Play: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5, Hutchinson, 2013Most Fumbles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, Silver Lake, 1987Most Fumbles Lost: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, Jackson, 1985Longest Game (time): . . . . . . . . . . . 3:09, Cook County, Grand Marais vs. Adrian, 1998Longest Scoring Drive (elapsed time): . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:36, Stillwater (68 yards), 1984Longest Drive for Score (distance): . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Yards (6 plays), Hastings, 1999;

(15 plays), Mahtomedi, 2005; (12 plays), Becker, 2005; (8 plays), Mankato West, 2008; (13 plays), Wayzata, 2008;

(4 plays), Rochester Lourdes, 2016

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

TEAM RECORDS



ALL-TIME RECORD-SETTER

CARTER GREGUSONRochester Lourdes

Most Unassisted Tackles – 20

Participants in State Football Tournament — 1972-2016


Academy of Holy Angels, Richfield . . . . . . . 2001, 2004, 2005 AAAA Runner-up, 2013 AAAA Runner-up,

2014Ada-Borup . . . . . . 2001 9-Man Runner-up, 2008, 2009,

2010, 2011, 2013Adrian . . . . . . . . 1997 A Runner-up, 1998 A Runner-up,

2007 A Runner-up, 2009 A Runner-up, 2010, 2011

Aitkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Albany. . . . . . . . . 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1988,

1989 A Champion, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 AAA Champion, 1998, 1999, 2000 AAA Runner-up, 2001, 2002,

2005 AAA Runner-up, 2007, 2010, 2015AlBrook, Saginaw. . . . . . 1977, 1978 9-Man Runner-up,

1989 9-Man Runner-up, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2004

Alden-Conger . . . 1978 C Champion, 1979, 1986, 1998, 2008

Alexandria Area. . . . . . . 1974 A Champion, 1981, 1986, 1994 AA Runner-up, 1996, 1998, 1999,

2001, 2002, 2016Andover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007, 2013, 2015, 2016Annandale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011, 2012Anoka. . . . . . . 1990 AA Champion, 1994 AA Champion,

2011Anoka (Anoka/Meadow Creek Christian,

Andover) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005, 2006Apple Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977, 1978 A Runner-up,

1979 A Runner-up, 1984, 1985 AA Runner-up, 1986 AA Champion, 1988, 1990, 1992,1993 AA Champion, 2012, 2013, 2016

Appleton . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972, 1973 A Runner-up, 1982Argyle . . . . . . . . . . 1981 9-Man Champion, 1982, 1984,

1985, 1986 9-Man Champion, 1990 9-Man Runner-up

Armstrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979, 1980Atwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998,

2001 AA Champion, 2010, 2012Audubon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 9-Man Runner-upAustin Pacelli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 B Runner-upBabbitt-Embarrass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Badger/Greenbush-Middle River . . . . . . . . . 1996, 1997Barnesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 B Runner-up, 2009,

2010 A Runner-up, 2016Barnum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006, 2010, 2012Battle Lake . . . . . 1974 C Champion, 1977 C Champion,

1978 C Runner-up, 1979, 1982, 1988Beardsley/Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986Becker . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985, 1989, 1990 C Runner-up,

1994 B Runner-up, 1995, 1997, 2001 AAA Runner-up, 2002, 2003,

2004 AAA Runner-up, 2005 AAA Champion, 2006 AAA Runner-up, 2012,

2014 AAAA Champion, 2015 AAAA ChampionBelgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 C Runner-up, 1983Belle Plaine . . . . . . . . . . 1977, 1979, 1993, 2015, 2016Bemidji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978, 2000, 2009, 2010,

2011 AAAA Runner-up, 2014Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park. . . . . 1987, 2015,

2016 AAAA ChampionBenilde-St. Margaret’s (Benilde-St. Margaret’s,

St. Louis Park/Groves Academy, St. Louis Park) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006

Benson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982, 1996, 1998Bertha-Hewitt . . . . . . . . 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1999,

2004 9-Man Runner-up, 2005Bethlehem Academy (Bethlehem Academy,

Faribault/Ellendson Home School) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015Bethlehem Academy, Faribault . . . . . 2012 A Runner-up,

2013Bigfork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011

Bird Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 C Runner-upBird Island-Lake Lillian. . . . . . . . . . . 1976 C Runner-up,

1978, 1979 C Champion, 1980 C Champion, 1983 C Runner-up

Biwabik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986Blackduck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979Blaine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 AA Champion, 1992,1995,

1996 AA Runner-up, 1997 AAAAA Runner-up, 1999, 2000, 2001 AAAAA Runner-up, 2003,

2008 AAAAA Runner-up, 2010, 2016(The) Blake School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991, 1992Blooming Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . 1974, 1975, 1979, 1983,

2009, 2011, 2014Bloomington Jefferson . . . . . . . . . 1974 AA Runner-up,

1983 AA Runner-up, 1994, 2014Bloomington Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Blue Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972Blue Earth Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990, 2006, 2011,

2012 AAA Champion, 2014, 2015BOLD, Olivia . . . . 1990 B Champion, 1991 B Champion,

1992 B Runner-up, 1998 AA Runner-up, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012,

2014 AA Runner-upBraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2013,

2014, 2015, 2016Braham Bombers (Braham/Grace Christian) . . . . . 2004Brainerd . . . . . . . 1984, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2007,

2009, 2010, 2013 AAAAA Runner-upBrandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973 9-Man Runner-upBreck School, Golden Valley . . 1981, 1996 B Champion,

1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 AA ChampionBreckenridge . . . . . . . . 1980, 1981, 1983 B Runner-up,

1984 B Runner-up, 1986, 1987, 1988 B Champion, 1991, 1994,

1995 B Runner-up, 1996, 2001, 2008Brewster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Bricelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Brooklyn Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979, 1982 A ChampionBrowerville . . . . . . . . . . 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994,

1995, 1998, 2000, 2012, 2015Browerville/Eagle Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Burnsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 A Champion, 1973,

1980 AA Champion, 1984 AA Runner-up, 1985 AA Champion, 1987, 1988,

1989 AA Champion, 1990, 1991 AA Champion, 1995, 2015

Byron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986, 1990, 2003Caledonia . . . . . . 1974 B Runner-up, 1976 B Champion,

2005 AA Runner-up, 2007 AA Champion, 2008 AA Champion, 2009, 2010 AA Champion,2011 AA Champion, 2012 AA Champion, 2014,

2015 AA Champion, 2016 AA ChampionCambridge-Isanti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977, 1979,

1980 AA Runner-up, 1983, 1986 A Champion, 1987 A Champion, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997,

1999 AAAA Runner-up, 2000 AAAA Champion, 2005

Canby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Cannon Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Carlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Centennial, Circle Pines . . . . . . . . . . 1984 A Runner-up,

2004, 2009Champlin Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 AAAAA Runner-up,

2002 AAAAA Runner-up, 2004, 2016Chandler-Lake Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980Chaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 A Runner-up, 2013Chatfield . . . . . . . 1981, 1982, 1991, 1994 C Champion,

1995 C Champion, 1996 C Champion, 1999, 2013 AA Champion

Cherry, Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984, 1993, 2002Chisago Lakes, Lindstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Chisholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981, 2008Chokio-Alberta . . . . . . . . 1978, 1991 9-Man Champion,

1992, 1993 9-Man Champion

Chokio-Alberta/Herman-Norcross . . . . . . . . 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005

Clara City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Clarkfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981 C Runner-upClearbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Clearbrook-Gonvick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992, 1995Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015,

2016 9-Man Runner-upClimax/Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999, 2000, 2002Clinton-Graceville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997,

2008 9-Man Runner-up, 2009, 2012 9-Man Champion

Cloquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 AA Runner-up, 1983, 1986, 1987, 2013, 2014, 2016

Columbia Heights . . . . 1979 AA Champion, 1980, 1991Cook County, Grand Marais . . . . . . . 1991, 1992, 1995,

1996, 1997 A Champion, 1998 A Champion, 1999 A Champion, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007

Coon Rapids . . . . . . . . 1973, 1978, 1983 AA ChampionCotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 9-Man Runner-upCottonwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984,

1988 AA Runner-up, 1990, 1991, 1992 AA Runner-up, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,

1997, 1998, 1999 AAAAA Champion, 2000 AAAAA Runner-up, 2001, 2002, 2003,

2004, 2005 AAAAA Runner-up, 2007 AAAA Runner-up, 2008,

2009 AAAAA Champion, 2010, 2011Cromwell . . . . . . . 1988, 1991, 1992 9-Man Runner-up,

1995 9-Man Champion, 1996 9-Man Champion,1997 9-Man Runner-up, 1998 9-Man Champion,

1999, 2000 9-Man Runner-up, 2001, 2003, 2005 9-Man Runner-up, 2006, 2009,

2010 9-Man Champion, 2014Cromwell-Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016Crookston . . . . . . . . . . . 1979, 1980 A Champion, 1998,

1999, 2000, 2003Dassel-Cokato. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 B Runner-up, 1973Dawson-Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 A Champion, 2012,

2013 A Runner-up, 2014 A Runner-upDeer Creek . . . . . . . . . . . 1973, 1976 9-Man Champion,

1977 9-Man ChampionDeer River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990,

1991 B Runner-up, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999

Delano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2003 AAA Runner-up, 2004, 2005,

2006, 2013DeLaSalle, Minneapolis . . . . . 1989, 1990 B Runner-up,

1999 AAA Champion, 2007 AAA Runner-up, 2008 AAA Runner-up, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013,

2014 AAAA Runner-upDetroit Lakes. . . . . . . . . 1990, 1991, 1992 A Champion,

1993 A Champion, 1994, 1995 A Champion, 1996, 1997 AAAA Runner-up, 2000,

2001 AAAA Champion, 2002, 2012, 2013Dilworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988, 1989Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton. . . . . 1993, 2002, 2013, 2014,

2015, 2016Dover-Eyota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992, 1998, 2000Duluth Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996, 1998Duluth Denfeld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979Duluth Denfeld-Morgan Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Duluth East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007, 2008East Central, Finlayson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009East Grand Forks . . . . . . . . . . 1982 A Runner-up, 1985,

2004 AAA Champion, 2010East Grand Forks Sacred Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978East Ridge, Woodbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014,

2015 AAAAAA Runner-upEastview, Apple Valley. . . . . . . 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009,

2012, 2013Echo-Wood Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977




Eden Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 AA Champion, 1997 AAAAA Champion, 1998, 1999,

2000 AAAAA Champion, 2001, 2002 AAAAA Champion, 2003, 2005,

2006 AAAAA Champion, 2007 AAAAA Champion, 2008, 2009 AAAAA Runner-up, 2010,

2011 AAAAA Champion, 2012 AAAAAA Champion,2013 AAAAAA Champion, 2014 AAAAAA Champion,

2015, 2016 AAAAAA Runner-upEden Valley-Watkins . . . . . . 1997, 2004 AA Runner-up,

2005 AA Champion, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016 AA Runner-up

Edgerton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004, 2005, 2006Edgerton/Ellsworth . . . . . 2010, 2011 9-Man Champion,

2014 9-Man Runner-up, 2016Edina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981, 2012Edina West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 AA ChampionElk River . . . . . . . . . . 1982, 1989, 1990 AA Runner-up,

1991, 1992, 2012, 2016 AAAAA ChampionEly . . . . . . . . . . . 1980, 1987 B Runner-up, 1988, 2012,

2013, 2015, 2016Esko . . . . . . . . . . 1975 C Champion, 1985, 1986, 1992,

1993, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014Eveleth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973 A ChampionFairmont Area . . . . . . . . 1978, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1996,

1997, 2011 AAA Runner-up, 2013Faribault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011, 2014Farmington. . . . . . . . . . 1990, 1991, 1992 A Runner-up,

2002, 2003Fergus Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977, 1986, 1987, 2008Fertile-Beltrami. . . . . . . . 1981, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 9-Man Runner-upFloodwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013Foley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 AAA Champion, 2000Forest Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991Fosston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008, 2009Frazee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990Fridley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 AA Runner-up, 1989,

1990 A Champion, 2016Fridley (Fridley/Calvin Christian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015Fulda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987Gaylord. . . . . . . . 1972 C Champion, 1973 C Champion,

1975 B Champion, 1978, 1979 B ChampionGaylord/Winthrop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983G-F-W, Winthrop. . . . . . . . . . . 1989 B Champion, 1991,

1995, 2009Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Glencoe-Silver Lake . . . . . . 1996, 2000 AAA Champion,

2002 AAA Runner-up, 2003 AAA Champion, 2004, 2005, 2006 AAA Champion,

2007 AAA Champion, 2008 AAA Champion,2009 AAA Runner-up, 2010, 2013, 2014

Glyndon-Felton. . . . . . . . . . . . 1983, 1984 C Runner-up, 1985 C Champion

Gonvick-Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978Goodhue . . . . . . . 1998, 2001, 2003 A Champion, 2004,

2005 A Runner-up, 2006, 2007 A Champion, 2010, 2015

Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989, 1991 9-Man Runner-up, 2010, 2012

Graceville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979, 1982Grand Meadow. . . . . . . 1986, 1987 C Runner-up, 1997,

2009, 2012 9-Man Runner-up, 2013 9-Man Champion, 2014 9-Man Champion, 2015 9-Man Champion, 2016 9-Man Champion

Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980, 1994, 2006Granite Falls . . . . 1975, 1977 B Champion, 1981, 1983,

1984 B Champion, 1985, 1986 B Runner-up, 1987 B Champion

Greenway, Coleraine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin . . . . . . . . . . 2011, 2016Grey Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Hallock. . . . . 1976, 1977, 1987, 1988 9-Man ChampionHancock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990

Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . 1979 C Runner-up, 1980, 1983, 1984 C Champion, 1989, 1990

Hastings . . 1972, 1974, 1997, 1999 AAAAA Runner-up, 2000, 2001 AAAAA Champion, 2002,

2003 AAAAA Runner-upHawley . . . . . . . . 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 C Runner-up,

1996 C Runner-up, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014

Hayfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978Hector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Henderson . . . . . . . . . . 1977 C Runner-up, 1980, 1981Hendrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972Henning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972, 1973Henry Sibley, Mendota Heights . . . . . . . . . . 1980, 2013Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Hermantown . . . . . . . . 1981 A Runner-up, 1984, 1997,

2002, 2003, 2015Hibbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972, 1975, 1978Hill City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978, 1983Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (Hillcrest Lutheran

Acad./Permann Home School) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016Hillcrest Lutheran Academy,

Fergus Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 9-Man Runner-up, 1977 9-Man Runner-up, 1978, 1981,

1982 9-Man Runner-up, 1998 9-Man Runner-up, 1999, 2001 9-Man Champion, 2003 9-Man Runner-up, 2004

Hill-Murray, Maplewood. . . . . . 1983, 1987, 2011, 2012Hills-Beaver Creek. . . . . . . . . . 1973, 1983, 1988, 1989,

1990 9-Man Champion, 1992, 1994Hills-Beaver Creek/Ellsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997, 2001Hoffman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 9-Man ChampionHoffman-Kensington. . . . . . . . . 1980 9-Man Champion,

1987, 1988Holdingford . . . . 1973 C Runner-up, 1977, 1979, 1980,

1981 B Champion, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014 AA Champion

Holy Family Catholic, Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008, 2010 AAA Runner-up, 2011, 2012 AAAA Runner-up

Holy Trinity, Winsted . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981, 1989, 2002Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999, 2006Houston . . . . . . . . . 1982, 2007, 2008 9-Man ChampionHoward Lake-Waverly-Winsted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015Hutchinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982,

1983 A Champion, 1984 A Champion, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997,

1998 AAAA Champion, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012 AAAA Champion,

2013 AAAA Champion, 2014Hutchinson Tigers (Hutchinson/New Century

Charter) . . . . . . . 2003 AAAA Runner-up, 2004, 2005International Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988, 1989, 1992,

1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2005Irondale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 B Champion, 1989Jackson County Central . . . . . . . . 1997 AAA Runner-up,

1998 AAA Runner-up, 2001 AAA Champion, 2012, 2013, 2015 AAA Runner-up, 2016

Janesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016Jordan . . . . . . . . . 1980, 1983 B Champion, 1994, 2012Karlstad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 C Runner-upKasson-Mantorville . . . . . . . . . 1982, 1984, 1991, 1992,

1998, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2012, 2013Kelliher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979Kelliher/Northome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg. . . . . . 1974, 1999, 2004,

2007, 2008 A ChampionKiester-Walters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984, 1985Kimball Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991Kingsland, Spring Valley . . . . . . . . . . 1995 B Champion,

2002 AA Champion, 2003 AA Runner-upKittson County Central

(Kittson Central/Lancaster) . . . . . . 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014

Kittson Central, Hallock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993, 1994 9-Man Champion

Lake Benton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973 9-Man Champion, 1974 9-Man Champion, 1978, 1980

Lake Benton/Verdi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Lake City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972, 1978, 1997, 2001Lake Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987Lake of the Woods, Baudette . . . . . . . . . . . 1997, 1998,

2001, 2007Lake Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979Lake Park-Audubon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Lakeview, Cottonwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016Lakeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979, 1987 A Runner-up,

1988 A Champion, 1990, 1991 AA Runner-up, 1992 AA Champion, 1994,

2003 AAAAA ChampionLakeville North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007, 2009, 2011,

2012 AAAAAA Runner-up, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Lakeville South . . . . . . . 2005, 2006 AAAAA Runner-up, 2008, 2010

Lamberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976Lanesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993, 2005, 2006,

2010 9-Man Runner-upLaporte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974, 1975LeCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 B Champion, 1988, 1995,

1999 A Runner-upLeRoy-Ostrander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976, 1977, 1982,

1985, 1993 9-Man Runner-up, 1995 9-Man Runner-up, 1996, 1999,

2000, 2001, 2002, 2004Lester Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996, 1997, 1998Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011, 2013LeSueur-Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007, 2008, 2010Lewiston-Altura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981, 2001, 2004Litchfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978, 1987, 2003, 2006Little Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985Littlefork-Big Falls . . . . . . . . . . 1987, 1990, 1994, 2000,

2007, 2008Luverne. . . . . . . . 1972, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997,

2006 AA Runner-up, 2007 AA Runner-up, 2008 AA Runner-up, 2009, 2010

McGregor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007McIntosh-Winger . . . . . . . . . . . 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980McLeod West, Brownton. . . . . . . . . . 1993, 1994, 2000,

2001 A Champion, 2002Mabel-Canton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981MACCRAY, Clara City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Madelia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015Madelia/Truman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993, 1994Mahnomen. . . . . 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979 B Runner-up,

1980 B Champion, 1981, 1982 B Runner-up, 1983, 1985 B Runner-up, 1989 C Runner-up,

1990 C Champion, 1991 C Champion,1992 C Champion, 1993 C Champion,

1998 AA Champion, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011 A Runner-up, 2012 A Champion, 2013 A Champion, 2014, 2015, 2016

Mahtomedi . . . . . . . . . . 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2002 AAAA Runner-up, 2005 AAAA Champion,

2007 AAAA Runner-up, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016Mankato East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993, 1998, 2000,

2001 AAAA Runner-up, 2004Mankato Loyola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 C Runner-up,

1992 C Runner-up, 2004, 2007Mankato West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 AAAA Champion,

2002 AAAA Champion, 2006, 2008 AAAA Champion, 2009, 2010, 2011,

2012, 2014 AAAAA Champion, 2015, 2016Mankato Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972Maple Grove . . . . . . . . . 1998, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2014,

2015, 2016Maple Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014

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Maple River, Mapleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016Mapleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991, 2015, 2016Mayer Lutheran . . . . . . . 1980, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2012Medford . . . . . . . . 1981 C Champion, 1986, 1988, 1989Medford/El Shaddai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 A Runner-upMelrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Milaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Minneapolis Edison. . . . . . . . . 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989,

1990, 1995, 1999Minneapolis North Community . . . . . 2000, 2003, 2009,

2014, 2015 A Runner-up, 2016 A ChampionMinneapolis Patrick Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973Minneapolis Roosevelt . . . . . . . 1979, 1985, 1986, 1998Minneapolis Washburn. . . . . . . . . . 1972 AA Champion,

1977 AA Champion, 1978, 1981, 1997, 2007Minneota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985, 1986 C Champion,

1987 C Champion, 1988 C Champion, 1989, 1992, 1993 C Runner-up, 1994,

2009 A Champion, 2010, 2014 A Champion, 2015 A Champion

Minneota/Lincoln HI . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 AA Runner-upMinnesota Valley Lutheran, New Ulm . . . . . 1993, 1994,

1996, 1997, 2005Minnetonka . . . . . . 2004 AAAAA Champion, 2012, 2016Minnewaska Area, Glenwood . . . . . . . 1999, 2000, 2015Monticello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976, 1988Montevideo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975, 1979, 1980, 1985Montgomery-Lonsdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Moorhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 AA Runner-up, 1974,

1981 AA Runner-up, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 AA Champion, 1988, 1989, 1993,

2003, 2011, 2012, 2015Moose Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Moose Lake/Willow River . . . . 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008,

2009 AA Runner-up, 2010, 2011 AA Runner-up, 2012 AA Runner-up, 2013, 2014, 2015

Mora . . . . . . . . . 1976 A Runner-up, 1985 A Runner-up, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996 A Champion, 2009

Morris Area . . . . . 1988 B Runner-up, 1989, 1994, 1998Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016Morristown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987, 1988Morton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977, 1979Motley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972, 1977Mounds View . . . . . . . . 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008,

2009, 2010, 2014Mount St. Benedict, Crookston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980Mountain Iron . . . . . . . . 1972 B Champion, 1973, 1982Mountain Iron-Buhl . . . . 1983, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010Mountain Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 C Runner-upMountain Lake Area (Mountain Lake/

Mountain Lake Christian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012, 2013Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991,

2002 A Runner-up, 2003Murray County Central, Slayton . . . . . . . . . . 2000, 2016Nashwauk-Keewatin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003, 2004, 2005Nevis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981, 1990, 1993, 2012New London-Spicer . . . . . . 2008, 2009 AAA Champion,

2012, 2013 AAA Runner-up, 2014 AAA Runner-up

New Prague . . . . 1973 B Champion, 1974 B Champion, 1985 A Champion, 1989, 2005, 2006, 2007

New Richland-Hartland . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 C Champion, 1978 B Champion, 1980, 1985

New Ulm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003New Ulm Cathedral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974, 1985, 2003,

2006 A Runner-up, 2008, 2009, 2010 A Champion, 2014

New York Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Nicollet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984, 1999 9-Man Runner-up,

2002 9-Man Runner-up, 2009 9-Man Runner-up, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014

Norman County East, Gary (Gary-Twin Valley). . . . 1993Norman County West/Climax . . 1983 9-Man Runner-up

Norman County West, Halstad . 1984 9-Man Champion, 1985 9-Man Runner-up, 1986, 1988

Norman County West/Ulen-Hitterdal . . . . . . . . . . . 2014North, North St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998, 2015Northfield . . . . . 1993 A Runner-up, 1994 A Runner-up,

1995, 1996 A Runner-up, 1997 AAAA Champion, 1999, 2004, 2008 AAAA Runner-up, 2009, 2010

Northfield/ARTech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Northland, Remer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Norwood-Young America. . . . . . . . 2002 AA Runner-up,

2003, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016Ogilvie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992Olivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980Onamia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 B Runner-up, 1982Orono. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986, 1987, 2008, 2016Orr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997, 1999, 2009Osakis . . . . . . . . . 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005Osseo. . . . . . . . 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 AA Runner-up,

1987, 1989, 1993Osseo (Osseo/Maranatha Christian Academy) . . . 2013,

2015 AAAAAA ChampionOttertail Central

(Battle Lake/Henning) . . . . 2000 AA Runner-up, 2002, 2003, 2004 A Runner-up, 2010, 2015

Owatonna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 AA Runner-up, 1998 AAAA Runner-up, 1999,

2012 AAAAA Runner-up, 2013 AAAAA Champion, 2016

Park, Cottage Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Park Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985Park Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979, 1980, 1982,

1983 A Runner-up, 1984Parkers Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Paynesville Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979, 2011Pelican Rapids. . . . . . . 1977, 1997 AA Champion, 2010Peqout Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Perham . . . . . . . 1989 B Runner-up, 1997, 2007, 2008,

2011, 2012Pierz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981, 1989, 1991, 2003, 2009,

2004 AA Champion, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 AAA Champion,

2016Pillager . . . . . . . . 2000, 2001 A Runner-up, 2002, 2016Pine Island . . . . . . . . . . 1981 B Runner-up, 1987, 1992,

1997, 2013Pipestone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977, 1980 A Runner-upPipestone Area . . . . . . . . . . . 2014, 2015 AA Runner-upPlainview-Elgin-Millville . . . . . . . . 2002 AAA Champion,

2004, 2005, 2011Plummer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983Preston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 C Runner-upPrinceton . . . . . . . 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012Prior Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011, 2012, 2014Proctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985, 1991, 1998, 2006, 2007,

2008, 2013, 2015Providence Academy (Providence Academy,

Plymouth/Heritage Christian Academy, Maple Grove) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011

Randolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979Red Lake County Central

(Oklee/Plummer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997, 1998Red Lake Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 C Runner-up, 2002Red Rock Central, Lamberton . . . . . . . . . . . 1996, 2001Red Wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983, 2000, 2001Redwood Valley, Redwood Falls. . . . . . . . . . 2003, 2004Richfield. . . . . . . . . . . 1972, 1975 AA Runner-up, 1977,

1979 AA Runner-up, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002

Robbinsdale Armstrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997, 2003Robbinsdale Cooper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Rochester John Marshall . . . . . . . . 1973 AA Champion,

1974 AA Champion, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1993 AA Runner-up, 1996, 1998,

2000, 2001, 2004, 2015

Rochester Lourdes . . . . . . . . . 1979 A Champion, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2006, 2007, 2008,

2010 AAA Champion, 2012 AAA Runner-up, 2013, 2014 AAA Champion, 2016 AAA Champion

Rochester Mayo . . . . . 1980, 1995 AA Runner-up, 1997Rockford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Rocori, Cold Spring . . . . . . . . 1977 A Runner-up, 1986,

1991 A Runner-up, 2005,2011 AAAA Champion, 2014, 2015, 2016

Rogers . . . . . . . . . . 2009, 2010 AAAA Runner-up, 2011Roseau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001, 2002Rosemount. . . . . . . . . 1981 AA Champion, 1982, 1989,

2006, 2008, 2010 AAAAA Runner-up, 2012, 2013 AAAAAA Runner-up, 2014, 2016

Roseville Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001, 2006, 2013Rothsay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 9-Man Champion,

1973, 1980, 1988Royalton . . . . . . . 2001, 2007, 2008 A Runner-up, 2016Rushford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 C Runner-upRushford-Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989, 1997, 1999,

2002 A Champion, 2004 A Champion, 2005, 2006 A Champion, 2008,

2016 Runner-upR-T-R (Russell-Tyler-Ruthton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990Russell. . . . . . . . . . 1978, 1979 9-Man Champion, 1980Ruthton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 9-Man Champion, 1980,

1985, 1986St. Agnes, St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995, 1997St. Anthony Village, Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999St. Bernard’s, St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009St. Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985, 1991, 2000St. Clair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987, 1989 9-Man Champion,

1991, 1992, 2012St. Cloud Cathedral . . . . . . . . . 1976, 1992 B Champion,

1993 B ChampionSt. Cloud Tech.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983, 1997, 2006, 2008St. Croix Lutheran, West St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006,

2011 AAA Champion, 2012, 2013 AAA Champion, 2014, 2015,

2016 AAA Runner-upSt. Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977, 1981St. James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980, 1988, 1992St. Michael-Albertville . . . . 1997, 1999 AAA Runner-up,

2001, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 AAAAA Champion

St. Paul Academy & Summit School . . . . . . 1979, 1982St. Paul Harding . . . . . . . . . . 1973 AA Runner-up, 1975St. Paul Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976, 1981St. Peter. . . . . . . 1975 A Runner-up, 1976 A Champion,

1979, 1981 A Champion, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1995 A Runner-up, 1999

St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights . . . . . . . . 1974, 1975 A Champion, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1997, 1999,

2000 AAAA Runner-up, 2001, 2003, 2006 AAAA Runner-up, 2008, 2009,

2010, 2012, 2015 AAAAA Runner-upSandstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978, 1979, 1980Sandstone/Finlayson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Sartell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 B Runner-up, 1977, 1978,

1990 A Runner-up, 1994 A ChampionSartell-St. Stephen . . . . . 1999, 2004 AAAA Runner-up,

2006, 2007, 2009 AAAA Runner-up, 2013, 2014Sauk Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 A Runner-up, 1983Sauk Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980Sauk Rapids-Rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003, 2010Shakopee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Sherburn-Dunnell . . . . . . . . . . 1983, 1986 C Runner-upSibley East (Arlington-Green Isle/Henderson). . . . 1986,

2012Silver Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . 1978, 1984, 1988, 2011, 2015Silver Lake . . . . . . . . . . . 1982, 1983 9-Man Champion,

1984 9-Man Runner-up, 1985, 1986 9-Man Runner-up,

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Simley, Inver Grove Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002, 2014 AAAAA Runner-up

Sleepy Eye Public . . . . . 1998, 1999, 2000 A Champion,2005

Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979, 1988, 2011, 2012, 2013

South Central (Kiester-Bricelyn). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990Southland, Adams . . . . . 1977, 1983 C Champion, 1990South Ridge, Culver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012South St. Paul . . . . . . . . 1993, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2014,

2015 AAAA Runner-up, 2016Southwestern United (Sioux Valley-Round Lake-

Brewster/Southwest Star Concept) . . . . . . . . . . 2003Springfield . . . . . . . . . . 1997, 2004, 2005 A Champion,

2006, 2008Spring Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003, 2011Spring Lake Park . . . . . 1991 A Champion, 1992, 1997,

2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 AAAAA Runner-upStaples-Motley . . . . . . . 1988 A Runner-up, 1989, 2004Starbuck . . . 1981 9-Man Runner-up, 1983, 1984, 1985Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 9-Man Champion, 1995Stephen-Argyle Central . . . . . . . . . . . 1996, 1997, 1998,

1999 9-Man Champion, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 9-Man Champion, 2004 9-Man Champion, 2005 9-Man Champion, 2006 9-Man Champion, 2007 9-Man Champion, 2009 9-Man Champion,

2015, 2016Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 9-Man Runner-upStewartville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977 B Runner-up, 1981,

1986 A Runner-up, 2014, 2015Stillwater Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 AA Champion,

1977 AA Runner-up, 1978, 1979, 1982 AA Champion, 1984 AA Champion, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 AA Runner-up, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 AA Champion, 1996,

2005, 2006Swanville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978, 1984Swanville/Grey Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986, 1987Thief River Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005, 2006Toivola-Meadowlands . . . . . . . 1979 9-Man Runner-up,

1980 9-Man Runner-up; 1982

Totino-Grace, Fridley. . . 1974, 1976, 1977 A Champion, 1978 A Champion, 1981, 1984, 1988,

1989 A Runner-up, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000,2003 AAAA Champion, 2004 AAAA Champion, 2005,

2006 AAAA Champion, 2007 AAAA Champion, 2009 AAAA Champion, 2010 AAAA Champion,

2011, 2012 AAAAA Champion, 2013, 2014 AAAAAA Runner-up, 2015,

2016 AAAAAA ChampionTower-Soudan . . . 1981, 1985, 1986, 2001, 2002, 2005Tracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Tracy-Milroy-Balaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013, 2015Tri-City United, Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015Triton, Dodge Center. . . . . . . . 1993, 1994 B Champion,

1995, 2000 AA Champion, 2002, 2006 AA Champion, 2007, 2008,

2010 AA Runner-upTruman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978, 1982 C ChampionTwo Harbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979, 1980Ulen-Hitterdal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005, 2006Underwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992, 2001, 2006, 2010,

2013 9-Man Runner-up, 2014, 2015 9-Man Runner-up

United North Central (Menahga/Sebeka) . . . . . . . . 2015Upsala/Swanville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014Verndale. . . . . . . . 1981, 1986, 1987 9-Man Runner-up,

1989, 1993, 1994 9-Man Runner-up, 1996 9-Man Runner-up,1997 9-Man Champion,

1998, 2000, 2002 9-Man Champion, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990, 1995, 2004Wabasha-Kellogg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983Wabasso . . . . . . . 1987, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2016Waconia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992, 2007Waldorf-Pemberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987Walker-Hackensack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985Walker-Hackensack-Akeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991Warren-Alvarado-Oslo. . . . . . . 2000 A Runner-up, 2011Warroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986, 1987, 1992, 2011

Waseca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Watertown-Mayer . . . . . 1984, 1985, 1986 B Champion,

2001, 2002Waterville-Elysian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984, 1986, 1988,

1989 C ChampionWaterville-Elysian-Morristown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990,

1997 AA Runner-up, 1998, 1999 AA Champion, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005,

2009 AA Champion, 2011Waubun. . . . 1990, 2007 9-Man Runner-up, 2015, 2016Wayzata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981, 1986, 1995, 2000,

2004 AAAAA Runner-up, 2005 AAAAA Champion, 2007, 2008 AAAAA Champion, 2009,

2010 AAAAA Champion, 2011 AAAAA Runner-up, 2012, 2015

Welcome . . . . . . . 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983Westbrook . . . . . . . . . . . 1981, 1982 9-Man Champion,

1984, 1985 9-Man ChampionWestbrook-Walnut Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998,

2000 9-Man ChampionWest Central Area, Barrett. . . 1995, 1999 AA Runner-upWest Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Wheaton . . . . . . . 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2004,

2006 9-Man Runner-up, 2007Wheaton/Herman-Norcross . . . 2011 9-Man Runner-up,

2012White Bear Lake Area . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 AA Champion,

1997, 1998, 1999, 2002Willmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973 A Runner-up, 1987, 1988Windom Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 B Runner-up, 1999,

2001 AA Runner-up, 2002Win-E-Mac, McIntosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989, 1991Winona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987 AA Runner-upWinona Cotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978, 1979, 2006Woodbury . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 AAAAA Champion, 2004Worthington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983, 1984, 2005Wrenshall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983Yellow Medicine East/E C H O Charter . . . . . 2004, 2005Zumbrota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 C Runner-upZumbrota-Mazeppa . . . . . . . . 1988, 1993 B Runner-up,

1994, 1996


after posting a 35-28 victory over the defend-ing champions from Pierz.

Class AAAAOne wait for a first championship ended

and another continued following the conclu-sion of the Class AAAA title game. Benilde-St.Margaret’s of St. Louis Park, making its fourthtournament appearance, made this a memo-rable trip with a 31-28 championship victoryover Winona.

Junior running back Liam Ford scored ona 24-yard run with 4 minutes, 50 secondsremaining in regulation time to lift the RedKnights (10-3), who won five consecutivepostseason games en route to the champion -ship. Ford, taking over majority of the carriesin the absence of rushing leader, senior run-ning back Ricky Floyd, rushed for 81 yards on18 carries and scored two touchdowns.

Floyd, who entered the game with 1,810yards and 26 touchdowns, had two carries fornine yards in the first quarter before leavingthe field for the locker room. He returned tothe sideline in the second half with his leftarm in a sling.

For Winona (11-2), the title wait drags on.The Winhawks were making a state tourna-ment appearance for the first time since los-ing to Moorhead 13-7 in the Class AA cham-pionship game in 1987. The wait appeared tobe over when the Winhawks scored six sec-onds into the fourth quarter when juniorwide receiver Dakota Matthees caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quar-terback Terrell Hall.

Senior running back Alex Franzwa rushedfor 105 yards on 10 carries to pace theWinhawks. Junior quarterback Riley Bostetercompleted 6-of-16 passes for 124 yards andtwo touchdowns, but also threw three inter-ceptions, including two in the first half.

The Red Knights compiled 188 rushingyards and senior quarterback Will Whitmorecompleted 9-of-17 passes for 153 yards and atouchdown.

Turnabout occurred with 6:59 left in thesecond quarter. Just one play after Bosteterthrew an interception to Ford, the Winhawkstook advantage of a Red Knights’ turnover.After a fumbled exchange off a handoff,Winona junior linebacker Dan Jonsgaardscooped up the loose ball and sprinted 37

yards for a touchdown. Suddenly, instead ofbeing down three points and having to playdefense, the Winhawks catapulted to a 14-10advantage.

Winona defeated Rocori of Cold Spring bya narrow margin of 34-30 in the semifinals.In the second semifinal, Benilde-St. Margaret’sdefeated Marshall 44-34.

Class AAAAADuring the 2016 season, the Elk River pro-

gram was celebrating its 125th season ofplaying the game. One tribute to the legacywas a decal on the Elks’ helmets. Another willbe in their trophy case.

The top-ranked Elks completed a seasonof dominance with a 42-14 victory overSpring Lake Park in the Class AAAAA champi-onship game. The Elks’ deceptive runningattack that faked out defenses all season puton one last show in compiling 446 yards, sixrushing touchdowns and an average of 11.7yards per carry.

This is the first football championship forthe Elks in two title-game appearances. In1990, Elk River was the Class AA runner-upto Anoka, its then-longtime rival.





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Senior running back Nicholas Rice rushedfor 242 yards on 13 carries and scored threetouchdowns to lead the Elks’ lethal groundgame. Senior backfield mate Sam Gibaschipped in 105 yards on 11 carries and a 60-yard touchdown run that opened the scoringin the early minutes.

Spring Lake Park, also known for its run-ning game, rushed for 275 yards, but couldn’tspring the long touchdown runs like the Elks.Senior running back Mark Buley led thePanthers with 114 yards on 11 carries.

Elk River (13-0) held the ball for almosthalf as long as Spring Lake Park in the firsthalf. That mattered little, though, because ofthe Elks’ big-play scoring capability. Elk Riverbuilt a 27-0 lead on the strength of four longtouchdown runs in the first half.

Rice rushed for 130 yards on seven carriesand scored two touchdowns in the first halfand Gibas chipped in 95 yards with anothertouchdown. Junior running back SherrodKpahn rushed for 56 yards on three carries,including a 50-yard scoring dash.

The Elks rushed for 285 yards on 21 carriesin the first half. Spring Lake Park (12-1) gen-erated 109 yards on 31 plays in the first half.

Elk River struck relatively quickly on eachof its four scoring drives. The longest was an8-play, 74-yard drive that was capped byKpahn’s scoring run. Gibas’ touchdowncapped a 2-play, 63-yard drive and Ricescored after drives of six and five plays,respectively.

The Elks advanced to the title game with a19-7 victory over Owatonna. Spring LakePark claimed its championship berth afterdefeating Mankato West 14-0.

Class AAAAAAThis time, the dramatics belonged to

Totino-Grace.

Two years after losing to Eden Prairie inthe Class AAAAAA championship game inheartbreaking fashion, Totino-Grace (13-0)reversed course in the biggest game of theseason with fourth-quarter heroics that pavedthe way to a 28-20 title victory over EdenPrairie (11-2).

Senior backfield mates Gayflor Flomo andIvan Burlak scored late touchdowns in a 21-point, fourth quarter blitz, and senior line-backer Charlie Waters recovered a key fumblethat stopped Eden Prairie from mounting acomeback in what they hoped would be itsMinnesota-best 11th state championship.

Instead, it was the first Class AAAAAAchampionship for Totino-Grace, the onlyMinnesota school that opts to play up twoenrollment classes. It is the 10th state cham-pionship overall for Totino-Grace, which islocated in Fridley. The Eagles won a ClassAAAAA title in 2012, and had a string of ClassAAAA championships in 2003, ’04, ’06, ‘07,’09, and ’10. In 1977 and ’78, Fridley Gracewas the Class A champion.

Perhaps fittingly, Eden Prairie and Totino-Grace, programs that have been synonymouswith dominance in recent years, share thestate record with 10 football championshipseach. But lately, the edge has gone to Totino-Grace. The Eagles have won the last threematchups, including a 17-14 victory in theseason-opener at Eden Prairie.

Totino-Grace took the lead for good onFlomo’s 1-yard run with 5:28 left in thefourth quarter. Four minutes later, Burlakplowed in from two yards out.

Eden Prairie took its second lead at 14-7when senior wide receiver Kyle Connelly,stretched and fully extended, hauled in a 41-yard touchdown pass from sophomorequarter back Cole Kramer in the third quarter.Later, Totino-Grace was pushed backward

and forced to punt. But Eden Prairie gave itright back on the muffed catch and ensuingfumble.

Totino-Grace used that opportunity to tiethe score again on a 4-yard touchdown passto 6-foot-8 senior tight end Rocky Kreuserfrom senior quarterback Kyle Halverson on4th-and-2 in the opening seconds of thefourth quarter.

A tense first half of give-and-take ended,predictably, in a 7-all tie.

Totino-Grace knotted the score with 11seconds remaining in the second quarter on a1-yard run by Flomo. That ended an 11-play,55-yard drive over the final 2 ½ minutes ofthe first half.

Eden Prairie grabbed a 7-0 lead with 7:45left in the first quarter on an 86-yard puntreturn by Connelly. On the play, instead ofletting the ball bounce by him to be downedby Totino-Grace, he waited slightly for adefender to pass him before deciding to fieldthe punt on the first bounce before weavingthrough traffic for the game’s first touch-down.

Totino-Grace defeated Blaine 21-20 in thesemifinals. Eden Prairie advanced with a 23-0 victory over Champlin Park.

The 2016 Prep Bowl Playoff began withquarterfinals November 10-12 at 21 sitesthroughout the state, followed by semifinalsNov. 17-19 at U.S. Bank Stadium. Prep BowlXXXV was played Nov. 25-26 at U.S. BankStadium.

Total paid quarterfinal attendance was36,571 and total paid semifinal attendancewas 46,936. Total paid Prep Bowl attendancewas 50,042. Total paid tournament atten-dance was 133,549.


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