The Mayville High School football team is heading back to the WIAA Division Five State Championship Game after a 27-15 win over Lake Country Lutheran at Slinger on Friday night. Mayville trailed 15-14 heading to the 4th quarter but touchdown runs by Joe Promersburger and Emerson Mittelstadt send them back to the state title game. Landen Baker ran for 211 and a touchdown n the win. The Cardinals will face Northwestern on Thursday at 4pm in the D5 State Championship. Northwestern advanced with a 22-13 win over three time defending state champion Stratford. This is the 7th time Mayville has qualified for the State Championship Game. They were most recently runner-up in 2021 and 2022. They won the Division Four State Championship in 1994.
The Columbus football team’s dream of returning to the state championship game came to an end with a 35-25 loss to Little Chute in a Division Four State Semifinal on Friday night at Kewaskum. The Cardinals fell behind 15-0 after the first quarter and trailed 29-7 at the half, but couldn’t get closer than 10 points. The Cardinals season ends at 11-2. Little Chute will face Winneconne on Thursday night in the D4 State Championship Game.
Click the link to hear postgame comments from Columbus Coach Andy Ryan
You can hear all of next week’s WIAA State Football Championship Games on the ESPN Wisconsin Ap.
Thursday, November 20th, 2025
10am: D7: Cochrane-Fountain City vs. Kenosha St. Joe’s
1pm: D6: Darlington vs. Edgar
4pm: D5: Mayville vs. Northwestern
7pm: D4: Little Chute vs. Winneconne
Friday, November 21st, 2025
10am: D3: Reedsburg vs. Grafton
1pm: D2: West DePere vs. Notre Dame
4pm: D1: Bay Port vs. Arrowhead.
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