The Mayville High School football team is back at Camp Randall in Madison on Thursday, taking on Northwestern in the WIAA Division 5 State Championship Game. You can hear it on 95.3 WBEV with pregame coverage set for 3:45pm with the opening kickoff at 4pm. Mike Throndsen and Tim Haldiman will have the call.
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Here’s a preview via the WIAA
Mayville is making its seventh finals appearance and its first since 2022. The Cardinals’ lone title came in Division 4 in 1994. They advanced to the title game and finished runner-up in Division 4 in 1991, 1992 and 2006, and then again in Division 5 in 2021 and 2022. The Cardinals were the champions of Wisconsin Flyway Conference this fall. They defeated Lake Country Lutheran 27-15 in their State Semifinal game played at Slinger to earn their return to Camp Randall. Mayville is averaging 30.5 points per game this postseason while yielding 14.3 points a game. Their last three games have been decided by 12 points or less. Northwestern will experience the State finals for the first time in 32 years and for the third time overall. The Tigers won their one State Championship in the Division 3 bracket back in 1988. The second time they advanced to the title game, they finished runner-up in Division 4. This fall, they captured the crown in the Heart O’ North Conference. The Tigers downed perennial power Stratford in the semifinals, 22-13, to punch their ticket to Camp Randall. That nine-point differential is the closest game the Tigers have had all year. They are averaging a robust 45 points a game during the playoffs.
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