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Operation Football: State Championship highlights and scores

Check out highlights from the high school football state championship games

Operation Football: State Championship highlights and scores

Check out highlights from the high school football state championship games

AND ZERO DO IT SIGNING LIMITED INVENTORY AVAILABLE. WELL, IT’S OUR FINAL OPERATION OF FOOTBALL FRIDAY OF THE YEAR AND FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS COMPETED FOR A STATE TITLE TODAY TONIGHT MARQUETTE AND FRANKLIN FACED EACH OTHER IN THE DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. 12 SPORTS JARED FIALKO REPORTS FROM CAMP RANDALL STADIUM IN MADISON AND EVEN STEPHEN FIRST HALF FEATURES AN AERIAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY. PETER MCDEVITT AND CAM RUSSELL CONNECT FIRST FOR MARQUETTE, THEN JOEY KELLY AND WADE MEISSNER TEAM UP FOR A TERRIFIC TOE. TAPPER ALL SQUARE AT THE HALF TEN APIECE. BUT AFTER INTERMISSION, THIS CONTEST BEST BELONGS TO TOMMY THE TANK ENGINE. NOVOTNY TWO TOUCHDOWN ROMPS, 136 YARDS RUSHING ON 38 CARRIES IN TOTAL. MAKE IT ONE FOR THE OTHER. THUMB AFTER A 14 YEAR DROUGHT. THE TOPPERS CLAIM TITLE NUMBER TEN 2710 OVER FRANKLIN. IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THIS 2009 STAFF. WE HAD A GREAT TEAM THEN. BUT SOMETIMES IT’S JUST ABOUT GUYS THAT BELIEVE IN IT. AND I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE’VE RUN QUITE A GANTLET OF GREAT TEAMS AND THESE KIDS HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. THE TEARS IN KEITH GLINSKY’S EYES AS HE GRABBED THE GOLD BALL FOR HIS FATHER, HIS MENTOR, HIS EVERYTHING, WHO HE LOST BACK ON MARCH 1ST, A STATE CHAMPION COACH IN HIS OWN RIGHT, KLOSINSKI SAID HE WAS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND HE WOULD BE PROUD AT CAMP RANDALL STADIUM. JARED FIALKO, 12, SPORTS. THANKS, JARED. EARLIER, LAKE GENEVA BADGER SAID A DIVISION TWO RUSHING RECORD IN THEIR FIRST EVER TRIP TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE TRIO OF LANDEN NATTESTAD, MATTHEW O’GRADY AND J.P. DOYLE ALL RUSHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YARDS FOR HUNDRED AND 51 YARDS IN TOTAL. BADGER DOES WIN THEIR FIRST EVER GOLD BALL AND HOLD OFF WAUNAKEE 34 TO 33. PLUS HEAD COACH MATT HENSLER, WHOSE FATHER WON A TITLE WITH MUKWONAGO, BECOMES THE FIRST FATHER SON DUO IN STATE HISTORY TO LEAD THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS TO A TITLE. MY PART IN THIS THING WAS REALLY, REALLY SMALL, SO I’M SO HAPPY FOR THESE GUYS AND OUR SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY AND AND IT’S A BIG DEAL FOR BIG DEAL FOR LAKE GENEVA AND A BIG DEAL FOR BADGER. SO ENOUGH ABOUT ME. BEFORE THAT GAME, THE D-3 STATE TITLE GAME BETWEEN GRAFTON AND RICE LAKE. THE BLACK HAWKS FIRST TRIP TO CAMP RANDALL IN NEARLY 40 YEARS. RUNNING BACK TOMMY LUTZ FINISHED WITH 147 YARDS ON THE GROUND AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS GAME TIED AT THE HALF. BUT IN THE END THE BLACK HAWKS COME UP SHORT AGAINST THE WARRIORS DISAPPOINTING FASHION. GRAFTON LOSES IN THE STATE. FINALS 28 TO 20. YOU PROBABLY ARE PROUD OF THIS TEAM. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, IT WASN’T THE WAY WE WANTED TO FINISH, BUT I THINK IT’S, YOU KNOW, THE SENIORS, YOU KNOW, BREAKING THE BREAKING THE STREAK OF NOT BEING HERE FOR 40 YEARS AND YOU KNOW, TELLING THEM, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT WHERE YOU FINISHED. IT’S THAT TIME FOR OUR OPERATION FOOTBALL PLAY OF THE WEEK NOMINEES. AND YOU, THE VIEWERS, GET TO CHOOSE THE WINNER. BUT HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. PLAY NUMBER ONE. NOT A BAD BUY, NOT A SAD BADGER RUNNING BACK LANDON NOVOSAD WITH A 40 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUSH. HE HAD 218 YARDS TOTAL AND TWO TDS IN THE BADGER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WIN PLAY NUMBER TWO NOMINEE THE TOE TAPPER. FRANKLIN QUARTERBACK JOEY KELLY AND WADE MEISSNER, TEAM UP FOR A TERRIFIC TOE TAPPING DISPLAY, A 35 YARD HOOK UP AND OUR THIRD AND FINAL NOMINEE. YES I CAM MARQUETTE QUARTERBACK PETER MCDEVITT TO CAM RUSSELL FOR THE 44 YARD TD STRIKE. IMPRESSIVE PLAY THAT HELPED THEM WIN A STATE TITLE. NOW IT’S TIME FOR YOU, THE VIEWERS, TO VOTE. YOU’VE SEEN THIS WEEK’S PLAY OF THE WEEK NOMINEES. HEAD OVER TO WISN.COM OR THE 12 NEWS APP AND VOTE RIGHT NOW. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY NIGHT DURING 12 NEWS AT TEN. AGAIN, CONGRATULATE. TO BADGER AND MARQUETTE ON WINNING STATE TITLES TODAY AND FOR OUR OTHER TEAMS TO MAKING IT TO STATE. AND THAT WAS A GOOD WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. LOOK WHERE YOU FINISHED IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET TO THAT POINT. IT’S REALLY DIFFICULT. GREAT GAMES TODAY TO KNOW THE MVP TODAY BECAUSE YOU MADE IT THROUGH.
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Operation Football: State Championship highlights and scores

Check out highlights from the high school football state championship games

State Championships 'Play of The Week' | Live Scores | +Sports News State Championship highlights and scores from around Southeast Wisconsin.Can't see the scores? Click here for the best viewing experience. W2lmcmFtZSBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vc2NvcmVzdHJlYW0uY29tL3dpZGdldHMvc2NvcmVib2FyZHMvdmVydD91c2VyV2lkZ2V0SWQ9MTg3MyIgc3R5bGU9InBhZGRpbmc6MHB4O2JvcmRlcjowcHg7d2lkdGg6MTAwJTtoZWlnaHQ6ODMwcHg7bWF4LWhlaWdodDo4MzBweDsiIHRpdGxlPSJSZWFsdGltZSBzcG9ydHMgc2NvcmVib2FyZCB3aWRnZXQiIHNjcm9sbGluZz0ibm8iIGZyYW1lQm9yZGVyPSIwIl1bL2lmcmFtZV0=

State Championships 'Play of The Week' | Live Scores | +Sports News

State Championship highlights and scores from around Southeast Wisconsin.

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Can't see the scores? Click here for the best viewing experience.