WIAA State Football Preview: Division 3
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 -- 11:11 AM
The 38th Annual WIAA Football State Championship Finals will be held this Thursday and Friday at Camp Randall Stadium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Here?s a preview of the Division 3 game on Friday...10 a.m. Greendale (13-0) vs. Monona Grove (13-0)
Monona Grove is making its fourth State title game appearance and the first since finishing runner-up in Division 2 in 2004. The Silver Eagles won the Division 2 State title in 1977 and added a Division 3 crown in 1984. They are the champions of the South Division of the Badger Conference this season and have advanced to the championship game with a 28-14 win over La Crosse Logan in the semifinal. The Silver Eagles? defense surrendered an average of only seven points a game to opponents during the regular season and 16 points per game in four playoff contests. Greendale finished runner-up in its only other appearance in a championship final in 2006. The Panthers are the champions of the Woodland Conference West Division this season. Among their victims en route to an undefeated league title was an impressive 37-13 win over Franklin, which is playing in the State title game in Division 1. The Panthers gained their berth in the title game by downing Xavier in the semifinals, 44-20. In an impressive display of firepower, the Panthers have scored at least 31 points in every game this season, and those 31 points came in a shutout over Brown Deer in Level 2 of the playoffs.
All of the championship games will be televised live on Fox Sports Wisconsin.
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