State Football Championship Preview: Division 5
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 -- 10:40 AM
The 39th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Football State Championship Finals will be held this Thursday and Friday, Nov. 20-21, at Camp Randall Stadium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Here's a preview of the Division 5 game....Thursday, Nov. 20
4 p.m. Div. 5
Amherst (13-0) vs. Lancaster (12-1)
LAST YEAR: Stanley-Boyd topped Lancaster to win the Division 5 championship 21-16.
DIVISION 5 NOTES: The game features a rematch of the 2012 championship game participants, a game won by Amherst 19-7. Perennial power Lancaster is back in the title game for the fourth straight year and for the 11th time overall, which ranks tied for second-most of any member school. The Flying Arrows have finished as the Division 5 runner-up the past three seasons. They are tied for the second-most number of State championships won with six. They won two straight Division 5 championships in 2005 and 2006, and made four straight appearances in the Division 4 title game from 1999-2002. That run resulted in three consecutive titles from 2000-02 and a runner-up finish in 1999. The Flying Arrows won their Division 4 title in their first appearance in the final in 1993. The Flying Arrows are the champions of the Southwest Wisconsin Conference this season. They rolled past Racine St. Catherine's 46-7 in the semifinal to advance to the title game for another shot at a seventh gold trophy. Amherst will make its second appearance in the title game with the only other being that win over Lancaster in 2012. The Falcons turned back last year's champion Stanley-Boyd 30-14 in their Level 4 match-up to return to the final for the second time in three seasons. They are the champions of the Central Wisconsin 8 Conference this fall.
ON THE AIR: All of the championship games will be televised live on Fox Sports Wisconsin. Check local cable listings for the channel in your area. The finals of all seven divisions will not be streamed live on the Internet because of contractual restrictions and obligations.
FOLLOW STATE FINALS ON SOCIAL MESSAGING: Receive updates of the State Football Finals on the WIAA State Tournament Twitter account @wiaawistate with the hashtag #wiaafb. Also follow daily recaps on Facebook.
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