State Football Championship Preview: Division 3
Thursday, November 20th, 2014 -- 9:59 AM
The 39th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Football State Championship Finals will be held today and tomorrow at Camp Randall Stadium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Here's a preview of the Division 3 game....Friday, Nov. 21
10 a.m. Div. 3
Rice Lake (10-3) vs. Wisconsin Lutheran (13-0)
LAST YEAR: Monona Grove won the Division 3 title game by a 21-17 tally over Greendale.
DIVISION 3 NOTES: Rice Lake is making its fifth trip to the State final and its first since 2004 when they finished runner-up. The Warriors also finished runner-up in 1982 and 1980, a year after winning the State championship in 1979. They finished third in the Big Rivers Conference. The Warriors gained a berth in the title game by downing West De Pere in the semifinal, 34-31. Wisconsin Lutheran is making its sixth appearance in the title game and its first since a runner-up finish in 2011. The Vikings won consecutive titles in 2004 and 2005 and another in 2007. They also finished runner-up in their first experience in the championship game in 2003. The Vikings return to the title game with a 42-21 win over Reedsburg in the semifinal. They are the champions of the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference this season. Prior to joining the WIAA, the Vikings won the Division 1 WISAA championship in 1998 and finished runner-up in 1993.
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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