Thirty high school football teams in Wisconsin still have a shot at winning a state championship.
One of them is the Bonduel Bears.
The Bears hosted Cedar Grove-Belgium on Nov. 6 in a WIAA Division 6 sectional final and handed the Rockets a 26-15 loss.
Bonduel will now head to Papermaker Stadium in Kimberly on Nov. 13 to face another 12-0 team, Lomira, a 16-12 winner over Edgar, last year’s Division 6 state runner-up. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
The winner of that game will play for the Division 6 state championship at 1 p.m. Nov. 19 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.
Carter Moesch’s final game at Rush Niles Memorial Field turned out to be a big one for the senior, as he scored all four of Bonduel’s touchdowns, one of them a 91-yard kickoff return in the second half.
He also finished with 197 of the Bears’ 307 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns and a team-high nine tackles.
Malachi Gray added 104 rushing yards, and he and Moesch combined for 42 of the Bears’ 46 rushing attempts.
Bonduel took a 20-0 lead after scoring once in the second quarter and adding two more touchdowns in the third.
Cedar Grove-Belgium scored both of its touchdowns in the fourth quarter, while Bonduel added a fourth trip to the end zone.
State semifinal matchups in all seven 11-player divisions set for 7 p.m. Nov. 13 are:
Division 1: No. 1 West De Pere vs. No. 2 Racine Case at Sun Prairie East High School; No. 1 Bay Port vs. No. 1 Hamilton at Titan Stadium, Oshkosh.
Division 2: No. 1 New Richmond vs. No. 1 Monona Grove at South Wood County Stadium, Wisconsin Rapids; No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Union Grove at Slinger High School.
Division 3: No. 1 Pewaukee vs. No. 5 Catholic Memorial at Wauwatosa West High School; No. 1 Port Washington vs. No. 1 La Crosse Logan at DeForest High School.
Division 4: No. 1 Freedom vs. No. 1 Little Chute at Ashwaubenon High School; No. 1 Lake Mills vs. No. 1 Racine St. Catherine’s at Stoughton High School.
Division 5: No. 2 Lake Country Lutheran vs. No. 1 New Glarus at Westosha Central High School; No. 1 Amherst vs. No. 1 Darlington at Horicon High School.
Division 6: No. 1 Bonduel vs. No. 2 Lomira at Papermaker Stadium, Kimberly; No. 1 Mondovi vs. No. 2 Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic at Waupaca High School.
Division 7: No. 2 River Ridge vs. No. 1 Glenwood City at Dorais Field, Chippewa Falls; No. 2 Iowa-Grant vs. No. 3 Hilbert at Oconomowoc High School.
8-player: No. 1 Gilman will face No. 1 Belmont in the 8-player state championship game at 2 p.m. on Nov. 14 at South Wood County Stadium in Wisconsin Rapids.
