Tomorrow at 7pm at D.C. Everest High School, the 1 Prairie Farm Panthers (8-0, 8-0 Lakeland) take on the 1 Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran Blazers (9-0, 6-0 Great 8) in the 8-Man Football State Championship. Prairie Farm comes into this game well-rested, as they had a forfeit win over Winter two weeks ago. Their last game was a 52-0 win over Bruce on Homecoming three weeks ago. Coach Steve Schaaf and the Panthers have not lost an 8-man game yet, as they won the championship last season and are undefeated heading into the championship game this season. Quarterback Josh Seibert has thrown for 599 yards and 14 touchdowns on the season. Seibert also leads the team in rushing yards with 659 yards and 14 touchdowns. Nathan Moen has caught five passes for 186 yards and four touchdowns this season, while Denver Moen has caught six passes for 178 yards and three touchdowns. N.E.W. Lutheran won the Great 8 Conference after beating Gibraltar 55-44 in the conference championship game two weeks ago. Coach Dick Hasseler led the Blazers to their first undefeated regular season in school history this past season, and are looking for their first state championship. Quarterback Noah Gosse led the team with 418 passing yards this season and 8 touchdowns. Running back Brett Patzke had 681 rushing yards to lead the team, while Gosse had 11 rushing touchdowns, the most on the team. Receiver Nathan Toenjes had 14 catches for 293 yards and 8 touchdowns to lead the Blazers. This should be a great game to end the 2013 8-man football season. Look for the speed of both the offense and the defense to carry N.E.W. to their first state championship.
