Sunday, August 17, 2014

2014 Week-By-Week Best Matchups WIAA 8-Man Football

Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, the 2013 WIAA 8-Man State Football Champions

Stiehm Stadium, the site of the 2014 WIAA 8-Man Football Jamboree on Saturday, November 1


My best week-by-week matchups of the 2014 WIAA 8-Man Football season:  

Week 1:  Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah at Bowler/Gresham (August 22) - Elkhart has one of the easiest schedules in the league this season and could run the table if they win against a Bowler team that is loaded with size and is in the hunt for the Great 8 championship this season.

Week 2:  Prairie Farm at Luck (August 28) - The best and second-best teams in the Lakeland Conference the last two years, respectively, meet in a crucial game that could determine the conference champion once again this season.

Week 3:  Valley Christian at Stockbridge (September 5) - This game could be the only win of the season for one of these teams. But it's still a football game.

Week 4:  Bowler/Gresham at Gibraltar (September 12) - Likely one of the best games of the season.  Each team is capable of handing the other team their only loss of the season, which could also cost the losing team a spot in the State Championship game come November.

Week 5:  Gibraltar at Oakfield (September 19) - The home Oaks were destroyed 90-18 at the visiting Vikings last season. That score will most likely be on the minds of the Oakfield team this time around.  Don't expect the same score this year.

Week 6:  Prairie Farm at Bruce (September 26) - Prairie Farm's win over the Raiders last season guaranteed their spot in the State Championship last year.  The Panthers could be in the same spot this season, but Bruce could be as well.

Week 7:  Siren at Prairie Farm (October 4) - On a fairly straightforward week, the Dragons visit Prairie Farm looking to get into position to be in the Jamboree for the first time.

Week 8:  Bowler/Gresham at Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran (October 11) - The Panthers visit the Blazers in a game that clashes Bowler's size against the speed of N.E.W. Lutheran.

Week 9:  Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran at Gibraltar (October 17) - The visiting Blazers defeated the host Vikings 55-44 at N.E.W. last season in a matchup of unbeatens with the winner going to the State Championship. The same could be on the line this season as both squads could be without a loss heading into the last week of the 2014 regular season.