State football championships begin Thursday

The 2023 Iowa high school state football championships begin on Thursday morning, as all seven classes will decide its titleholder on either Thursday or Friday.

The Class 8-Player matchup will be between unranked Bishop Garrigan and No. 2 Bedford. Bishop Garrigan is the only team in the title games not to appear in the final Iowa High School Athletic Association football rankings.

The eight-player game will kick off at 9:30 a.m., with a Class A clash between third-ranked West Hancock and second-ranked Woodbury Central following.

The first No. 1 team to play will be Grundy Center, which takes on fourth-ranked MFL MarMac in the Class 1A title game.

That night, the only No. 1 vs. No. 2 game of the Thursday slate will finish things off, as Top-ranked Western Dubuque and second-ranked Lewis Central go at it.

Three games will takes place on Friday, beginning with another No. 1 vs. No. 2 match up between Central Lyon/George Little Rock and Van Meter for the Class 2A championship.

Later in the day on Friday, No. 3 Williamsburg faces No. 8 Bishop Heelan in the Class 3A championship game, and in the nightcap, top-ranked Southeast Polk faces No. 7 Ankeny in the Class 5A title game.

Listed below is the full schedule for Thursday and Friday’s championship games.

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Thursday, Nov. 16

EIGHT-PLAYER

9:30 — Bishop Garrigan, Algona (11-1) vs. #2 Bedford (12-0)

CLASS A

1:00 —#3 West Hancock (11-1) vs. #2 Woodbury Central (12-0)

CLASS 1A

4:00 —#4 MFL MarMac (11-1) vs. #1 Grundy Center (12-0)

CLASS 4A

7:00 —#2 Lewis Central (10-2) vs. #1 Western Dubuque (11-1)

FRIDAY, Nov. 17

CLASS 2A

10:00 —#2 Van Meter (12-0) vs. #1 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (12-0)

CLASS 3A

1:00 —#8 Bishop Heelan, Sioux City (11-1) vs. #3 Williamsburg (11-1)

CLASS 5A

7:00 —#7 Ankeny (9-3) vs. #1 Southeast Polk (12-0)