Division 5:
No. 4 Oostburg (7-3, 5-2) @ No. 1 Mayville (10-0, 7-0); Fri. October 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Game notes: Oostburg shutout Lake Country Lutheran 21-0 in their opening round game last week. Mayville enters level 2 after a dominating 58-8 victory over the Milwaukee Academy of Science. Mayville is looking to return to the State Championship after narrowly losing 28-26 in last year’s championship game to Aquinas. This will be a battle between two extremely prolific rushing teams each with different methods used to achieve it. For Oostburg, they have spread the ball amongst their rushers, with six runners having over 30 rushing attempts and 200+ rushing yards. Senior quarterback Donovan DePagter leads the team in rushing touchdowns with 11, but it is the brotherly duo of senior Devan Laganowski and sophomore Kedan Laganowski, who have combined from 1,200 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns each. Mayville’s rushing attack on the other hand has been led by one singular back, senior Blake Schraufnagel who has had a dominating season with 159 rushing attempts, 1,869 rushing yards (11.8 yards per carry) and 29 rushing touchdowns. Fortunately for Oostburg they do have a strong tackling defense, led by senior Gabe Mentink, who in just eight games this season has managed 122 total tackles. This is the first game between Oostburg and Mayville since the 2016 regular season, which Oostburg won 16-7.
Division 6:
No. 4 Cedar Grove-Belgium (8-2, 7-0) @ No. 1 Coleman (11-0, 7-0); Fri. October 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Game notes: Cedar Grove-Belgium to beat Big East Conference rival Howards Grove in the first round of the playoffs, 48-27. Coleman enters this game having won their last 26 out of 27 games, with their only loss coming against Reedsville, 17-0 in the 2021 Division 7 State Championship game. Cedar Grove-Belgium is looking to make it past the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2017, where they made it to level 4 before being eliminated at the hands of Lake Country Lutheran. Cedar Grove-Belgium’s offense is lethally balanced, capable of putting up points via running and passing lead by former running back and finalist for the Al Toon Award for best senior wide receiver Gabe Egan. Egan leads the entire state in receiving yards (1,029) and receiving touchdowns (18), all on whilst catching just 35 passes for an average of 29.4 yards per catch. Egan has also added 389 rushing yards and three running touchdowns to CGB’s offense. Coleman is a far more run-heavy team, throwing for just over 200 total yards, but rushing for over 3,500 total yards and four players one their roster rushing for 400+ yards and 8+ rushing touchdowns. Both teams are defensively stout and skilled at creating turnovers, although CGB’s strength in that department is interceptions (14), which will not likely come into play against Coleman unless CGB gets ahead early and with a big lead.
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