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McDonell Central Catholic Captures 8-Player Football Title

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. – McDonell Central Catholic (12-1) avenged a regular-season loss to Gilman (12-1) with a 22-0 victory in the 8-Player Football Championship Final at South Wood Country Stadium Saturday.

WIAA 8-Player Championship Game Preview

THE CHAMPIONSHIP: The seventh annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association 8-Player Football State Championship Game will be held Saturday, Nov. 15, at South Wood County Stadium in Wisconsin Rapids at 1 p.m.

Board Approves Football Qualifying & Seeding Changes and Other Fall Sports Changes

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control approved recommendations by the fall coaches’ advisory committees, including a plan that replaces the 11-player and 8-player football playoff qualifying and seeding system, at its February meeting today.

Owen-Withee Rolls to 8-Player Football Title with 50-36 Win

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. – Owen-Withee (12-0) completed an undefeated season by capturing the State 8-player football championship with a 50-36 victory over Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas (10-2) at South Wood County Stadium Saturday.

Board Approves Volleyball Tourney Format, Student Leadership Initiative

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control authorized the Tournament Series format to accommodate a fifth division of girls volleyball in 2024 and approved plans for a student leadership program at its January meeting today.

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8-Player Programs with 3-Year Average Enrollment - For 2019 and 2020

Only schools with a three-year enrollment average of 200 or less are eligible for the playoff series.

The WIAA sponsored reduced-player football prior to the advent of the football playoff system in 1976. There were 78 schools that fielded reduced-player squads in the late 1950s, 72 of which were eight-player teams and six that were six-player. However, that number dwindled to just a few programs by 1969.