The 2023 Minnesota high school football season ended with a memorable game as Chanhassen won the Class AAAAA state championship in overtime with a 34-31 win over St. Thomas Academy at U.S. Bank Stadium.
In a game between two undefeated teams hoping to win their first state football championship, Stewartville topped Annandale 43-13 on Saturday, Nov. 25, at U.S. Bank Stadium to take home the 2023 Class AAA title.
In a great defensive battle between two unbeaten teams, the Nevis Tigers captured their first football state championship with a 14-12 victory over Kingsland in the Nine-Player title game at U.S. Bank Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 25.
Centennial captured the first football championship in school history with a dramatic 28-27 victory over Edina in the Class AAAAAA Prep Bowl Championship game on Friday, Nov. 24 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Chad Johnston has been the Minneota head football coach for 22 years, and this year, as has long been the custom, he will quickly transition to another sport.
Hutchinson turned to its offensive attack that specializes in gobbling up yards and draining the clock in a 14-6 victory over Rocori in the Class AAAA Prep Bowl Championship game on Friday, Nov. 24 at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
Minneota won the Class A football championship on Friday, Nov. 24 for the second consecutive season with a 43-22 victory over Springfield in a rematch of the 2022 title game.
Eden Valley-Watkins scored 18 unanswered points late in the third quarter and into the fourth en route to a 24-6 victory over Barnesville in the Class AA Prep Bowl championship game on Friday, Nov. 24 at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
The Minnesota State High School League's football season comes to a crescendo on Friday, Nov. 24 and Saturday, Nov. 25 when seven championship games will be played in Prep Bowl XLI at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
Day 3 of the Minnesota State High School League's Football State Tournament semifinals were completed on Saturday, Nov. 18 at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis. All berths in the Prep Bowl Championship Games on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25 have been filled.
