The AHSTW Vikings are heading to the Class A State Football Championship next Thursday after beating Edgewood-Colesburg 39-12 on Friday afternoon at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. AHSTW will take an unblemished 12-0 record into the title game against the also undefeated and 12-0 Hudson Pirates next Thursday at 1:30pm at the UNI-Dome.

AHSTW had to work hard to get to the next round. Edgewood-Colesburg controlled the first quarter of the game and scored first on a long 13-play touchdown drive on their second possession. Quarterback Ethan Streicher capped off that drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 6-0 after a failed two point conversion.

AHSTW changed the tide in the second quarter, starting with a 68-yard bomb from Blake Osbahr to Drake Partridge to get them on the board and lead 7-6 with 7:20 left in the half. Gabe Pauley would then add two touchdown runs on the next two AHSTW possessions to push the lead to 22-6. The AHSTW coaching staff then wisely used a couple timeouts to make Edgewood-Colesburg punt the ball at the end of the half. A bad snap on the punt allowed AHSTW to take the punter Streicher down at the 11-yard line with :17 left in the half. On the next play Osbahr found Partridge in the end zone for another score to make it 29-6 at half.

AHSTW scored on the opening possession of the second half on another Pauley run and later added a 34-yard field goal to cap their scoring. Edgewood-Colesburg got one second half touchdown on a pass from Streicher to Spencer Staner.

The Vikings will now try to win their first title as AHSTW. The last title for the program was Avo-Ha in 1974.

We’ll have coverage of that Class A Championship game between AHSTW and Hudson next Thursday with pregame at 12:30pm and kickoff set for 1:30pm.

Listen to postgame interviews with Head Coach Davis Pattee, Gabe Pauley, Blake Osbahr, and Drake Partridge below.

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