especially football, you don't just all of a sudden get good," said western christian head coach travis kooima. "it takes a bunch of what we did. we've taken a bunch of small steps over the past 12 years. again, a testament to our players, our coaches, for just buying in." "it would be huge for our school, our program and just everyone who has fought for this program to get it going," said western christian sophomore ben granstra. the 2a title game features spirit lake against mount vernon at 2 o'clock. the second-ranked indians are undefeated, at 13 and 0. ninth-ranked mount vernon has three titles, the last coming in 1994. spirit lake won their only title in 2012, when the current seniors were in ninth grade. "as of right now, it's just a great feeling to get back there," said spirit lake senior logan backhaus. "we were just little freshman running up and down the sidelines four years ago when we won it. we're just looking to do the same thing those guys did. we really look up to them." "we just need to continue to focus on getting better," said spirit lake head coach josh bolluyt. "we have

"there's no negatives out of this season," said western christian head coach travis kooima. "i told the guys that's probably the greatest thing about our team was that every day we woke up and tried to get better. i'm just excited and very pleased and just proud of the guys and how hard they worked and fought until the end." western christian returns 11 juniors next season. tuesday in lincoln, top- ranked norfolk catholic will face columbus scotus in the class c1 title game at 10-45 in the morning. at 2-45, oakland-craig plays for the c2 title. we'll have the highlights tomorrow at 6 and 10. on sunday, iowa state athletic director jamie pollard made the decision to fire head football coach paul rhoads. both men met the media today. rhoads has a 32-54 record in seven seasons at iowa state. the cyclones are 3-8 this season after blowing double-digit, second half leads in the last two games. rhoads took isu to three bowl games in his first four seasons, but hasn't had a winning record since '09. he will coach the cyclones in their final game saturday at west virginia. "i'm no q

travis kooima--"there's no negatives out of this season. this team really set the bar pretty high. they set the bar pretty high for the next teams coming through. but i'm just excited and very pleased and just proud of the guys and how hard they worked today and fought til the end." congratulations to western christian on a great season. chris: coming off a disappointing 38-35 loss to kansas state on saturday, iowa state decided to part ways with head coach paul rhoads. today, he and athletic director jamie pollard met with the media. after leading iowa state to three bowls in his first four seasons, the cyclones have struggled mightily since. rhoads and the clones are a combined 8 and 27 in the last three plus seasons and at the end of the day, the product on the field wasn't good enough. jamie pollard--"no one game costs the coach a job. we made the decision to make a change because we simply didn't win enough games and we weren't trending in the right direction." paul rhoads--" i wanted to do what hadn't been done before. it meant a great deal to me to be able to provide that fo

your head coach in high school. 3 3 that's exactly the case at western christian forehead coach travis kooima (koy-muh) and quarterback tyson kooima (koy-muh). chris spoke to both of them about the family secret that's propelled them to the title game. sports is 3 3 "sports, with sports director 3 3 some of you may be watching our show next to your brother or sister. ?now could you imagine if you were a star player in your favorite sport and he or she was your head coach? that's exactly what's going on at western christian and that relationship is one of the reasons that on friday they'll be playing for their first football state championship in school history. 3 head coach travis koima's got his little brother tyson making big plays for him as his starting quarterback. another brother ethan is an assistant on the staff. that means whenever there's a tough conversation between coach and signal caller, that's a family affair. at halftime of the semifinal game that sort of a conveersation did happen after tyson through a pair of interceptions, and the team needed to make adjustments. and they d

travis kooima--"there's no negatives out of this season. this team really set the bar pretty high. they set the bar pretty high for the next teams coming through. but i'm just excited and very pleased and just proud of the guys and how hard they worked today and fought til the end." congratulations to western christian on a great season. chris: coming o o a disappointing 38-35 loss to kansas stste on saturday, wa state decided to part wawa with head coaoa paul rhoads. today, he and athletic director jamie pollard met with the media. after leading iowa state to three bowls in his first four seasons, the cyclones have struggled mightily since. since then rhoads and the clones are a combined 8 and 27 and at the end of the day, the product on the field wasn't good enough. jamie pollard--"no one game costs the coach a job. we made the decision to make a change because we simply didn't win enough games and we weren't trending in the right direction." paul rhoads--" i wanted to do what hadn't been done before. it meant a great deal to me to be able to provide thatator the fans at iowa sta

travis kooima's wolfpack is headed to the dome! 3 also in class 1-a a also in class 1-a a heartbreaker for south central calhoun as they drvie down to the van meter get the next play off in time. they fall 28-26. 3 akron-westfield 's only loss in the last 10 games is to this team. number three and undefeated west siouxuxgetting up action in the third quarter.. akron westfield up twenty-five to fourteen. west sioux tries to run the option but the ball gets away and the westerners recover.2. a few plays later.. cal eskra hits austin allard for the eighty yard touchdown. extra point no touchdown. extra point nono good. westerners up thirty-one to fourteen.3. west sioux makes a comeback. portern hummel; hits kezden blankenship for the touchdown. extra point good. west sioux trtrls thirty-one to twenty one.4. after a akron westfield interception. west sioux again in scoring position and hummel keeps it himself and spins into the endzone. extra point good and the akron westfield lead is cut to three. thrity-one to twenty-eight and.. the

"there's no negatives out of this season," said western christian head coach travis kooima. "i told the guys that's probably the greatest thing about our team was that every day we woke up and tried to get better. i'm just excited and very pleased and just proud of the guys and how hard they worked and western christian loses 7 seniors but has 11 juniors returning. on sunday, iowa state athletic director jamie pollard made the decision to fire head football coach paul rhoads. both men met the media today. rhoads has a 32-54 record in seven seasons at iowa state. the cyclones are 3-8 this season after blowing double-digit, second half leads games. rhoads took isu to three bowl games in his first four seasons, but hasn't had a winning record since '09. "i'm no quitter, i would never have walked away, i wouldn't have walked away from the job, i wouldn't have walked away from the opportunity to coach these young men one more time," said rhoads. "we made the decision to make the change because we simply weren't trending in the right direction," said isu athletics director jamie p

especially football, you don't just all of a sudden get good," said western christian head coach travis kooima. "it takes a bunch of small steps and that's what we did. we've taken a bunch of small steps over the past 12 years. again, a testament to our players, our coaches, for just buying in." "it would be huge for our school, our program and just everyone who has fought for this program to get it going," said western christian sophomore ben granstra. the 2a title game features spirit lake against mount vernon at 2 o'clock. the second-ranked indians are undefeated, at 13 and 0. ninth-ranked mount vernon has three titles, the last coming in 1994. spirit lake won their only title in 2012, when the current seniors were in ninth grade. "as of right now, it's just a great feeling to get back there," said spirit lake senior logan backhaus. "we were just little freshman running up and down the sidelines four years ago when we won it. we're just looking to do the same thing those guys did. we really look up to them." "we just need to continue to focus on getting better," said spirit lake head coach

but the wolfpack take home the runner up trophy. 35-28 the final.3:53 travis kooima - western christian head coach"well like i told the guys in the locker room it's not about trophies. it isn't about banners. because those trophies in 25 years will probably have dust on them and nobody will care. you know, it's going to be about the relationssps. those relationshipipthey made e th us coacheheand their teammates. what am i going to tell my grandkids? you know i'll just smile and tell them you know we had a pretty good time at the dome that week. it was an interesting week to say the least but it was fun." reporter: how fun has this run been with your brother?4:18 tyson kooima - western christian junior qb"it's really fun because he listens to me more. and it's more space, he gives me more space and do what i do. and yeah it's just really fun."that'll put a bow on the iowa state football. but in nebraska it's still going on. tomorrow in lincoln home of the huskers we'll see oakland craig and norfolk catholic go for state championships. we'll have a full recap at 5:00 on sioxland news. fro

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especially football, you don't just all of a sudden get good," said western christian head coach travis kooima. "it takes a bunch of small steps and that's what we did. we've taken a bunch of small steps over the past 12 years. again, a testament to our players, our coaches, for just buying in." "it would be huge for our school, our program and just everyone who has fought for this program to get it going," said western christian sophomore ben granstra. the 2a title game features spirit lake against mount vernon at 2 o'clock. the second-ranked indians are undefeated, at 13-0. ninth-ranked mount vernon has three titles, the last coming in 1994. spirit lake won their only title in 2012, when the current seniors were in ninth grade. "as of right now, it's just a great feeling to get back there," said spirit lake senior logan backhaus. "we were just little freshman running up and down the sidelines four just looking to do the same thing those guys did. we really look up to them." "we just need better," said spirit lake head coach josh bolluyt. "we have an opportunity to come down here and play a g