WIAA Football Playoffs
8-Man Championship
McDonell vs. Gilman
(11/15/25)
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 McDonell Catholic (12-1) vs. Gilman (12-1)
Date: 11/15/2025  • Site: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
• Stadium: South Wood County

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
McDonell Catholic... 14  0  8  0  - 22       Record: (12-1)
Gilman..............  0  0  0  0  -  0       Record: (12-1)


Scoring Summary:
1st 03:10 MC - Luke Andersen 22 yd pass from Cael Holm (Eli Stepp rush failed),
               4-24 2:18, MC 6 - G 0
    00:13 MC - Luke Andersen 25 yd pass from Cael Holm (Luke Andersen pass from Cael Holm),
               3-52 0:54, MC 14 - G 0
3rd 07:00 MC - Luke Andersen 1 yd pass from Cael Holm (Luke Andersen pass from Cael Holm),
               3-27 0:53, MC 22 - G 0



                                     MC        G
FIRST DOWNS...................       20        9
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   47-202   28-127
PASSING YDS (NET).............      176       49
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  17-12-0   17-7-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   64-378   45-176
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............      0-0      0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     1-11     3-42
Interception Returns-Yards....      1-4      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   1-25.0   5-23.2
Fumbles-Lost..................      5-2      1-1
Penalties-Yards...............     8-65     5-38
Possession Time...............    31:10    16:50
Third-Down Conversions........  6 of 12  3 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   3 of 5   0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      1-1      0-1
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     3-25      0-0


RUSHING: McDonell Catholic-Dawson Moulton 32-146; Eli Stepp 10-57; Cael
Holm 3-1; TEAM 2-minus 2. Gilman-Logan Halda 12-63; Kolby Keepers 7-43;
AnthonySyryczuk 8-23; TEAM 1-minus 2.

PASSING: McDonell Catholic-Cael Holm 12-17-0-176. Gilman-Logan Halda
7-17-1-49.

RECEIVING: McDonell Catholic-Eli Stepp 6-78; Luke Andersen 4-71; Dawson
Moulton 2-27. Gilman-Sawyer Winger 4-33; AnthonySyryczuk 2-15; Alex Copenhaver
1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: McDonell Catholic-Dawson Moulton 1-4. Gilman-None.

FUMBLES: McDonell Catholic-Dawson Moulton 4-2; Eli Stepp 1-0. Gilman-TEAM
1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): McDonell Catholic-Eli Stepp 2-0; Caleb Leet 1-0.
Gilman-None.

TACKLES (UA-A): McDonell Catholic-Eli Stepp 7-1; Dawson Moulton 6-3; Cael
Holm 4-1; Luke Andersen 3-2; Kaiden Boos 2-3; Mason Busse 3-0; Caleb Leet 1-1;
Noah Smiskey 1-0; Ryan Smiskey 1-0; Nick Flashinski 0-1. Gilman-AnthonySyryczuk
9-8; Henry Syryczuk 5-5; Logan Halda 6-2; Cooper Krug 3-8; Sawyer Winger 6-1;
Kolby Keepers 3-2; Alex Copenhaver 2-3; Taydyn Angell 2-3; Dawson Grunseth 1-1;
Andy Copenhaver 1-0; Lucas Halida 1-0; Beau Pockat 0-1.

Stadium: South Wood County    Attendance:
Kickoff time: 1 p.m.    End of Game: 3:39 pm   Total elapsed time: 2:39
Officials: Referee: Mike Wudi; Umpire: Vern Anderson; Linesman: JohnClausnitser;
Line judge: Pat Henrichs; Back judge: Craig Diedrich;
Temperature: 58        Wind: NW15-20   Weather: Sunny

G defeated MC, 38-12, during the regular season...Lowest
scoring game in championship history...MCM's Holm and
Andersen set championship game records with three passing
touchdowns & three pass receiving touchdowns, respectively.