Standouts from St. Mary’s-Waco 8-Player Title Game

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Remsen St. Mary's became the first 2022 Iowa prep football champion Thursday morning with a 38-6 victory against Wayland WACO in the 8-player title game at the UNI-Dome. The Hawks won their third ever crown, the second in the last three years. The Warriors finished up a great campaign at 13-1. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/IHSAA/status/1593305413033811968?s=20u0026t=rkhCo-DmC-qNpeMeW9409w","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/IHSAA/status/1593305413033811968?s=20&amp;t=rkhCo-DmC-qNpeMeW9409w </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here's a look at some standouts from the 8-player championship contest: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='152686' first='Brenden' last='Fisch'], '23, RB/LB, St. Mary's -</strong> Fisch went out in style with 134 yards and four touchdowns rushing in his final high school game. He added two catches for 14 yards and a score. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Cael Ortmann, '23, QB/LB, St. Mary's - </strong>Ortmann put together an efficient performance that complemented Fisch well. He completed 12 of 16 passes for 156 yards and a score. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='252237' first='Keaton' last='Harpenau'], '25, SL/DB, St. Mary's - </strong>Harpenau led a stingy Hawk defense with eight tackles, seven of which were solo. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='152618' first='Jaxon' last='Bunkers'], '23, WR/LB, St. Mary's - </strong>The do-everything senior hauled in four passes for 86 yards, totaled four tackles, including one for loss, recovered two fumbles and kicked off six times with two touchbacks. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='152901' first='Alex' last='Schroeder'], '23, RB/LB, St. Mary's - </strong>Schroeder stood out on both sides of the ball. He caught five passes for 44 yards, added 54 yards rushing, and racked up 6.0 tackles (5 solo, 1.0 for loss). </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Isaac Oswald, '23, QB/S, WACO - </strong>The senior completed 14 of 23 passes for 212 yards and a touchdown in his final high school contest. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='320701' first='Simeon' last='Reichenbach'], '23, RB/LB, WACO - </strong>Reichenbach left it all on the UNI-Dome field Thursday. The senior brought in four catches for 60 yards, added 32 yards rushing, averaged 47.5 yards on two punts, returned three kicks for 51 yards, booted a 48-yard field goal, recorded touchbacks on all three kickoffs, logged 6.0 tackles, including one for loss, and forced a fumble. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='320702' first='Drew' last='Diers'], '23, RB/LB, WACO - </strong>The active Diers led all defenders in the game with 12.5 tackles (8 solo, 1.5 for loss). <!-- wp:list --> <ul></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><strong>Oleh Shtefanchuk, 23, WR/DB, WACO - </strong>Shtefanchuk caught three passes for 52 yards with a long of 34. He racked up 8.0 tackles (5 solo) on defense. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list -->