(Council Bluffs) — The St. Albert football team is one win away from a trip to the UNI-Dome for the first time since 2020.
The Class A No. 7 Falcons (9-1) moved into the State Quarterfinals with a game-winning field goal by Cooper Hamilton as time expired to beat Riverside 19-16 last week.
“It proves that we’ve got a tough bunch of kids that are playing a style of football that no matter what the circumstances, they tend to battle back,” said Head Coach Donnie Woods. “We knew it was going to be a tough matchup, especially just coming off a victory against them only a few weeks prior and getting matched up against them again and going back to their place to have to play them there. We knew it was going to be tough. There were some opportunities that we squandered there in the first half, but ultimately, I’m so proud of our guys and the effort and the two-minute drive they had to put forth.”…