By Greg Grabianowski

Sports Editor

CEDAR FALLS—November 16 might have just have become the most favorite day for the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears football team to play.

The black-and-gold earned the school’s first football state title on Nov. 16, 1985 under the direction of head coach Larry Weier and repeated that feat on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 with a 39-30 victory over second-ranked Bedford.