The 2022 football season was one for the record books for the WACO Warriors. That ride came to an end Thursday morning in the 8-man state championship game.

The Warriors fell to top-ranked Remsen St. Mary’s 38-16. A few costly turnovers put WACO in an early hole that they were unable to recover from. For the Hawks, it is their second championship and perfect season in the last three years.

WACO finishes the season with a school-best 13-1 record and second consecutive district title, earning them a trip to the Dome for the first time in over a decade. The team toted a ferocious defense and record-breaking offense, leading to 11 all-district selections.

WACO will graduate 11 seniors at the end of the school year, including Isaac Oswald, Mason Miller, Junior Quiroz, Cody Graber, Drew Diers, Ty Egli, Simeon Reichenbach, Oleh Shtefanchuk, Jacob Stauffer, Bryan Ackerman, and Kohl Hildebrand.