No. 1 Western Dubuque defeated No. 6 Bondurant-Farrar 28-21 Thursday at the UNI-Dome to advance to the Class 4A state football championship game.

Western Dubuque captains Colin McDermott (13), Ryan Digmann (11), Samuel Christoffer (51), and Grant Glausser (10) take the field before an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque fans look on before an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Jordan Rial (5) scrambles during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Garret Kluesner (55) reacts to a play during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Colin McDermott (13) dives for a pass during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Jordan Rial (5) throws a pass during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque head coach Justin Penner looks on during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Grant Glausser runs with the ball during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Tanner Anderson (7) throws under pressure during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Clayten Lindecker (8) pursues Bondurant-Farrar’s Caleb Moore (2) during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Cole Miller makes a catch during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Ryan Digmann runs with the ball during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Caleb Moore (2) scores a touchdown during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Caleb Moore (2) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Caleb Moore (2) carries the ball during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Batpiny Riak (4) scores a touchdown during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Aiden McDonald (17) and Nolan Fellers (18) bring down Western Dubuque’s Grant Glausser (10) during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Carter Obrecht (11) reacts to a play during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Colin McDermott (13) runs with the ball during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western-Dubuque’s Grant Glausser (10) carries the ball during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Brandon Decker (5) celebrates with Jacob LaCrone (13) after catching a touchdown pass during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Brandon Decker (5) celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Brandon Decker (5) celebrates after catching a touchdown pass during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Colin McDermott (13) makes a catch as Bondurant-Farrar’s Talan Hayworth (9) defends during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Samuel Christoffer lines up during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western-Dubuque’s Grant Glausser (10) scores a touchdown during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Tanner Anderson (7) celebrates with Grant Glausser (10) during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Caleb Moore (2) breaks free for a touchdown during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar fans celebrate during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Caleb Moore (2) celebrates during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Bondurant-Farrar’s Caleb Moore (2) celebrates with Aiden McDonald (17) during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Ryan Digmann (11) runs with the ball during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Caden Culbertson reaches for a pass during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western-Dubuque’s Grant Glausser (10) carries the ball for a touchdown during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Grant Glausser (10) celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Grant Glausser (10) celebrates with teammates Samuel Christoffer (51) and Isaac Lehmann (68) after scoring a two point conversion during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Clayten Lindecker (8) dives for Bondurant-Farrar’s Cole Miller (25) during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque fans react during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Derek Hoerner (31) runs with the ball during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Grant Glausser (10) embraces teammate Brock Carpenter following an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Brandon Decker (5) celebrates with teammates during an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque players sing their fight song with fans following an Iowa Class 4A State Football Semifinal game between the Western Dubuque Bobcats and the Bondurant-Farrar Blue Jays at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

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