The Manitowoc Lutheran Lancers are up five notches from 19th to 14th in the final Max Preps Green Bay Metro Top 25 poll.
The Lancers of Head Coach Ryan Hulse finished the regular season undefeated (9-0) and captured their first Big East Conference football title with a come-from-behind 14 to 10 win over The Reedsville Panthers last Friday night in the regular season finale.
Manitowoc Lutheran earned a number one seed in their Division Six bracket of the WIAA 11-man football playoffs and will host the Waterloo Pirates of the Eastern Suburban Conference in the first round Friday night.
Coverage on 980 WCUB and CubRadio.com begins at 6:45 p.m.
FRCC champion West De Pere tops the poll with several local schools, including Roncalli, just barely missing cracking the top 25.
