Special to the Times Vedette
For the first time, Iowa PBS is your home for the 2025 IHSAA Football Championships. Coverage of each class’ title game will take place Thursday, Nov. 20 starting at 9:30 a.m. and Friday, Nov. 21 starting at 10 a.m. Championship games will be played at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Each game will be broadcast on statewide Iowa PBS and livestreamed on iowapbs.org and YouTube.
The championship coverage will include Paul Yeager hosting the Iowa PBS Sports Pregame and halftime with in-depth features, highlights and events including the Honor Cheer Squad performing during Friday’s 2A and 3A halftimes and the induction of the 2025 Hall of Fame class during the 5A halftime.
The lineup of announcers calling the games is listed below.
- Eight-Player: Trevor Maeder on play-by-play and Tom Petersen on color commentary.
- Class A: Shawn Kenney on play-by-play and Jeremiah Longnecker on color commentary.
- Class 1A and 4A: Shawn Kenney on play-by-play and Kevin Bowman on color commentary.
- Class 2A and 3A: Shawn Kenney on play-by-play and Pat Angerer on color commentary.
- Class 5A: Shawn Kenney on play-by-play and Kevin Miller on color commentary.
Live coverage will be as follows (Coverage and start times are subject to change.):
Thursday, Nov. 20
- 9:30 a.m. | Eight-Player
- 1 p.m. | Class A
- 4 p.m. | Class 1A
- 7 p.m. | Class 4A
Friday, November 21
- 10 a.m. | Class 2A
- 1 p.m. | Class 3A
- 7 p.m. | Class 5A
Event information including matchups, statistics, tickets and more can be found through the IHSAA’s State Playoffs Central website.
Learn more at iowapbs.org.