A change at the top? North Central aiming for second D3 title against long-time powerhouse. McGrawDHSports NCC_Athletics
The Alliance, Ohio, school played in the Division 3 title game 18 times in 23 years from 1996-2018.
First-year North Central head coach Brad Spencer was a sophomore wide receiver when the Cardinals posted their most recent losing season, going 3-7 in 2001. It took probably a million baby steps to get from there to here, and Spencer was around for all of them. "When I got the job, I kind of joked with people that I'm the new old guy," Spencer said this week."Certainly not new to the program, just new to the position. It's been quite a ride."
"Then the reality that you don't just get to semifinals and national championship every year. There's a lot of work and a lot of things that have to go right for that to happen."
The Cardinals rode that momentum to its first national title a few weeks later. After the 2020 D3 season was canceled by the pandemic, North Central beat Mount Union again last year in the semifinals, then lost the championship game to Mary Hardin-Baylor. This year, it's fair to say North Central is a solid favorite in the title game. Mount Union needed a late touchdown to survive against Wartburg in the semifinals.
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