St. Thomas football coach Glenn Caruso was honored Tuesday by co-workers, friends and family for winning the Liberty Mutual National Coach of the Year award for a second time.

Former St. Thomas All-American wide receiver Fritz Waldvogel will continue his football career next season with the  Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns of the German Football League.

St. Thomas senior wide receiver Fritz Waldvogel was one of four finalists for the Gagliardi Trophy, the award given to the most outstanding all-around student-athlete in Division III football, but Dubuque’s Michael Zweifel took home the hardware.

Mount Union earned its seventh consecutive trip to the NCAA Division III title game by defeating Wesley 18-21.

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Coach Glenn Caruso and the Tommies put together the best football season in school history this year but still left room for improvement.

Some Tommie fans made the trip to Whitewater, Wis., and expect to come home with a win.

Two of the best Division III running backs in the country, St. Thomas senior Colin Tobin and Wisconsin-Whitewater senior Levell Coppage, shared the spotlight as high school stars in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park. The two square off for the first time in Saturday’s NCAA Division III semifinals

Check out photos from the game.

Check out video highlights of the Tommie’s 45-10 victory from St. John Fisher.

Levell Coppage runs for four touchdowns to lead Wis.-Whitewater to an NCAA Division III semifinal game next Saturday against the Tommies.

Wisconsin-Whitewater, Mount Union and Wesley advance along with St. Thomas to the semifinals.

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St. Thomas seniors provided the offense. Senior quarterback Dakota Tracy had three touchdown passes, senior running back Colin Tobin had 136 rushing yards and two scores and senior wide receiver Fritz Waldvogel had 105 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The Tommies outgained the Cardinals 283 to 40 yards.

For the first time in school history, the Tommies advance to the NCAA D-III semifinals.