Box Elder wins first-ever state championship in football

For the first time in schools history, the Box Elder Bears can call themselves state champions in football.

Saturday in Bridger, the Bears clobbered the Bridger Scouts in the Class C Six-Man state championship game, 84-56.

Box Elder went from 3-5 a season ago to state champions in just over a year's time. The Bears had previously only played for a state title once before, a loss to DGS in 2015.

"I think four months ago, there were only a handful of people in the state that thought this was possible and they were all sitting in the locker room together," Box Elder head coach Thomas Dilworth tol...