MLA again reached the state tournament in back-to-back to back appearances under coach Kirk in 2017, 2018 and 2019. They first reached the state nine-man football championship, in a game played on November 23, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium. Both MLA and Spring Grove were undefeated in the regular season. Although the Wolverines lost to Spring Grove by a 40 to 18 score, the team nonetheless notched its third state runners-up honors. On November 30, 2019, MLA defeated Hancock to win their first nine-man football title. After falling behind in the first half, the Wolverines, quarterbacked by Abraham Stoesz, scored three unanswered touchdowns to notch a 22–14 victory. Stoesz was named as a finalist for Minnesota's Mr. Football in 2019.