MELLETTE – Top-rated Class 9B Faulkton received at least 20 yards rushing from seven different players on the way to a 50-0 Lake Region Conference football win over Northwestern Friday night.

Garrett Cramer scored three touchdowns for the unbeaten Trojans. Kamryn Rhodes led the balanced rushing attack with 46 yards, all on a touchdown carry. Landon Coyle also ran for a score and returned a fumble 21 yards for a TD as well.

Charlie Deiter hauled in a 25-yard pass from Layne Cotton for Faulkton’s other TD.

Faulkton meets fellow unbeaten second-rated Class 9A Warner next Friday at 7 p.m. at Dacotah Bank Stadium in Aberdeen.

Faulkton (5-0) 36 14 – 50

Northwestern (0-4) 0 0 – 0

F – Garrett Cramer 15 run (Charlie Deiter pass from Layne Cotton).

F – Cramer 13 run.

F – Cramer 5 run (Gus Kopecky pass from Cotton).

F – Landon Coyle 21 fumble recovery return (Cotton kick).

F – Deiter 25 pass from Cotton (Cotton kick).

F – Coyle 16 run (Gian DiMaria pass from Carter Hall).

F – Kamryn Rhodes 46 run.

OFFENSE: Faulkton, rushing 24-216 (Rhodes 1-46, Lincoln Dikoff 6-35, Cramer 3-33, Coyle 3-30, C. Schulte 6-28, Spencer Melius 1-21, Hall 2-20), passing 4-9 for 66 (Cotton 2-4 for 50, Sean Roseland 1-3 for 8, Hall 1-2 for 8), receiving (Melius 1-25, Deiter 1-25, DiMaria 1-8, Korbin Stark 1-8), first downs 11; Northwestern, rushing 8-minus 8, passing 2-13 for 8, first downs 1.

DEFENSE: Faulkton, Melius 4 tackles, Coyle 3 tackles; Northwestern, Landon Braun 8 tackles, Dallas Stoltenberg 4 tackles.

Deuel 24, Groton 6

Deuel (5-0) 9 7 8 0 – 24

Groton (3-2) 0 0 6 0 – 6

D – Oliver Fieber 87 pass from Trey Maaland (Brandon Fieber kick).

D – Robert Begalka safety,

D – Maaland 49 run (Brandon Fieber kick).

G – Christian Ehresmann 8 pass from Lane Tietz.

D – Maaland 19 run (Begalka run).

OFFENSE: Deuel, rushing 33-245 (Maaland 22-215, Gavin Kloos 9-27), passingn 6-15-1 for 157 (Maaland 6-15-1 for 157), receiving (O. Fieber 1-87, Gabe Sather 2-45, Dexter Unzen 2-17), first downs 15; Groton, rushing 19-9 (Teylor Diegel 2-12, Keegan Tracy 4-10), passing 17-26-1 for 143 (Tietz 17-26-1 for 143), receiving (Tracy 5-69, Diegel 4-33, Ehresmann 4-31, Korbin Kucker 4-10), first downs 12.

DEFENSE: Deuel, Maaland, Kaden Tekrony, Reed VanWommen led team effort; Groton, Ehresmann 14 tackles, Brevin Fliehs 8 tackles, Logan Ringgenberg 7 tackles.

Parker 18, Clark-Willow Lake 14

Quarter scores and scoring plays not reported

OFFENSE: Clark-Willow Lake rushing 35 yards (Emmerson Larson 25 yards, Elliot Bratland 7 yards, Griffin Musser 4 yards), passing 10-24 for 108 (Larson 10-24 for 108 1 TD), receiving (Lincoln Reidburn 37 yards 1 TD, Josh Kannegieter 21 yards, Cooper Pommer 10 yards); Parker rushing 21-77 (Landon Wieman 4-34, Michael Even 13-33, Ray Travnicek 4-10), passing 11-21-2 for 140 (Landon Wieman 11-21-2 for 140 2 TDs), receiving (Ray Travnicek 5-122, Collin Robertson 1-45, Andrew Even 1-30).

DEFENSE: Parker, Levi Wieman 14 tackles, Connor Even 8 tackles, Andrew Even 7 tackles, Lincoln Kippes 7 tackles, Ray Travnicek 2 tackles 1 interception.

Waverly-South Shore 58, Florence-Henry 36

Waverly-South Shore (1-4) 12 24 6 16 – 58

Florence-Henry (0-4) 24 0 12 0 – 36

FH – Tate Hartley 44 pass from Dawson Lantgen (Tristyn Sumner run).

FH – Karter Kohlenberg 17 run (James Kahnke run).

WSS – Cody Thompson 5 pass from Zach Ries.

FH – Hartley 45 pass from Lantgen (Sumner run).

WSS – Ries 1 run.

WSS – Sam Appelhof 37 pass from Ries (Ries to Evan Ekern).

WSS – Thompson 15 pass from Ries (Ries to Thompson).

WSS – Kyle Kneeland 22 pass from Ries (Ries run).

FH – Kohlenberg 1 run.

WSS – Colten Schroeder 70 fumble recovery return.

FH – Tristyn Sumner 1 run.

WSS – Thompson 22 pass from Ries (Ries to Jace Jellis).

WSS – Appelhof 8 pass from Ries.

WSS – Evan Ekern sack for safety.

OFFENSE: Waverly-South Shore rushing 23-104 (Zach Ries 15-58, Cody Thompson 5-47), passing 22-42 for 294 (Zach Ries 22-42 for 294), receiving (Sam Appelhof 7-109, Cody Thompson 9-89), first downs 13; Florence-Henry rushing 38-306 (Karter Kohlenberg 25-159, Tristyn Sumner 10-49), passing 7-12 for 129 (Dawson Lantgen 7-12 for 129), receiving (Tate Hartley 3-92), first downs 14.

DEFENSE: Florence-Henry, Karter Kohlenberg 15 tackles, James Kahnke 7 tackles, Carter Frost 6 tackles 3 sacks.

Warner 67, Castlewood 16

Warner (4-0) 14 40 13 – 67

Castlewood 8 8 0 – 16

W – Hunter Cramer 20 run (Alec Mikkelsen kick).

C – 16 yard pass play (pass good).

W – Cramer 8 run (Mikkelsen kick).

C – 37 yard pass play (run good).

W – Cramer 45 run.

W – Charlie Dulany 2 run.

W – Peyton Volk 39 pass from Cramer (Mikkelsen kick).

W – Cramer 3 run (Mikkelsen kick).

W – Volk 4 run (Mikkelsen kick).

W – Gage Broderson 23 pass from Drew Bakeberg.

W – Bakeberg 38 pass interception return.

W – Broderson 63 run.

OFFENSE: Warner, rushning (Cramer 12-126), passing 12-16 for 223 (Cramer 12-16 for 223), receiving (Sauerwein 5-84), 11 first downs; Castlewood stats not reported.

DEFENSE: Warner, Cramer 7 tackles, Sauerwein 7 tackles, Dulany 7 tackles.

Hamlin 43, Leola-Frederick 8

Hamlin (5-0) 8 13 8 14 – 43

Leola-Frederick (3-2) 0 0 0 8 – 8

H – Mason Trowbridge 80 run (Aiden Abraham pass from Tyson Stevenson).

H – Turner Stevenson 6 pass from Tyson Stevenson (Easton Neuendorf kick).

H – Neuendorf 15 pass from Tyson Stevenson.

H – Tyson Stevenson 1 run.

LF – Gavin Nickelson 1 run (Nickelson run).

H – Zac VanMeeteren 20 pass from Tyson Stevenson (Neuendorf kick).

H – Trowbridge 65 run (Neuendorf kick).

OFFENSE: Hamlin, rushing (Trowbridge 6-198, Tyson Stevenson 11-62, Jackson Wadsworth 7-26, Turner Stevenson 1-6), passing (Tyson Stevenson 13-19 for 211), receiving (Turner Stevenson 4-66, Neuendorf 4-57, Trowbridge 3-49, VanMeeteren 2-37); Leola-Frederick, rushing 39-176 (Nickelson 10-80, Austin Mantei 8-45, Westyn Thorpe 8-34), passing 6-13 for 61 (Brayden Sumption 5-10 for 39, Noah Kippley 1-3 for 22), receiving (Gabe Ketterling 1-22, Nickelson 1-9, Thorpe 1-8, Mantei 1-8, McKinley Kosters 1-8, Levi Little 1-6).

DEFENSE: Wadsworth 10 tackles, VanMeeteren 7 tackles and 3 sacks, Jameson Nebel 6 tackles, Trowbridge 5 tackles, Ted Smith 5 tackles; Leola-Frederick, Nickelson 7 tackles, Kippley 6 tackles, Mantei 5 tackles.

Avon 32, Hitchcock-Tulare 28

Hitchcock-Tulare (3-2) 6 6 0 16 – 28

Avon (4-1) 14 6 6 6 – 32

HT – Erik Salmen 67 run.

A – Aziah Meyer 28 run (Meyer run).

A – Meyer 41 run.

A – Paxton Bierema 1 run.

HT – Blaze Binger 2 run.

A – Trace Pelton 37 pass from Bierema.

HT – Salmen 11 pass from Brendan Nowell (Salmen run).

HT – Salmen 64 run (Binger run).

A – Noah Watchorn 2 run.

Ipswich 44, Herreid-Selby Area 20

Ipswich (3-2) 6 14 8 16 – 44

Herreid-Selby Area (3-2) 0 0 14 6 – 20

I – Casey Geditz 15 run (Geditz run).

I – Kyle Hettich 10 pass from Max Kulesa.

I – Chet Peterson 17 pass from Kulesa (Trevor Heinz pass from Kulesa).

HSA – Houston Hauge 35 run (Hauge run).

HSA – Mason Vetter 5 run.

I – Heinz 17 pass from Kulesa (Hettich run).

I – Heinz 24 pass from Kulesa (Hettich run).

HSA – Kaleb Claymore 5 run.

OFFENSE: Ipswich, rushing 23-132 (Geditz 14-79, Hettich 2-14), passing 19-30 for 290 (Kulesa 19-30 for 290), receiving (Heinz 15-177, Hettich 7-81, Peterson 2-26), first downs 9; Herreid-Selby Area, rushing 34-190 (Hauge 13-106, Porter Gregg 7-41, Claymore 5-13), passing 7-12 for 107 (Wayde Grage 7-12 for 107), receiving (Vetter 3-49, Trevor Gill 3-35), first downs 12.

DEFENSE: Ipswich, Hettich 17 tackles, Peterson 115, Justin Rohbach 13 tackles; Herreid-Selby Area, Tryston Kvasnicka 10 tackles, Cole Zabel 7 tackles, Kaden Sayler 7 tackles.

Note: Trevor Heinz of Ipswich set a new school record with 15 receptions in a single game. His 177 yards receiving in a game ranks second in school history.