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Tea Area pulls away from Aberdeen Central

Aberdeen Central’s Cooper Eisenbeisz, left, looks to move up field after shaking the tackle attempt of Pierre’s Carson Stoeser, bottom right, during last week's game at the Brownell Activities Complex. Eisenbeisz scored on a 92-yard touchdown pass Friday night at Tea. Photo by John Davis taken 8/25/2023
TEA – The Aberdeen Central football team did not find much room to work with on Friday night. The Golden Eagles tallied less than 100 total yards as second-rated Tea Area earned a 28-7 Eastern South Dakota Conference win. Central struggled to win the line of scrimmage for most of the night, as the Titans were consistently getting into the backfield, putting pressure on quarterback Parker Lemer, as well as stopping the Golden Eagles’ ground attack. Central coach Justin Briese said the team’s attempts to run the ball were thwarted by the Titan defense. “It’s always tough when teams know we want to run the ball and they put eight or nine guys in the box,” Briese said. “It’s one of those (things) where you’ve got to find a way to do it.” Tea Area struck first in the opening quarter on a 12-yard touchdown run by quarterback Brenner Konrad, putting the Golden Eagles in an early 7-0 hole. “They got set up right away with a good kickoff return, which put

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