
GROTON – Keegen Tracy and Korbin Kucker each scored a pair of touchdowns as Groton picked up a 29-12 non-conference football win over Mobridge-Pollock Friday night.
Tracy returned a kickoff 84 yards for a score, and also caught a touchdown pass from Kucker. Meanwhile Kucker also ran for two touchdowns and finished the night with 41 yards rushing, 47 yards passing, and 7 yards receiving.
Tucker Hardy led Groton with 13 tackles.
Mobridge-Pollock received touchdowns from Mack Saxon, and Jackson Eisemann. Saxon rushed for 151 yards, and also had 46 yards receiving.

Mobridge-Pollock (1-1) 6 0 0 6 – 12
Groton (1-0) 7 15 0 7 – 29
MP – Mack Sackson 14 run.
G – Keegen Tracy 84 kickoff return (Joao Nunes kick)
G – Tracy 23 pass from Kucker (Nunes kick)
G – Korbin Kucker 3 run (Brevin Fliehs run)
MP – Jackson Eisemann 1 run
G – Kucker 40 run (Nunes kick)
OFFENSE: Mobridge-Pollock, rushing 44-231 (Saxon 26-151, Tyler Schmeichel 6-42, Eisemann 9-24, Peter Fried 3-14), passing 4-10-1 for 50 (Eisemann 4-10-1 for 50), receiving (Saxon 2-46, Easton Eisemann 1-6, first downs 13; Groton, rushing 20-82 (Kucker 12-41, Christian Ehresmann 2-17, Tracy 2-16, Ryder Johnson 4-8), passing 10-16-0 for 141 (Johnson 7-9 for 94, Kucker 3-7 for 47), receiving (Tracy 3-68, Conner Glines 2-23, Teylor Diegel 2-19, Ehresmann 1-12, Fliehs 1-12, Kucker 1-7), first downs 10.
DEFENSE: Mobridge-Pollock, Carter Hinsz 8 tackles, Luke Olson 5 tackles; Groton, Tucker Hardy 13 tackles, Johnson 9 tackles, Ehresmann 8 tackles, Karter Moody 8 tackles.
Leola-Frederick 36, Britton-Hecla 30
Leola-Frederick (2-0) 16 0 6 14 – 36
Britton-Hecla (0-2) 0 16 6 8 0 – 30
LF – Ethan Petrich 31 pass from Noah Kippley (Kippley run)
LF – Gavin Nickelson 15 pass from Kippley (Nickelson run)
BH – Jaxon Zuehlke 10 pass from Jace Rein (Bryce Hawkinson run)
BH – Daniel Person 4 pass from Rein (Hawkinson run)
LF – Nickelson 8 run
BH – Bennett Suther 45 pass from Rein
LF – Nickelson 52 run
BH – Dashel Davidson 14 run 9 (Suther pass from Rein)
LF – Westyn Thorpe 8 run (Thorpe run)
OFFENSE: Leola-Frederick, rushing 31-195 (Nickelson 14-95, Thorpe 9-83, Kipple 6-13), passing 7-7-0 for 109 (Kippley 7-7-0 for 109), receiving (Petrich 4-78, Nickelson 3-31); Britton-Hecla, rushing 39-199 (Hawkinson 23-124) passing 9-16 for 153 (Rein 9-16 for 153), receiving (Hawkinson 3-40).
DEFENSE: Leola-Frederick, W. Thorpe 12 tackles, Jace Thorpe 8 tackles, Zander Hoffman 8 tackles and 1 sack, Petrich 7 tackles, Nickelson 7 tackles, Dustin Wurtz 7 tackles and 1 sack.
NOTE: Westyn Thorpe scored the winning touchdown with 20 seconds left.
Herreid-Selby Area 50, Northwestern 0
Northwestern (0-2) 0 0 0 – 0
Herreid-Selby Area (2-0) 20 24 6 – 50
HSA – Porter Gregg 10 run
HAS – Houston Hauge 61 pass from Jared Weisbeck (Kaleb Claymore run)
HSA- Gregg 35 run
HSA – Gregg 1 run (Weisbeck run)
HSA – Gregg 70 run (Hauge run)
HSA – Hauge 37 pass from Wiesbeck (Weisbeck run)
HSA – Noah Schueltze 30 pass interception return
OFFENSE: Northwestern stats not reported; Herreid-Selby Area, rushing 27-288 (Gregg 13-175, Weisbeck 9-81, Thatcher Kihne 2-23), passing 6-14-0 for 132 (Weisbeck 5-12-0 for 123, Kihne 1-2-0 for 9), receiving (Hauge 4-113, Adonnais Mills 1-10, Claymore 1-9).
DEFENSE: Herreid-Selby Area, Schueltze 1 int 4 tackles, Claymore 1 forced fumble, Mills 1 fumble recovery, Gregg 1 fumble recovery.
Warner 47, Potter County 6
Warner (2-0) 26 13 0 8 – 47
Potter County (0-2) 0 6 0 0 – 6
W – Jesiah Baum 71 kickoff return
W – Payton Volk 9 run
W – Baum 49 pass from Drew Bakeberg
W – Devon Fischbach 44 pass from Bakeberg (PAT good)
W – Baum 11 run (PAT good)
W – Jack Williams 18 run
PC – Jhett Simon 53 pass from Landon Larson
W – Gage Broderson 21 run (Williams pass from Brayden Kroll)
OFFENSE: Warner, rushing (Williams 8-38, Broderson 7-37), passing (Bakeberg 3-4 for 133), receiving (Baum 2-89, Fischbach 1-44), 4 first downs; Potter County, rushing (Tanner Vander Vorst 6-31), passing (Larson 7-22 for 116), receiving (Vander Vorst 1-53), 5 first downs.
DEFENSE: Warner, Volk 5 tackles, Jackson Bossly 5 tackles.
Deuel 40, Sisseton 0
Sisseton (0-1) 0 0 0 0 – 0
Deuel (1-1) 21 19 0 0 – 40
D – Gavin Kloos 60 run
D – Gabe Sather 44 pass interception return (Carson Marko run)
D – Sather 43 pass from Aiden Sievers (PAT good)
D – Sather 69 pass from Sievers
D – Kloos 50 run
D – Troy Jenson 85 pass from Sievers (PAT good)
OFFENSE: Sisseton, rushing 34-68 (Taylor Snaza 15-40, Holden Hawkins 9-15, Caden Gibson 3-13), passing 3-9-1 for 50 (Jackson Wegener (3-9-1 for 50), receiving (Brett Hansen 3-50), 6 first downs; Deuel, rushing 23-172 (Kloos 2-90, Marko 2-30, Sather 1-22), passing 7-9-1 for 279 (Sievers 7-9-1 for 279), receiving (Sather 3-129, Jenson 2-115), 11 first downs.
DEFENSE: Sisseton, Snaza 7 tackles, Vincent Donnell 3 tackles, Hansen 2 tackles, Bremer DeSpiegler 2 tackles, Jeremias Perez 1 tackle, 1 INT; Deuel, Marki 8 tackles 1 tackle for loss, Kloos 6 tackles, Josiah Swenson 5 tackles, Gavin Maaland 4 tackles 1 tackle for loss, Sather 3 tackles 1 tackle for loss, 1 INT.
Hamlin 44, Hanson 6
Hanson (1-1) 0 0 6 0 – 6
Hamlin (2-0) 0 20 18 6 – 44
HAM- Evan Stormo 16 run (Stormo run)
HAM- Mason Trowbridge 19 run (Stormo pass from Jackson Wadsworth)
HAM- Trowbridge 23 pass from Wadsworth
HAN- Sutton Dewald 18 run
HAM- Stormo 58 pass from Wadsworth
HAM- Easton Neuendorf 55 pass interception return
HAM- Jaden Olsen 21 pass from Wadsworth
OFFENSE: Hanson, rushing 32-110 (Dewald 10-32, Esten Schlimgen 4-20, Weston Kayser 4-16, Carson Kampshoff 1-16, Stetson Riggs 7-15, Jason Porth 2-12), passing 1-11-4 for 13 (Jett Jager 1-3-1 for 13, Schlimgen 0-8-3 for 0), receiving (Dewald 1-13), 8 first downs; Hamlin, rushing 31-78 (Trowbridge 15-72, Stormo 3-24), passing 22-28-0 for 301 (Wadsworth 22-28-0 for 301), receiving (Stormo 5-108, Trowbridge 4-54, Turner Stevenson 4-45, Neuendorf 5-36, Boden Stevenson 1-26, Olsen 1-21, Dawson Noem 1-7, Watson Grantham 1-4), 23 first downs.
DEFENSE: Hanson, Riggs 6 tackles 2 sacks, Radek Jarding 5.5 tackles, Dewald 5 tackles; Hamlin, Stevenson 3 INT for 74 yards, Neuendorf 1 INT for 55 yards, Wadsworth 7 tackles, Stormo 6 tackles.
Great Plains Lutheran 42, Waubay-Summit 31
Great Plains Lutheran (2-0) 14 0 6 22 – 42
Waubay-Summit (0-2) 8 9 8 6 – 31
GPL – Micah Holien 83 run (Holien run)
WS – Brooks Dolen 4 run (run successful)
GPL – Greyson Leins 6 pass from Brody Scharlemann
WS – Dolen 38 run
WS – Dolen 37 field goal
GPL – Holien 41 run
WS – Jayven Maag 80 kickoff return (run successful)
GPL – Scharlemann 1 run (Scharlemann run)
WS – Maag 30 run
GPL – Holien 10 run (Scharlemann run)
GPL – Holien 43 run
OFFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, rushing 43-483 (Holien 22-335, Scharlemann 14-87), passing 2-5-1 for 23 (Scharlemann 2-5-1 for 23), receiving (Holien 1-17, Leins 1-6); Waubay-Summit, rushing 34-228 (Dolen 15-100, Dylan Rumpza 6-84), passing 8-25-1 for 65 (Evan Aker 8-25-1 for 65), receiving (Rumpza 4-22).
DEFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, Holien 10 tackles,Aiden Cameron 10 tackles, Logan Bergan 6 tackles and 1 INT, Lucas Johnson 8 tackles, Hayden Karli 3 tackles and 1 fumble recovery.
Chester 7, Castlewood 0
Chester (1-0) 0 0 7 0 – 7
Castlewood (0-2) 0 0 0 0 – 0
Chester – Jaxton Opdahl 12 pass from Layke Wold (PAT Good)
OFFENSE: Chester, rushing 36-36 (Opdahl 11-23, Wold 18-14), passing 12-20 for 139 (Wold 12-20 for 139), receiving (Zach Moyer 3-40, Opdahl 2-38), 23 first downs; Castlewood, rushing 38-135 (Camron Eng 17-130, Kamden Keszler 7-29), passing 2-7 for 6 (Paul Everson 1-5 for 6), receiving (Kolby Davis 1-6).
DEFENSE: Castlewood, Eng 13 tackles 1 sack, Trevor Everson 6 tackles, Bryon Laue 5 tackles 2 sacks, Brody Bass 5 tackles 2 sacks, Keszler 5 tackles 1 fumble recovery.
Hitchcock-Tulare 30, Iroquois-Lake Preston 6
Hitchcock-Tulare (1-1) 16 8 6 0 – 30
Iroquois-Lake Preston (1-1) 0 0 6 0 – 6
HT – Blaze Binger 5 run (Derek Johnson)
HT – Payton Chasing Hawk 35 run (Chasing Hawk run)
HT – Binger 58 run (Johnson run)
ILP – Peskey 6 run.
HT – Johnson 5 run.
OFFENSE: Hitchcock-Tulare, rushing 275 (Binger 23-249, Chasing Hawk 7-37, Patrick Maynard 3-23), passing 2-9-0 for 7 (Chasing Hawk 2-7-0 for 7), receiving (Binger 1-7); Iroquois-Lake Preston, rushing 109 (Lucas Peskey 24-68, Ben Curd 8-16), passing 6-14-1 for 57 (Peskey 5-13-1 for 48, Brycen Blue 1-1-0 for 9), receiving (Ervin Carter 1-40).
DEFENSE: Iroquois-Lake Preston, Curd 8 tackles, Rexton Blue 6 tackles, Rayson Timm 6 tackles.


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