LEOLA – Gavin Nickelson rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns, and had 15 tackles to help power Leola-Frederick to a 42-20 win over fourth-rated Class 9B Faulkton in Lake Region Conference football action on Friday night.
Westyn Thorpe returned a kick 80 yards for a score and also contributed 10 tackles for the Titans, who improved to 5-0 on the season.
Gian DiMaria passed for 226 yards and one TD, while Tristen Baloun rushed for two touchdowns to pace Faulkton.
Faulkton (2-2) 0 8 6 6 – 20
Leola-Frederick (5-0) 8 14 0 20 – 42
LF – Ethan Petrich 58 pass from Noah Kippley (Gavin Nickelson run).
F – Safety, Faulkton recovered fumble in end zone.
LF – Nickelson 68 run (Westyn Thorpe run).
F – Charlie Deiter 24 pass from Gian DiMaria.
LF – Nickelson 46 run.
F – Tristen Baloun 3 run.
LF – Jace Thorpe 4 pass interception return (Petrich pass from Kippley).
F – Baloun 7 run.
LF – W. Thorpe 80 kickoff return.
LF – Nickelson 33 run.
OFFENSE: Faulkton, rushing 40-159 (Baloun 16-79, Landon Coyle 15-70), passing 16-25-1 for 236 (DiMaria 14-22-1 for 226), receiving (Deiter 7-134); Leola-Frederick, rushing 26-253 (Nickelson 9-210, W. Thorpe 7-38), passing 2-6-0 for 86 (Kippley 2-6-0 for 86), receiving (Petrich 1-58, Milo Sumption 1-28).
DEFENSE: Faulkton, Drake Mueller 6 tackles, Baloun 5 tackles; Leola-Frederick, Nickelson 15 tackles, W. Thorpe 10 tackles and 1 force fumble, Petrich 9 tackles, Zander Hoffman 8 tackles, Jacob Kindelspire 8 tackles, Sumption 8 tackles and 1 fumble recovery.
Groton 14, Deuel 9
Deuel (1-3) 3 0 0 6 – 9
Groton (3-1) 0 7 7 0 – 14
D – Sean Kurmann 29 field goal.
G – Christian Ehresmann 14 pass from Ryder Johnson (Joao Nunes kick).
G – Ehresmann 5 pass from Johnson (Nunes kick).
D – Troy Jenson 3 pass from Aiden Sievers.
OFFENSE: Deuel, rushing 24-40 (Gavin Kloos 11-35), passing 11-18 for 90 (Sievers 11-18 for 90), receiving (Gabe Sather 7-76), first downs 8; Groton, rushing 34-172 (Korbin Kucker 23-112, Johnson 5-33, Ehresmann 5-20), passing 9-13-1 for 62 (Johnson 8-12-1 for 60), receiving (Ehresmann 4-23, Teylor Diegel 3-17, Connor Glines 1-16, Keegen Tracy 1-6), first downs 11.
DEFENSE: Deuel, Gavin Maaland 9 tackles, Carson Marko 8 tackles, Reed Van Wormen 8 tackles; Groton, Ehresmann 10 tackles and 2 sacks, Brevin Fliehs 7 tackles and 1 sack, Tucker Hardy 6 tackles and 1 sack, Kucker 5 tackles, Caleb Mertz 5 tackles.
Castlewood 52, Wilmot 0
Wilmot (0-4) 0 0 0 – 0
Castlewood (1-3) 38 8 6 – 52
C – Camron Eng 70 run (Kamden Keszler pass from Brody Bass).
C – Eng 5 run (Bryon Laue pass from Bass).
C – Eng 50 run (Bass run).
C – Keszler 30 pass from Bass.
C – Eng 8 run (Trevor Everson run).
C – Keszler 20 run (Paul Everson run).
C – T. Everson 30 run.
OFFENSE: Wilmot, rushing 20-8 (Keitrick Genia 7-17), passing 1-6 for minus-5), first downs 0; Castlewood, rushing 18-270 (Eng 10-157, T. Everson 4-53, Yader Munoz 1-40), passing 1-1 for 30 (Bass 1-1 for 30), receiving (Keszler 1-30), first downs 21.
DEFENSE: Castlewood, P. Everson 6 tackles, Laue 5 tackles, T. Everson 3 tackles, Sawyer Craig 3 tackles, Eng 2 tackles.
Sioux Valley 56, Sisseton 12
Sisseton (0-5) 0 6 6 0 – 12
Sioux Valley (4-0) 21 21 8 6 – 56
SV – Maverick Nelson 58 pass from Wyatt Hardt 5 run (Jameson Degen kick).
SV – Mitchell Guthmiller 50 run (Degen kick).
SV – Brody Haaland 28 pass from Hardt (Degen kick).
SV – Guthmiller 80 pass from Hardt (Degen kick).
SV – Brock Christopherson 48 run (Degen kick).
Siss – Hayden Hellwig 65 pass from Caden Gibson.
SV – Johnnie Vermuelen 3 run (Degen kick).
SV – Hardt 8 run (Weston Pitts run).
Siss – Gibson 32 run.
SV – Tyson Norgaard 4 run.
OFFENSE: Sisseton, rushing 24-164 (Holden Hawkins 14-78, Gibson 7-65, JJ Hamm 1-17), passing 9-25-0 for 170 (Gibson 9-25-0 for 170), receiving (Hellwig 5-150, Hamm 2-10), first downs 14; Sioux Valley, rushing 39-345 (Hardt 5-84, Christopherson 5-81, Guthmiller 2-59, Vermuelen 9-59), passing 3-4-0 for 166 (Hardt 3-3-0 for 166), receiving (Guthmiller 1-80, Nelson 1-58, Haaland 1-28), first downs 21.
DEFENSE: Sisseton, Bo Iverson 10 tackles, Hamm 9 tackles, Nate Tasa 1 fumble recovery; Sioux Valley, Vermuelen 8 tackles, Pitts 8 tackles, Braden Danzeisen 7 tackles, Holdyn Ruesink 1 fumble recovery.
Dell Rapids 42, Milbank 7
Dell Rapids (3-1) 21 15 0 6 – 42
Milbank (2-2) 0 0 0 7 – 7
DR – Kenny Swanson 9 run.
DR – Quinn Carr 2 run (PAT good).
DR – Cole Ruesink 62 run (Cooper Frost kick).
DR – Tad Tjaden 49 pass from Ruesink (PAT good).
DR – Drake Eastman 21 pass from Frost (Frost kick).
DR – Cooper Cuny 10 run.
M – 75 kickoff return (Moises Luna kick).
OFFENSE: Dell Rapids, rushing 32-279 (Ruesink 6-173), passing 5-10-0 for 104 (Frost 5-10-0 for 104), receiving (Tjaden 3-66), first downs 11; Milbank, rushing 27-10, passing 7-23-3 for 46 (Braylen Bowsher 6-21-3 for 45), first downs 6.
DEFENSE: Dell Rapids, Ryan Stubbe 4 tackles; Milbank, Bennett Hunt 7 tackles, Ethan Owen 5 tackles.
Elkton-Lake Benton 61, Great Plains Lutheran 8
Great Plains Lutheran (3-2) 0 8 0 – 8
Elkton-Lake Benton (5-0 28 27 6 – 61
ELB – Blake DeVries 56 run.
ELB – Colt Beck 11 run (kick good).
ELB – DeVries 1 run (Tanner Drietz run).
ELB – Drietz 9 run (kick good).
ELB – Drietz 5 run.
GPL – Micah Holien 79 pass from Brody Scharlemann (Scharlemann run).
ELB – Beck 26 run (kick good).
ELB – Eliot Erickson 8 pass from Beck.
ELB – Beck 34 run (Larson run).
ELB – Drietz 17 pass from Beck.
OFFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, rushing 16 for minus-1, passing 4-7-1 for 87 (Scharlemann 4-7-1 for 87), receiving (Holien 3-78); Elkton-Lake Benton, rushing 29-298 (Beck 5-118, DeVries 8-94), passing 79 (Beck 3-7 for 33).
DEFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, Holien 7 tackles.
Wolsey-Wessington 36, Platte-Geddes 14
Wolsey-Wessington (4-0) 16 6 14 0 – 36
Platte-Geddes (1-4) 0 6 0 8 – 14
Platte-Geddes scoring plays not reported
WW – Caleb Richmond 5 run (PAT good).
WW – C. Richmond 5 run (PAT good).
WW – Moshe Richmond 35 pass from C. Richmond.
WW – C. Richmond 59 run.
WW – M. Richmond 28 pass from C. Richmond (PAT good).
OFFENSE: Wolsey-Wessington, rushing 37-253 (C. Richmond 9-138, Peyton Rainford 13-93, Ethan Rearick 11-70), passing (C. Richmond 9-17-0 for 160), receiving (M. Richmond 5-95, Colin Hughes 4-36, Rainford 2-16, Ashton Hill 1-14).
Timber Lake 38, Herreid-Selby Area 14
Timber Lake 16 6 0 16 – 38
Herreid-Selby Area 0 0 8 6 – 14
TL – Gavin Farlee 26 pass from Cole Ducheneaux (Gabe Keller run).
TL – Ducheneaux 1 run (Carson Schrempp pass from Kanton Hunt).
TL – Farlee 62 pass from Ducheneaux.
HSA – Jared Weisbeck 15 run (Houston Hauge run).
TL – Edward Keller 40 pass from Ducheneaux (Schrempp pass from Hunt).
HSA – Adonnais Mills 62 pass from Weisbeck.
TL – Ducheneaux 2 run (Broc Bauer pass from Hunt).
OFFENSE: Timber Lake stats not reported; Herreid-Selby Area, rushing 37-127 (Porter Gregg 15-97, Weisbeck 9-26, Hauge 7-15, Kaleb Claymore 1-12), passing 8-22-3 for 113 (Weisbeck 5-14-2 for 81, Thatcher Kihne 3-8-1 for 32), receiving (Mills 4-78, Claymore 2-16, Tatum Quaschnick 1-12, Hauge 1-7).
DEFENSE: Herreid-Selby Area, Gregg 9 tackles, Weisbeck 6 tackles, Hauge 6 tackles and 1 fumble recovery, Kaden Sayler 6 tackles.
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