
IPSWICH β Max Kulesa scored a pair of touchdowns and ran for the game-winning PAT in overtime as Ipswich defeated unbeaten Leola-Frederick 14-12 in a Lake Region Conference football game Friday night.
Kulesa finished the night with 85 yards rushing, and 119 yards passing for the Tigers, who improved to 5-2 on the season.
Gavin Nickelson had 78 yards rushing and a TD, and 14 tackles for Leola-Frederick, which slipped to 6-1. Noah Kippley had 152 yards passing, including a touchdown throw to Westyn Thorpe to start the overtime.
Leola-Frederick (6-1) 0 0 0 6 6 β 12
Ipswich (5-2) 0 6 0 0 8 β 14
I β Max Kulesa 18.
LF β Gavin Nickelson 1 run.
LF β Westyn Thorpe 6 pass from Noah Kippley.
I β Kulesa 10 run (Kulesa run).
OFFENSE: Leola-Frederick, rushing 26-134 (Nickelson 14-78, Thorpe 7-32), passing 14-15-2 for 152 (Kippley 14-15-2 for 152), first downs 6; Ipswich 24-166 rushing (Kulesa 11-85, Casey Geditz 6-42), passing 11-19-1 for 119 (Kulesa 11-19-1 for 119), receiving (Geditz 4-56, Kyle Hettich 4-29), first downs 12.
DEFENSE: Leola-Frederick, Nickelson 14 tackles, Thorpe 6 tackles, Milo Sumption 6 tackles, Ethan Petrich 6 tackles; Ipswich, Geditz 13 tackles, Hettich 12 tackles, Shay Knust 11 tackles.
Groton 47, Sisseton 0
Groton (5-2) 7 34 0 6 β 47
Sisseton (0-7) 0 0 0 0 β 0
G β Brevin Fliehs 1 run (Joao Nunes kick).
G β Christian Ehresmann 3 pass from Korbin Kucker (Nunes kick).
G β Kucker 12 run (Nunes kick).
G β Ehresmann 20 pass from Kucker (Nunes kick).
G β Kucker 18 fumble recovery return (Nunes kick).
G β Teylor Diegel 44 pass from Kucker.
G β Caden McInerney 27 pass from Bradyn Small.
OFFENSE: Groton, rushing 25-172 (Skyler Godel 10-90, Fliehs 3-18, Ehresmann 3-14), passing 9-16 for 180 (Kucker 7-14 for 140, Small 2-2 for 40), receiving (Diegel 2-62, Ehresmann 3-38, Fliehs 1-31, McInerney 1-27, Keegen Tracy 1-9), first downs 17; Sisseton, rushing 21-39 (Boe Iverson 9-39, Bremer DeSpiegler 2-7, Taylor Snaza 5-6), passing 1-10-2 for minus 1, first downs 2.
DEFENSE: Groton, Ehresmann 6 tackles, Tucker Hardy 5 tackles, McInerney 4 tackles, Caleb Mertz 4 tackles; Sisseton, Snaza 7 tackles, Hayden Hellwig 7 tackles, Boe Iverson 5 tackles, Justin Iverson 5 tackles.
Faulkton 48, Hitchcock-Tulare 14
Faulkton (5-2) 14 28 6 0 β 48
Hitchcock-Tulare (3-4) 0 0 0 14 β 14
F β Tristen Baloun 2 run.
F β Landon Coyle 6 run (Gian DiMaria run).
F β Coyle 15 run.
F β Baloun 25 run.
F β Baloun 3 run (Coyle run).
F β Charlie Deiter 35 pass from DiMaria (Cash Edgar run).
F β Sean Roseland 2 run.
HT β Payton Chasing Hawk 20 pass from Aiden Frankenstein.
HT β Chasing Hawk 25 pass from Frankenstein.
Castlewood 14, Estelline-Hendricks 6
Estelline-Hendricks (4-3) 0 0 0 6 β 6
Castlewood (4-3) 8 0 6 0 β 14
C β Kamden Keszler 5 run (Camron Eng run).
C β Keszler 3 run.
EH β Carson Reitz 1 un.
OFFENSE: Estelline-Hendricks, rushing 25-49 (Cooper Faehnrich 3-24, Regan Schwartz 8-14), passing 7-13 for 101 (Reitz 7-11 for 101), receiving (Wyat James 3-43, Schwartz 1-25), first downs 15; Castlewood, rushing 46-252 (Eng 37-192, Keszler 8-59), passing 2-11 for 35 (Brody Bass 2-8 for 35), receiving (Leonard Wernke 1-25, Bryon Laue 1-10), first downs 21.
DEFENSE: Castlewood, Eng 7 tackles, Laue 7 tackles, Paul Everson 7 tackles, Talen Olson 4 tackles, Wernke 4 tackles, Jamison Keszler 4 tackles.
De Smet 46, Great Plains Lutheran 20
Great Plains Lutheran (3-4) 0 14 6 0 β 20
De Smet (3-4) 8 16 6 16 β 46
D β Gannon Gilligan 15 run (Slayten Wilkinson run).
D βGanon Henrich 12 run (Wilkinson run).
GPL β Brody Scharlemann 69 run.
D β Wilkinson 65 run (Gilligan run).
GPL β Micah Holien 6 run (Scharlemann run).
D β Henrich 95 kickoff return.
GPL β Hayden Karli 24 pass from Scharlemann.
D β Henrich 24 run (Wilkinson run).
D β Wilkinson 5 run (Henrich run).
OFFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, rushing 26-155 (Scharlemann 8-119), passing 7-17 for 142 (Scharlemann 7-17 for 142), receiving (Karli 4-97, Greyson Leins 1-52); De Smet stats not reported.
DEFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, Holien 13 tackles, William Krenz 11 tackles, Scharlemann 9 tackles, Logan Bergan 7 tackles and 1 interception.
Warner 55, North Central 12
Warner (7-0) 35 7 7 0 β 55
North Central (1-6) 6 6 0 0 β 12
NC β Jade Jacobs 77 run.
W β Payton Volk 18 run (Alec Mikkelson kick).
W β Jesiah Baum 18 run.
W β Volk 29 run (Chays Mansfield pass from Drew Bakeberg).
W β Volk 16 pass from Bakeberg (Mikkelson kick).
W β Baum 5 run (Mikkelson kick).
W β Mansfield 5 run (Mikkelson kick).
W β Gage Broderson 29 pass from Braydon Kroll.
NC β Jacobs 5 run.
W β Baum 78 run (Mikkelson kick).
OFFENSE: Warner, rushing (Baum 6-131, Volk 5-75), passing (Bakeberg 3-4 for 61), receiving (Baum 1-42, Broderson 1-29), first downs 7; North Central, rushing (Jacobs 11-115), passing (Harrison Beyers 5-12 for 53), receiving (Tim Rucker 2-48), first downs 6.
DEFENSE: Warner, Jack Williams 6 tackles, Broderson 5 tackles, Mansfield 5 tackles; North Central, team effort.
Sully Buttes 50, Herreid-Selby Area 12
Herreid-Selby Area (3-5) 0 0 6 6 β 12
Sully Buttes (6-1) 6 14 16 14 β 50
SB β Wesley Wittler 16 run.
SB β Gavin Colson 15 pass from Wittler (Colson pass from Wittler).
SB β Kadyn Westergren 5 run.
SB β Wittler 66 run (Westergren run).
SB β Lucas Arcoren 63 pass from Wittler (Westergren run).
HSA β Porter Gregg 13 run.
SB β Westergren 5 run.
SB β Bretton Barber 30 pass from Easton Moore (Barber run).
HSA β Thatcher Kihne 60 run.
OFFENSE: Sully Buttes stats not reported; Herreid-Selby Area, rushing 27-152 (Kihne 10-81, Gregg 12-58), passing 4-12-1 for 5 (Kihne 4-12-1 for 5), receiving (Houston Hauge 1-5), first downs 2.
DEFENSE: Herreid-Selby Area, Addonais Mills 12 tackles, Kaleb Claymore 7 tackles, Kaden Sayler 6 tackles.
Mobridge-Pollock 21, Clark-Willow Lake 0
Clark-Willow Lake (5-2) 0 0 0 0 β 0
Mobridge-Pollock (5-2) 7 0 0 14 β 21
MP β Mack Saxon 21 pass from Jackson Eismann (Shooter Frederick kick).
MP β Shane Henderson 57 pass from Eismann (Frederick kick).
MP β Saxon 40 run (Frederick kick).
OFFENSE: Clark-Willow Lake, rushing 36-108, passing 2-14-1 for 67, first downs 9; Mobridge-Pollock, rushing 31-162 (Saxon 15-105), passing 7-13-0 for 112 (Eisemann 7-12-0 for 112), receiving (Henderson 2-72), first downs 13.
DEFENSE: Mobridge-Pollock, Carter Hinsz 10 tackles, Easton Eisemann 8 tackles, Brayden Wientjes 8 tackles.


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