WARNER – Jesiah Baum scored three touchdowns as Warner wrapped up another Lake Region Conference football championship with a 21-0 football win over Leola-Frederick Friday night.

The Monarchs have now won 20 straight games, and 31 of their last 32 contests. Warner’s last loss took place in the Class 9A championship game in 2022.

Baum finished with night with 90 yards rushing and one touchdown, 135 yards receiving on four catches and two more touchdowns, and led the Monarchs with nine tackles.

Drew Bakeberg passed for 155 yards in the victory as Warner capped its third straight undefeated regular season. The Monarchs will host Gayville-Volin Thursday in the opening round of the Class 9A playoffs.

Leola-Frederick, which slipped to 6-2 on the season, received 71 yards rushing from Gavin Nickelson, 63 yards rushing from Westyn Thorpe, and 69 yards passing from Noah Kippley. The Titans will host Kimball-White Lake on Thursday in the opening round of the Class 9AA playoffs.

Leola-Frederick (6-2) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Warner (8-0) 0 7 14 0 – 21

W – Jesiah Baum 1 run (Alec Mikkelsen PAT).

W – Baum 56 pass from Drew Bakeberg (Mikkelsen PAT)

W – Baum 37 pass from Bakeberg (Mikkelsen PAT)

OFFENSE: Leola-Frederick, rushing (Gavin Nickelson 14-71, Westyn Thorpe 14-63), passing (Noah Kippley 7-13 for 69), 14 first downs; Warner, rushing (Baum 17-90, Payton Volk 7-44), passing (Bakeberg 6-8 for 155), receiving (Baum 4-135, Volk 2-20), 12 first downs

DEFENSE: Warner, Baum 9 tackles, Hunter Robinson 8 tackles, Jack Williams 7 tackles.

Ipswich 58, North Central 6

North Central (1-7) 6 0 0 0 – 6

Ipswich (6-2) 20 24 12 0 – 58

I – Max Kulesa 49 run (Kyle Hettich pass from Kulesa).

I – Hettich 33 pass from Kulesa.

I – Casey Geditz 23 run.

NC – Harrison Beyers 6 run.

I – Kulesa 4 run.

I – Hettich 20 pass from Kulesa.

I – Hettich 38 pass from Kulesa.

I – Geditz 23 pass from Kulesa.

I – Hettich 44 run (Kulesa run).

I – Rasmus Loken 23 pass from Hayden Schlosser.

OFFENSE: North Central, rushing 10-57 (Beyers 6-36, Jade Jacobs 3-12), passing (Byers 9-22 for 87), receiving (Jacobs 6-49); Ipswich, rushing 12-211 (Hettich 4-107, Geditz 3-74), passing (Kulesa 9-12-0 for 150), receiving (Hettich 3-127, Loken 1-23).

DEFENSE: North Central, Jacobs 5 tackles, Isaiah Heilman 4 tackles, Beyers 3 tackles; Ipswich (Geditz 8 tackles, Hettich 7 tackles, Nate Bass 7 tackles.

Groton 37, Baltic 0

Baltic (0-8) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Groton (6-2) 12 6 13 6 – 37

G – Keegen Tracy 19 pass from Korbin Kucker.

G – Tracy 48 run.

G – Teylor Diegel 20 pass interception return lateral to Gavin Englund for 1 run.

G – Kucker 85 run (Joao Nunes kick).

G – Brevin Fliehs 20 pass interception return.

G – Nunes 30 field goal.

G – Nunes 33 field goal.

OFFENSE: Baltic, rushing 34-95 (Aaron Nordbye 12-53, Jackson Goehring 12-31, Riiker Rogers 5-18), passing 2-8-5 for 2 (Gavin Skotvold 2-8-5 for 2), receiving (Ben Erickson 1-4), 5 first downs; Groton, rushing 31-207 (Kucker 12-97, Tracy 2-45, Christian Ehresmann 5-27), passing 5-11-1 for 56 (Kucker 5-11-1 for 56), receiving (Tracy 2-30, Ryder Johnson 1-11, Diegel 1-15), 7 first downs

DEFENSE: Baltic, Rogers 8 tackles, Ryder Siemonsma 6 tackles, Tyler Kennedy 6 tackles; Groton, Ehresmann 13 tackles, Diegel 1 interception, Fliehs 2 interceptions, Kucker 1 interception, Johnson 1 interception, Caleb Muntz 1 fumble recovery, Skyler Godel 1 fumble recovery.

Faulkton 56, Northwestern 6

Quarter scores not reported

F – Tristen Baloun 44 fumble recovery return.

F – Baloun 31 run (Baloun run).

F – Carter Hall 8 run (Landon Coyle run).

F – Korbin Stark 45 punt return.

F – Baloun 6 run (Nolan Adam pass from Gian DiMaria).

NW – Jack Hansen 69 run.

F – Lincoln Dikoff 3 run (Drake Mueller pass from Sean Roseland).

F – Cash Edgar 36 run.

OFFENSE: Northwestern, rushing 18-51 (Hansen 7-59), passing 1-7-1 for 7; Faulkton, rushing 19-207 (Edgar 6-60, Coyle 2-49, Baloun 2-37), passing 2-7-0 for 22 (DiMaria 1-4 for 16), receiving (Charlie Dieter 1-16, Max Martinmaas 1-6).

DEFENSE: Northwestern, Satter 4 tackles, Caulder 4 tackles, Nash 4 tackles; Faulkton, Kamryn Rhodes 3 tackles 1 sack, Roseland 3 tackles.

Records: Northwestern 0-8, Faulkton 6-2.

Mobridge-Pollock 19, Deuel 13

Mobridge-Pollock (6-2) 6 7 6 0 – 19

Deuel (2-6) 13 0 0 0 – 13

D – Gavin Kloos 64 run (Sean Kurmann kick).

M – Jackson Eisemann 25 run.

D – Gabe Sather 74 kickoff return.

M – Eisemann 3 run (Shooter Frederick kick).

M – Easton Eisemann 40 run.

OFFENSE: Mobridge-Pollock, rushing 46-375 (Mack Saxon 24-210, E. Eisemann 6-86, Tyler Schmeichel 4-42), passing 2-4 for 23 (J. Eisemann 2-4 for 43), receiving (Shane Henderson 1-14, Schmeichel 1-9), first downs 17; Deuel, rushing 33-173 (Kloos 18-100, Sather 5-30, Brock Johnson 4-15), passing 5-8 for 25 (Adam Sievers 5 for 14, Kloos 3 for 11), receiving (Gavin Maaland 5-18, Kloos 1-5), first downs 7.

DEFENSE: Mobridge-Pollock, Brayden Wientjes 7 tackles, E. Eisemann 3 tackles, Luke Olson 3 tackles, Carter Hinz 3 tackles; Deuel, Kloos 9 tackles, Sather 8 tackles, Braxtin Winter 8 tackles, Kaleb Tekrony 6 tackles and 1 fumble recovery, Jaxon Peterreins 5 tackles, Troy Jensen 2 tackles and 1 interception.

Castlewood 38, Deubrook Area 0

Castlewood (5-3) 16 14 8 0 – 38

Deubrook Area (1-7) 0 0 0 0 – 0

C -Bryon Laue 10 pass from Kamden Keszler (Jamison Keszler run).

C – K. Keszler 36 run (Cameron Eng run).

C – J. Keszler pass interception return (Eng run).

C – Eng 2 run.

C – Eng run (K. Keszler run).

OFFENSE: Castlewood, rushing 35-260 (Eng 21-164, K. Keszler 4-58, Sawyer Craig 5-30), passing 2-5-2 for 14 (K. Keszler 2-5-2 for 14), receiving (J. Keszler 1-9, Laue 1-5), 16 first downs; Deubrook Area, rushing 12-34 (Ty Landmark 8-35, Joshua Moberg 2-5), passing 7-18-2 for 65 (Blake Hanson 7-18-2 for 65), receiving (Moberg 2-55, Josh Mitchell 2-14), 8 first downs.

DEFENSE: Castlewood, Eng 7 tackles, J. Keszler 1 interception, K. Keszler 1 interception.

Sully Buttes 60, Sunshine Bible 6

Sully Buttes (7-1) 38 0 22 0 – 60

Sunshine Bible (2-6) 0 6 0 0 – 6

SB – Kadyn Westergren 68 run (Gavin Colson pass from Wesley Wittler).

SB – Westergren 18 run.

SB – Colson 38 pass from Wittler (Westergren run).

SB – Colson 48 pass interception return (Colson pass from Easton Moore).

SB – Trevor Marshall 11 pass from Moore (Westergren run).

SBA – Ross Vander Vorst 33 fumble recovery return.

SB – Westergren 28 run (Westergren run).

SB – Westergren 44 run (Bretton Barber pass from Moore).

SB – Teghan Westphal 38 pass interception return.

OFFENSE: Sully Buttes, rushing 20-287 (Westergren 12-269, Wittler 1-22, Lucas Acroren 2-10) passing 4-8-0 for 73 (Wittler 3-6-0 for 56, Moore 1-2-0 for 17), receiving (Colson 1-35, Westergren 1-17, Marshall 1-11, Acroren 1-10), 14 first downs; SBA, rushing 26-53 (Tarrence Mickelson 7-24, Seth Konechne 4-20, Carter Crump 4-8, Toby Mickelson 9-2), passing 2-13-5 for 9 (Toby Mickelson 2-12-4 for 9, Jacob Hadden 0-1-1 for 0), receiving (Jimmy Burma 1-5, Tarrence. Mickelson 1-4), 5 first downs.

DEFENSE: Sully Buttes, Acroren 2 interceptions Colson 1 interception, Westphal 1 interception, Marshall 1 interception); SBA, Toby Mickelson 7 tackles, Hadden 5 tackles, Burma 4 tackles 1 tackle for loss, Vander Vorst 1 fumble recovery, Tarrence. Mickelson 1 fumble recovery, Burma 1 fumble recovery.

West Central 51, Milbank 7

Quarter scores not reported

M – Braylen Browsher 84 run (Moises Luna kick).

West Central scoring plays not reported

OFFENSE: West Central, rushing 32-354, passing 1-4-0 for 4, 11 first downs; Milbank, rushing 39-139 (Braylen Bowsher 13-112, Aiden Kelly 14-45, Max Scoular 3-21), passing 2-9-0 for 7 (Bowsher 2-6-0 for 7), receiving (Jaxon Wiese 1-4, Owen Tesch 1-3), 16 first downs.

DEFENSE: West Central, Bennet Ingalls 5 tackles 1 sack; Milbank, Owen Tesch 5 tackles, Emmett Hanson 4 tackles.

Records: West Central 5-3, Milbank 3-5.

Great Plains Lutheran 44, Wilmot 0

Wilmot (0-8) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Great Plains Lutheran (4-4) 14 22 8 0 – 44

GPL – William Krenz fumble recovery return (Kowynn Muhl run).

GPL – Greyson Leins 14 pass from Brody Scharlemann.

GPL – Micah Holien 18 run (Muhl run).

GPL – Muhl 3 run.

GPL – Hayden Karli 12 pass from Scharlemann (Holien run).

GPL – Holien 15 run (Scharlemann run).

OFFENSE: Wilmot, rushing 20-69 (Keitrick Genia 7-45), passing 4-14 for 50 (Ethan Schwenn 4-14 for 50), receiving (Genia 3-48); Great Plains Lutheran, rushing 36-301 (Holien 15-233, Muhl 7-32), passing 2-3 for 26 (Scharlemann 2-3 for 26).

DEFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, Muhl 6 tackles, Krenz 3 tackles, fumble recovery return for a touchdown.

Hamlin 40, Elkton-Lake Benton 35

Hamlin (8-0) 16 8 8 8 – 40

Elkton-Lake Benton (7-1) 7 14 7 7 – 35

H – Zac VanMeeteren 46 pass from Jackson Wadsworth (Boden Stevenson pass from Wadsworth).

ELB – Eliot Erickson 37 run (Wanner Enriquez kick).

H – Mason Trowbridge 53 run (Trowbridge run).

H – Wadsworth 2 run (VanMeetern pass from Wadsworth).

ELB – Colt Beck 36 run (Enriquez kick).

ELB – Tanner Stein 2 pass from Beck (Enriquez kick).

ELB – Tanner Drietz 35 pass from Beck (Enriquez kick).

H – Wadsworth 1 run (Evan Stormo pass from Wadsworth).

ELB – Beck 5 run (Isaiah Olson run).

H – Stormo 1 run (Stormo pass from Wadsworth).

OFFENSE: Hamlin, rushing 27-110 (Trowbridge 13-80, Wadsworth 10-17, Stormo 4-13), passing 17-24-1 for 228 (Wadsworth 16-23-1 for 193, Stormo 1-1-0 for 35), receiving (VanMeeteren 5-106, Stormo 6-67, Turner Stevenson 4-29, Trowbridge 1-16, B. Stevenson 1-10), first downs 18; Elkton-Lake Benton, rushing 44-222 (Erickson 21-121, Beck 18-89, Stein 5-12), passing 12-9-1 for 152 (Beck 11-18-1 for 149, Stein 1-1-0 for 3), first downs 19.

DEFENSE: Hamlin, Wadsworth 12 tackles, Dawson Noem 9 tackles, Aiden Abraham 8 tackles, Stormo 8 tackles; Elkton-Lake Benton, Erickson 8 tackles, Stein 7 tackles.

Britton-Hecla 50, Waverly-South Shore 0

Waverly-South Shore (3-5) 0 0 0 – 0

Britton-Hecla (6-2) 23 14 13 – 50

BH – Jaxon Zuehlke 18 pass from Jace Rein (Bryce Hawkinson run).

BH – Hawkinson 2 run (Peyton Pearson run).

BH – Hawkinson 47 run (Lofton Heer kick).

BH – Zuehlke 26 pass from Rein (Heer kick).

BH – Daniel Person 30 pass from Rein (Heer kick).

BH – Hawkinson 12 run (Heer kick).

BH – Trey Atkinson 6 run (Heer kick).

OFFENSE: Waverly-South Shore, rushing 13-minus 51, passing 5-18-0 for 92 (Zach Ries 5-18-0 for 92), receiving (Sam Appelhof 1-36, Kyle Kneeland 1-32, Colton Kranz 2-25); Britton-Hecla, rushing 33-335 (Hawkinson 14-147, Rein 7-60, Dashel Davidson 6-53, Bryce Heitkamp 1-37, Person 2-22), passing 3-8-1 for 59 (Rein 3-8-1 for 59), receiving (Person 1-30, Zuehlke 2-29).

DEFENSE: Waverly-South Shore, Bryan Ramirez 5 tackles and 1 interception; Britton-Hecla, Zuehlke 10 tackles.