
MILBANK – Milbank scored with 2:45 remaining in the game to clip Groton 32-28 in football action Friday night.
Groton’s Korbin Kucker had put the Tigers in front with 5:44 left, before Sam Rick hauled in a 32-yard pass from Braylen Bowsher for the game-winning score.
Bowsher threw for 288 yards and four touchdowns, and also ran for a score to lead the Bulldogs.
Kucker finished the night with 84 yards rushing and two touchdowns, 98 yards receiving and a TD, and 28 yards passing and a touchdown. He also had 10 tackles.

Groton (2-1) 0 6 8 14 – 28
Milbank (2-1) 7 0 6 19 – 32
M – Emmett Hanson 30 pass from Braylen Bowsher (Moises Luna kick).
G – Korbin Kucker 7 pass from Ryder Johnson.
G – Kucker 47 run (Johnson run).
M – Sam Rick 68 pass from Bowsher.
M – Bowsher 1 run.
G – Christian Ehresmann 28 pass from Kucker.
M – Esteban Abrego 79 pass from Bowsher.
G – Kucker 2 run (Ehresmann pass from Johnson).
M – Rick 32 pass from Bowsher (Luna kick).
OFFENSE: Groton, rushing 28-121 (Kucker 14-84, Keegen Tracy 2-25), passing 11-16-2 for 209 (Johnson 15-27-2 for 181, Kucker 1-4-0 for 28), receiving (Kucker 6-98, Ehresmann 3-41, Teylor Diegel 3-40, Tracy 3-32), first downs 15; Milbank, rushing 39-93 (Tate Schlueter 13-52, Nollen Sheeley 9-47), passing (Bowsher 9-11-0 for 288), receiving (Rick 4-143, Abrego 1-71, Hanson 3-61), first downs 15.
DEFENSE: Groton, Ehresmann 17 tackles, Karter Moody 11 tackles, Kucker 10 tackles, Brevin Fliehs 10 tackles; Milbank, Schlueter 8 tackles, Mason Allen 8 tackles, Hanson 8 tackles, Jesse Schneck 7 tackles.
Ipswich 66, Northwestern 14
Northwestern (0-4) 0 14 0 – 14
Ipswich (2-2) 38 22 6 – 66
I – Casey Geditz 13 run (Geditz run).
I – Geditz 13 run (Kyle Hettich run).
I – Hettich 55 punt return (Max Kulesa run).
I – Geditz 45 run (Hettich run).
I – Hettich 28 run.
I – Shay Knust 18 run.
I – Knust 5 run (Brody Davis run).
I – Kingston Sylte 5 run (Stetson Weigel run).
I – Hayden Schlosser 5 run (Weigel run).
NW – Cole Caulder 36 run.
NW – Caulder 60 run (Caulder run).
I – Hettich 42 run.
OFFENSE: Northwestern, rushing, 10-12 (Talon Miller 3-26, Connor Orr 4-14), passing (Haven 3-7-1 for 90), receiving (Caulder 1-30); Ipswich, rushing 26-256 (Hettich 5-76, Knust 6-25), passing (Kulesa 3-5 for 24), receiving (Hettich 1-14).
DEFENSE: Northwestern, Colton Lefforge 8 tackles, Caulder 6 tackles, Braden DeYoung 6 tackles; Ipswich, Weigel 6 tackles, Rasmus Loken 5 tackles, Kulesa 5 tackles.
Leola-Frederick 60, North Central 18
Leola-Frederick (4-0) 24 16 14 6 – 60
North Central (0-4) 6 0 12 0 – 18
LF – Gavin Nickelson 13 run (Nickelson run).
NC – Kobe Wherry 2 run.
LF – Nickelson 85 run (Westyn Thorpe run).
LF – W. Thorpe 46 pass from Noah Kippley (Nickelson).
LF – Nickelson 51 pass from Kippley.
LF – Safety.
LF – Nickelson 6 run (Nickelson run).
NC – Wherry 7 run.
LF – Thorpe 2 run.
NC – Jade Jacobs 31 run.
LF – Jace Thorpe 5 run (Ethan Petrich run).
LF – Nickelson 7 run.
OFFENSE: Leola-Frederick, rushing 24-160 (Nickelson 7-49), passing (Kippley 6-9-1 for 212), receiving (Ethan Petrich 3-75, Nickelson 1-53), first downs 17; North Central, rushing 46-238 (Jacobs 26-135, Wherry 19-100), passing (Wherry 4-13-2 for 64), receiving (Harrison Beyers 3-50, Jacobs 1-14), first downs 18.
DEFENSE: North Central, Donovan Nelson 5 tackles.
Hamlin 59, Great Plains Lutheran 8
Hamlin (4-0) 28 13 3 15 – 59
Great Plains Lutheran (3-1) 8 0 0 0 – 8
H – Evan Stormo 9 pass from Travis Wadsworth (Easton Neuendorf kick).
H – Turner Stevenson 45 pass from Wadsworth (Neuendorf kick).
GPL – Micah Holien 95 kickoff return (Holien pass from Brody Scharlemann).
H – Wadsworth 1 run (Neuendorf kick).
H – Mason Trowbridge 10 pass from Wadsworth (Neuendorf kick).
H – Dawson Noem 15 pass from Wadsworth (Neuendorf kick).
H – Stevenson 1 pass from Wadsworth.
H – Neuendorf 35 field goal.
H – Buckman pass from Stevenson (Neuendorf kick).
H – Lenard 3 run (Lenard pass from Stevenson).
OFFENSE: Hamlin, rushing 15-156 (Trowbridge 5-51, Wadsworth 4-43), passing 13-16-1 for 181 (Wadsworth 9-12-1 for 102), receiving (Stevenson 2-71, Neuendorf 2-23); Great Plains Lutheran, rushing 39-97 (Kowyan Muhl 11-51, Holien 9-22), passing 1-6 for 2.
DEFENSE: Hamlin, Wadsworth 9 tackles, Stormo 7 tackles, Noem 7 tackles; Great Plains Lutheran, Haden Karli 1 interception.
Sioux Valley 56, Clark-Willow Lake 36
Sioux Valley (3-0) 17 16 23 0 – 56
Clark-Willow Lake (2-1) 0 14 8 14 – 36
SV – Wyatt Hardt 2 run (Jameson Degen kick).
SV – Maverick Nelson 5 run (Degen kick).
SV – Degen 27 field goal.
SV – Safety, Brock Christopherson tackled ball carrier in end zone.
SV – Mitchell Guthmiller 9 run (Degen kick).
CWL – Lincoln Reidburn 69 pass from Emerson Larson.
CWL – Reidburn 32 pass from Larson (PAT good).
SV – Nelson 91 kickoff return (Degen kick).
SV – Guthmiller 3 run (Degen kick).
SV – Hardt 35 run (Degen kick).
CWL – Elliot Bratland 69 pass from Larson (PAT good).
SV – Nelson 23 run (Degen kick).
CWL – Larson 17 run (PAT good).
CWL – Griffin Musser 3 run.
OFFENSE: Sioux Valley, rushing 45-282 (Christopherson 15-154, Hardt 12-51, Nelson 5-39), passing 2-6-0 for 44 (Christopherson 1-2-0 for 38), receiving (Tobin Squires 2-44), first downs 14; Clark-Willow Lake, rushing 12-29 (Larson 12-63, Musser 7-28, Ernesto Garcia 4-14), passing 9-21-3 for 222 (Larson 7-12 for 219, Joey Ries 2-9 for 3), receiving (Reidburn 2-101, Bratland 1-69), first downs 12.
DEFENSE: Sioux Valley, Hardt 7 tackles, Preston Top 6 tackles, Braden Danzeisen 6 tackles; Clark-Willow Lake, Larson 8 tackles and 1 interception, Bratland 8 tackles, Michael Severson 8 tackles.
Burke 64, Sunshine Bible 38
Burke (2-2) 20 14 8 22 – 64
Sunshine Bible (1-3) 6 16 8 8 – 38
B – Gentry Bartling 77 kickoff return.
SBA – Tarrence Mickelson 22 pass from Trey Thieman.
B – Kaleb Schonebaum 7 run (Schonebaum run).
B – Schonebaum 1 run.
B – Schonebaum 1 run.
SBA – Jacob Hadden 65 pass from Thieman (Hadden pass from Thieman).
B – Bartling 42 run (Schonebaum run).
SBA – Mickelson 75 kickoff return (Mickelson run).
B – Bartling 5 run (Elijah Bartling run).
SBA – Mickelson 35 pass from Thieman (Carter Crump run).
B – Schonebaum 2 run (G. Bartling kick).
B – Schonebaum 1 run (G. Bartling kick).
B – Morgan Hood 29 run (Ryggen Lambley run).
SBA – Jimmy Burma 74 pass from Thieman (Crump run).
OFFENSE: Burke, rushing 65-504 (Schonebaum 36-261, G. Bartling 13-141), passing (E. Bartling 2-7-0 for 25), receiving (Moxon Fox 1-13, Schonebaum 1-12), first downs 31; Sunshine Bible, rushing 18-66 (Mickelson 2-36, Crump 8-29), passing 8-20-1 for 242 (Thieman 8-18-1 for 242, Toby Mickelson 0-2-0 for 0), receiving (Hadden 4-114, Burma 1-74, Tarrence Mickelson 3-54), first downs 10.
DEFENSE: Sunshine Bible, Seth Konechne 16 tackles, Jerome Big Eagle 10 tackles, Hadden 10 tackles, Ezra Stiegelmeier 9 tackles, Ross Vander Vorst 9 tackles, Burma 8 tackles.
Lemmon-McIntosh 30, Herreid-Selby Area 24
Herreid-Selby Area (2-2) 0 8 16 0 – 24
Lemmon-McIntosh (3-1) 14 0 8 8 – 30
LM – Arlus Yalowizer 80 run.
LM – Blair Ham 6 run (Nathan Penfield run).
HSA – Houston Hauge 2 pass from Jared Weisbeck (Weisbeck run).
HSA – Weisbeck 5 run (Hauge run).
LM – Penfield 50 run (Ham run).
HSA – Hauge 6 pass from Weisbeck (Hauge run).
LM – Brody Mollman 13 run (Ham run).
OFFENSE: Lemmon-McIntosh stats not reported; Herreid-Selby Area, rushing, 46-195 (Porter Gregg 15-80, Hauge 15-69, Weisbeck 15-43), passing 11-20-2 for 101 (Weisbeck 11-19-2 for 101, Thatcher Kihne 0-1-0 for 0), receiving (Hauge 5-43, Kaleb Claymore 1-24, Addonais Mills 3-22), first downs 16.
DEFENSE: Herreid-Selby Area, Kaden Sayler 13 tackles, Tristan Thompson 7 tackles, Hauge 5 tackles, Kaden Russell 5 tackles.
Woonsocket-Wessington Springs-Sanborn Central 50, Webster 12
Webster stats and scoring plays not reported
WWSSC – Payton Uecker 6 run.
WWSSC – Bryce Larson 17 run.
WWSSC – Holden Havlik 1 run.
WWSSC – Tyson Eddy 7 run.
WWSSC – Ryder Michalek 11 pass from Havlik.
WWSSC – Michalek 28 pass from Havlik.
WWSSC – Colby Flowers 2 pass from Larson.
WWSSC – Safety.
OFFENSE: Woonsocket-Wessington Springs-Sanborn Central, rushing (Havlik 5-66, Eddy 8-62, Uecker 8-36), passing (Havlik 12-28-1 for 265), receiving (Michalek 5-132, Flowers 3-74).
DEFENSE: Woonsocket-Wessington Springs-Sanborn Central, Luke Larson 6 tackles, Nathan Gaikowski 6 tackles.

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