
FAULKTON – Gian DiMaria passed for 257 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and Landon Coyle ran for three TDs as Faulkton stormed past Sunshine Bible 44-0 during the opening round of the Class 9B football playoffs Thursday night.
Charlie Deiter finished with 113 yards receiving and a touchdown for the Trojans, who improved to 7-2 on the season. Carter Hall, who also caught a pass for a TD, had 100 yards receiving.
Faulkton will host Colman-Egan in the quarterfinals next Thursday.

Sunshine Bible (2-7) 0 0 0 0 – 0
Faulkton (7-2) 24 14 0 6 – 44
F – Carter Hall 56 pass from Gian DiMaria (Landon Coyle run).
F – Charlie Deiter 35 pass from DiMaria (Coyle run).
F – Coyle 1 run (DiMaria run).
F – Coyle 6 run.
F – Coyle 4 run (DiMaria run).
F – Sean Roseland 2 run.
OFFENSE: Sunshine Bible, rushing 25-90 (Carter Crump 5-61), passing 9-24-2 for 92 (Toby Mickelson 9-24-2 for 92), receiving (Jimmy Burma 2-33), first downs 8; Faulkton, rushing 20-66 (Coyle 6-31, Tristen Baloun 3-25), passing 11-18-1 for 282 (DiMaria 10-15-1 for 257), receiving (Deiter 4-113, Hall 2-100, Drake Mueller 2-29, Henry Bossly 1-25, Korbin Stark 2-15), first downs 13.
DEFENSE: Sunshine Bible, Seth Konechne 7 tackles, Mickelson 6 tackles; Faulkton, DiMaria 7 tackles, Baloun 7 tackles, Trey Machtemes 6 tackles.
Leola-Frederick 22, Kimball-White Lake 14 OT
Kimball-White Lake (6-3) 6 8 0 0 0 – 14
Leola-Frederick (7-2) 6 0 2 6 8 – 22
KWL – Iden Myers 35 run.
LF – Gavin Nickelson 1 run.
KWL – Carter Konechne 10 pass interception return (Lucas Lenz pass from Keaton Christensen).
LF – Safety.
LF – Nickelson 82 run.
LF – Noah Kippley 1 run (Milo Sumption pass from Kippley).
OFFENSE: Kimball-White Lake, rushing 44-228 (Myers 23-162), passing 6-13-2 for 34 (Christensen 5-8-1 for 39), receiving (Nathan Mohnen 1-14); Leola-Frederick, rushing 32-153 (Nickelson 14-116, Westyn Thorpe 13-31), passing 3-10-3 for 42 (Kippley 3-10-3 for 42), receiving (Nickelson 1-24, Sumption 1-15, Brayden Heuer 1-3).
DEFENSE: Kimball-White Lake, Myers 9 tackles, Graden Holan 8 tackles, Konechne 6 tackles and 2 interceptions; Leola-Frederick, Thorpe 18 tackles, Dustin Wurtz 10 tackles, Nickelson 9 tackles, Kippley 7 tackles, Jacob Kindelspire 6 tackles, Sumption 6 tackles.
Ipswich 44, Estelline-Hendricks 12
Estelline-Hendricks (4-5) 0 0 0 12 – 12
Ipswich (7-2) 8 16 14 6 – 44
I – Jaxon Holt 4 pass from Max Kulesa (Kulesa run).
I – Kyle Hettich 18 pass from Kulesa (Kulesa run).
I – Holt 11 pass from Kulesa (Hettich pass from Kulesa).
I – Hettich 26 pass from Kulesa (Casey Geditz run).
I – Geditz 45 run.
I – Hettich 77 punt return.
EH – Wyat James 10 pass from Carson Reitz.
EH – Regan Schwartz 80 punt return.
OFFENSE: Estelline-Hendricks, rushing 20-82 (Cooper Schaefer 2-42, Schwartz 10-25), passing 7-18 for 88 (Reitz 7-18 for 88), receiving (James 2-35), first downs 3; Ipswich, rushing 29-221 (Geditz 13-109, Hettich 7-48), passing 9-13 for 54 (Kulesa 9-13 for 54), receiving (Hettich 4-49, Holt 3-19), first downs 10.
DEFENSE: Estelline-Hendricks, Matthew McAninch 13 tackles, Cooper Fahenrich 11 tackles, Braxton Pravecek 9 tackles; Ipswich, Rasmus Loken 10 tackles, Hettich 8 tackles, Geditz 7 tackles.
Warner 49, Gayville-Volin 6
Gayville-Volin (4-5) 0 6 0 0 – 6
Warner (9-0) 7 14 14 14 – 49
W – Jesiah Baum 6 run (Alec Mikkelsen kick).
W – Baum 41 pass from Drew Bakeberg (Mikkelsen kick).
W – Payton Volk 27 pass from Bakeberg (Mikkelsen kick).
GV – Hunter Wuebben 7 pass from Spencer Karstens.
W – Chays Mansfield 12 run (Mikkelsen kick).
W – Volk 14 run (Mikkelsen kick).
W – Volk 3 run (Mikkelsen kick).
W – Mansfield 7 run (Mikkelsen kick).
OFFENSE: Gayville-Volin, rushing (Will Fairley 8-42, Jeremiah Gustad 1-7), first downs 8; Warner, rushing (Baum 10-82, Volk 11-64), passing 8-12 for 221 (Bakeberg 8-12 for 221), receiving (Baum 3-118, Devon Fischbach 3-54), first downs 14.
DEFENSE: Warner, Jack Williams 7 tackles, Fischbach 6 tackles, Mansfield 6 tackles.
Wolsey-Wessington 50, Lemmon-McIntosh 20
Lemmon-McIntosh (5-4) 8 6 0 6 – 20
Wolsey-Wessington (8-1) 14 20 16 0 – 50
Lemmon-McIntosh scoring plays not reported
WW – Moshe Richmond 7 pass from Caleb Richmond (Colin Hughes pass from C. Richmond).
WW – M. Richmond 3 pass from C. Richmond.
WW – C. Richmond 63 run.
WW – C. Richmond 10 run.
WW – Hughes 5 pass from C. Richmond (M. Richmond pass from C. Richmond).
WW – Peyton Rainford 25 pass from C. Richmond (C. Richmond run).
WW – Ashton Hill 25 pass from C. Richmond (Cooper Timm pass from C. Richmond).
OFFENSE: Lemmon-McIntosh stats not reported; Wolsey-Wessington, rushing 22-218 (C. Richmond 8-107, Rainford 5-75, Ethan Rearick 5-21, M. Richmond 1-12), passing 17-21-0 for 240 (C. Richmond 16-20-0 for 210, M. Richmond 1-1-0 for 30), receiving (M. Richmond 8-82, Hughes 5-82, Hill 2-36, Rainford 1-25).
Castlewood 22, Alcester-Hudson 18
Castlewood (6-3) 0 8 8 6 – 22
Alcester-Hudson (4-5) 6 6 0 6 – 18
AH – Evvan Brown 52 run.
AC – Ethan Bovil 30 pass from Tommy Walth.
C – Bryon Laue 12 pass from Kamden Keszler (Keszler run).
C – Camron Eng 14 run (Keszler run).
AH – Jacob Cole 18 pass from Walth.
C – Eng 3 run.
OFFENSE: Castlewood, rushing 39-219 (Eng 20-138, Keszler 15-55, Paul Everson 3-18), passing 8-13 for 86 (Keszler 8-13 for 86), receiving (Eng 3-50, Laue 3-36), first downs 17; Alcester-Hudson, rushing 22-114 (Brown 9-79, Walth 12-30), passing 9-21 for 132 (Walth 9-21 for 132), receiving (Bovil 6-89, Cole 2-39), first downs 11.
DEFENSE: Castlewood, K. Keszler 6 tackles, Leonard Wernke 6 tackles, Eng 6 tackles, Laue 4 tackles, Jameson Keszler 4 tackles.
Sioux Valley 47, Deuel 26
Deuel (2-7) 0 7 7 12 – 26
Sioux Valley (9-0) 0 14 20 13 – 47
SV – Donovan Rose 25 run (Jameson Degen kick).
SV – Brock Christopherson 48 run (Degen kick).
D – Gabe Sather 32 pass from Aiden Sievers (Sean Kurmann kick).
SV – Christopherson 13 run (Degen kick).
SV – Rose 2 run (Degen kick).
D – Sather 53 pass from Sievers (Kurmann kick).
SV – Mitchell Guthmiller 15 run.
D – Sather 4 pass from Sievers.
SV – Jakob Guthmiller 4 run (Degen kick).
SV – Wyatt Hardt 7 run.
D – Brock Johnson 4 run.
OFFENSE: Deuel, rushing 35-85 (Sather 10-31, Johnson 4-27, Ryker Gauger 3-27), passing 12-16 for 230 (Sievers 11-15 for 222, Carson Wiesner 1-1 for 8), receiving (Sather 8-150, Oliver Fieber 3-72), first downs 15; Sioux Valley, rushing 48-473 (Rose 23-205, Christopherson 12-203, J. Guthmiller 6-25), passing 0, first downs 24.
DEFENSE: Deuel, Sather 11 tackles, Jaxon Peterreins 9 tackles, Owen Haas 8 tackles, Tyler Tvedt 4 tackles and 1 fumble recovery; Sioux Valley, Rose 9 tackles and 1 fumble recovery, Christopherson 8 tackles and 1 fumble recovery, J. Guthmiller 8 tackles and 1 fumble recovery, M. Guthmiller 8 tackles.
Elkton-Lake Benton 54, Great Plains Lutheran 0
Great Plains Lutheran (4-5) 0 0 0 – 0
Elkton-Lake Benton (8-1) 28 13 13 – 54
ELB – Colt Beck 40 run (kick good)
ELB – Erickson 1 run (kick good).
ELB – Savion Stephens 77 pass from Beck (kick good).
ELB – Tanner Stein 34 pass from Beck (kick good).
ELB – Beck 2 run (kick good).
ELB – Landon Griffith pass from Beck.
ELB – Beck 5 run (kick good).
ELB – Tanner Drietz pass from Beck.
OFFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, rushing 36-125 (Micah Holien 17-21, Kowynn Muhl 7-31, Brody Scharlemann 9-26), passing 3-9 for 51 (Scharlemann 3-9 for 51), receiving (Holien 1-28, Lucas Johnson 2-23); Elkton-Lake Benton, rushing 20-150 (Stein 5-61, Beck 5-48), passing 6-9 for 175 (Beck 6-9 for 175), receiving (Stein 4-79, Stephens 1-77).
DEFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, Muhl 6 tackles, Aiden Cameron 5 tackles.
Madison 34, Milbank 6
Milbank 0 0 0 6 – 6
Madison 14-14 6 0 – 34
Mad – Ben Brooks 1 run (Tyler Troxell kick).
Mad – Shane Veenhof 39 pass from Cohen Hahn (Troxell kick).
Mad – Veenhof 46 pass interception return (Troxell kick).
Mad – Brooks 48 pass interception return (Troxell kick).
Mad – Veenhof 11 pass from Hahn.
Mil – Tate Schlueter 1 run.
OFFENSE: Milbank, rushing 34-56 (Schlueter 14-26, Owen Tesch 9-22), passing 10-20-5 for 155 (Braylen Bowsher 6-17-4 for 103, Schlueter 3-4-1 for 52), receiving (Emmett Hanson 3-72, Bennett Hunt 2-36, Browsher 1-7), first downs 10; Madison, rushing 25-69 (Brooks 6-44, Hahn 2-13), passing 21-38-2 for 248 (Hahn 21-38-2 for 248), receiving (Veenhof 12-168, Brooks 7-70), first downs 16.
DEFENSE: Milbank, Jesse Schneck 8 tackles, Tesch 7 tackles, Mason Allen 5 tackles, Layten Osowski 5 tackles; Madison, Tregg McGillvray 12 tackles, Caleb Hodges 9 tackles.
Viborg-Hurley 28, Britton-Hecla 24
Britton-Hecla (6-3) 0 8 10 6 – 24
Viborg-Hurley (7-2) 0 22 0 6 – 28
VH – Nicholas Hanson 78 pass from Brady Schroedermeier.
BH – Jaxon Zuehlke 63 pass from Jace Rein (Rein run).
VH – Jacob Graves 22 run (Nolan Kolthoff pass from Schroedermeier).
VH – Brenner Gerdes 25 pass from Schroedermeier (Anton Santiago Brea run).
BH – Safety.
BH – Rein 46 run (Zuehkle pass from Rein).
VH – Jake Austin 24 pass from Schroedermeier.
BH – Bryce Hawkinson 19 run.
OFFENSE: Britton-Hecla, rushing 51-236 (Hawkinson 25-140, Rein 8-63), passing 2-18-1 for 65 (Rein 2-18-1 for 65), receiving (Zuehlke 1-63), first downs 10; Viborg-Hurley, rushing 37-161 (Graves 7-60, Schroedermeier 12-56), passing 5-12-0 for 145 (Schroedermeier 5-12-0 for 145), receiving (Hanson 1-78, Gerdes 1-25, Austin 2-23), first downs 10.
DEFENSE: Britton-Hecla, Dashel Davidson 8 tackles, Zuehlke 6 tackles.
Corsica-Stickney 38, Herreid-Selby Area 6
Herreid-Selby Area (3-6) 6 0 0 0 – 6
Corsica-Stickney (7-2) 10 6 8 14 – 38
CS – Waylon Bolle 70 run (Bolle run).
CS – Safety.
HSA – Porter Gregg 67 run.
CS – Caden Baumiller 5 run.
CS – Bolle 6 pass from Drifton Mulderto (Bolle run).
CS – Bolle 16 run (Bolle run).
CS – Baumiller 3 run.
OFFENSE: Herreid-Selby Area, rushing 21-124 (Gregg 10-108, Jordan Thompson 1-18), passing 0-8-0 for 0, first downs 3; Corsica-Stickney stats not reported.
DEFENSE: Herreid-Selby Area, Houston Hauge 16 tackles, Kaden Sayler 15 tackles, Gregg 13 tackles, Kaden Russell 10 tackles.


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