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North Central’s Kobe Wherry, center, looks for room to run as Ipswich’s Hayden Schlosser, left and Shay Knust, right, defend during a game at the LRC Classic earlier this season at the Dacotah Bank Stadium. At far right for the Thunder is Michael Opp (28). Wherry ran for two touchdowns and passed for three TDs in a win over Leola-Frederick on Friday. Photo by John Davis taken 9/4/2026

EUREKA – Kobe Wherry had a hand in five touchdowns as North Central blanked Leola-Frederick 40-0 in Lake Region Conference football on Friday night.

Wherry rushed for 159 yards and two touchdowns, and passed for 85 yards and three scores for the Thunder.

Isaiah Heilman led the North Central defense with 10 tackles.

Leola-Frederick (0-4) 0 0 0 0 – 0

North Central (1-4) 21 0 12 7 – 40

NC – Kobe Wherry 62 run (Colton Retzer kick).

NC – Wherry 65 run (Retzer kick).

NC – Reuben Blanco 12 pass from Werry (Retzer kick).

NC – Jared Wherry 12 pass from K. Wherry.

NC – Aiden Goings 38 pass from K. Wherry.

NC – Brayden Heyne 40 pass from Judah Fargher (Retzer kick).

OFFENSE: Leola-Frederick rushing 36-75, passing 3-6-0 for 15, first downs 6; North Central rushing 26-217 (K. Wherry 9-159, Carl Lucban 8-47, Michael Opp 3-16), passing 8-18-1 for 141 (K. Wherry 5-14-1 for 85, Fargher 3-4-0 for 56), receiving (Goings 5-77, Heyne 1-40, Blanco 1-12, J. Wherry 1-12), first downs 14.

DEFENSE: North Central, Isaiah Heilman 10 tackles, Brendan Jenner 7 tackles, Opp 6 tackles including 1 sack.

Britton-Hecla 35, Great Plains Lutheran 6

Great Plains Lutheran (3-1) 0 0 0 6 – 6

Britton-Hecla (4-1) 14 7 0 14 – 35

BH – Mitchell Burger 58 pass from Jace Rein (Lofton Heer kick).

BH – Bennett Suther 2 run (Heer kick).

BH – Suther 13 run (Heer kick).

GPL – Caleb Kannas 2 run.

BH – Jack Teveldal 31 pass from Rein (Heer kick).

BH – Suther 21 run (Heer kick).

OFFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran rushing 29-12 (Kannas 12-16, Benjamin Prahl 12-6), passing 8-18-2 for 104 (Prahl 8-17-2 for 104, Kannas 0-1-0 for 0), receiving (Logan Bergan 4-72, Kannas 2-18, Holden Karli 1-11) first downs 9; Britton-Hecla rushing 41-306 (Suther 25-181, Rein 15-130), passing 6-9-0 for 136 (6-8-0 for 136 Suther 0-1-0 for 0), receiving (Burger 4-80, Teveldal 2-56), first downs 20.

DEFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, Jeremiah Mertens 6.5 tackles, Bergan 6.5 tackles, Karli 4.5 tackles, Grady Hermoe 4.5 tackles, Tyler Bruemmer 4 tackles; Britton-Hecla, Graham Fosness 9 tackles, Colton Chapin 8 tackles, Suther 7 tackles, Chaz Vietor 5 tackles.

Webster 12, Florence-Henry 8

Florence-Henry (1-4) 0 2 0 6 – 8

Webster (1-4) 6 0 6 0 – 12

W – Sheldon Schmeig 6 run.

FH – Safety, Webster punt snap went out of end zone.

W – Schmeig 1 run.

FH – Tucker Keller 10 pass from Derek Flisrand.

OFFENSE: Florence-Henry rushing 30-60 (Jackson Tschakert 7-51, Dawson Hlavacek 10-39), passing 10-21-2 for 91 (Flisrand 10-21-1 for 91), receiving (Keller 5-43, Tschakert 4-40), first downs 9; Webster rushing 32-224 (Gabriel Gaikowski 20-200, Aiden Gaikowski 5-13, Schmeig 6-13), passing 3-6 for 32 (Schmeig 3-6 for 32), 6 first downs.

DEFENSE: Florence-Henry, Hlavacek 7 solo tackles, Colin Jacobson 4 solo tackles and 1 assist, Tschakert 4 solo tackles and 1 assist; Webster, A. Gaikowski 9 solo tackles and 3 assists, Devin Snaza 6 solo tackles and 2 assists, Hudson Lesnar 6 solo tackles, John Sonstebo 4 solo tackles and 3 assists.

Warner 21, Herreid-Selby Area 6

Warner (5-0) 0 14 7 0 – 21

Herreid-Selby Area (2-3) 0 0 6 0 – 6

W – Parker Wood 13 run.

W – Alec Mikkelsen 6 fumble recovery return.

W – Safety.

W – Beckham Cantalope 5 run (Mikkelsen kick).

HSA – Kaden Russell 90 kickoff return.

OFFENSE: Warner rushing (Cantalope 21-96, Jackson Bossly 8-23), passing (Braydon Kroll 9-12 for 85), receiving (Wood 4-31, Mikkelsen 2-25, Brennan Wolf-Donat 2-25), first downs 13; Herreid-Selby Area rushing (Russell 16-49), passing (Thatcher Kihne 9-20 for 129), receiving (Tyson Schumacher 4-72), first downs 10.

DEFENSE: Warner, Noah Bakeberg 7 tackles and 1 sack, Gage Knuppe 7 tackles and 1 sack, Wood 5 tackles and 1 interception; Herreid-Selby Area, team effort.

Deuel 38, Flandreau 7

Flandreau (0-5) 0 0 0 7 – 7

Deuel (5-0) 8 22 8 0 – 38

D – Gavin Kloos 70 run (Aiden Sivers run).

D – Sievers 1 run (Sievers run).

D – Sievers 15 run.

D – Sievers 15 run (Gavin Maaland run).

D – Kloos 14 run (Kloos run).

F – Brooks Ballard 23 run (Nelson Carcamo kick).

OFFENSE: Flandreau rushing 34-100 (Ballard 19-87, Tucker Hemmer 5-36, Trevor Peters 6-12), passing 3-7 for 57 (Peters 3-7 for 57), receiving (Jake Hamilton 2-45, Hemmer 1-12), first downs 9; Deuel rushing 38-349 (Kloos 15-215, Sievers 9-76, Asher Bauman 4-24), passing 1-2 for 18 (Sievers 1-2 for 18), receiving (Kloos 1-18), first downs 15.

DEFENSE: Flandreau, T. Hemmer 11 tackles and 1 interception, Peters 6 tackles, Hamilton 5 tackles, Griffen Hemmer 4 tackles; Deuel, Sievers 8 tackles and 1 interception, Griffen Nielsen 4 tackles, Ryker Gauger 1 interception, Cody Tvedt 1 interception.

Timber Lake 12, Ipswich 8

Timber Lake (4-0) 0 6 6 0 – 12

Ipswich (3-1) 0 0 0 8 – 8

TL – Braden Lawrence 20 pass from Kanton Hunt.

I – Hayden Schlosser 6 run (Schlosser run).

TL – Hunt 4 run.

OFFENSE: Timber Lake rushing 36-150 (Pete Maher 19-93, Blaise Lei 8-42, Hunt 7-23), passing 11-28 for 125 (Hunt 11-28 for 125), receiving (Broc Bauer 5-73, Hudson Gill 1-12), first downs 16; Ipswich rushing 26-190 (Shay Knust 11-89, Schlosser 12-81, Stetson Weigel 3-20), passing 10-22-2 for 61 (Schlosser 10-22-1 for 61), receiving (Lane Braun 2-23, Knust 3-14), first downs 11.

DEFENSE: Timber Lake, Maher 5.5 tackles, Lawrence 5 tackles, Bauer 4.5 tackles, Hunt 3.5 tackles, Mason Bickel 3.5 tackles; Ipswich, Weigel 15 tackles, Schosser 7.5 tackles, Knust 5.5 tackles, Seth DeRaad 5 tackles, Bennett Ayres 4 tackles.

Elk Point-Jefferson 42, Groton 8

Elk Point-Jefferson (4-0) 14 14 7 7 – 42

Groton (2-3) 0 0 0 8 – 8

EPJ – Aiden Hammitt 7 run (Owen Boyle kick).

EPJ – Hammitt 19 run (Boyle kick).

EPJ – Brody Van Roekel 2 run (Boyle kick).

EPJ – Van Roekel 9 run (Boyle kick).

EPJ – Levi Hanson 5 run (Boyle kick).

EPJ – Nicholas Prouty (Boyle kick).

G – Asher Johnson 3 run (Ryder Schelle pass from Johnson).

OFFENSE: Elk Point-Jefferson rushing 43-376 (Van Roekel 13-97, Hammitt 4-74, Cody Robinson 6-56, Prouty 2-44, Luke Swatek 2-33), passing 5-11 for 49 (Hanson 5-11 for 49), receiving (Hammitt 4-44), first downs 21; Groton rushing 18-31 (Schelle 3-25), passing 13-28 for 201 (Johnson 13-28 for 201), receiving (Anthony Tracy 8-130, Jordan Schwan 3-54, Brody Lord 1-16), first downs 13.

DEFENSE: Elk Point-Jefferson, Robinson 5 tackles, Dawson Fullenkamp 4 tackles, Caleb Heuertz 1 interception, Hanson 1 interception; Groton, Johnson 8 tackles, Gunner Hardy 7 tackles, Tracy 7 tackles, Ryder Schwan 5 tackles, Schelle 5 tackles, Aiden Hunt fumble recovery.

Castlewood 43, Deubrook Area 0

Deubrook Area (2-2) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Castlewood (5-0) 20 16 7 0 – 43

C – Spencer Ries 48 pass from Kamden Keszler.

C – Keszler 1 run.

C – Weston Moorhouse 3 run (Will Aderhold pass from Keszler).

C – Keszler 51 run (Trevor Everson run).

C – Aderhold 19 pass from Keszler (Keszler run).

C – TD not reported (Jax Tharaldsen kick).

OFFENSE: Deubrook Area rushing 23-for minus 6 (Lincoln Culver 9-29), passing 7-17-1 for 46 (Blake Hanson 7-17-1 for 46), receiving (Ben Donbroski 2-15 Brody Schwader 1-14, Josh Mitchell 12), first downs 5; Castlewood rushing 29-190 (Keszler 6-122, Everson 6-46, Moorhouse 6-15, Carter Ogle 2-13), passing 7-12-2 for 114 (Keszler 6-10-1 for 109, Logan McMillan 1-2-1 for 5), receiving (Ries 3-73, Aderhold 2-25, Carson Kelly 1-11, Dante Schortzmann 1-5), first downs 14.

DEFENSE: Deubrook Area, Austin Kjelden 4 tackles, Luke Jorenby 3 tackles, Keithten Krier 3 tackles, Ricardo Hernandez 3 tackles; Castlewood, Keszler 6 tackles, Moorhouse 3 tackles, Cooper Thu 3 tackles, Schortzmann 3 tackles.

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