BRITTON – Jace Rein ran for three touchdowns and threw for two others to help power Britton-Hecla to a 34-14 win over Bridgewater-Emery-Ethan in the Class 9AA football playoffs on Thursday night.

Rein finished with 108 yards on the ground and 151 yards through the air as the Braves improved to 8-1 on the season.

Ben Suther, who rushed for 91 yards, caught one of the TD passes, and Mitchell Burger had the other touchdown reception.

Colton Chapin led the Britton-Hecla defense with a dozen tackles.

The Braves will host Sioux Falls Lutheran in the quarterfinals next Thursday.

Class 9AA

Bridgewater-Emery-Ethan (2-7) 8 0 0 6 – 14

Britton-Hecla (8-1) 12 0 8 14 – 34

BH – Jace Rein 13 run.

BH – Ben Suther 59 pass from Rein.

BEE – Jaxx Kurtenbach 36 run (Carter Glanzer run).

BH – Mitchell Burger 23 pass from Rein (Lofton Heer run).

BH – Rein 41 run (Heer kick).

BEE – Jackson Weber 24 pass from Brady Jager.

BH – Rein 5 run (Heer kick).

OFFENSE: Bridgewater-Emery-Ethan rushing 28-131 (Jaxx Kurtenbach 12-74, Jager 6-39, Glanzer 8-9, Braiden Brummett 1-8), passing 11-23-2 for 103 (Jager 10-17-1 for 87, KJ Ripley 1-6-1 for 16), receiving (Creighton Klumb 6-47, Ripley 3-30, Weber 1-24), first downs 16; Britton-Hecla rushing 38-211 (Rein 15-108, Suther 20-91, Lincoln Kilker 1-11),passing 10-14-0 for 151 (Rein 10-14-0 for 151), receiving (Suther 3-56, Nathan Folkman 3-43, Jack Teveldall 3-29, Burger 1-23), first downs 19.

DEFENSE Bridgewater-Emery-Ethan, Coltyn Raymond 11 tackles, Klumb 6 tackles, Glanzer 5.5 tackles and 1 sack, Kurtenbach 3.5 tackles, Jager 3.5 tackles, Colten Hoffman 2.5 tackles; Britton-Hecla, Colton Chapin 12 tackles, Suther 5.5 tackles 1 INT, Rein 4 tackles, Graham Fosness 3.5 tackles, Nathaniel Schuller 3.5 tackles, Chaz Vietor 1 INT.

Castlewood 51, Ipswich 0

Class 9A

Ipswich (4-5) 0 0 – 0

Castlewood (9-0) 22 29 – 51

C – Kamden Kamden Keszler 3 run (Keszler run).

C – Keszler 1 run (Will Aderhold pass from Keszler).

C – Keszler 1 run.

C – Aderhold 88 pass from Keszler (Arie Van’t Zelfde pass from Keszler).

C – Keszler 41 run (Cason Kelly run).

C – Weston Moorhouse 63 run.

C – Keszler 60 run (Jax Tharaldsen kick).

OFFENSE: Ipswich rushing 14-30 (Shay Knust 8-19, Stetson Weigel 5-9); passing 11-17-2 for 78 (Brevyn Pitz 11-17-2 for 78); receiving (Tyler Gellhaus 3-31, Seth DeRaad 1-19, Knust 4-8), first downs 6; Castlewood rushing 18-229 (Keszler 9-106, Moorhouse 2-64, Trevor Everson 6-52); passing 4-8-0 for 159 (Keszler 4-8-0 for 159); receiving (Aderhold 3-137, Carson Kelly 1-22), first downs 15.

DEFENSE: Ipswich, Knust 5 tackles, Gellhaus 3 tackles, Bennett Ayres 2 tackles; Castlewood, Keszler 8 tackles, Everson 4 tackles 1 interception, Owen Shea 3 tackles.

Winner 20, Groton 0

Class 11B

Groton (4-5) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Winner (8-1) 6 8 6 0 – 20

W – Camdyn Anderson 6 run.

W – Hudson Peters 5 run (Carter McKenzie run).

W – Anderson 3 run.

OFFENSE: Groton rushing 29-92 (Asher Johnson 13-55, Kyson Kucker 7-29), passing 9-19-1 for 69 (Johnson 9-19-1 for 69), receiving (Anthony Tracy 3-21, TC Schuster 1-21, Ryder Schelle 2-13, Jordan Schwan 1-9), first downs 11; Winner rushing 43-200 (Anderson 12-84, Peters 16-66, Michael Williams 4-14, Ash Kaiser 6-28), passing 2-15-1 for 18 (McKenzie 2-15-1 for 18), receiving (Anderson 1-15), first downs 15.

DEFENSE: Groton, A. Johnson 9 tackles, Schuster 8 tackles, Schwan 8 tackles, Schelle 6 tackles, Layne Johnson 6 tackles; Winner, Mason Curtis 13 tackles, Kaiser 10 tackles, Jed Blare 10 tackles.

Deuel 37, Beresford 8

Class 11B

Beresford 0 0 0 8 – 8

Deuel 6 16 0 15 – 37

D – Aidan Sievers 5 run.

D – Sievers 1 run (Sievers run).

D – Gavin Maaland 9 run (Gavin Kloos run).

D – Kyle Finnesand 24 pass from Sievers (Ryker Gouger pass from Sievers).

D – Asher Bauman 9 run (Nathan Fieber kick).

B – Ashton Oberle 3 run (Micah James pass from Oberle).

OFFENSE: Beresford rushing 19-minus 6, (Sebastian Bullis 8-20), passing 15-26-1 for 217 (Oberle 15-26-1 for 217), receiving (Eli Perez 4-78, Evan Rosheim 5-58, James 4-50), first downs 10; Deuel rushing 50-354 (Kloos 23-207, Sievers 13-62, Maaland 8-47, Bauman 1-9), passing 4-70 for 50 (Sievers 4-7-1 for 50), receiving (Kloos 3-26, Finnesand 1-24), first downs 19.

DEFENSE: Beresford, Bullis 11 tackles, James 4 tackles, Hayden Homenberg 3 tackles, Bentley Schurch 3 tackles, Caden Schurch 3 tackles; Deuel, Cody Treft 4 tackles, Jaxin Wier 4 tackles and 1  sack, Carson Wagner 3 tackles 1 fumble recovery, Ryker Gouger 3 tackles 1 fumble recovery 1 forced fumble, Sievers 2 tackles 1 INT.

Clark-Willow Lake 34, Mobridge-Pollock 24

Class 11B

Mobridge-Pollock (4-5) 0 16 8 0 – 24

Clark-Willow Lake (10-0) 8 14 6 6 – 34

CWL – Chris Bevers 12 pass from Joey Ries (Jakob Steen run).

MP – Easton Eisemann 9 run (Dylan Fjeldheim pass from Eisemann).

CWL – Bevers 43 pass from Ries (Steen run).

MP – Kale Knudson 14 pass from Eisemann (Eisemann run).

CWL – Bevers 46 pass from Ries.

MP – Fjeldheim 22 pass from Eisemann (Eismann run).

CWL – Cade Gaikowski 1 run.

CWL – Gaikowski 5 pass from Ries.

OFFENSE: Mobridge-Pollock rushing 23-134  (Mack Saxon 8-81, Eismann 12-49, passing 13-20-114 (Eismann 13-20 for 114), receiving (Knudson 7-74, Fjeldheim 2-25), first downs 7; Clark-Willow Lake rushing 45-315 (Steen 27-159, Gaikowski 8-55), passing 8-17 for 149 (Ries 8-17 for 149), receiving (Bevers 5-120, Gaikowski 3-29), first downs 16.

Great Plains Lutheran 22, Lead-Deadwood 7

Class 9AA

Lead-Deadwood (4-5) 7 0 0 0 – 7

Great Plains Lutheran (7-2) 8 6 0 8 – 22

GPL – Grady Hermoe 9 run (Benjamin Prahl run).

L-D – Oliver Pray 27 run (kick good).

GPL – Jeremiah Martens 6 pass from Prahl.

GPL – Martens 6 run (Tyler Brenneman pass from Prahl).

OFFENSE: Lead-Deadwood rushing 30-123 (Pray 12-50, Blake Janssen 9-34, Zade Scaman 5-20); passing 5-8-2 for 39 (Enzo Stone 3-5-1 for 22, Blake Janssen 2-3-1 for 17), receiving (Cruz Olsen 4-29; Great Plains Lutheran rushing 39-140 (Martens 12-59, Pahl 10-52, Hermoe 8-29), passing 4-12-1 for 54 (Pahl 4-12-1 for 54); receiving (Holden Karli 1-28, Lucas Sachwitz 1-18).

DEFENSE: Great Plains Lutheran, Prahl 13 tackles, Brenneman 9 tackles, Logan Bergan 11 tackles, 1 INT, 1 fumble recovery, Hudson Krause blocked punt.

Hamlin 52, Stanley County 0

Class 9AA

Stanley County (2-7) 0 0 0 – 0

Hamlin (8-1) 21 19 6 – 52

H – Jack Stormo 15 pass from Boden Stevenson.

H – Storm fumble recovery return (Stormo pass from Stevenson).

H – Jonathan Leonardi 46 run (Angel Rocha kick).

H – Owen Taschner 8 run.

H – Leonardi 65 run.

H – Stormo 19 pass from Stevenson.

H – Stevenson 3 run (Rocha kick).

H – Leonardi 92 run.

OFFENSE: Stanley County rushing 32-126 (Witt Myers 12-86, Joe Malm 12-40, Jack Deal 3-11), passing 4-8-2 for 64 (Bryant Zeeb 4-8-2 for 64), receiving (Joe Malm 2-54, Deal 1-14, first downs 7; Hamlin rushing 17-281 (Leonardi 3-203, Stevenson 12-63, Taschner 2-15); passing 4-6-0 for 75 (Stevenson 4-6-0 for 75) receiving (Stormo 2-34, Teague Stevenson 1-27, Taschner 1-14, first downs 13.

DEFENSE: Stanley County, Jacob Meyer 4 tackles, Jax Hofteizer 3 tackles, Carson Bourne 2 tackles; Hamlin, Stormo 6 tackles, Elyk Swiden 5 tackles, Trig Heinrich 5 tackles.

Kimball-White Lake 32, Faulkton 12

Class 9A

Faulkton (5-4) 0 6 0 6 – 12

Kimball-White Lake (6-3) 8 8 16 0 – 32

KWL – Carter Konechne 21 run (Chevy Fees run).

KWL – Fees 68 run (PAT good).

F – Henry Bossly 1 run.

KWL – run (PAT good).

KWL – run (PAT good).

F – Bossly 8 run.

OFFENSE: Faulkton rushing 24-144 (Landon Coyle 12-88, Bossly 8-57), passing 10-23 for 53 (Bossly 10-23 for 53), receiving (Korbin Stark 6-10, Max Martinmaas 2-7, Coyle 1-6, Weston Senn 1-4, Kamryn Rhodes 1-2); Kimball-White Lake rushing 36-349 (Fees 13-151, Konechne 11-95), passing 1-6 for minus 1.

DEFENSE: Faulkton, Rhodes 22 tackles, Sean Roseland 16 tackles, Landon Dikoff 9 tackles, Martinmaas 8 tackles, Bossly 7 tackles.