FREEMAN – Freeman accumulated more than 200 yards on the ground and through the air to fuel a 48-26 win over Castlewood in a battle of unbeatens in the semifinals of the Class 9A football playoffs on Friday night.
The Flyers finished with 208 yards rushing and 246 yards passing on the way to moving to 11-0 on the season.
Tayden Kerrigan passed for 230 yards and four touchdowns to four different receivers in the contest. Axle Schultz ran for 126 yards and a pair of TDs.
Castlewood’s Kamden Keszler accounted for three touchdowns for the Warriors. He ran for 64 yards and two touchdowns, passed for 169 yards, and also returned a kickoff 100 yards for a TD.
Weston Moorhouse scored the other Castlewood touchdown.
Freeman will face Bennett County in the 9A championship contest at 1 p.m. Thursday at the DakotaDome in Vermillion.
Castlewood (10-1) 6 6 6 8 – 26
Freeman (11-0) 14 12 22 0 – 48
C – Kamden Keszler 5 run.
F – Easton Tschetter 34 pass from Tayden Kerrigan (Alaric Knittel run).
F – Axle Schultz 56 run.
C – Keszler 19 run.
F – Knittel 6 pass from Kerrigan.
F – Logan Pankratz 15 pass from Kerrigan.
F – David Walter 8 pass from Kerrigan (Walter pass from Kerrigan).
F – Schultz 30 run (Tschetter pass from Kerrigan).
C – Keszler 100 kickoff return.
F – Tschetter 38 run.
C – Weston Moorhouse 1 run (Will Aderhold pass from Keszler).
OFFENSE: Castlewood rushing 17-86 (Keszler 7-64, Trevor Everson 5-12 Carson Kelly 3-9), passing 8-22-3 for 153 (Keszler 9-23-3 for 169), receiving (Aderhold 2-72, Carter Ogle 2-41, Spencer Ries 1-23, Cooper Thu 1-11, Kelly 2-6), first downs 12; Freeman rushing 29-208 (Schultz 15-126, Tschetter 6-41, Kerrigan 6-40), passing 16-24 for 246 (Kerrigan 14-23 for 230), receiving (Tschetter 5-100, Oliver Waltner 4-69, Pankratz 2-51, Walter 2-20, Knittel 1-6), first downs 20.
DEFENSE: Castlewood, Keszler 9 tackles, Ries 5 tackles and 1 sack, Owen Shea 5 tackles; Freeman, Kerrigan 5 tackles and 2 INT, Tschetter 5 tackles and 1 INT, Schultz 4 tackles, Walter 4 tackles.
