South Dakota high school football quarterfinal scores and semifinal pairings
CLASS 11AAA
First Round
No. 1 Sioux Falls Jefferson 42, No. 8 Sioux Falls Washington 7
No. 4 Sioux Falls Lincoln 42, No. 5 Brandon Valley 17
No. 2 O'Gorman 29, No. 7 Rapid City Stevens 0 -- Bennett Dannenbring threw four touchdown passes -- two to Riley Hage -- and the Knights held off the Raiders.
No. 3 Harrisburg 42, No. 6 Sioux Falls Roosevelt 12
Semifinals - Nov. 4
No. 4 Sioux Falls Lincoln (7-3) at No. 1 Sioux Falls Jefferson (10-0)
No. 3 Harrisburg (8-2) at No. 2 Sioux Fall O'Gorman (8-2)
CLASS 11AA
First Round
No. 1 Pierre T.F. Riggs 42, No. 8 Sturgis Brown 14
No. 4 Yankton 49, No. 5 Brookings 14
No. 2 Tea Area 41, No. 7 Watertown 0 -- The host Titans (9-1) defeated the Arrows (3-7) for the second-straight week by getting 139 yards rushing and three touchdowns from Chase Van Tol. Keegan DeYoung added two TD runs for Tea Area, which gained 287 of its 330 yards of total offense on the ground. Jessen Wiebenga led the defense with seven tackles. Treyton Himmerich passed for 53 yards, Juven Hudson rushed for 30 and Jesse Werner caught three passes for 43 yardsd to lead Watertown. Austin Johnson, Marcus Rabine and Simon Hendricks each were involved in seven tackles and Drew Denzer six.
No. 3 Aberdeen Central 34, No. 6 Spearfish 7 -- Central grabbed control early when Aiden Heimann intercepted Spearfish quarterback Seth Hamilton on the Spartans' first play from scrimmage. Five plays later, running back Karson Carda scored on fourth down from the one-yard line, putting the Eagles up 6-0. Central then forced Spearfish to punt before putting together a nine-play, 58-yard drive. Again, it was Carda finding the end zone from a yard out to make it 13-0, and the Eagles were on their way.
Semifinals - Nov. 4
No. 4 Yankton (6-4) at No. 1 Pierre (10-0)
No. 3 Aberdeen Central (6-4) at No. 2 Tea Area (9-1)
CLASS 11A
No. 1 Dell Rapids 41, No. 8 Lennox 7 -- Mason Stubbe ran for 177 yards with two touchdowns to lead the Quarriers, and Brayden Pankonen ran for two scores. Jack Henry threw one TD pass to Pankonen. Braeden Wulf had the lone touchdown for Lennox.
No. 4 Sioux Falls Christian 41, No. 5 Dakota Valley 14
No. 2 West Central 35, No. 7 Madison 6 -- Justin Zirpel threw for 141 yards with three touchdown passes to lead the Trojans. The TD passes were to Dylan Stromer, Crew Heier and Owen Heath. Jesse Jost ran for 103 yards with one touchdown. Bruce Galde ran for 40 yards and a touchdown for Madison.
No. 3 Beresford 24, No. 6 Canton 8
Semifinals - Nov. 4
No. 4 Sioux Falls Christian (7-3) at No. 1 Dell Rapids (10-0)
No. 3 Beresford (8-2) at No. 2 West Central (9-1)
CLASS 11B
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Winner 32, No. 8 Deuel 8 -- Two-time defending state champion Winner (10-0) scored 32 unanswered points and pulled away in the second half for the quarterfinal win. Aiden Barfuss scored on runs of 3 and 28 yards, and Blake Volmer tossed TD passes to Shawn Hammerbeck (14 yards) and Ethan Bartels (29 yards) to push the Warriors' winning streak to 34 games. Volmer passed for 95 yards, and Barfuss rushed for 60 to go along with 11 tackles. Deuel (8-2) took the early lead on a 3-yard run by Trey Maaland and a conversion pass from Maaland to Braydon Simon. The score was set up when punter Josh Mussi picked up a snap over his head and scrambled before dumping a pass to Gavin Benck, who took it 58 yards to the 5-yard line. The Cardinals trailed only 16-8 at hafltime.
No. 5 McCook Central/Montrose 38, Mount Vernon-Plankinton 6 -- Boston Katzer threw for 274 yards with two touchdown passes to lead McCook Central/Montrose. One TD pass was to Will Cleveland and the other was to Ty Nathan Doblar. Cleveland had 183 receiving yards. Jackson Remmers ran for 71 yards with two TDs.
No. 7 Hot Springs 28, No. 2 Aberdeen Roncalli 0 -- The No. 7 Hot Springs High School football team earned a spot in the semifinal round of the Class 11B football playoffs with a 28-0 upset win over No. 2 Aberdeen Roncalli at Dacotah Bank Stadium in Aberdeen on Thursday, according to the Rapid City Journal. The Bison struck late in the opening quarter as Landon Iverson found the end zone on a 27-yard run with a little over a minute remaining. Neither team was able to score in the second quarter, despite both having field-goal opportunities. Hot Springs added to its lead late in the third quarter on a 5-yard touchdown run from Preston Iverson that capped a 94-yard drive.
No. 3 Elk Point-Jefferson 42, No. 11 Redfield 0 -- Lucas Heuser ran for 80 yards with three touchdowns to lead EP-J in the shutout win. Devon Schmidt also had a rushing touchdown. Noah McDermott threw for 123 yards with a touchdown pass to Jakob Scarmon.
Semifinals - Nov. 4
No. 5 McCook Central/Montrose (9-1) at No. 1 Winner (10-0)
No. 7 Hot Springs at No. 3 Elk Point-Jefferson (10-0)
CLASS 9AA
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Wall 20, No. 8 Bon Homme 12
No. 4 Hamlin 26, No. 5 Hanson 20 OT -- In a game full of momentum changes and some missed opportunities for both sides, the fourth-seeded and fifth-ranked host Chargers prevailed 26-20 in overtime over the fifth-seeded and third-ranked Beavers on Luke Fraser's 10-yard touchdown run. Hanson outgained Hamlin 385-253 in total yards, held a 23-14 advantage in first downs and also controlled the ball for nearly 31 minutes compared to 17-plus for Hamlin. Despite those numbers, Hanson spent most of the second half playing from behind. Jackson Jarding rushed for 148 yards, including a game-tying 37-yard touchdown and conversion run with 8:17 remaining in the game. Jayce Slaba completed nine of 23 passes for 162 yards, including three to Riley Haynes for 113.
No. 2 Elkton-Lake Benton 52, No. 7 Freeman-Marion/Freeman Academy 14 -- Ryan Krog rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 174 and three more scores to lead the Elks (10-0), who built a 44-8 halftime lead. Carson Griffith caught two passes for 140 yards and two scores, and Quinten Poindexter added a 33-yard touchdown reception. Colt Beck contributed a TD run and six tackles, Griffith two quarterback sacks and Riddick Westley 114 yards rushing. FMFA (7-3) scored on a touchdown pass from Riley Tschetter to Matt Hagen and on a run by Ethan Balvin. Tschetter passed for 147 yards and ran for 50.
No. 6 Parkston 34, No. 3 Howard 7 -- Kaleb Weber ran for 61 yards and threw for 82 including a touchdown pass to lead Parkston. Jaron Nesheim added a 47-yard kickoff return for a TD, Luke Bormann scored two rushing TDs and Brayden Jervik added a rushing TD. Griffin Clubb ran for 58 yards with a TD for Howard.
Semifinals - Nov. 4
No. 4 Hamlin (9-1) at No. 1 Wall (10-0)
No. 6 Parkston (9-1) at No. 2 Elkton-Lake Benton (10-0)
CLASS 9A
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Warner 48, No. 9 Canistota 31
No. 4 Harding County-Bison 20, No. 5 Philip 15
No. 2 Lyman 34, No. 7 Castlewood 16 -- Lyman (9-1) scored 22 unanswered points in the final 13 minutes to rally for the win. Teagan Gourneau scored on runs of 10, 6 and 4 yards and also tossed a 12-yard TD pass to Brayden Oldekamp. Tance Wagner added a 10-yard TD run. Gourneau completed 11 of 18 passes for 108 yards and added 75 yards rushing. Rory McManus had five tackles for a defense that tacked on a late safety. Lane Tvedt completed six of nine passes for 111 yards, teaming with Jackson Schofield (58 yards) and Jeremiah Wiersma (3 yards) on TD passes for Castlewood (7-3), which also scored on a safety by Schofield. Schofield finished with three receptions for 92 yards. Booker Schooley recorded 14 tackles and Cameron Eng eight.
No. 3 Gregory 34, No. 6 Wolsey-Wessington 19 -- Rylan Peck ran for 175 yards with two scores and threw two touchdown passes to lead Gregory. He threw for 120 yards with TD passes to Eli Fogel and Kade Braun. Owen Hanson ran for 22 yards with a touchdown and Kade Stuckel ran for 55 yards. For WW, Blaze Herdman threw three touchdown passes to Moshe Richmond.
Semifinals -- Nov. 4
No. 4 Harding County/Bison (8-2) at No. 1 Warner (10-0)
No. 3 Gregory (9-1) at No. 2 Lyman (9-1)
CLASS 9B
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Herreid-Selby Area 44, No. 8 Avon 14 -- The Brenden Begeman and Tray Hettich Show is a bit of a rerun each week, but it's still sure fun to watch. Begeman rushed 24 times for 220 yards and three touchdowns, and Hettich completed six of nine passes for 156 yards and two scores as the Wolverines thumped Avon 44-14 in the Class 11B quarterfinals in Herreid. Naturally, Begeman caught one of those scoring strikes, while the other went to Trevor Gill, who finished with 86 yards receiving on just three catches. Begeman had touchdown runs of 48 and 45 yards, and Hettick had touchdown passes of 55 and 60 yards as the Wolverines built their lead in the first quarter. Collin Tisdall led the defense with 12 tackles on the night, including one for a loss.
No. 12 Irene-Wakonda 36, No. 4 Sully Buttes 30
No. 2 Hitchcock-Tulare 52, No. 10 Dell Rapids St. Mary 0
No. 5 De Smet 20, No. 3 Kadoka Area 8 -- Trace Van Regenmorter caught two passes for 58 yards and a TD and also rushed for 50 yards and another score for De Smet (7-3) in the win over Kadoka Area (6-4). He also made eight tackles. Britt Carlson threw the TD pass to Van Regenmorter and also scored on a TD run. He finished with 75 yards passing, 55 yards rushing and seven tackles. Kadyn Fast added 37 yards rushing, five tackles and a conversion run; Dylan Zell 12 tackles including a quarterback sack; Gannon Gruenhagen eight tackles and Tommy Aughenbaugh four tackles and an interception.
Semifinals -- Nov. 4
No. 12 Irene-Wakonda (5-5) at No. 1 Herreid/Selby Area (10-0)
No. 6 De Smet at No. 2 Hitchock-Tulare (10-0)
All Nations A
No. 1 Todd County 48, No. 8 St. Francis Indian 0
No. 5 Winnebago NE 40, No. 4 Little Wound 0
No. 2 Red Cloud 52, No. 7 Pine Ridge 0
No. 3 Standing Rock ND 50, No. 6 McLaughlin 0
Semifinals -- Oct. 29
No. 5 Winnebago NE (7-2) at No. 1 Todd County
No. 3 Standing Rock ND (7-2) at No. 2 Red Cloud (8-1)
All Nations B
No. 1 Lower Brule 60, No. 8 Marty 0
No. 4 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Tiospaye Topa 62, No. 5 Crazy Horse 20
No. 2 Tiospa Zina 58, No. 7 Flandreau Indian 6
No. 6 Omaha Nation NE 36, No. 3 Crow Creek 22
Semifinals -- Oct. 29
No. 4 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Tiospaye Topa (2-7) at No. 1 Lower Brule
No. 6 Omaha Nation NE (2-7) at No. 2 Tiospa Zina (6-3)
This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: South Dakota high school football quarterfinal scores and livestreams
