The Elkton-Lake Benton Elks improved to 7-0 with a win over Deubrook Area and the Flandreau Fliers and Estelline/Hendricks Redhawks each fell in tight games as part of Friday’s local football slate.
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The Elkton-Lake Benton Elks improved to 7-0 with a win over Deubrook Area and the Flandreau Fliers and Estelline/Hendricks Redhawks each fell in tight games as part of Friday’s local football slate.
WHITE — The Elks lit up the scoreboard including 35 points in the second quarter to fuel a 67-14 win over the Dolphins.
ELB led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter before taking a 49-6 lead into halftime. The Elks won the third quarter by a score of 18-8 and both teams were scoreless in the fourth quarter.
Colt Beck completed two-of-three passes for 91 yards and a touchdown in the win while adding two carries for 102 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.
Berkeley Hemmen completed all three of his passes for 16 yards and a touchdown while also contributing with a six-yard rush.
Kaleb Larson had three carries for 80 yards and a touchdown. Tanner Stein had two carries for 72 yards and two touchdowns. Dreitz had a 53-yard touchdown run; Eliot Erickson had four carries for 38 yards; and Caden Crofutt had two carries for 30 yards including a touchdown.
Erickson caught a 56-yard touchdown as the big play in the passing game while Riley Nordmeyer had two catches for 10 yards including a touchdown. Wyatt Osland had a six-yard reception.
Blake Hanson completed 12-of-26 passes for 91 yards and three interceptions for the Dolphins. Hanson also ran three times for seven yards.
Ty Landmark had seven carries for 11 yards and a touchdown.
Joshua Moberg had five catches for 31 yards. Derrick Eischens had two catches for 18 yards. Josh Mitchell had two catches for 12 yards. Brady Gladis had a 12-yard reception, Keithen Krier had an 11-yard reception, and Blake Coners had a seven-yard reception.
Elkton-Lake Benton will now face Hamlin in a battle of unbeaten teams in Elkton on Friday. Deubrook fell to 1-6 and will close the regular season against Castlewood in White on Friday.
ELK POINT — The Fliers stood up to the No. 3 team in the state, but ultimately fell short in a 21-14 loss to the Huskies on Friday night.
Paul Parsley led the way for Flandreau, completing 16-of-35 passes for 239 yards and a touchdown. Parsley was helped out by Luke Sheppard, who caught four passes for 71 yards and Cam Flute, who caught four passes for 59 yards.
Ben Ballard also caught two passes for 48 yards including a touchdown.
The Fliers’ effort through the air was matched on the ground where Parsley had five carries for 31 yards and a touchdown. Ballard also finished with 12 yards on four carries, Karter Headrick had nine yards on 10 carries and Flute had two carries for eight yards.
“We were moving the ball well with a solid mix of run and pass,” Flandreau head coach Josh Edlund said. “Our offensive line was giving Paul enough time to either throw or make a play with his legs. We had a few mistakes here and there and gave them a short field and they took advantage of it.”
Parsley also commended his defense which was led by Ballard (13 tackles), Kody Kneebone seven tackles) and Shepard (seven tackles). While he admitted they made some mistakes, he was proud of the Fliers’ (4-3) effort on Friday night ahead of next week’s regular-season finale at Beresford.
“I am so proud of our guys for being mentally tough and sticking with it,” Parsley said. “Good things are coming for this group. We have a tough matchup (coming up) in Beresford, but we have proven that we can play with anybody in the state."
CASTLEWOOD — Carson Reitz scored a two-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough as the Warriors beat the Redhawks on Friday night.
Reitz finished 8-for-12 passing with 124 yards and a rushing touchdown. Regan Schwartz led Estelline/Hendricks with 27 yards on nine carries while Cooper Faehnrich added 17 yards on five attempts.
Wyat James was the top target in the passing game with five catches for 51 yards. Braxton Jongeling caught four passes for 50 yards and Schwartz had a 23-yard reception.
Matthew McAninch had a team-high 12 tackles while Jongeling also hit double digits with 11 tackles. Reitz had seven tackles and James had five tackles.
The Redhawks fell to 4-3 with the loss and will host De Smet at Estelline High School on Friday at 7 p.m.
