By Andrew Holtan
The Brookings Beacon
The Sioux Valley football team bounced back from a loss to Elk Point-Jefferson and beat Parker/Marion in overtime on Friday night. Elkton-Lake Benton also snapped a three-game losing streak and beat Alcester-Hudson, while Brookings lost to Yankton on the road.
Sioux Valley 20, Parker Marion 18 (F/OT)
VOLGA – Sioux Valley stopped Parker-Marion on a two-point conversion in overtime to seal the victory and move them to 3-4 on the season.
The Pheasants broke a 0-0 tie with 11:08 left in the second quarter as Caleb Christiansen threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to Luke Travnicek. Parker-Marion missed the extra point so the score was 6-0.
The Cossacks would tie things up with 6:31 left in the third as Trey Wyman ran into the end zone from 15 yards out. Sioux Valley failed on the two-point conversion.
It didn’t take long for the Pheasants to respond as Christiansen ran back the ensuing kickoff 71 yards for a touchdown. Parker-Marion failed on the two-point conversion and it was 12-6 with 6:20 to go in the third.
Sioux Valley would tie the game again with 2:23 to play in regulation. Wyatt Hardt powered his way over the goal line from a yard out but the Cossacks failed on the two-point conversion, sending the game to overtime.
The Cossacks got the ball first in OT and Hardt scored on another one-yard run. This time he ran in the two-point conversion to make it 20-12.
Brady Beyer scored from a yard out for the Pheasants when they had the ball in OT. However, the Cossacks kept Parker-Marion out of the end zone on the two-point try and secured the win.
Hardt had 182 yards on the ground on 37 carries. Logan Mohn had 49 yards on 15 carries.
The Sioux Valley defense held Parker-Marion to 139 total yards of offense. The Cossacks were led by Johnnie Vermeulen who had seven tackles. Patrick Quale had six tackles and Westin Pitts had five tackles and a fumble recovery.
The Cossacks will close out the regular season this Friday at Flandreau at 7 p.m.
Elkton-Lake Benton 46, Alcester-Hudson 13
ELTKON – The Elks finished the regular season on a positive note as they outscored Alcester-Hudson 26-0 in the final two quarters.
Alcester-Hudson got the scoring going in the first quarter with a four-yard touchdown run from Jackson Meyer. The extra point was good to make it 7-0. ELB answered with a six-yard touchdown run from Brock Johson. The Elks missed the extra point so it was 7-6 going into the second quarter.
The Cubs extended the lead to 13-6 with a 41-yard touchdown pass from Jaxon Sommervold to Meyer in the second quarter. ELB would then score back-to-back touchdowns to gain the lead going into halftime.
The first touchdown was a 14-yard run from Johnson and the Elks failed on the two-point conversion. Caden Crofutt then found the end zone from 17 yards out and he threw the two-point conversion to Joseph Nibbe to give ELB a 20-13 lead at halftime.
Crofutt extended the lead for the Elks in the third quarter with a 10-yard touchdown run but they failed on the two-point conversion. Johnson then ran into the end zone from 13 yards out and another failed two-point conversion made it 32-13 going into the fourth.
Crofutt scored for a third time in the fourth as he ran in from five yards out. Alec Aguilar kicked the extra point to make it 39-13. Francisco Campos then got in the scoring, running in from six yards out. Aguilar added the extra point to make the final 46-13.
The Elks finished the regular season with a record of 3-5. Right now, ELB sits in 14th place in the Class 9A standings but almost every other team has one more game to play.
Yankton 35, Brookings 14
YANKTON – The Bobcats were outscored 14-0 in the final quarter and are still in search of their first win of the season.
The Bucks scored first and it came on a punt. Tegan LaCroix fielded the punt on a hop at his own 24 yard line and took it to the left side and was untouched on his way to the end zone. That made it 7-0 with 4:40 to play in the first quarter.
Yankton extended the lead to 14-0 with 3:25 to go in the first half as Karson Kral ran into the end zone from 10 yards out.
Brookings was able to cut the lead in half just before halftime. Briggs Archer threw a 13-yard pass to Hayden Jones in the back right corner of the end zone and Jones went up and caught it for the score. Baker Hanson added the extra point to make it 14-7 going into the locker room.
LeCroix then scored on offense in the third quarter to extend the Bucks’ lead. He took a direct snap from five yards out and beat the defense to the corner of the end zone to make it 21-7 with 5:42 left in the third.
The Bobcats hit on a big play before the end of the third as Cooper Drawdy connected with Ezra Eidem for a 36-yard touchdown. Hanson added the extra point and it was 21-14 with 1:08 left in the third.
Yankton answered quickly as Kral scored from two yards out and the Bucks led 28-14 with 11:03 to play. Emmett Hirschman then made it a three-score game with just over five minutes to go as he scored from a yard out to make it 35-14. That would end up being the final.
Brookings dropped to 0-7 on the season. The Bobcats will return home for the final two games of the year. They’ll take on No. 1 ranked Pierre this upcoming Friday at 7 p.m. and then will host winless Aberdeen Central on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.
