Elkton-Lake Benton blew out De Smet on Friday night, while Sioux Valley fell to Clark/Willow Lake in area high school football action.
Clark/Willow Lake 26, Sioux Valley 8
The Cyclones returned the favor to the Cossacks as Sioux Valley beat CWL two weeks ago in Clark. The two teams had to play twice this season because each team was supposed to play Sisseston but Sisseton did not field a varsity team this season. Each team tried to find a different opponent but was unable to, forcing them to play twice.
CWL scored the only points of the first quarter as Emmerson Larson ran in a touchdown from four yards out. The Cyclones failed to convert the two-point conversion and it was 6-0 at the end of the opening quarter.
Mitchell Guthmiller would tie the game with a 10-yard touchdown run and Wyatt Hardt gave the Cossacks an 8-6 lead with the two-point conversion. However, that lead did not hold until halftime as Joey Reis found Cooper Pommer for a 12-yard touchdown and the Cyclones took a 12-8 lead into halftime.
CWL would then extend its lead to two scores with just over seven minutes to play in the game. Reis found Pommer again and this time it was a seven-yard score and Reis ran in the two-point conversion to make it 20-8. Jakob Steen then ran in a six-yard touchdown with 21 seconds left to make the final 26-8.
The Cyclones outgained the Cossacks 294-179. Hardt led Sioux Valley on the ground with 68 yards on 12 carries. Guthmiller had nine carries for 45 yards. Hardt was also 2-of-5 for 58 yards through the air.
Sioux Valley is now 2-2 and has a bye next week. The Cossacks will return to the field on Sept. 26 when they host Deuel.
Elkton-Lake Benton 65, De Smet 20
The Elks bounced back from their first loss of the season last week with an impressive offensive performance on Friday night as they racked up 501 total yards. ELB did most of its damage in the first half as it led 49-14 at halftime.
ELB got the scoring going with a bang as Colt Beck found Savion Stephens for an 87-yard touchdown pass to make it 7-0. Eliot Erickson then ran it into the end zone from two yards out and the PAT was no good so it was 13-0. Beck would then make something happen with his legs as he scored from 11 yards out to make it 20-0. The final touchdown of the first quarter was a 29-yard run from Beck and the Elks led 27-0 heading into the second.
Beck connected with Stephens for another long touchdown in the second quarter, this time from 79 yards out and Joseph Nibbee ran in the two-point conversion to make it 35-0. De Smet got on the board with a 53-yard touchdown run from Owen Anderson and the Bulldogs converted the two-point conversion to make it 35-8.
Beck then found Owen Anderson for a 53-yard touchdown and the PAT pushed the lead to 42-8. Erickson dashed to the end zone from 60 yards out to make it 49-8 but a four-yard touchdown run from Slayten Wilkinson made it 49-14 at halftime.
The Bulldogs cut the lead to 49-20 in the third quarter with a 22-yard touchdown pass from Brody Halverson to Wilkinson. Erickson then had a 40-yard touchdown run and Beck found Stephens for a two-point conversion to make it 57-20. The final touchdown of the night for the Elks came in the fourth quarter and it was a 27-yard pass from Beck to Nibbe. Berk Hemmen ran in the two-point conversion to make the final 65-20.
Beck was 10-of-18 for 328 yards and had five passing touchdowns. He also had 21 yards and a score on the ground. Erickson had 161 yards and two scores on 15 carries. Stephens had three catches for 178 yards and Crofutt had 49 yards on three catches. Nibbe had three catches for 44 yards.
The Elks held De Smet to 250 yards. Quintin Westley had 10.5 tackles and a sack. Taiton Boersma and Myles Poindexter each had seven tackles. Stephens had six tackles, a sack and a tackle for a loss. Nibbe blocked a punt and returned it 29 yards.
ELB is now 3-1 and plays at Great Plains Lutheran this coming Friday at 7 p.m.
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