Roosevelt Ends Washington Reign as 11AA Champs

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Roosevelt got revenge and a title at the same time on Saturday.

The Rough Riders beat Washington, the two-time defending state champs, 31-17 to win its first Class 11AA state title since 2007.  In the process, Roosevelt avenged its only loss this season, a 34-29 set-back at the hands of Washington (9-3) in the final week of the regular season.

Roosevelt was led by quarterback Scott Tyler who passed for three touchdowns and ran for another.  Tyler was 17-of-28 for 337 yards.

Washington was looking for its 38th overall state title.  No other team in America has won that many state championships.

Click here to listen to my interview with Washington head coach Brian Hermanson before the championship game on High School Football America.

Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan Wins Back-to-Back 9AA Titles

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan won its second straight Class 9AA football championship with a 36-24 victory over Kimball/White Lake on Friday.

The Seahawks raced-out to a 30-0 lead before Kimball/White Lake was able to close the gap to 30-16 at the start of the second half.

BEE sophomore quarterback Jace Conner was given the game's Joe Robbie MVP Award after throwing for 127 yards and a touchdown, plus rushing for 62 yards and a score.

Canistota Cruises to Another State Football Title

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Canistota matched last year's Class 9B championship game point total in Friday's 9A title game.

The Hawks beat Wall 66-6 behind quarterback Cody Bunger, who was named the winner of the Joe Robbie Most Valuable Player award.  Bunger ran for two touchdowns and passed for three more to help Canistota cap its second straight undefeated season.

In 2010, the Hawks beat Hitchcock-Tulare 66-0 in the 9B championship game.

Waverly-South Shore Wins 9B Crown

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Waverly-South Shore beat Avon 58-24 Friday to capture the Class 9B state championship.

WSS won its first-ever state title behind quarterback Taylor Zemlicka, who amassed 376 yards in total offense.  Zemlicka ran for 196 yards and three scores, plus passed for 170 yards and two touchdowns.

Taylor's twin brother Tyson caught three of his brother's passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns.

Taylor and Tyson's cousin Brent Zemlicka ran for 145 yards and scored two touchdowns.

South Dakota High School Football Scores - Championships

South Dakota High School Football Scores
Friday, November 11, 2011

Playoffs
Championships

9AA
Bridgewater Emery/Ethan 36 Kimball/White Lake 24


9A
Canistota 66 Wall 6

9B
Waverly-South Shore 58 Avon 24

Tri-Valley Scores Late to Capture Class 11B Championship

by Jeff Fisher
South Dakota High School Football Huddle

South Dakota's Class 11B championship game came down to the final 1:32 on Thursday.

Brett Page's 5-yard TD pass Andrew Buchmann with 1:32 to play game Tri-Valley an 18-14 win over McCook Central-Montrose.  Tri-Valley took a 12-0 lead before MCM (10-2) bounced back to take a two point lead.

The Mustangs have now won three state titles in five years.

Dell Rapids Wins Another Class 11A Title

by Jeff Fisher
South Dakota High School Football Huddle

Dell Rapids captured its second straight Class 11A championship Thursday with a 35-0 win over West Central.

The Quarriers (11-1) used a strong ground game for its third title in four years.  Channing Barber led the way with 227 yards on the ground and four touchdowns.

Washington Head Coach Brian Hermanson talks about Saturday's Championship Game on High School Football America

by Jeff Fisher
South Dakota High School Football Huddle

Brian Hermanson will be my guest tonight on the High School Football America radio show starting at 6PM Central Time.

Hermanson and his Warriors will play Roosevelt Saturday for the Class 11AA championship.  Washington has won two straight state titles.

Washington leads all America high school football teams with 37 state titles, including a record 14 in a row from 1951 to 1964.

Click here to listen LIVE at 6PM Central tonight.

South Dakota High School Football Scores - Playoffs/Semifinals

South Dakota High School Football Scores
Saturday, November 5, 2011

Playoffs
Semifinals

Class 11AA
Washington 42 Lincoln 7
Roosevelt 23 O'Gorman 16

Class 11A
Dell Rapids 41 Tea Area 13
West Central 34 Spearfish 7

Class 11B
Tri-Valley 48 St. Thomas More 19
McCook Central/Montrose 7

Class 9AA
Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 50 Leola/Frederick 0
Kimball/White Lake 42 Deubrook Area 28

Class 9A
Canistota 42 Hanson 0
Wall 20 Corsica/Stickney 14

Class 9B
Waverly-South Shore 52 Viborg/Hurley 17
Avon 38 Harding County 8

South Dakota High School Football Scores - Playoffs/Quarterfinals

South Dakota High School Football Scores
Monday, October 31, 2011

Playoffs
Quarterfinals

11AA
Lincoln 61 Brookings 19
Washington 24 Mitchell 7
Roosevelt 38 Brandon Valley 37
O'Gorman 54 Yankton 14

11A
Dell Rapids 47 Chamberlain 0
Tea Area 48 Belle Fourche 0
Spearfish 61 Todd County 6
West Central 30 Dakota Valley 13

11B
Tri-Valley 47 Mobridge-Pollock 0
St. Thomas More 42 Custer 0
Winner 49 Canton 17
McCook Central/Montrose 29 Groton Area 6

9AA
Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 46 Howard 6
Leola/Frederick 20 Miller 12
Kimball/White Lake 31 Gettysburg/Hoven 14
Deubrook Area 17 White River 14

9A
Canistota 52 Herreid/Selby Area 0
Hanson 28 Wilmot 22
Wall 22 Irene-Wakonda 16
Corsica/Stickney 34 Warner 20

9B
Waverly-South Shore 46 Hitchcock-Tulare 6
Viborg/Hurley 57 Langford Area 34
Harding County 50 Dupree 0
Avon 42 Dell Rapids St. Mary 6

South Dakota High School Football Scores - Week 7

South Dakota High School Football Scores
Friday, October 7, 2011

Alcester-Hudson 20, Freeman 0
Belle Fourche 32, Douglas 20
Beresford 35, Sioux Falls Christian 0
Brandon Valley 49, Aberdeen Central 19
Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 42, Kimball/White Lake 14
Canistota 62, Chester 8
Clark/Willow Lake 61, Great Plains Lutheran 13
Colman-Egan 18, Deubrook 12
Corsica/Stickney 34, Avon 6
Dell Rapids 20, Dakota Valley 7
DeSmet/Iroquois 42, Lake Preston 22
Edgemont 58, Rapid City Christian 50
Elk Point-Jefferson 32, Wagner 26
Elkton-Lake Benton 6, Castlewood 0
Faith 60, Bison 18
Faulkton 32, Northwestern Area 14
Flandreau 42, Sioux Valley 0
Florence/Henry 52, Tiospa Zina Tribal 14
Gayville-Volin 33, Baltic 14
Gregory 47, Scotland 20
Groton Area 34, Mobridge-Pollock 14
Hanson 38, Howard 18
Harrisburg 44, Vermillion 6
Hitchcock-Tulare 60, Highmore-Harrold 6
Huron 23, Spearfish 19
Irene-Wakonda 41, Parker 8
Leola/Frederick 40, Langford 24
Lyman 36, Philip 6
Marion 52, Menno 6
McCook Central/Montrose 21, Garretson 0
Miller 36, Herreid/Selby Area 20
Mitchell 50, Sioux Falls Lincoln 49
Parkston 13, Bon Homme 7
Pierre 20, Rapid City Stevens 14
Pine Ridge 37, Red Cloud 6
Redfield/Doland 40, Webster 13
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 42, Wolsey-Wessington 34, 4OT
Sioux Falls O'Gorman 45, Rapid City Central 14
Sioux Falls Roosevelt 67, Sturgis 0
Sioux Falls Washington 29, Yankton 14
Sisseton 21, Aberdeen Roncalli 3
South Central 36, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 2
St. Thomas More 42, Bennett County 13
Sully Buttes 36, Gettysburg 34
Sunshine Bible Academy 32, Plankinton 22
Todd County 50, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 0
Tri-State 26, Grant-Deuel 21
Tri-Valley 36, Tea Area 7
Viborg/Hurley 50, Centerville 0
Wall 50, Jones County 18
Warner 33, Ipswich/Edmunds Central 8
Waverly-South Shore 60, Waubay/Summit 8
West Central 47, Jackson County Central (MN) 7
White River 52, Kadoka Area 0
Wilmot 36, Hamlin 28
Winner 50, Chamberlain 0

South Dakota High School Football Scores - Week 3

South Dakota High School Football Scores
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Bishop O'Gorman  24,  Washington  7

South Dakota High School Football Scores - Week 3

South Dakota High School Football Scores
Friday, September 9, 2011

Andes Central 48, Menno 0
Avon 44, Gregory 0
Belle Fourche 31, Hot Springs 24
Bennett County 44, Red Cloud 0
Britton-Hecla 16, Deuel 8
Brookings 42, Brandon Valley 28
Castlewood 34, Arlington 0
Chester 42, Howard 41
Colman-Egan 40, DeSmet/Iroquois 6
Colome 30, South Central 20
Corsica/Stickney 70, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 16
Custer 39, Lead-Deadwood 0
Dakota Valley 41, Canton 21
Dell Rapids 35, West Central 18
Dell Rapids St. Mary 32, Elkton-Lake Benton 6
Deubrook 38, Lake Preston 12
Dupree 26, Timber Lake 22
Estelline 42, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 6
Eureka/Bowdle 34, Gettysburg 26, 3OT
Faith 56, Rapid City Christian 14
Faulkton 34, Ipswich/Edmunds Central 6
Flandreau 47, Sioux Falls Christian 14
Garretson 22, Sioux Valley 14
Florence/Henry 30, Waubay/Summit 28
Garretson 22, Sioux Valley 14
Gayville-Volin 20, Centerville 16
Great Plains Lutheran 46, Grant-Deuel 30
Groton Area 51, Webster 6
Hamlin  34, Clark/Willow Lake 26
Hanson 44, Freeman 14
Harding County 64, Bison 14
Harrisburg 63, Lennox 13
Hay Springs, Neb. 40, Edgemont 20
Herreid/Selby Area 50, Lemmon/McIntosh 0
Huron 17, Pierre 12
Irene-Wakonda 50, Alcester-Hudson 12
Kimball-White Lake 57, Miller 38
Leola/Frederick 44, Northwestern 6
Little Wound 38, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 14
Lusk (WY) 36, Hill City 12
Lyman 42, Kadoka Area 6
Marty Indian 34, Lower Brule 20
McCook Central/Montrose 42, Chamberlain 6
Milbank 24, Aberdeen Roncalli 7
Mitchell 32, Aberdeen Central 13
Parkston 51, St. Francis Indian 0
Rapid City Central 42, Sturgis 7
Rapid City Stevens 14, Spearfish 12
Redfield/Doland 20, Mobridge-Pollock 0
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 44, Mt. Vernon 22
Scotland 52, Marion 16
Sioux Falls Roosevelt 45, Sioux Falls Lincoln 29
Sisseton 51, Madison 7
St. Thomas More 46, Douglas 13.
Todd County 48, Pine Ridge 12
Tri-Valley 45, Elk Point-Jefferson 0
Vermillion 13, Tea 7 (OT)
Viborg/Hurley 66, Parker 12
Wagner 32, Platte-Geddes/Dakota Christian 14
Wall 30, New Underwood 0
Warner 32, Hitchcock-Tulare 14
Waverly-South Shore 54, Tri-State 19
White River 51, Philip 0
Wilmot 47, Tiospa Zina Tribal 0
Winner 42, Bon Homme 0
Wolsey-Wessington 49, Sunshine Bible Academy 0
Yankton 48, Watertown 18

South Dakota High School Football Scores - Week 1

South Dakota High School Football Scores

Friday, August 26, 2011

Avon 36, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 0

Bennett County 26, Hill City 6

Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 54, Freeman 8

Canistota 48, Howard 0

Centerville 32, Marion 6

Chamberlain 16, Hot Springs 14

Dakota Valley 41, Elk Point-Jefferson 6

Flandreau 39, Deuel 6

Garretson 44, Sioux Falls Christian 0

Great Plains Lutheran 49, Florence/Henry 28

Hanson 48, Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central 14

Harding County 43, Dupree 0

Highmore-Harrold 6, Ipswich/Edmunds Central 0
Hitchcock-Tulare 40, Northwestern Area 0

Irene-Wakonda 50, Menno 0

Jones County 22, Colome 18

Langford 52, Sunshine Bible Academy 0

Lead-Deadwood 13, Douglas 7

Little Wound 20, St. Francis Indian 0

McCook Central/Montrose 30, Platte-Geddes/Dakota Christian 7

Mobridge-Pollock 26, Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock (ND) 12

Mt. Vernon 38, Kimball/White Lake 22

Newell 32, Bison 24, OT

Oakes (ND) 20, Britton-Hecla 0

Parker 36, Baltic 24 Plankinton 48, Lower Brule 28

Sioux Valley 28, Beresford 13

South Central 38, Gregory 14

St. Thomas More 25, Spearfish 20

Sully Buttes 62, McLaughlin 12

Tea Area 37, Bon Homme 9

Todd County 46, Crow Creek 0

Tri-Valley 43, Canton 7

Viborg/Hurley 50, Gayville-Volin 0

Wall 20, White River 14

West Central 41, Vermillion 0

Winner 44, Parkston 0 Wolsey-Wessington 8, Warner 0

South Dakota Changes Football Playoff Format in Its Largest Classification

by Jeff Fisher
South Dakota High School Football Huddle

Next year there will be only 12 playoff teams in Class 11AA, instead of the usual 16.

The South Dakota High School Activities Association has voted unanimously to reduce the field by four and award first-round byes to the top four seeds, who will advance directly to the quarterfinal round.

Washington Improves Its Position as High School Football's Titletown

Jeff Fisher
South Dakota High School Football Huddle

After back-to-back South Dakota state titles in 2009 and 2010, Washington has widen its lead on the all-time list of high school football championships in America.

The Warriors, who won their first title in 1905, now own 37 state titles, which is five more than runner-up Little Rock Central in Arkansas.

Two other schools on the all-time list added to their trophy case in 2010. Artesia (New Mexico) captured its 27th title to move into a tie for third-place with Lawrence (Kansas) and Omaha Creighton Prep (Nebraska). Everett (Massachusetts) won its 26th title, although Massachusetts doesn't crown an overall state champ.

All-Time State Championships

1. Sioux Falls Washington (South Dakota) 37
2. Little Rock Central (Arkansas) 32
3. (tie) Artestia (New Mexico) 27
3. (tie) Lawrence (Kansas) 27
3. (tie) Omaha Creighton Prep (Nebraska) 27
6. (tie) Everett (Massachusetts) 26
6. (tie) Butte (Montana) 26
6. (tie) Phoenix Union (Arizona) 26
9. (tie) Valdosta (Georgia) 23
9. (tie) Massillon Washington (Ohio) 23
11. Pine Bluff (Arkansas)

South Dakota - 2011 National Signing Day

Brandon Mohr (Washington, LB) - South Dakota St.