Baltic

Seahawks

Last Week

In a game dominated by the defenses in the second half the Seahawks defeated Wagner 20-6 last Friday in Bridgewater. BEE jumped out to a 20-6 lead at the half and that score held through the second half in a game where the offenses combined for 344 yards.

After a Wagner fumble on their opening drive, BEE took over on the Red Raider 35 yard-line and scored 6 plays later on a 5 yard run by Macklen Weber to take a 6-0 lead. Wagner answered right back, completing a 73 yard pass on the first play of the following drive to get them down to the Seahawk 7 yard line. After a penalty and a negative play BEE had the Red Raiders backed up to the 18 yard line on 3rd down. Wagner's QB was under pressure and threw up a jump ball in the endzone that was caught for a TD and we were tied up at 6. The Seahawk offense faced a 3rd and 12 on the following drive when Holden Wollmann completed a 48 yard pass to Landen Brummett down the sideline to kickstart a drive that ended with a 5 yard TD run by Weber to extend the lead to 14-6. That would be the final offensive score of the night for both teams, but BEE wasn't quite done scoring just yet. After trading punts, Wagner started to move the ball towards midfield when Jason Zeeb intercepted a pass and returned it 50 yards for a TD to make the score 20-6. Both defenses reigned supreme the rest of the way. The Seahawks final 7 drives ended with 2 turnovers, 3 turnovers on downs and 2 punts. Wagner's drives the rest of the game ended with a turnover, 2 punts and 3 turnovers on downs.

Holden Wollmann completed 5-of-8 passes for 101 yards with one interception. In a game where rushing yards were at a premium, Macklen Weber led the way with just 43 yards on 16 carries and 2 TDs. KJ Ripley rushed 9 times for 29 yards. Weber had 2 receptions for 21 yards.

Defensively, Jackson Weber led with 8 tackles, 1 sack and 2 tackles for loss. Jason Zeeb had a monster game for BEE with 7 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, an interception return for TD and a blocked extra point. Wollmann was third with 5 tackles and Kean Stevenson had 5 tackles and a tackle for loss. Ethan Longe had a sack and a forced fumble and Creighton Klumb had a fumble recovery. Braden Nebelsick intercepted his 4th pass of the season and is just 2 interceptions away from tying BEE's single season interception record of 6 set by Sawyer Schultz in 2018.

For Wagner, Carlos Galindo completed 6-of-14 passes for 118 yards and a TD with 2 interceptions. Shea Kjeldgaard was the leading receiver with 3 receptions for 95 yards and a TD. Javian Pesicka rushed 12 times for 22 yards to lead the Red Raiders on the ground.

As a team, BEE had 199 yards of offense (98 rushing, 101 passing) and 13 first downs. The Red Raiders had 150 yards of total offense (27 rushing, 123 passing) and 7 first downs.

This Season

The Seahawks come into this week's match-up with a 3-1 record, having outscored their opponents 87-61. BEE is averaging 170 yards rushing and 109.8 yards passing per game for an average of 279.8 total yards per game. Defensively the Seahawks are giving up 101.8 yards rushing and 155.8 yards passing for an average of 257.5 total yards per game.

Holden Wollmann has completed 23-of-44 passes for 439 yards and 2 TDs with 2 INTs. Wollmann has also rushed for 210 yards and 2 TDs. Macklen Weber is the leading rusher with 319 yards and 6 TDs on 66 carries. Weber has 8 receptions for 131 yards. Jaxx Kurtenbach has 3 receptions for 109 yards and 2 TDs and 34 rushing yards and a TD.

Defensively, Jason Zeeb leads with 38 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 4 sacks and an interception. Second is Kean Stevenson with 24 tackles, 4 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery. Next is Holden Wollmann with 22 tackles, a tackle for loss, an interception, 6 pass break-ups and a fumble recovery. Coming in fourth is Riley Weber with 20 tackles, a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery. And rounding out the top five is Macklen Weber with 18 tackles, a tackle for loss, a sack, and an interception. Braeden Nebelsick leads the Seahawks with 4 interceptions through 4 games.

Last Week

The Huskies of Elk Point-Jefferson jumped out to a 32-0 halftime lead and rolled to a 46-14 win over Baltic last Friday. EPJ led 12-0 after one quarter. Baltic scored one TD in the third and one in the fourth.

The Huskies racked up 380 yards of offense (234 rushing, 146 passing). Keaton Gale completed 5-of-8 passes for 101 yards and a TD. Gunner Ewing rushed for 169 yards on 10 carries and 4 TDs for EPJ.

The Bulldogs had 208 yards of total offense (154 passing, 54 rushing). Gavin Skotvold completed 12-of-25 passes for 154 yards and a TD. As a team Baltic rushed 36 times for 54 yards and a TD.

This Season

Baltic comes into this week's game with an 0-5 record. Season results:

Opponent

Opponent W-L

Result

Beresford

@ Flandreau

@ Sioux Valley

Parker

EPJ

Aug 23

Aug 30

Sep 06

Sep 13

Sep 20

2-2

4-1

4-0

1-4

3-1

L 8-40

L 12-42

L 13-44

L 6-16

L 14-46

The Bulldogs are averaging 192 yards of total offense a game (98 rushing and 94 passing). Baltic has only rushed for over 100 yards once this year, that came in the season opening loss against Beresford when they rushed for 217 yards in large part to a 91 yard run. Baltic threw for a season high 154 yards last week against EPJ. Against EPJ was the first time Baltic didn't have a turnover in a game. The Bulldogs had 11 turnovers through the first four games of the season.

Opponents are averaging 361 yards of total offense a game (228 rushing and 133 passing). The Bulldogs have allowed over 175 yards rushing in all 5 contests this year, including a season high of 336 rushing yards allowed to Sioux Valley. They have given up over 100 yards passing in three contests this year, including a season high of 239 yards passing week 2 against Flandreau.

Beresford freshman QB Gavin Skotvold (6'0", 160 lbs.) has completed 30-of-57 passes for 370 yards and 3 TDs with 5 INTs. JR RB/DL Jackson Goehring (5'10", 165 lbs.) is the Bulldogs leading rusher with 147 yards on 32 carries and a TD. Sophomore RB/LB Aaron Nordbye (5'10", 170 lbs.) has 55 carries for 139 yards and a TD. JR WR/CB Ben Erickson (6'1", 160 lbs.) is the leading receiver with 15 catches for 222 yards and 2 TDs.

Last Match-Up

The Seahawks outgained Baltic by nearly 300 total yards as BEE rolled to a 43-0 win last Friday.

Macklen Weber scored the Seahawks first two TDs of the season in the opening quarter from 7 and 38 yards out and BEE led 15-0 after one quarter. Drake Gustafson scored on a 4 yard run early in the second quarter to make it 22-0 and Weber added his third rushing TD just a few minutes later to give BEE a 28-0 lead with 8:53 left in the half. The Seahawks drove deep into Baltic territory their next two drives, however both were halted with interceptions. BEE's defense didn't allow a Baltic first down until under a minute remaining in the first half.

Weber added his 4th rushing TD of the night with 4:51 left in the 3rd quarter to take a 35-0 lead. Carson Johnson capped off the scoring with his first varsity TD, from 6 yards out, to give us the final score of 43-0.

Weber led BEE with 214 rushing yards and 4 TDs on 21 carries. Kean Stevenson added 55 yards on 8 carries and Wyatt Anderson rushed 3 times for 25 yards.

For Baltic, Aaron Nordbye was the leading rusher with 11 yards on 6 carries. Tate Feucht completed 4-of-12 passes for 22 yards and 3 interceptions.

Defensively, Jason Zeeb led the Seahawks with 9 tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss. Riley Weber added 7 tackles. Anderson had 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss. Kean Stevenson, Drake Gustafson and Landen Brummett all had interceptions for BEE.

The Seahawks had 322 total yards of offense (309 rushing, 13 passing) and held Baltic to just 32 total yards of offense (-16 rushing, 48 passing).

Game Bits

The Seahawks are 3-0 all-time against the Bulldogs. BEE defeated Baltic 54-0 in 2021, 44-0 in 2022 and 43-0 in 2023.
Baltic has lost 28 straight games. Their last win came in the season opening game of the 2021 season, which was their very first game in the 11-man ranks.
Big East Conference teams in action tonight includes:
#2 Sioux Valley (4-0) @ Deuel (1-3)
#3 Elk Point-Jefferson (3-1) vs Beresford (2-2)
McCook Central/Montrose (3-2) vs Parker (1-4)
Games of interest tonight in 11B include:
Clark/Willow Lake (3-1) vs Groton Area (3-1)
Wagner (2-3) vs #4 Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central (3-1)
The forecast at kickoff tonight in Bridgewater calls for mostly sunny skies, a temperature of 80 degrees and winds out of the north at 5-15 mph.
A link for livestreaming of tonight's game can be found on our homepage.
The Bridgewater-Emery Boosters will be hosting a burger/hot dog tailgate meal starting at 6pm tonight.
The Ethan and Bridgewater-Emery FFA chapters will be holding a joint dunk tank fundraiser at tonight's game. The chapters will be using the money raised for FFA jackets for new members and to go to the National Convention.
The Junior High team defeated Wagner this week to improve to 4-1 on the season. They will host Baltic on Tuesday in Bridgewater starting at 4 PM.
The Junior Varsity team lost to Wagner, 12-8, this week to fall to 2-2 on the season. Their game against Baltic on Monday has been cancelled. Next action will be against McCook Central/Montrose on Monday, October 7th in Bridgewater at 4:30PM.