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Seahawks

Last Game

The Seahawks opened the season two weeks ago, losing to Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central 28-13. BEE led 7-6 at the half, but was outscored 22-6 by the Blackhawks in the second half.

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After a scoreless first quarter, the Blackhawks struck first on a 20 yard TD pass from Holden Havlik to Sam Poncelow, capping off a 9-play, 80 yard drive. The Seahawks answered right back on the following drive thanks to a couple big plays by Holden Wollman, a 19 yard run and a 34 yard pass to Macklen Weber, and Wollman ran it in from 3 yards out to give BEE a 7-6 lead that held into half time. The Blackhawks fumbled the ball away on the opening drive of the second half, give the Seahawks the ball inside the 30 yard line, but BEE was unable to take advantage and turned the ball over on downs. W/WS/SC went 72 yards in just 6 plays, scoring on a 19 yard TD pass from Havlik to Colby Flowers. That made the score 12-7. On the second play of BEE's following drive, Wollman ran in from 68 yards out and gave the Seahawks a 13-12 lead. That was it for BEE's offense, as the Seahawks failed to get another first down the remainder of the game. A couple TD passes from Havlik to Ryder Michalek, one late in the 3rd quarter and one in the 4th quarter, put the game out of reach for the Seahawks and gave the Blackhawks the win, 28-13.

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Wollman led BEE offensively, rushing for 103 yards and 2 TDs on 15 carries and completing 7-of-16 passes for 104 yards. Wollman is the first QB to throw for over 100 yards and also rush for over 100 yards in a game for BEE since 2019 when Brady Hawkins did the same against Flandreau. Macklen Weber had 3 receptions for 66 yards and added 14 rushing yards.

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Defensively, Jason Zeeb led the way with 11 tackles. Kean Stevenson had 10 tackles and a tackle for loss. Wollman added 6 tackles and 5 pass break-ups. Macklen Weber had 6 tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, an interception and a forced fumble.

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Havlik led the way for the Blackhawks, completing 23-of-37 passes for 333 yards and 4 TDs. Michalek had 11 receptions for 159 yards a couple TDs. Payton Uecker led the Blackhawks in rushing with 62 yards on 12 carries.

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As a team, BEE had 224 yards of total offense (120 rushing, 104 passing) and W/WS/SC ended with 438 yards of offense (105 rushing, 333 passing). The Blackhawks had 24 1st downs to the Seahawks 10.

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Lead-Deadwood

Last Week

The Golddiggers took on the Seahawks season opening opponent in Woonsocket/Wessington Springs Sanborn Central and the Blackhawks racked up 35 first half points as they rolled to a 42-6 win.

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W/WS/SC got out to a 21-0 lead in the second quarter before Lead-Deadwood got on the board to cut the score to 21-6, but the Blackhawks answered back with two more TDs in the second quarter to lead 35-6 at the half. The Blackhawks added a 25 yard rushing score in the fourth quarter to make it 42-6.

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For the Blackhawks, Holden Havlik completed 10-of-16 passes for 107 yards and 2 TDs, one each to Ryder Michalek and Bryce Larson. Peyton Uecker had 139 rushing yards on 13 carries and 2 TDs.

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Individual stats for the Golddiggers was not available. As a team, Lead-Deadwood completed 6-of-11 passes for 61 yards and 1 TD with 3 INTs and rushed for 133 yards on 30 carries.

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The Blackhawks outgained Lead-Deadwood 286-194 in total yardage. The Golddiggers fell to 0-2 on the year, while the Blackhawks improved to 2-0.

This Season

Lead-Deadwood comes into this match-up with an 0-2 record. The Golddiggers opened the season with a 32-0 loss to Mobridge-Pollock. In that game, Lead-Deadwood was outgained 301-162 in total yardage and had 3 turnovers in the loss.

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As a team, Lead-Deadwood is averaging 124 yards rushing and 54 yards passing for a total of 178 yards of offense per game. Defensively, the Golddiggers are giving up an average of 181 yards rushing and 113 yards passing for a total of 294 yards per game. They have turned the ball over 6 times, 3 in each game.

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Previous Match-Up

The Seahawks scored 40 first half points enroute to a 53-0 win over Lead-Deadwood in the first round of the playoffs in 2020. Bodie Burnham and Koby Kayser had 3 rushing TDs each and Kaden Klumb added a rushing TD as BEE scored 20 points in both quarter of the first half. Clay Hohn's 1 yard rushing TD in the fourth quarter ended the game early due to the mercy rule.

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Burnham finished with 154 yards rushing on 11 carries and Kayser had 13 carries for 89 yards. Klumb had 34 yards passing and rushed for 17 yards.

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Defensively, Brandon Jansen led with 7 tackles. Eric Gustafson and Rylee Schultz had 6 tackles each.

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The Seahawks outgained the Golddiggers 350-43 in total yardage. BEE had 18 first downs to Lead-Deadwood's 2.

Game Bits

  • BEE is 1-0 against Lead-Deadwood all time with the only match-up coming in the first round of the 2020 playoffs, that the Seahawks won 53-0.
     

  • The Seahawks fell completely out of the latest SD Prep Media Football Poll after receiving votes in the previous poll. This weeks poll looks like this:
    1. Winner (16 1st place votes)
    2. Elk Point-Jefferson (4)
    3. Sioux Valley (2)
    4. W/WS/SC
    5. Beresford
    Receiving Votes: Mount Vernon/Plankinton, Wagner, Hot Springs
     

  • The latest Coaches Poll looks like this:
    1. Winner (23 1st place votes)
    2. Elk Point-Jefferson (4)
    3. Sioux Valley
    4. Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central
    5. Wagner
    Receiving Votes: Beresford, Flandreau, Mount Vernon/Plankinton
     

  • Big East Conference games Friday night include:
    Beresford vs McCook Central/Montrose
    Elk Point-Jefferson vs Mount Vernon/Plankinton
    Flandreau vs Parker
    Sioux Valley vs Baltic
     

  • One game to watch in 11B Friday night will be in Wagner, where the upstart Red Raiders look to continue their impressive start to the season against the defending 11B Champion Hot Springs.

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  • Saturday night's game will kickoff at 5pm mountain time, 6pm central time. The forecast at kickoff Saturday night in Deadwood calls for partly cloudy skies with a temperature of 77 degrees and winds out of the southeast at 10-15 mph.

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  • Saturday's game will be livestreamed on Lead-Deadwood Golddiggers Live. A livestream link is on the home page of this website.
     

  • The BEE JV and JH teams will take on Mount Vernon/Plankinton on Monday in Mount Vernon. Both games will start at 4:30 PM.

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