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Seahawks

Last Week

The Seahawks scored 6 first half TDs and rolled to a 40-0 win over Baltic last Friday in Bridgewater. BEE had 7 possessions in the first half and scored on all but one. The Bulldogs ran only one play in Seahawk territory all game.

The Seahawks took the opening drive of the game right down the field, going 58 yards in 6 plays to score on a 6 yard run by Holden Wollmann. After forcing a punt, it took BEE just 7 plays to go 63 yards, scoring on a 5 yard run by Macklen Weber to make the score 12-0. Jaxx Kurtenbach recoverd a fumble on the first play of Baltic's ensuing drive and the Seahawks scored 6 plays later on a 2 yard run by Wollmann to take a 20-0 lead after one quarter. The second quarter was much of the same. Kurtenbach scored on a 46 yard run early in the 2nd to take a 26-0 lead. Kurtenbach scored again 4 minutes later, this time on a 7 yard run to give BEE a 32-0 lead. The Seahawks tacked on one more score late in the first half when KJ Ripley scored his first TD of the season on a 3 yard run to make the score 40-0. There was a running clock for the second half and BEE's JV team finished out a majority of the game.

Macklen Weber led BEE with 12 carries for 123 yards and a TD. Jaxx Kurtenbach rushed 9 times for 87 yards and 2 TDs. Holden Wollmann had 54 yards and 2 TDs on 8 carries and KJ Ripley carried 10 times for 48 yards and a score. The JV offense rushed for 69 yards in the second half; Jackson Weber had 6 carries for 31 yards, Parker Sanderson had 28 yards on 6 carries, and Carter Glanzer had 3 carries for 10 yards.

For Baltic, Riker Rogers was the leading rusher with 8 carries for 27 yards. Gavin Skotvold completed 4-of-12 passes for 40 yards and 2 interceptions.

Defensively, Jason Zeeb led the way once again with 8 tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss. Kurtenbach had 4 tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery. Kean Stevenson had 3 tackles. Braedon Nebelsick got his name in the Seahawk record book. Nebelsick had two interceptions against Baltic which gives him 6 on the season, tying Sawyer Schultz's record set in 2018.

BEE had 380 yards of offense, all of which were rushing yards. Baltic had 55 total yards of offense (15 rushing, 40 passing). The Seahawks had 25 1st downs, which is tied for the 2nd most in team history. The record is 28 1st downs which was set against Baltic in 2021.

This Season

BEE is 4-1 through 5 games and has outscored it's opponents 127-61, or an average of 25-12 points per game. The Seahawks have 1,499 yards of total offense (299.8 per game), 1,060 rushing (212 per game) & 439 passing (87.8 per game). The defense has allowed 1,085 yards of total offense (217 per game), 422 rushing (84.4 per game) & 663 passing (132.6 per game).

Macklen Weber is the leading rusher for BEE, with 78 carries for 442 yards (5.7 yards per carry) and 7 TDs. Macklen also has 8 receptions for 131 yards. Holden Wollmann has completed 23-of-45 passes for 439 yards and 2 TDs with 3 INTs. Wollmann has also rushed for 264 yards and 4 TDs on 55 carries (4.8 yards per carry). KJ Ripley has 141 yards and 1 TD on 37 carries (3.8 yards per carry). And Jaxx Kurtenbach has carried the ball 20 times for 120 yards and 3 TDs (6 yards per carry). Kurtenbach also has 3 receptions for 109 yards and 2 TDs.

Defensively, Jason Zeeb leads the way with 46 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, an interception and a defensive TD. Kean Stevenson is next with 27 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1/2 sack and a fumble recovery. Holden Wollmann is third with 23 tackles, 2 tackles for loss an interception and 6 pass break-ups. Riley Weber has 22 tackles, a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery. And Macklen Weber rounds out the top 5 with 19 tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss and an interception.

McCook Central/Montrose

Last Week

MCM held on to defeat Parker 24-20 last Friday night in Salem. After a scoreless opening quarter Parker was the first to get on the board with an 80 yard TD run by Michael Even in the second quarter. MCM answered back with a 65 yard TD run by Owen Schmidt and then a 4 yard interception return for TD by Jackson Schmidt to take a 12-6 lead. The Pheasants responded with another big play, this time a 77 yard TD run by Colin Robertson to take a 14-12 lead at the half. The Fighting Cougars took back the lead in the third quarter on a 6 yard TD pass from Lane Deutsch to Mason Sabers to make the score 18-14. MCM stretched the lead to 24-14 in the fourth off a 56 yard TD pass, this one hauled in by Deutsch from Ben Wiebersick. Parker scored late on a 4 yard run by Even to make the final score 24-20.

The Pheasants outgained the Fighting Cougars in total yardage, 266-254. Parker rushed for 229 yards and had 37 passing yards. MCM rushed for 167 yards and threw for 87 yards. The Pheasants had 5 turnovers in the game and converted just 3-of-11 (27%) 3rd down attempts.

This Season

MCM comes into this week's game with a 4-2 record. Season results:

Opponent
Opponent W-L
Result

MVP

@ Webster

@ Beresford

West Central

Flandreau

Parker

4-1

1-4

2-3

3-2

4-1

1-5

L 16-42

W 33-6

W 20-7

L 7-55

W 20-13

W 24-20

The Fighting Cougars are 12th in points scored in 11B, averaging 20 points per game. The MCM defense is 17th in points allowed, averaging 23.8 points allowed. Offensively they averaging 222 yard per game, 176 rushing and 46 passing. MCM had a season high 264 rushing yards back in Week 2 against Webster. Defensively they are giving up 256 yards per game, 164 rushing and 92 passing. MCM gave up a season high 360 rushing yards in the loss to Class 11AA West Central. Individual stats were not available.

Last Match-Up

The Seahawks took on MCM in the second to last regular season game in 2023 and after a rough first half, BEE scored on their first three possessions in the second half to blow out McCook Central/Montrose 50-6. The Seahawks led 10-6 at the half, despite muffing three punt returns that were all recovered by the Fighting Cougars.

BEE forced an MCM punt on the game's opening drive, however the punt bounced off a Seahawk and was recovered by MCM on BEE's 34 yard line. MCM scored 5 plays later on a 22 yard TD pass from Lane Deutsch to Mason Sabers to make the score 6-0 with 7:42 left in the opening quarter. BEE was forced to punt on the following drive and Drake Gustafson pinned MCM on their own 1 yard line. Wyatt Anderson tackled Deutsch in the endzone for a safety to make the score 6-2 with just under 4 minutes left in the 1st quarter. Both teams went 3 and out on their ensuing drives, however the Seahawks fumbled the punt return again, giving MCM the ball at midfield. BEE's defense was able to force a turnover on downs and the teams traded punts until the Seahawks were finally able to score their first TD of the night. Gustafson capped off a 6 play, 53 yard drive with a TD run from 24 yards out to give BEE their first lead of the night at 10-6, with 4:38 left in the half. It looked like the Seahawks were gaining momentum, as MCM lost 13 yards on their next 3 plays and had to punt the ball away. But, yet another fumbled punt return gave the Fighting Cougars the ball at midfield with minutes remaining. MCM drove down to the Seahawk 12 yard line, but threw an incomplete pass to turn the ball over on downs and BEE led 10-6 at the half.

BEE came out firing in the second half, Gustafson scored from 4 yards out to cap off a 6 play, 47 yard drive to extend the Seahawk lead to 18-6. Carson Johnson intercepted a Deutsch pass to end MCM's following drive and on the very next play Johnson ran the ball 50 yards all the way down to the 1 yard line. Gustafson plunged in for the TD on the next play to make the score 26-6 with 6:54 left in the 3rd. The Seahawks forced a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and recovered it on the MCM 19 yard line. After a penalty, Gustafson found a wide open Taite Klumb in the endzone for a 24 yard TD pass to make the score 34-6 with 6:31 left in the 3rd. That score held until midway through the 4th quarter when Gustafson completed a 39 yard TD pass to Klumb once again to stretch the lead to 42-6. BEE's defense capped off the scoring as Kean Stevenson intercepted a Deutsch pass on the following drive and returned it 33 yards to make the score 50-6.

Gustafson had a big day for BEE, rushing for 82 yards & 3 TDs and throwing for 82 yards and 2 TDs. Freshman Carson Johnson, filling in for Macklen Weber for the second straight game, carried the ball 13 times for 76 yards. Taite Klumb had 2 receptions for 63 yards & 2 TDs and Holden Wollman caught 2 passes for 19 yards. Klumb's 2 receiving TDs is tied with 10 other Seahawks for the most receiving TDs in a game.

Defensively, Wyatt Anderson led with 8 tackles, a tackle for loss, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and a safety for BEE. Jason Zeeb tallied 6 tackles, 2 sacks, a tackle for loss and a forced fumble. Gustafson had 6 tackles and 2 pass break-ups. Jaxon Koch had 6 tackles as well with a sack and a tackle for loss. Camdyn Stoterau and Korbyn Kayser also added 6 tackles. Kean Stevenson, Johnson and KJ Ripley all had interceptions.

For MCM, Deutsch completed 5-of-25 passes for 125 yards and 1 TD with 2 interceptions. Carter Randall was the leading rusher with 8 carries for 16 yards. Mason Sabers caught 4 passes for 89 yards and a score.

BEE outgained MCM 266-186 in total yardage. The Seahawks had 184 rushing and 82 passing yards. The Fighting Cougars had 181 passing yards and only 5 rushing yards. MCM falls to 1-6 and is now eliminated from the playoffs.

This Day in Seahawk History

2002 - Emery/Ethan topped Cornbelt Conference Rival Hanson 44-6 in an afternoon game played in Ethan. Jeremy Huber rushed for 91 yards and 2 TDs to lead the Seahawks. Daniel Duba completed 6-of-8 passes for a TD and had a rushing TD. Jerod Ensz and Russell Fergen also scored for the Seahawks, who led 12-6 at the half. Fergen led defensively with 19 tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. The Seahawks, who outgained Hanson 251-225 in yardage, improved to 5-0 with the win.

2013 - BEE scored a fourth quarter TD to top Marion/Menno 28-22 in Ethan. The Seahawks led 22-14 at the half and the game was tied after three quarters. Wade Miller led BEE with 149 rushing yards and 2 TDs. Blake Bartscher rushed for 102 yards and a TD. JD Shape led defensively with 16 tackles and a blocked punt. BEE outgained M/M 353-339 in total yardage.

Game Bits

  • BEE is 10-1 all time against McCook Central/Montrose, with the Seahawks outscoring the Fighting Cougars 374-142, or an average of 34-13. MCM has scored more than one TD in just 3 of the 11 contests between the two.
     

  • Playoff Projection: It looks very likely that BEE and MCM will meet up again in the first round of the playoffs with the winner of tonight's game hosting the first round game.
     

  • With a win, BEE would improve to 5-1 and be guaranteed to finish above .500 for the 10th consecutive season.
     

  • Seahawk Records:
    - Braedon Nebelsick has tied Sawyer Schultz's record of interceptions in a season with 6 set in 2018.
    - Jason Zeeb has 5 sacks so far this season, which is tied for the 4th most in a season. Carter Dye holds the record for most sacks in a season with 13 in 2017.

     

  • Big East Conference games tonight include:
    Parker @ Chamberlain
    Beresford @ Dakota Valley
    Flandreau vs Sioux Valley
    Elk Point-Jefferson @ Wagner

     

  • Tonight's game will be livestreamed on Live Ticket TV. A link is posted on our home page.
     

  • There will be a roast beef sandwich meal served starting at 6 pm tonight at the football field.
     

  • The forecast at kickoff tonight in Bridgewater calls for sunny skies, a temperature of 69 degrees and winds out of the southeast at 10-15 mph, gusting up to 25 mph.
     

  • The Junior Varsity team is 2-2 and will play on Monday in Bridgewater at 4:30 pm against MCM.
     

  • The Junior High team improved to 5-1 on the year with a win over Baltic this week. They travel to Salem on Tuesday for a 4:30 pm kickoff.

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