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Here are your hosts, Jason Andera and Nate Wek Another week of game time here on SDPB I'm Nate Wek .

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Yeah, I mean, we heard it in the open there.

Jandy And it's just wild.

You think about a month ago, football season was getting started.

You think about where we're going to be a month from now.

We're going to be in the postseason.

So, yeah, we're already at the midterm point of the 2026 campaign.

And it's just we figured out a little bit.

We still have a lot more to figure out.

But these teams are playing.

It feels like you can see the teams that are ascending and playing better each and every week.

And I guess one of the examples of that last week was Sioux Falls Lutheran.

That's the team that played a really tough schedule, lost some games to competitive teams, but they put it all together, against Barnum.

And when I was watching the scores unravel last Friday, I thought, well, where's the injury?

What happened?

What's the story behind this?

Or they just went out and took it to them.

Yeah.

Go to toe.

Yeah.

Rohan Becker had a phenomenal game for Sioux Falls Lutheran.

Talk about him in the Game Changers here in a little bit.

But yeah impressive win over a good bottom team.

That was that was fun to see.

And there's other games that you're just going to get some surprises.

I mean sometimes the slate doesn't look like you got a lot of great games.

And then something like that happened.

So congrats to Sioux Falls Lutheran as they throw their name in the hat for a contender.

And a couple of other things I want to talk about, though.

We had one versus two.

Yeah, an 11 triple A brand value.

That was one we looking forward to.

Yeah.

And this one it was in Brandon Valley.

You know, I obviously picked Brandon Valley a week ago.

And we kind of looked at that.

You you you went with Jefferson and it turns out you were right.

Apparently.

But it was a good match.

It was a great, good win either way.

And it was a couple of fourth down by Jefferson.

And you know it's funny because going into last week we talked about how great the Brandon Valley defense was, how great the Jefferson offense was.

Well, they both lived up.

But this Jefferson defense to me, made made the difference in the game with those stops that they made at the end of the game.

Yeah.

And just real quick with with Jefferson, like you mentioned, like we've talked so much about that offense to see the defense step up.

That to me is is proof like we are looking at an absolute championship contender with Jefferson.

I mean then they've played probably their two toughest games of the year in Brandon Valley and Harrisburg and got through those.

So we'll see.

They do look like the team to beat right now.

But like I said, watching Brandon Valley play, they've got the tools to contend and even some of those other teams.

I think Harrisburg is after that loss to Jefferson has really started to ascend.

And and even the other teams, Lincoln and O'Gorman, they've got some offensive weapons too.

So we're still halfway through, is all.

But, that was a fun one versus two midway through the season.

All right.

Let's talk about Baltic real quick.

Picked up a win this past week.

Yeah.

So Baltic you know has been nine man went to 11 man for a long time.

And you know toward the end of that 11 man tenure that they had they they just struggled to put wins together.

And it's just good.

They had a new head coach this year.

They played a close game against Sioux Falls Lutheran.

Almost beat them early in the year, but finally broke that 42 game losing streak with a win and nine man football last week.

Huge win for them.

And, I think this is a team on the rise.

All right.

Congrats.

Yeah absolutely.

Congrats to Baltic.

Well as every week we go through the game changers, some of the top performers, one thing that we're going to notice with the list this week is there are a lot of five touchdown performances.

So we'll I'll try to point those out.

I'll try to keep up with you as we kind of go through this list.

But man, it just seemed like there was a lot of them.

How many different ways can you score five touchdowns?

Let's go through it.

Rohan Becker, Sioux Falls Lutheran he carried the ball 24 times as their quarterback was also, able to throw the ball for 12 completions and over 200 yards.

So a big day for him.

Three through the air.

Two on the ground for touchdowns five touchdown performance.

Jaron Diehl almost with five touchdowns.

But another big day for him running and throwing the ball Austin Fisher out of Roncalli.

Look at this guy for touchdowns through the year.

Also ran one in big win for them over Miller five touchdown performance again.

Let's go Peyton Glenn out of Rapid City Christian threw for four touchdowns Mitch Grant of course does what he does every week.

Runs the football.

Sometimes he catches it, sometimes he passes it.

And he also dominates on defense.

How about Chase Hermanson though he was electric against Roosevelt this game was close early.

But what did he end up with?

Four touchdowns five touchdowns.

Another really impressive performance from Ole Gorman's quarterback five through the air I know on so yeah that's unique.

We haven't seen a five touchdown through the year performance yet.

How about Porter Hundley.

He only carried the ball five times.

But how did how many touchdowns did he get.

He had five touchdowns four of them on the ground four on the ground one catching the ball also a defensive interception.

Big day for Porter Hundley Pierce Kaiser out of Hanson five sacks five of them.

Count them basically like a touchdown for a demon.

Yeah seriously we have to mention it five sacks.

But yeah he also had two touchdowns like technical touchdowns running the football.

So hey great job by him Landon Kaiser out of Platt.

Get is I had a chance to watch this guy.

And he also five touchdowns five touchdowns four on the ground.

One more through the area.

Caught one for 80 yards.

Dominated on defense with a sack and a fumble recovery as well.

Big day for him as they took down a ranked team Tayden Kerrigan with seven touchdowns on the.

Had a loop there.

Okay, Tayden we see you 20 completions 275 yards through the air.

Threw four touchdowns.

Also ran three more in and led his team in tackles.

What a day for Tayden Garrigan.

Yeah I mean the 2427 passing I mean just that completion percentage, the efficiency through the air is absolutely phenomenal.

But I mean, he's a guy we've talked about this year.

And it really puts Freeman in a little bit of a different category because we've talked about some of the weapons they have.

But when you have a guy that can distribute it, it adds another layer to you.

our traditional weekly stat sheet stuffer, Camden Kessler does it again through the air, on the ground, on defense.

Another sack and a half.

Another four tackles for loss.

I think he's got I know he has double digit tackles for loss on the year.

This is, this is another huge performance out of the senior quarterback.

Yeah.

And this is a four touchdown performance.

But you know the one and a half sacks that he had the four tackles for loss.

The guys just plays all over the field.

Just a pure athlete man.

Just a pure athlete.

A couple of guys ran for over 200 yards.

Died Carroll out of Jones County Gavin Close out of dual.

Both going over 200 yards.

Carson Metzger, the quarterback for Jefferson, had a big day throwing for 252 yards and a couple of touchdowns.

Ran one in as well.

Abbott Mueller was part of that upset over Barnum with a seven catch performance and two touchdowns.

Then Jason Porth, you know, we came into the year thinking this is one of the most dynamic receivers.

Possibly.

But he's been able to run the ball for them this well this year as well.

Big, big performance for him seven rushes for 197 yards.

That's averaging like over 30 yards a rush which is absolutely incredible.

It took two to the House.

And then on defense picks off three three.

So we talked about his teammate with five sacks.

He came up with three defensive interceptions.

Huge defensive performance for the Beavers.

You know if you're if you're playing against Hansen and you're going against their defense maybe look the opposite way on the field.

When you're when you see Jason Portis out there.

Exactly.

How about Brody Schaefer out of the Lincoln?

It's been a week or two since he's been on the list, but he came up with five touchdowns, five touchdowns, four through the air, ran one in Carter Shuffle.

Bean with a another big seven catch game.

Part of that Jaren deal big performance that they had.

Lane Sieber set the record at te area most yards in a game in school history.

How about that te throwing the football right.

This is just a it's to see it throw the football is absolutely you know something that we haven't traditionally seen over the years.

But you know for CB to get six catches for 203 yards like it's a Randy Moss type of that.

The defensive performances, we love shouting out the defensive performances.

They are game changers as well.

Darian Smith junior.

The Sioux Falls Christian goes up against a bigger school in Brookings, gets seven tackles, two sacks, three tackles for loss and a forced fumble.

That's a complete game Nate.

Yeah.

And Sioux Falls Christian.

We talk about how their offense is so impressive on paper.

But their defense how dominant they have been this year.

We'll talk about them a little bit more with some of the midseason grades, but their defense has been absolutely tremendous, holding teams to minimal points.

Yeah, lots of shout outs.

We'll talk about them later.

Actually in the show, in our midterm, grades on the honor roll.

Bennett soother out of Britton.

Hecla goes for almost 200 yards and three touchdowns beating Great Plains Lutheran.

Noah Wild.

How about this kid?

I mean, he just doesn't do it with his arm.

He can do it with his feet as well.

And he comes up with more than five touchdowns.

Yeah.

This is a six touchdown performance on 13 of 17 passing.

And then yeah the three touchdowns through the air and three rushing touchdowns a big time day almost 100 yards on the ground.

Over 60 points for Saint Thomas More his teammates Anderson are also in for a big day, as well as a kick return touchdown and a receiving touchdown over 100 yards rushing and receiving.

And then we have to mention Jonah Young out of Harrisburg, an efficient day, five touchdowns, five count and five touchdowns through the air.

Another five touchdown performance for a triple A school.

There were some great numbers once again, thank you for helping us fill this list out each and every week.

It's an honor to highlight these kids, Well this week we're going to take some time.

We're going to talk a little bit about the All Nations Football Conference.

Lance Whitty is the superintendent of Lower Brule High School.

I kind of call him the unofficial commissioner of the All Nations Football Conference, just because he's done a lot of the legwork, a lot of the organization to get the league going years ago when it started.

And he continues to have a very prominent role, working with coaches throughout.

And that kind of thing.

Had a chance a few weeks ago to sit down with Lance Whitty and just talk about the status of the All Nations Football Conference for this year.

Here's Lance with a couple words.

the difference is we've got some new teams, we lost some teams, we've gained some teams.

So, you know, we've lost Omaha Nation who's been in the league from the inception.

And then we've, gained the Lakota tech, and we have gained, Walter Hill and we've also gained, Tarquini, Dupree or Dupree.

Tarquini, however you want to say it, but those are you know, you lose one, you add three and then you're now at the 18 teams.

So we have a true nine nine teams and nine A and nine teams a nine be based on enrollment, much like the South Dakota high school activities season does.

I think we're going to have a pretty exciting season here in our eighth season.

To me, we wanted to grow football to a level where we could be successful and have some better experiences for more kids.

Obviously, it's impacted schools because we don't have schools trying to decide whether they're going to field a team or not.

You know, they're talking about when they can get started.

And to me, that's what it's kind of all about.

speaking of all nations, Lakota tech Jandi picked up their first win in football program history this past week, which is fabulous for that team.

This is what it's all about, right?

Getting more kids out for football, making stronger programs because they have a chance to compete.

And, this is what Lakota Tech has been doing over the last couple years of their first year in all nations.

And, it's huge for them to see them get a win.

And then teams like Dupree to do, Dupree moves into the All Nations conference, getting caught co-op with Tarquini.

And that has been they've been undefeated so far this year.

We've seen Marty show improvement this year.

Like, there's just so much improvement across the board in the talent level that we've seen in all nations in just a few years since, Lance, he helped dream this up.

And and one thing real quick to, Lakota tech, their coaching staff and what they're trying to instill there.

They have a pretty good coaching staff.

Eric Swiftwater, second year head coach for them.

He was a Black Hills State kid, had some AFL so Indoor Football League experience.

And then you got Teton.

Salters, who grew up in Pine Ridge, later went to New Mexico, went to New Mexico State, went undrafted and I believe 2021 to the New York Jets was their through training camp for that.

Now he's found himself in the UFL in the spring.

So he's got some experience.

You look at some of these components of post college football experience from a few of their coaches.

That's how you create a winning culture.

You got you got guys that are in the building that are on the field every day working with those kids that know a thing or two about the game and that's respected, you know, as a as a player to be able to look up and see a guy playing for the Orlando Storm and, you know, guy who's played in the NFL, like you said, that's that stuff matters and you can see it building.

I mean, Lakota Tech had a tough schedule right off the top, you know, but they are going to win some games this year.

And last week was a good example.

Yeah, they played Winnebago Close a few weeks ago.

So it's a team that I think is looking to prove some people wrong.

And they're not just eyeing a couple wins this year.

I think they have their sights set on maybe doing something a little special with their best yet.

For sure.

All right.

Let's get to the mid term honor roll.

Look at us Charity.

We get to give out some grades this week.

How about that.

You trust us with this.

Hopefully we're not getting graded.

But I thought, you know, it's midterms.

Let's talk about those teams that are overachieving their preseason mark.

And and some of these are really achieving their preseason marks.

But we just want to give a shout out to some of the some of the A-plus performances we've seen so far this year.

All right.

So you start with 11 triple Triple-A Sioux Falls Jefferson.

You thought this was a team that was ready to pop this year.

And, you know, so far they've they've looked the part we mentioned it going through some of the game changes and at the top of the show in the headlines.

But this is a team that has had some quality wins.

Started off the year as the number three team in the polls and have worked their way up to number one, and they've done it with both the offense and the defense, the offense.

We've talked about this before, but you know, settling into one quarterback I think has helped a lot.

Just the flow and the communication they get with some of the best receivers in the state in case.

And Metzger has delivered.

And then Boston Brian, who didn't win the starting quarterback job last week scores a touchdown catching a pass.

He's also run the football for them like he is just accepted that role.

And it's going to do anything to help this team.

What a great asset to have on the team.

And then defensively they showed a big against Brandon Valley with those fourth down stops that they made.

And they've got a couple of starters you know on that defense.

And then you add guys like Cooper Nielson who is who's just been outstanding this year.

All right.

I mean you got 11 double AA.

Obviously here was kind of the preseason darlings.

They've been incredibly well-versed throughout the season.

But how about Terry a man t area.

What were they for in the preseason for 11 double AA.

And they're currently sitting at number two T area Titans.

You know this past week it took them a little bit to get going against Sturgis.

But once they got into a rhythm they were off and running.

I mean they did once they got things into a rhythm this past week, they looked really good.

Yeah.

And that's that was a great sign for them because the fourth quarters this year they won every game.

But the fourth quarters have looked a little shaky until last week.

They really put the pedal to the metal and that shows improvement.

Got to give a shout out to their head coach, Brant Johnson, who has changed things up a little bit offensively this year.

And you know, they've got a great athlete in Mitch Grant playing quarterback.

But they found Devin Rhodes is able to play quarterback as well.

And they're kind of grooming him.

So they got a junior and a sophomore taking snaps this year.

It's hard to make that work on a team.

They've made it work.

And the thing that's really most important to me is because Mitch Grant's not playing every snap at quarterback.

He's playing every snap on defense and leading the team in tackles, playing from that safety spot.

And that's huge because he didn't do that last year.

And I think that's helped them as much as anything.

This Teria team is scary.

And I mean we could go on and on.

Got to talk about their defense and Hayden Bilas and what he's doing.

And they've got a lot of guys like this who will do multiple things.

Hayden Bilas is one of the best edge rushers in the class.

And then he also goes on offense and gets goal line touchdowns and gets tough yards and gets ten yards per carry.

Is able to catch the ball like they've got a lot of guys like this.

They can just do multiple different things.

Yeah I mean he had Lane Steber have a coming out party on Friday night as well with what do they have like 76 yards coming into the game throughout the season 26 yards.

And then and then explodes for you know 200.

So it's when you have that kind of when you have guys that can pop off like that too.

And that builds confidence with some of those other players, and they become more confident in the roles they have.

Watch out for team.

Well, it's just big play ability and that's something we haven't seen from Te.

They've been five yards in a cloud of dust over the last decade and which has worked.

But now how fun is it to say hey, we can produce a 200 yard receiver.

We can get get a guy with, you know, a couple picks on D, we can we can make some big plays all over the field.

And that's what they've been doing.

All right 11 A Sioux Falls Christian probably.

You know it's hard to say overachieving because but I think but I do think what we thought Sioux Falls Christian was going to be at the beginning of the year, we knew they were probably going to be the top team in 11 A, but they've looked better than even advertised in my opinion.

Yeah, definitely better than average guys.

You know, offensively I think they they could still get better, which is scary.

But they haven't had to like there's certain games they've literally just been running the ball just to kind of run the clock out.

And they haven't really shown what they can do fully on the offensive side.

So yeah, they're going to get even better.

They had no sweat.

Winds over Lenox West central.

And you know a bigger class Brookings team you know and they've done it with defense.

Yeah.

And look at that defense.

Three shout outs for three straight shut out three in a row.

So when you can limit teams you know on a consistent basis to zero points on the other side of the ball, you're always going to be in a good position when it comes to winning a game.

But 18 guys with at least a tackle for a loss as well on that defense, which is incredible through the stats.

And I was like, this guy's got tackle for it.

This guy's got a tackle for like 18 guys that they're running in and out.

They can go out and make big plays on defense.

But the guy who like kind of is the leader of that circus this year is Jud Prince.

He has been phenomenal just a junior.

And the way he affects games is incredible.

He's already made a couple of defensive touchdowns this year.

Some picks he is he's a guy to watch as a potential D1 guy in the future.

11 B you got Saint Thomas More the defending champs.

There were some questions about how they were going to, you know, get back into a flow.

If it was going to take a few weeks to find their rhythm.

But Saint Thomas More, I mean, they've kind of impressed me since right away.

They've just they just seem like they're well coached.

They they seem like they have a plan every week.

I mean, the questions were huge at the being the only three returning starters.

You had a new coach, even though they were familiar with the coaches, the offensive coordinator the year before.

But that's huge questions like, who's going to step up?

Who's going to do what?

And they've done it.

No one's been a huge part of that for me.

And it's not just doing it throwing the football.

He's doing it running the football.

This is a dual threat quarterback, you know.

And that's helped a lot.

And then Sanders answers stepped up in a huge way running the football receiving it out of the backfield doing it on defense Cooper sails is step right over broken sails as their top.

Another good one.

It feels like you didn't miss a beat there.

And yeah Saint Thomas More has been better than advertised.

Yeah I for them yeah I really I really like what Saint Thomas more is this year.

They just yeah it's just it's always fun to when you see a little bit of the geographical diversity and stuff too like that with where you have a, you know, West River teams and stuff like that, to have a team last year, West River, that was really good and now is coming back again, kind of recharging and finding their stride.

It just makes it it makes football in the state better.

Yeah.

And they went out and got a couple of big wins against Winner and Chamberlain.

You know two teams that were undefeated at the time they played them and they passed those tests.

So yeah they're playing good good schedule too.

Sometimes the the West River teams have a tougher time scheduling you know good opponents.

They've they've done that and they've passed.

All right.

Then the moving to the nine man.

All right.

We talked a little bit about the helmet behind you.

The tee area one when we were talking about 11.

Looked at the one over my shoulder.

It's black Gettys.

How about them preseason number four.

They're currently number two.

They're gaining a lot of steam.

Let's talk about this play getting steam.

We kind of felt like this team was ready to pop, but they only have four seniors.

So we're like, maybe, maybe a year away for these guys.

And then they get a transfer from Gregory, you know, state player in Landon Kizer, the senior who stepped up and really shouldered a lot of that weight.

Then you combine it with these juniors.

The junior quarterback Tommy Nelson has been great Isaac leader you seen on VI Hayes Holter.

All these these juniors step up and then Jamison leader a sophomore.

And when you see those sophomores and juniors step up.

This is a theme in name in football.

When you see those guys step up, then all of a sudden you're not a surprise team anymore.

You're like, okay, we can do this.

And they showed that last week against Gurley.

They played really well.

To score 55 points in rainy conditions is incredibly impressive.

That was a game we had on the top tilts a week ago.

We we thought that this one could be a close one.

And I tell you what, man.

Gettys, they just seem to have the upper hand.

They had control.

They gave up the first touchdown of the game.

After that, they they hit it.

They they hit it hard.

And, they felt like they were in a different class than, you know, another good ranked team.

So yes, they have the loss early to Parkson.

But other than that, I mean, I think they can compete with any team in maybe later in the season they'll be able to compete with Berkson too.

Yeah, absolutely.

Nine A we got to talk about Castlewood.

They've got, you know, a win against Hamlin on their resume for the year, which that was that kind of made our eyes go up right away right out the gate.

And then, you know, we talked about we talk about kids now, you know, and then they beat Howard.

They did have like, we looked at their schedule and we thought, good luck.

I mean, maybe you got a good team, maybe not, but it's going to not look good.

And it looks good.

Yeah it does.

And you know, we talked about we talk about Kessler.

It seems every single week when it comes to the game changers.

But you know just talking about him again you know how big and how big of a component is he to this team because he is showing up not just offensively but on the defensive side too every week.

Well, yeah.

Let's look at his offensive numbers 68% throwing the football for almost 500 yards, six touchdowns through the air.

And then on the ground 12 of 12 touchdowns.

He's been he's been really tough to tackle.

It's not many nine man teams that can find 2 or 3 guys that tackle this guy.

But you mentioned it defensively 16 tackles for loss this year.

And he set one game out like he's saying exactly.

Tackles for loss a week two and a half sacks a forced fumble a couple of picks.

And just a leader.

And that's the other thing with this team.

Another team with the junior class that has really stepped up and the nine man teams, they get their junior class to step up.

They become contenders.

This junior class.

Trevor Everson is getting 12 yards a carry.

Their receivers, all those guys are juniors.

Carson Kelly will add or hold Spencer Reese all those guys.

And then defensively those same guys along with Weston Morehouse are just putting the the door down and really stopping teams.

You know Castlewood is just a it's been fun to follow them this year.

Just one of those special years where you can almost kind of feel it.

Right.

You can you can.

It's like my my grandpa used to be able to feel the humidity in his knee.

Right.

That's kind of the feeling you get with Castle Wood, where there might be something a little special here this year with Castle.

Yeah, you can feel the warriors in your knees.

Yeah, exactly.

Good.

All right, class nine B, Hitchcock, Tulare.

No preseason votes for this team.

And now they're currently sitting at number five.

They've got some they've got some good senior leadership.

They are working their way up the charts respectfully in nine being.

Yeah you get Hayden Hooks took over a year or so ago and it took him a little bit.

But this senior class has really been listening.

And you know he's had a lot of success at Woolsey West ington.

And now comes over to Tulare.

And you can really see that starting to rub off.

Devin in Lander their quarterback is as a dual threat quarterback 11 touchdowns on the ground this year.

Max Gilbert's been running the ball.

Patrick Maynard another guy in the passing game that they can go to.

And Aiden Frankenstein, one of their top seniors on defense as well, getting a lot of tackles.

So yeah, I think the senior power on this team has really stepped up.

So we were just talking about a bunch of juniors as a stepped up.

Their senior class has really stepped up this year.

But yeah Aiden Frankenstein one of the best names in high school football.

Right.

You gotta love it.

Unleash Frankenstein.

And I think if things get tough.

Absolutely.

Well, as we do all week, we got a preview of the games that are coming up on this week's slate.

The top tilts.

So not a lot of one two matchups like we've had, but there is 112 matchup.

It's t area at pier.

Two undefeated teams.

This is going to be the biggest test for pier all season long.

But t area there's just something special about the engineering people to hang with teams just by the variation in the bounce that they have.

But but but here's a here's a pretty big test.

Yeah.

It'll be one of those games where I think we're going to.

Yeah.

We just want to see kind of how things play out a little bit with, with both teams and can area hang with with pier.

That's going to be the big thing.

And if and if there is some early hiccups there, how does t area react to that.

Correct.

So we'll see what happens there.

Watertown at Yankton another 11 double A matchup.

We'll see what happens down in Yankton for that Crane young worth Dell Rapids at Sioux Falls Christian.

The rapids you know a couple weeks ago had a hiccup against canton.

But now they're going to have a chance to go against the top five matchup.

But it's a huge, huge a huge test, especially to go on the road against Sioux Falls Christian.

And then canton takes on winner.

We got 11 B ranked team against 11 a ranked team.

I think it's pretty evenly matched but but canton has a chance to flex here.

This would be a big win for them.

And then you got dual going to Elk Point Jefferson.

How about this one.

So duels been fantastic on the defensive side this year.

There might not be more than two touchdowns scored in this game just because of how much I love these defense.

But duel is going to have to find a way to get in the end zone.

I don't know what it's going to be.

It's going to be really tough for them to score against they EP in that big line that they have.

But expect a very low scoring game in this one.

Philip.

It was a rivalry game.

There.

Yeah.

And again both rank this year both undefeated.

It takes on a little bit of a new shine to it.

And you know wall was challenged last week against Lyman.

They were losing in that game and came back and got the victory.

Wall's been down a few times this year.

So this is a this is a real test for them.

Yeah a little bit different wall team than we saw a year ago.

Right.

They've had to overcome some adversity and try to figure some things out at different points of the game, So credit to wall for adjusting a little bit throughout the season and kind of going with the punches a little bit and figuring things out.

Centerville and elsewhere.

Hudson.

Here's another matchup.

Both teams have one loss and it's to Freeman.

Yeah.

So you kind of throw that out there.

Basically they're having great great year.

And and this will be a great test I think for Sister Hudson they got erased from the rankings with that early loss.

People kind of forgot about them.

But this this is a team I want to keep my eyes on.

And then you got Elkton, Lake Benton.

They're going to be going to Howard as well.

Howard had a really tough start to the season with their schedule been almost beat down Saint Mary's.

Exactly.

That was another close one right.

It was a two point game.

So watch out.

The Elks Hawks are still a team to watch out for.

Hitchcock to layer at Warner.

Yeah a couple undefeated teams and nine B. This is going to be the first big test of the year for Hitchcock to layer.

this will be a biggest challenge of the year for both these two teams.

But you get Todd County versus Mike Pluta and All Nations both teams.

We mentioned four and zero and then white River going against Dupree, Tarquini, another undefeated like that.

Exactly.

So both of the both there's a bunch of games to kind of keep your eye on, even though we're not really seeing a lot of those one two matchups this week.

But yeah, it's still a lot of games that I think people need to kind of pay attention to stuff out.

All right.

Well, Danny, we went through it, gave a giveaway, went through the mid term honor roll and went through some of the great teams.

And we'll see how things pan out this next week.

And looking forward to we get to come back next week again and talk about some of these things which we're excited about.

So another week to and it's always a pleasure.

Another week of game time here on SBV.