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Here are your hosts, Jason Andera and Nate Wek We're back for another week of game time here on SDB.

Boy, I mean, we're going to get to these game changers.

There's some super impressive performances, but as you mentioned, Andy, as we as we heard there in the open, we're going to be talking about some of the teams this week that maybe aren't getting the headline talk every year, the ones that are maybe going a little bit under the radar.

Yeah, 2 or 3 weeks in.

You know, we've been talking about these ranked teams and now we're realizing, you know, maybe some of these teams have some plans for, a little deeper run than we originally thought in the preseason.

It happens every year, and sometimes it's just a product of the schedule.

And they've they've gotten by with a couple of wins early on.

But sometimes these are teams that we really need to watch out for.

So, we'll take a deeper look.

All right.

Well, as we do every week, we do talk about the game changers.

Let's start with that.

Some of the players that had some incredible performances We'll add or hold on to Castlewood.

Three catches, 91 yards, three touchdowns.

That had a lot to do with what Camden Kessler did.

His quarterback.

He threw 13 of 13 for 321 yards four touchdowns through the air, another three touchdowns on the ground and then on defense.

He makes two interceptions and leads the team with seven tackles.

And by the way, one of those interceptions he took back for a touchdown.

And that was against a team receiving votes in the polls.

Nate yeah.

And we've talked about a little bit about Camden Kessler.

You know the two way player aspect and how he shows up on the defensive side of the ball.

But he is going to have some of these games where he just completely pops off on the offensive side.

Another week for him I don't know.

I don't know what to say about him.

I mean, he's just been absolutely incredible.

Logan Bauer.

We'll talk more about the Saint Mary's Avon game.

But Logan Bauer came up big with six catches four touchdowns.

And then a defensive forces a fumble a great team effort.

But that's a great individual effort.

Yeah Saint Mary's in this Avon I think it was probably the game of the weekend.

There was just so many.

It was such a good game.

Goes into overtime.

On the list will continue to Brady do it.

We talked about Logan Bauer or somebody.

He had the feed him all those touchdowns Brady Jewett did that four through the air.

Ran two more in another six touchdown performance These next three quarterbacks Jared Diehl, Mitch Grant, Thomas Hughes all had big days in 11, double a landing Keyser.

He had a five touchdown day against Sioux Falls Lutheran for Platte Gettys Tayden Kerrigan of Freeman this So Freeman riding by themselves this year and again.

Yet you mentioned that we're talking about Walter and we're talking about, you know, Cheddar and Walter and all of these other you know, all the other kids whose names start with a W that I'm probably forgetting on the Freeman team.

But yeah, then you add Tayden Kerrigan to this mix, too, and it's just another piece that's going to make Freeman, this dynamic team this year, that's going to give them a chance to go back to the dome.

You got it.

Pete Meyer of Timber Lake.

Another big day, Jamie and medicine Horn out of TDA, AC, DC.

You know they needed every one of his five touchdowns to take Burke out.

They had to come back and make sure they got that thing done.

But 366 on the ground and five touchdowns.

That's definitely noteworthy.

Jackson Meyer had a big day rushing for 171 and two scores.

Easton more of Sully Buttes.

We said we talk more about Sully beats this guy.

He he's he's putting up some numbers.

Yeah.

Give him some votes.

Right.

We said that last week.

Let's give Sully Butte some more votes.

And they're certainly going to get it this week.

And yeah I mean Easton more I mean just look at look at that.

I mean whenever you got guys that are throwing and especially a nine man when you can throw for over 300 yards, it's just it just tilts that meter for your team and Pigskin Classic game from Brandon Valley, Ryder Miller.

He settled this thing early and often is.

He got a receiving touchdown on their first score of the game, and then ran three more in on his way to a 228 yard rushing performance.

Big day for Mueller.

Joey Reese out of Clark Lake.

They had a big day against Ryan Collie.

He did it rushing and passing Aiden Sievers.

Another great day for him.

Rushing and passing.

Beaten a good Sioux Valley team.

Simmons out of Harding County, 300 yard rushing game with four touchdowns.

The second guy to go for over 300 on the ground Nate you know and that's that's hurting county football right.

It's like the ground and pound.

You know they've had some guys in the past that have really been able to rack up some solid rushing performances.

And they've had some really good backs, some both those 300 yard rushing performances we had this week, by the way.

I mean, they were close games.

I think they weren't just like feeding the stat line.

They needed to get everything they got out of those two.

And then, Ellen Simmons did a great job.

Hudson Dozier only had to catch two passes to get to 140 yards, and took them both in for scores against Yankton.

Brady Van Roekel.

A good day running, but even better on defense.

Look at this.

Eight and a half tackles, four tackles for loss, three forced fumbles for the FPGA.

Running back slash linebacker.

A big win for them against Parker Marion and then Henry Voynov.

Another huge day for him.

Another six touchdown day.

What do you say about that.

Well he 14 of 15 for 228 yards I want to know what happened on that incompletion.

What happened?

What happened.

We have to go back and find the incompletion.

heck of a day.

Six touchdowns.

Absolutely tremendous.

And then there's that David Walton Warner kid out of Freeman.

We talked about him probably one of the better teams in nine year with Howard.

Another tough battle for them.

But he found a way to make it happen.

And then Jonah Young he had another efficient day for Harrisburg.

Watch out for Harrisburg just because they lost that first game of the year.

They've got some guys who can play.

And Johnny Young showed that.

Absolutely.

All right.

Real real quick here before we get to some of the teams that are going under the radar, some big news happened a few weeks ago.

We talked about some of the some of the marching bands in South Dakota and the work that they put in.

Well, Brandon Valley got a pretty nice surprise this past week.

At their game, they got a visit from Governor Larry Rhoden, and Governor Larry Rhoden announced that Brandon Valley's marching band will be heading to New York City over Thanksgiving for the Macy's Day Parade.

What do you think about that?

That's absolutely huge.

Brandon Valley has gotten better and better in their marching band program, especially over the last decade.

And now, you know, something like that really seals all the hard work that you've done.

And, it it means a lot to that community for them to be right up there is one of the best marching bands in the not just in the area, but the whole region So there you have it will be making sure in 2027 we'll be watching Thanksgiving Day Parade to watch the marching links in that.

Another thing here coming up tomorrow on SDB greetings from Aberdeen Dakota Life premieres doing a full fledged feature on the community of Aberdeen.

This is exciting because as we know, you know, how does this tie in with sports?

Well, Aberdeen, the hub city, has a ton of sports history.

Obviously, they host the class B boys basketball tournament every single year.

It's a massive event in the state of South Dakota.

But the Civic Arena, an old, old venue that is still being utilized today, was a WPA project way back.

And we actually have a feature as part of this program that is about the civic arena.

Did you ever get a chance to see the Civic Arena in action?

I did, there was an All-Star game that I was able to call years ago.

Did the volleyball and the basketball game from the Civic Arena, and it's just special to be in, but I know there's a lot of people who speak highly of it.

I know Nate Malco, the athletic director of Washington from Aberdeen, just glows about his memories from that place.

So there's yeah, there's a lot of memories built in Neil Diamond perform there.

Andre the Giant wrestled there.

So I mean, I mean, really, you name it.

I think Aberdeen has had it at the old Civic Arena.

So check out greetings from Dakota Life on Thursday on SD PB.

All right.

What do we need to know about some of the teams that are going under the radar?

Yeah.

Let's go through each class.

We will highlight some of the the highlights in the normal ranked teams that did well.

But we're also going to mention a couple of these teams that maybe just lurking under the surface.

So let's start with 11 triple A. First of all, Brandon Valley moved up to that number one spot.

They played.

The only other ranked team.

There's the only double ranked matchup in 11 double triple AA last week for the Pigskin Classic.

And they went against O'Gorman and Brandon Valley.

Used a heavy dose of Ryder Mueller to defeat O'Gorman.

As we said in the Game Changers when over 200 yards rushing.

But really a lot of credit goes to that young offensive line.

Matt Christensen said.

Those guys block like animals.

All those guys up front, plus Austin Dowd, their future Sdsu tight end.

He said that if it wasn't for those guys up front, you know, we wouldn't be beating a team as quality as O'Gorman.

Well then you got Harrisburg okay.

So like you know you think of the Harrisburg game this past week.

There's a clip that's gone viral.

What.

Let's talk about the catch.

Let's talk about it Myles Noah that was crazy.

What he did in the end zone.

Catching it without being able to see the football and reeling it in trapping in against his defender.

That's one that he will remember for a long time, but but what did you think of that?

Well, I was looking at it more from the defensive perspective, I don't know, as a defensive back, what else you can do in a situation like that instead of maybe turn your head a little earlier.

But he had perfect position.

Yeah, exactly.

So hey, take those when you can get them.

But Harrisburg in general, they got knocked out of the rankings last week in Washington had that five spot.

Well they wanted to show they belong back in the top five.

And with that when they did just that.

So that brings us to kind of the under the radar our teams.

You know Harrisburg's tough to call it under the radar team here.

The largest the most kids out for football of any team in the class.

But the way they started the season against a tough loss for the Tiger Bowl, you know, some people kind of forgot about them, but I think they're still a championship contender.

They showed what they can do.

Their line is really powerful.

I think their skill players are really starting to come around.

I think Harrisburg might be a team just a little bit under the radar.

Well then another team under the radar.

And you mentioned this, I think in our in our 11 triple A preview show, Roosevelt, you said Roosevelt is going to be a little bit better this year.

They're getting a little bit more of that past back.

What what what can you tell us about Roosevelt, what you've seen here for the first days, they played really well in week one in the opener, got a win to start things off in a convincing way.

They did it with a ton of juniors and some sophomores in the starting rotation.

Their quarterback, Wesley Meister, did a nice job.

And then last week against Lincoln, you know didn't didn't get the win.

But they challenged Lincoln much better than they did a year ago.

They felt like they belonged on the same field.

So, you know, again, record wise, I'm not sure we're going to see a huge jump for a team like Roosevelt.

But you can tell this team is headed in the right direction.

And with so many young players, I think that trend continues over the next couple of years.

All right.

And then 11 double AA.

All right.

We'll start first here with just what we kind of saw this last week.

Everybody was kind of talking about the peer versus Yankton game peer going to Yankton.

I tell you what.

Peer opening kickoff goes for a touchdown.

And it's like you don't even have a time to grab the popcorn and peers already up on the board.

I mean, that I think in the first quarter, they ran two offensive plays, were up 20 to nothing.

I mean, it was just a very, very dynamic performance from peer out of the gate.

And I know Yankton showed some life in the second half, but when you're up 20, nothing.

And and, you know, Terwilliger hadn't even touched the ball yet.

I mean, it just shows that things were clicking for people.

Things were definitely clicking.

And, you know, that's that's a good point is they just they took the life out of Yankton.

Yankton could have crumbled, but Yankton came back and played much better in the second half.

You know, again, the score didn't really show it.

But, you know, I'll tell you what, Yankton is going to be a team in that top five that belongs there.

And as they move up, they are going to have some chances to get better and better.

All right.

And then, you know, let's talk about a couple of the teams.

Two here that are you know, that we need to maybe spend a little bit more time talking about an 11.

Let's start with Watertown.

Nice two.

Oh start for them.

Nice nice two wins.

They get that win against Spearfish right early in the season.

They've got a much bigger test coming up this week against T area that will see where they're at.

But you know this is the team John Holder of likes because the blocking is so good.

The young quarterback play has been good.

They've got some skill players.

They've got every everybody filled out.

They feel like a really solid team.

So I think they're a team to watch.

And then Sturgis, the other one you know lost the very first week against pier.

What else can you do?

I mean that's that's the handful to expect right off your opener.

But then last week get a win against Rapid City Central who I think you know, that's a quality win against a bigger team and a team that was moving in the right direction too.

So I think Watertown, Sturgis are two teams they're going to have to watch out for.

Yeah.

Whenever you're an 11, a team that can have a nice win over an 11 opponent, it's definitely worth talking about.

And I think, you know, I, I have to go back and look.

But when we did our under the radar last year, I think we talked about Sturgis last year too, because they are a team that just has a lot of grit, a lot of fight.

And there's if even if they get rattled, they have this composure built into their DNA where they can cushion some of that and still get back to their game All right.

And then you got 11 a not only Sioux Falls Christian, but Lennox, Dell Rapids, West Central, Madison, all those ranked teams won by at least four touchdowns.

So not much to talk about with the ranked teams.

But when we get under the radar, you know, there's a few teams that we maybe need to look at in canton might be one of those.

I mean, yes, they only beat Vermillion in Dakota Valley, but this is a team with a really young roster we didn't expect very much out of.

So just to go two and it was a good start.

Yeah I think they have the smallest roster actually an 11 A which I mean kind of you know, so for them to start two and zero, I think it's a big deal.

I think the other the other side of this to, to go down to the Kota Valley, you know, it's not always easy to go all the way down there to play.

You know, that opening drive did not look good for canton.

And then there's a safety.

So it's like they're already in a hole and have to punt the ball away.

And they were able to just settle into the game.

You know their defense played well.

Their defense I thought looked really fast.

All right.

And then 11 B you know we talk a lot about Saint Thomas More the defending champs Elk Point Jefferson and what they're bringing to the table.

You're always going to have winner duels.

Good Clark Willow Lake you know what do you like from I guess before we get to the under the radar ones, what do you like of these ranked teams through the first few weeks?

Well, they did what they were supposed to do this week.

Just like the 11, eight ranked teams.

They took care of business.

They didn't make it close.

They didn't play down to the level of the competition.

All those teams took it to the competition, and now we're going to start seeing some of those teams play each other.

In fact, when we get to the top tilts, we're going to talk about Saint Thomas More taking on winner.

That's going to be an interesting one.

But do what you're supposed to do.

All those teams did what they were supposed to do this last week.

McCook, central Montrose, they've started on two.

And people might be saying, why would they be an under the radar team?

But they've lost to two incredible opponents and they didn't look bad in those in those losses.

Yeah.

McCook central Montrose challenged E PJ right out of the gate.

There was a grit.

And then duel.

You know, they played them within that one point that they lost the game in the last couple minutes.

So we could easily be talking about McCook.

Central Montrose is not only a surprise team, but one of the elite teams in this class.

So we'll see if they can continue to grow as the season goes on.

But those teams that have started out undefeated, the Beresford, the Chamberlains, the Wagners, Wagner is one that we were all hyped up on last year, and they're playing just as well or better this year and people aren't really on board.

Then in the same way, just because, they do it a little more balanced with their attack.

But but Wagner has gotten off to a great start with wins over Woonsocket West and into Sanborn, Central Hot Springs and Miller in convincing ways.

Yeah.

And that's you know, Wagner does surprise me a little bit too, just because, you know, when you when you lose your quarterback and you have, you know, you have some key changes, you just don't know how it's all going to come together and quick.

But credit to credit to Wagner, you know, for three wins right out the gate.

And they're you know they're that's what happens in football right.

In high school and college players leave.

You move on and you find new guys and new identities and with players and you develop and you know, Wagner, it seems like they're doing that.

I, I like them I like Chamberlain too.

I mentioned them quickly.

But that win over Rapid City Central or excuse me, Rapid City Christian to start the season.

That was great.

But you know their team I think you know there's been moving the ball really well offensively.

All right then moving on to the nine man classes.

All right.

You got you know nine.

We've obviously we've got Hamlin.

We've got Parkeston Platt Gettys Barnum.

You know what a you know all four of those had very, very strong wins this past week.

Big wins and not much to talk about really here in nine.

But again, the teams may be lurking a little bit.

How about Garrett?

And, this is a team that's really shown improvement over the last couple of years.

A big test for them against Barnum this week, but with wins against Baltic, a team that was an 11 man team last year, I know they're on a losing streak, but that was a quality win for them.

Bridgewater.

Emery, Ethan another team that came down from 11 to 9.

Man.

And then Hanson was receiving votes last week.

And they took it to them at the end of the game.

So with Chase Aaron to quarterback this Garretson team is a little bit scary.

Yeah I was going to ask you a little bit more about Chase Aaron.

You know when you have a player like that, what does he bring to a program?

Yeah, he is dynamic.

He can run the football.

He's more of a leader too, even though he's just a junior.

He's got another errand on the team, was a senior.

He can throw the ball too.

So that trust factor is there for for Garretson as well.

Again this week is going to go a long way to see.

Yeah.

Are these guys for real or are they just improving in either way it's a good sign because the Blue Dragons are moving north.

All right.

In the nine a let's just talk about Freeman here real quick here before we get to some of these other teams.

But you know, Freeman has had a fabulous start.

Howard's played probably one of the hardest schedules the first three games.

You know, what do you like of nine.

Yeah.

Freeman.

Honestly, I wasn't sure I wasn't sold that they were the top team in nine here last week.

I started buying stock in Freeman.

These are these guys are for real.

They've got a lot of power.

They didn't have to throw.

They didn't have to run.

They don't have to play great defense, but they're always playing a little bit of of 2 or 3 of those parts of their game.

And last week all three were clicking against one of the best teams in Howard.

Yeah.

And how fun is it going to be in nine eight this year?

Because you also have, you know, the Castlewood Bats performing at a very high level.

You know, we talked about Camden Kessler and what he's brought to the Warriors team.

But when you you know you're starting to look at this too.

You know even you know take you know we'll get to these under the radar ones.

But when you're looking at these top teams I mean we can have a really exciting playoff season here in nine eight.

Yeah.

It's really shaping up between Freeman Howard.

It's not done yet.

Don't count them out.

Cassel woods right there.

But then there's these under the radar teams that we're not sure like maybe maybe Sully Buttes is that good.

They came out and you know beat three teams in three consecutive weeks.

And all were in the polls when they took them down.

So their team maybe to watch out for.

Yeah.

And Sully Buttes, you know it's not too long ago just a couple of years ago where they kind of went under the radar as well, you know, ramped up the ramp it up at the right time.

And we know what happened with that state championship.

Another team Centerville, you know, talk about Centerville a little bit too.

They have this second largest point differential so far in nine.

You don't think about them as being teams that are just blowing people out, but love what they've done.

Moving Charlie Ayade into quarterback.

He's been able to throw the ball.

They did a trick play last week where they had a receiver throw a 71 yard touchdown.

I mean, you know, things are clicking when things are happening where you're able to put plays like that and and make them work.

But they do have Freeman Alcester coming up later this month.

So the test gets real real quick Having an ad on your team is always a good thing if you're in Centerville right now.

Okay.

Let's talk about a couple more, though.

Timberlake, you know, beat lemon McIntosh.

And they just took out here in Selby a team that was receiving votes.

So a good start for them.

Philip.

You know, they've been strong for a long time.

You know Harding County back in week two and then took out lead Deadwood.

So we got to watch out for them.

And then Ipswich.

You know the schedule maybe hasn't been there yet.

But I really like what I'm getting from their quarterback Hayden Schlosser.

And Jake news week in week out is over 100 yards running and they've got some real weapons in Ipswich.

There's a lot of under the radar teams and 90.

I think 90 is going to be one of the more intriguing.

Yeah.

Stories that we have unfold over the next couple of months.

All right.

And then nine B we got to talk about Saint Mary's versus Avon.

Avon was you know, tremendous to for the first couple weeks as far as that point differential as we as we've talked about, you know, I think a lot of people thought, you know, it's a rematch of last year, but it's up and down rapids.

It's in Saint Mary's.

Saint Mary's is probably just going to find a way to eventually just run away with this.

I think both teams thought that, well, maybe not Avon, but I think Saint Mary's thought that, and they got surprised because this Avon team was for real.

They had some new weapons that they didn't have last year.

Varsity did a great job, but but they think they possess the ball for nearly 80% of the game.

That was their game plan.

And then Saint Mary's, you know, they had some issues just staying on the field.

They were cramping up left and right.

They were subbing in sophomores who haven't played very much.

And that just goes to show any given Friday things can happen.

And Avon played a near-perfect game and still didn't quite get it done against a really good Saint Mary's.

Well, and credit to Saint Mary's that that fourth quarter and in overtime you know defensively they just it's just seems like they just put put a lock on it.

And it was almost like that switch kind of kicked in a little bit of just you know it's go time guys.

We gotta we gotta make it.

We gotta make us a couple backups in we did is I guess is that's encouraging for Saint Mary's when you can have some depth and make it work like that.

But what an exciting game.

And it just goes to show, you know, we came out here early in the season and said, well, Saint Mary's, well we're we're gonna have three undefeated teams.

That's what I said.

I don't know if we will.

There's going to be a little more competition than I thought.

Well, you mentioned Warner.

Let's talk about them.

Great start for them too.

Yeah.

Good start.

They you know, played a team that they're familiar playing each and every year over the last what five years they've played against six years.

They played against Warner Warner and have played each other six times.

Warner gets them every time.

But it's always a one score game.

Last year or this year was a two point game.

Three point game last year, eight point game the year before seven point game.

So this is a great rivalry that's been cooking up.

But they got to pick from Parker Wood in the end zone with less than a minute to play to hold on against Parker or excuse me Falcon 1412.

So an important win for Warner.

Yeah very very good win for Warner.

And yeah those are again a key play key moment of the game.

And you got to trust that some of your key players are going to step up.

And you know it happens for Warner.

And that one to get the win.

Northwestern give them a quick shout out hey northwestern had a 33 game losing streak.

And they did a great job of turning the tides getting a win over Loyola Frederick first of what they hope is a couple more this year.

All right.

And then some of the teams under the radar Hitchcock to where you like their coach.

Yeah Hayden Hooks he moved over from the Warbirds a couple of years ago, and now I think he's kind of in that rhythm.

He's got this team played really well.

Kadok.

Same thing as last year.

We see this team win some games, and, you know, they haven't made that playoff push yet.

But I think they have some chances to they've got a nice win over Gettysburg.

2824.

So I think those are a couple teams that, you know, might find their way into the top five here soon.

All right.

Well, let's look at the other nations here real quick.

Yeah.

Lakota tech almost had their first win, but Winnebago came back late and ended up winning by two touchdowns.

They still look like a power.

White River and McLaughlin still the unbeaten teams in nine B. And how about Marc Pluta and Marty.

Those two teams and both started out two.

And oh and not only one but won convincingly.

So those are two teams maybe that are under the radar in all nations.

Yeah absolutely.

And it'll be interesting to just kind of see how things, you know, even like with Lakota tech.

Right.

So Lakota Tech, you know, really had it, you know, really got stopped early on.

Yeah.

You know, in their first game, but then they come back against Winnebago, which could be the toughest thing, right?

And they and all of a sudden they keep it close.

So it's like, you know, I think Lakota tech could be a team that at some point here starts figuring it out and you get that one win, here comes the confidence and you're off to the races.

I totally agree, I think they're a team to watch for.

All right.

Top tilts Todd County versus Winnebago.

Yeah this is two of the top teams.

Probably the two top teams in all nations.

They play on Thursday.

So watch for that one.

In the 11 triple A we're going to be looking at two big bulls.

And it's rare we have Presidents Bowl Dakota Bowl on the same day.

They're all at different times.

If you want to catch them all you still will be able to.

But Roosevelt plays Washington Lincoln at Jefferson for the Presidents Bowl.

I think that Lincoln Jefferson game is especially intriguing.

And then Harrisburg taking on O'Gorman.

This is going to be a lot of fun between a really big offensive line in Harrisburg and really feisty smaller offensive line in O'Gorman.

Yeah.

And then on the Friday slate 11 where you got t area, as we mentioned, going to Watertown.

This will be interesting to see how the arrows match up against the Titans a couple of early unbeaten teams.

Yeah.

We'll see if one of those two teams can maybe pose a threat to pier because pier looks so good.

All right.

And then you got Dakota Valley at Elk Point Jefferson.

It's it's an 11 a 11 B crossover, you know.

But how close are those two schools together.

They're 12 miles away and they have never played each other.

So this is an opportunity for those two teams.

I always wondered why maybe they didn't play some games, but for the next two years they're going to try it.

So it's going to be interesting.

I like that.

I think it's great.

And, I think the fans like it too, because there's either way, there's not a lot of travel that goes with probably know each other.

And then you got Sioux Falls Christian.

They're going to be going to Hartford this week to play West Central.

Yeah, I had a chance to catch up with both Jared Smith and Matt Dawson.

The head coaches of this, when they're both excited.

But they they both have it in perspective that it's just another game for West Central.

A great start for them.

And they know that this is going to be as big a test as they're going to have in a while, but they're treating it just like, hey, we're going to go out and do it the best that we know how.

They've got a dynamic quarterback.

They can throw the ball this year that's a little bit more fun to watch.

But they remember what happened last year.

They got shut out in the semifinals against Sioux Falls Christian.

And a lot of those guys are back for the Chargers.

Yeah a little extra motivation right there.

And then you had Dell Rapids against Canton Seahawks.

This game is in canton though.

And you know we talked about how Kansas beaten Vermillion.

They beat Dakota Valley okay.

Well now they're going to get a real big test this week.

Yeah.

This is the real barometer here to see this canton belong in that conversation Dell Rapids has a big offensive line.

That's going to be interesting I think up front watch watch the lines in this game.

That's where the game is going to be won.

All right.

Winner at Saint Thomas More.

Another fun one.

This one an 11 B winner with the new coach comes in and they've looked really good stepping up similar to what they were in their championship year.

And then Saint Thomas More.

Same with them.

They've had a tough schedule, but they have come through with flying colors.

So not sure what to expect in this one.

No predictions coming from here, but make sure you watch this one.

Two different styles going at it.

You're going to have winner trying to dominate the line of scrimmage.

You're going to have Saint Thomas.

We're trying to throw the ball 30 times game.

And then we talked about Garretson being one of those under the radar teams.

They get a good test at home this Friday as well against bottom.

That will be a huge test for them.

And a couple more nine man games.

You got Avon taking on Freeman nine.

Be it against the nine eight team.

You know I don't think Freeman's going to be surprised that like Saint Mary's was last week I think they're going to be ready for Avon.

And then Coleman.

Eagan takes on Saint Mary's and we'll see how Saint Mary's bounces back after what happened last week.

I don't think they will be coming in sleeping against a good top five Coleman Eagan team.

Yeah, absolutely.

You know, one more thing for Saint Mary's when you have a lot that maybe is from a coaching perspective that goes wrong and you still find a way to come out with the win, when you can have those teaching moments as part of a win, I think it makes it a little bit better.

Yeah, I think yeah, there's some points that they can definitely work on.

But you know, those are two good nine B teams, a lot of good nine man games this week.

So make sure you're out there checking them out.

All right.

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