The Dakota Valley Panthers scored three second half touchdowns, two on big plays, to earn a 20-0 win over the Dell Rapids Quarriers on Friday, August 25th, at Dakota Valley High School.
Neither team scored in the first half, but the Panthers picked up a third quarter touchdown on a 90-yard pass play to take a 7-0 lead after three quarters. Dakota Valley scored two more times in the fourth quarter, one touchdown on an eight-yard run and the other on a 95-yard run, to push the lead to 20-0 on their way to the victory.
Dell Rapids ran 64 plays for a total of just 155 yards of offense. The Quarriers had 109 passing yards and 46 rushing yards. Carson Rentz was 10-23 passing for 109 yards and two interceptions. Jeffrey Schuch had seven catches for 82 yards, and Adam Nagelhout had three catches for 27 yards. Nagelhout also led the team in rushing with six carries for 16 yards. Matt Gillogly had five carries for 11 yards, and Seth Spielmann had 10 carries for 11 yards. Gillogly finished the night with nine tackles defensively. Dillon Frantz had seven tackles, two of them for loss. Alex Kringen had six tackles, and Schuch, Cole VanDuyn, and Eddie Price all had five tackles each.
The Quarriers (0-1) travel to Vermillion to play the Tanagers on Friday, September 1st. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.