The Tri-Valley Mustang football had their 2021 season come to an end in the quarterfinals on Thursday, October 28th.  The Mustangs fell to the Vermillion Tanagers 21-7.

Vermillion scored on the first drive of the game.  The Tanagers had a nine-play, 79-yard drive that lasted 4:04 giving them a 7-0 lead with 7:56 in the opening quarter.  The scored remained 7-0 at the quarter break.  The Tanagers scored again in the second quarter with 7:35 in the half after a 49-yard drive.  Vermillion led 14-0 at halftime.

Tri-Valley scored on their first drive of the second half.  They had a seven-play, 64-yard drive that ended on a six-yard touchdown run by Jaden Siemonsma.  Reese Smith made the extra point to make the score 14-7 with 8:29 to play in third quarter.  The score was still 14-7 heading into the final quarter.

Vermillion got a big score just thirty seconds into the fourth quarter.  A big pass play followed by a four-yard touchdown run with 11:28 to go in the game put the Tanagers ahead 21-7.  Tri-Valley only had one possession in the fourth quarter, which ended in a turnover on downs.  Vermillion was able to run out the clock over the last final 8:54 of the game.

Siemonsma had five carries for 41 yards and a touchdown.  Isaac McFarland had five carries for 21 yards, and Eli McFarland finished with a 13-yard carry.  Owen Besmer was 4-8 passing for 40 yards and an interception.  Austin McNulty had a 32-yard catch, and Siemonsma had three catches for eight yards.

Siemonsma led the team with seven tackles.  Tyson VanDerVliet had six tackles.  Besmer had five tackles and an interception.  Logan Ellison, Colby Carruthers, and Caden Reuter all had five tackles each.  I. McFarland, Mason Hendrixson, Connor Christensen, and Zach Powell all had four tackles.  Lawson Loiseau also had an interception.

Tri-Valley finished the season with a 5-5 record.

The Tri-Valley Mustangs hosted the Dell Rapids Quarriers in the final regular season home game on Thursday, October 21st.  On the line was a home game in the opening round of the playoffs as both teams entered the game with a 5-3 record and tied for fourth in seed points.

Dell Rapids got on the board first in the opening drive of the game for an early 7-0 lead.  Owen Besmer pulled the Mustangs within in a point later in the quarter on a two-yard run, but the extra point was missed.  The score remained 7-6 after the first quarter.

That’s when the Quarrier offense got going.  Dell Rapids scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter for a 20-6 halftime lead.  Neither team got a touchdown in third quarter, but Dell Rapids did make a 22-yard field goal to push the lead to 23-6 heading into the final quarter.  The Quarriers then scored three more touchdowns in the final quarter for a 43-6 victory.

The Mustangs were held to just 185 yards of total offense, 181 rushing yards and just four passing yards.  Dell Rapids finished with 398 yards of offense, 300 rushing yards and 98 passing yards.  Issac McFarland led the ground attack for Tri-Valley with 10 carries for 66 yards.  Besmer was just 1-11 passing for four yards.  Lawson Loiseau had the four-yard catch.

Tri-Valley finishes the regular season with a 5-4 record and will be the #6 seed in the 11A playoffs.  The Mustangs will travel back to Vermillion on Thursday, October 28th.

A sack with fumble recovery late in the game triggered a game-winning drive by the Tri-Valley Mustangs on Friday, October 15th in Vermillion.  Mason Hendrixson got a sack with fumble and recovery with 5:47 to go in a tie game.  The Mustangs then drove 79 yards down the field in nine plays, and Owen Besmer scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak with :24 to go to give Tri-Valley a 20-13 win over the Tanagers.

The Mustangs scored first in the opening quarter.  Besmer scored on a one-yard run with 6:02 to go.  The extra point was no good.  The score remained 6-0 at the end of the first quarter.  Vermillion tied the game in the second quarter with 7:33 to go.  Their extra point attempt was also no good.  The game was tied 6-6 at halftime.

Despite kicking off to start the third quarter, the Tanagers scored in the first few seconds.  The kickoff bounced strait into the air at about the Mustang three yard line instead of rolling into the endzone for a touchback.  The Mustangs had to try to scramble to recover the ball, but Vermillion recovered the fumble in the endzone for a touchdown.  The extra point was good, and the Tanagers lead 13-7.

Isaac McFarland scored on the very first play of the fourth quarter on a nine yard run.  Reese Smith made the extra point, and the game was tied 13-13 with 11:53 to play.  The score remained tied until the game-winning drive by the Mustangs.

Besmer had 24 carries for 173 yards and two touchdowns.  I. McFarland finished with 10 carries for 46 yards and a touchdown.  Jaden Siemonsma also had five carries for 27 yards.  Besmer was also 2-8 passing.  I. McFarland had 11 tackles.  Siemonsma had 10 tackles.  Isaac Nehlich finished with seven tackles, Brandon Havlovic had six, and Colby Carruthers had five.  Eli McFarland and Lawson Loiseau both had an interception.

Tri-Valley (5-3) will host the Dell Rapids Quarriers on Thursday, October 21st in the final regular season game of the year.

The Tri-Valley Mustangs got a fourth quarter touchdown for a 20-14 win over the Lennox Orioles in Lennox on Saturday, October 9th.

The Mustangs got out to a quick start in the first quarter.  Eli McFarland put Tri-Valley on the board with a 14-yard touchdown run.  Owen Besmer added another score later in the quarter on a six-yard run.  Tri-Valley led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter.

The score remained 14-0 until the fourth quarter.  Lennox got two touchdowns from Braedon Wulf.  The first one was on a one-yard run.  The game-tying score came on a two-yard run by Wulf.  The Mustangs answered on a 40-yard touchdown run by Isaac McFarland, which was the game-winning score.

Tri-Valley finished with a total of 267 rushing yards on a total of 43 carries.  They also had a total of 69 passing yards for a total of 336 yards of offense.  Lennox finished with 306 yards of offense, 123 rushing yards and 198 passing yards.

The Mustangs (4-3) will travel to Vermillion on Friday, October 15th.

The Madison Bulldogs shut out the Tri-Valley Mustangs 40-0 on Friday, October 1st.  Once the Bulldogs got on the board, the scores kept coming for Madison.

The first score didn’t come until :40 left in the first quarter, but Madison would had two more touchdowns in the second quarter for a 21-0 halftime lead.  The Bulldogs had two more touchdowns in the third quarter and another in the fourth quarter for the 40-0 win.

Tri-Valley was held to just 161 yards of total offense, 138 rushing yards and 23 passing yards.  Meanwhile, Madison had 422 yards of offense, 255 rushing yards and 167 passing yards.  The Mustangs also turned the ball over four times in the game to Madison’s one turnover.

Isaac McFarland had 12 carries for 76 yards in the game.  Jaden Siemonsma finished with nine carries for 29 yards, and Carter Sorenson had five carries for 26 yards.  Eli McFarland was 4-10 passing for 23 yards and two interceptions.  Tyson VanDerVliet had three catches for 24 yards.

I. McFarland also led the defense with eight tackles.  Aiden Larson had five tackles and a sack.  Seth Sundal also had five tackles.  Brandon Havlovic had three tackles and a sack, and E. McFarland also had three tackles.

The Mustangs (3-3) will travel to Lennox on Saturday, October 9th for a 5:00 p.m. kickoff.

The Tri-Valley Mustang football team stopped a two-game skid and got back into the win column with an 18-0 shutout against the Chamberlain Cubs on the road on Friday, September 17th.  Tri-Valley was able to get at least three points in every quarter for the win.

The Mustangs first score of the game was a 73-yard touchdown run by Jaden Siemonsma.  The extra point was no good, and the score remained 6-0 in favor of Tri-Valley at the end of the quarter.  Tri-Valley added three more points in the second quarter on a 29-yard field goal by Reese Smith.  The Mustangs led 9-0 at halftime.

Smith added another field goal in the third quarter, this time from 22 yards away.  Tri-Valley led 12-0 heading into the final quarter.  Isaac McFarland got the final score of the game on an one-yard touchdown run.

Tri-Valley had a total of 252 yards of offense, 39 passing yards and 213 rushing yards.  The Mustang defense held Chamberlain to just 122 yards of offense, 15 rushing yards and 17 passing yards.

Eli McFarland was 2-5 passing for 39 yards.  Zach Powell had a catch for 37 yards.  Siemonsma had 15 carries for 136 yards and a touchdown.  I. McFarland finished with 14 carries for 42 yards.  I. McFarland also led the team with nine tackles, including a sack.  Tyson VanDerVliet had eight tackles and a sack.  Austin McNulty and Isaac Nehlich both had two sacks.  Connor Christensen and Caden Reuter also each had a sack in the game.  Lawson Loiseau had an interception, and McNulty had a fumble recovery.

The Mustangs (2-2) will travel to Sisseton on Friday, September 24th.

The Sioux Falls Christian Chargers shut out the Tri-Valley Mustangs on the gridiron on Friday, September 10th at Tri-Valley High School.

The Chargers got a score in the opening quarter for a 6-0 lead.  Neither team was able to score in the second quarter, and Sioux Falls Christian led 6-0 at halftime.  The Chargers added another touchdown in the third quarter to push the lead to 12-0.  They then made a 26-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

Tri-Valley was held to just 134 yards of offense, 104 rushing yards and 30 passing yards.  Jaden Siemonsma had 11 carries for 47 yards.  Carter Sorenson had six carries for 20 yards.  Eli McFarland was 5-11 passing for 30 yards and an interception.  Tyson Vander Vliet had three catches in the game for 19 yards.

The Mustangs will travel to Chamberlain on Friday, September 17th.

The Tri-Valley Mustang football team hosted the Canton C-Hawks in the Mustangs’ first home game of the season on Friday, September 3rd.  The Mustangs fell just short losing to Canton 21-16.

Tri-Valley shut out Canton in the first quarter and had a 3-0 lead.  The C-Hawks got a score in the second quarter and led 7-3 at halftime.  Each team got a touchdown in the third quarter, and Canton continued to hold the lead, 14-10, heading into the fourth quarter.  Both teams also got a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

The Mustangs finished the game with 215 yards of offense, 130 yards on the ground and 85 passing yards.  Canton had 332 yards of offense, 257 rushing yards and 75 passing yards.

Eli McFarland finished 4-5 passing for 85 yards.  Jaden Siemonsma had two catches for 37 yards, and Trey Johnson had a catch for 24 yards.  Siemonsma also had 11 carries for 56 yards, including a two-yard touchdown run.  Isaac McFarland had 12 carries and 51 yards.  One of the rushes was a 17-yard touchdown.  Lawson Loiseau had a carry for 47 yards.  Reese Smith had a 34-yard field goal in the first quarter.

The Mustangs will hold their Homecoming game on Friday, September 10th when they host the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers.

The Tri-Valley Mustangs scored a big win on the gridiron Friday, August 27th.  The Mustangs won a back-and-forth game 21-20 on the road against the Dakota Valley Panthers.

The Panthers scored first in the opening quarter.  Randy Rosenquist caught a 22-yard pass from Ethan Anema.  The extra point was no good, but the Panthers led 6-0 after the first quarter.  Tri-Valley tied the game in the second quarter.  Isaac McFarland had an eight-yard touchdown run with the extra point no good.  The Panthers, however, regained the lead prior to halftime.  Rosenquist caught another touchdown pass from anema, this time from 29 yards, to put Dakota Valley in front 12-6 at halftime.

Each team scored again in the third quarter.  The Mustangs scored first.  Eli McFarland had a five-yard touchdown run, and then I. McFarland scored the two-point conversion for a 14-12 lead.  The Panthers answered again.  Anema and Rosenquist connected for their third touchdown from 18 yards away.  Brodey Ballinger scored the two-point conversion to put the Panthers back in in front 20-14.

The Mustangs would get the game winning score in the fourth quarter.  Jaden Siemonsma had a five-yard touchdown run, and Reese Smith made the extra point to give Tri-Valley the lead 21-20.  The Mustang defense got a strip sack and then the offense was able to kneel down to run out the clock for the win.

I. McFarland had nine carries for 100 yards and a touchdown.  Siemonsma had 10 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown.  E. McFarland had a rushing touchdown and was also 1-1 passing for 64 yards.  Lawson Loiseau had the 64-yard reception.  I. McFarland had seven tackles and a sack.  Austin McNulty had seven tackles, a sack, and a fumble recovery.  Brandon Havlovic had six tackles and two sacks.  Tyler Groenewald also had six tackles and two sacks.  Tyason VanDerVleit finished with six tackles.  Isaac Nehlich had five tackles and two sacks.  Mason Hendrixson, Loiseau, and Caden Reuter all had a fumble recovery.  Connor Christensen had a sack and a forced fumble.

The Tri-Valley Mustang football team had their 2020 season come to an end on the road at Dakota Valley High School on Thursday, October 22nd.  The Panthers defeated the Mustangs 31-6.

The Mustangs finished the game with a total of 207 yards of offense, 185 of those yards on the ground.  Dakota Valley had a total of 303 yards of offense, 249 rushing yards and 54 passing yards.

Owen Besmer had 12 carries for 44 yards and a touchdown.  Jaden Siemonsma had four carries for 55 yards.  Levi Hanson had seven carries for 40 yards, and Porter Jensen had seven carries for 35 yards.  Besmer was also 2-6 passing for 22 yards.  Hansen had a catch for 21 yards.

Tri-Valley finished their season with a record of 2-6.