The Tea Area Titans posted a 19-0 shutout against the Dell Rapids Quarriers on their Homecoming Night Friday, September 16th. Tea scored right away on an 84-yard kick-off return for a touchdown by Adam Heien to go ahead 6-0. The Titans added another score with :57 left in the first quarter on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Payton Conrad to Jacob Rotter. The score remained 13-0 at halftime. The final touchdown came on a fumble recovery for a touchdown with 9:38 to go in the third quarter.
Dell Rapids had the ball for 31:14 in the game as compared to just 16:46 for Tea Area, but the Quarriers were just 2-13 on third down conversions and 4-9 on fourth down conversions. Dell Rapids also fumbled the ball five times, losing two of them, and also had two passes intercepted.
Hunter Hansen finished the game 4-14 passing for 72 yards and two interceptions. Hansen also carried the ball 20 times for 95 yards. Tanner Heim had 14 cararies for 59 yards, and Adam Nagelhout had nine carries for 17 yards. Nagelhout also hauled in two catches for 38 yards. Matt Gillogly had six tackles, four for loss, and an interception. Nate McKee finished with five tackles and an interception. Heim, Seth Andersen, and Mason Peter all finished the game with five tackles. Trevor Pulscher had four tackles, including two sacks.
Dell Rapids falls to 2-2 on the year. The Quarriers will host West Central on Homecoming Friday, September 23rd. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.