The Tri-Valley Mustangs defeated the Dell Rapids Quarriers for the second year in a row, this time during the Tri-Valley homecoming, by a score of 28-21. The Mustangs scored in every quarter and led 14-0 mid way through the second
Brett Page TD pass while falling.
quarter before Dell Rapids scored a touchdown on a 10-yard TD run by Matt Kolbeck to cut the lead down to 14-7 at halftime. Dell Rapids took the kickoff to start the second half and scored on a 10-yard TD run by Riley Schmidt after a 5:00 drive to tie the game up. Tri-Valley then scored on their first possession of the third quarter on a 2-yard TD run on fourth down by Brett Page with 0:41 left in the quarter to take the lead back at 21-14. Cole Langer would score on a 4-yard run with 7:37 left in the game as the Quarriers tied the game up again, this time at 21-21. With 3:11 left to play, Tri-Valley scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 4-yard pass play from Brett Page to Logan Otto to take a 28-21 lead. The Quarriers had the ball in Mustang territory with just over 1:00 to play, but a fourth-down pass fell incomplete, and the Mustangs were able to run the clock out for the win.
Riley Schmidt diving into the endzone.
Dell Rapids had 169 rushing yards and 64 passing yards for a total of 233 yards of total offense. Tri-Valley had 170 rushing yards and 73 passing yards for a total of 243 yards of total offense. Langer had 14 carries for 67 yards and a touchdown, and Kolbeck carried the ball 10 times for 62 yards and a touchdown. Kolbeck was also 4-7 passing for 64 yards and an interception. Schmidt had three catches for 46 yards. Schmidt also had a rushing touchdown on the night. Bryce Koch had 11.5 tackles in the game to lead the defense. Jackson Entringer had eight tackles, and Jacob Morris added six. For Tri-Valley, Otto had 10 carries for 74 yards. Sam Mader had 18 carries for 38 yards and a touchdown. Page was 6-7 passing for 73 yards and two touchdowns.
The big stat of the night was Tri-Valley converting on 6 of 12 3rd down chances, while the Quarriers were only able to convert 2 of 9 chances. Both teams converted three 4th down
Cole Langer stiff arm
chances. The Mustangs also had the ball for 7:30 longer than Dell Rapids in the game.
The loss drops the Quarriers to 3-1 on the season. Dell Rapids will host the Tea Area Titans for Homecoming on Friday, September 28th, and the game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.
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