The Pierre Governors and Watertown Arrows combined for 94 points and nearly 1000 yards offensively but the Governors outgained and outscored the Arrows with a 52-42 win in Pierre.
The Governors and Arrows traded leads throughout the first half with the Governors holding a 31-28 lead at the break. Pierre opened up the second half with a 94 yard kickoff return for Jayden Wiebe which set up one of Trey Lewis’s touchdown runs to give the Governors their biggest lead at 38-28. Pierre had a couple of big defensive stops in the fourth quarter to close out the 10 point win,
For Pierre, Trey Lewis had a 121 yards rushing on 17 attempts and two touchdowns in place of the injured back, Brock Moser. Lincoln Kienholz went 9-19 with 257 yards and three touchdowns, two to Matt Hanson and another to Jack Merkwan. The Governors had 539 yards of offense in the win.
Drew Norberg went 25-41 on the night for 402 yards, five touchdowns and an interception. Cole Holden had nine catches for 251 and four touchdowns on the night. Watertown finished with 438 yards of offense for the now 3-4 Arrows.
Pierre will face Aberdeen Central on Friday in the last regular season road contest. Kickoff is at 7:00 on KCCR, kccrradio.com and on YouTube at KCCR Sports with pregame beginning at 6:30.
First Quarter
Pierre – 9:10 – 5 play 58 yard drive, 20 yard catch – Matt Hanson 7-0
Watertown – 6:00 – 9 play, 75 yard drive, 36 catch – Cole Holden 7-7
Pierre – 5:41 – 68 Yard Catch – Matt Hanson 14-7
Watertown – 4:27 – 3 play, 64 yard drive, 50 yard catch – Cole Holden 14-14
Pierre – 2:24 – 5 play, 27 Yard FG – Cole Peterson 17-14
Second Quarter
Watertown – 6:03 – 8 play, 79 yard drive, 36 catch – Dingsor 21-17
Pierre – 3:56 – 5 play, 75 yard drive, 4 yard rush – Trey Lewis 24-21
Watertown – 1:14 2 play, 34 yard drive, 39 yard catch – Cole Holden 28-24
Pierre – 0:09 – 7 play, 80 yard, 3 yard rush – Lincoln Kienholz 31-28
Third Quarter
Pierre – 11:40 – 5 yard rush – Trey Lewis 38-28
Watertown – 8:15 – 2 play, 8 yard drive, 6 yard run – Spatz 38-35
Pierre – 2:15 – 57 yard Catch – Jack Merkwan 45-35
Fourth Quarter
Pierre – 7:33 – 8 play, 58 yard drive, 1 yard rush – Lincoln Kienholz 52-35
Watertown – 5:54 – 8 play, 80 yard drive, 40 yard catch – Holden 52-42
