The Pierre Governors and Tea Area Titans came down to the final play of the game again as the Governors intercepted a Hail Mary pass in the end zone to defeat Tea 35-30 Friday night.
Pierre and Tea each would go three and out in their first possessions before the Govs would have its first score on a 50 yard connection from Lincoln Kienholz to Brecken Krueger to give the Govs the lead. The teams would trade touchdowns as Kienholz would run one in from 72 yards and throw a six yard pass to Jack Merkwan before Tea finished the half with a 49 yard field goal from Chase Van Tol to make it a 21-17 game at the break.
Tea would take its first lead of the game on the opening drive of the half, but it would be answered by on a 20 yard touchdown pass from Kienholz to Jayden Wiebe snagging his first receiving touchdown of the season to give Pierre a 28-24 lead. After a Kienholz 53 yard run to give the Govs an 11 point lead Tea would go down the field and score to cut the deficit to 35-30 with under a minute to play. The Titans would recover the onside kick and have one final play, a Hail Mary which was tipped into the hands of Kienholz in the end zone to finish the win for the Govs to improve to 8-0.
Kienholz would run and pass for over 200 yards each in the win as seven different receivers would make a catch. Gavin Stotts would lead the team with 17 tackles on the night for the Governors.
Pierre will finish the regular season on Thursday as they face the Douglas Patriots in Box Elder. Coverage will start at 6:30 Central Time with kickoff at 7:00 on KCCR and on YouTube at KCCR Sports.
