VERMILLION, S.D. – Pierre won their fifth straight state football championship on Friday night in Vermillion with a 30-27 thriller against Tea Area. Governors kicker Cole Peterson was the hero kicking a 40-yard game winning field goal as time expired.
After Tea took a two score lead, Pierre battled back and midway through the fourth quarter, the Governors orchestrated a nine play, 66-yard drive that was all Kienholz on the ground. He capped it off with a two-yard touchdown run. The extra-point, however, was blocked, which kept the scored deadlocked at 27-27 with 3:27 to play in regulation.
Facing a crucial third down with around two-minutes to play, Lundin hit Babb for 32-yards to get the Titans into Governors territory. On a third down with 36-seconds left, Jacob Meyer picked off Lundin on a sideline pass. It was initially ruled an incomplete pass, but an ‘official’s ‘review overturned it.
Pierre drove the ball into Cole Peterson field goal range with a chance to win it. From 40-yards out with ice in his veins, he drilled it. A walk off kick to win the state championship.
