SPEARFISH, S.D. – Black Hills State football looked excellent on both sides of the ball in Saturday night’s 32-23 victory over Chadron State.
The Yellow Jackets (3-0, 1-0 RMAC) captured their first win over CSC since 2016. The 2016 season was also the last time the team started a season 3-0 when they went on to go 7-4 overall and 6-4 in the RMAC.
Aidan Willard finished the game with 24 completions on 33 attempts for 250 yards and three touchdowns. He also added 29 yards on the ground.
Hasaan Williams scored two touchdowns, hauling in a team-high six receptions for 63 yards.
Nolan Susel ran for 74 yards on 13 attempts, scoring a touchdown and also catching five passes for 59 yards.
Mitch McKibbin also found the end zone, totaling five receptions for 43 yards.
Kicker Coleman Chapman made both field goal attempts on the night.
On defense, the team forced three fumbles, and Aaron Thiele grabbed his first interception of the season.
In other area college football Saturday:
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The SD Mines Hardrockers came away with a 31-17 victory over Colorado Mesa to move to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the RMAC.
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Mark Gronowski passed for 279 yards and three touchdowns, and he carried it eight times for 55 yards and a score to help South Dakota State beat Butler 45-17.
Jadon Janke, Zach Heins and Jaxon Janke each had a receiving touchdown for South Dakota State (2-1). Heins scored from 28-yards out, diving into the end zone for his eighth career touchdown to make it 28-7.
Jadon Janke was left wide open in the corner of the end zone for a 17-yarder.
Canyon Bauer highlighted the first quarter by catching a short pass and breaking two tackles before running for a 54-yard gain.
Jaxon Janke capped the 75-yard drive with a 7-yarder to give SDSU a lead, 14-7, it would not relinquish. SDSU held Butler to 264 total yards and 12 first downs in front of an announced attendance of 16,414.
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Sophomore Carson Camp threw for a career-high 355 yards and three touchdowns and ran 75 yards for a score to power South Dakota to a 38-21 victory over Cal Poly.
Camp opened the scoring for South Dakota (1-2) with his long touchdown run.
He followed with 40- and 46-yard scoring strikes to Wesley Eliodor and freshman Shomari Lawrence.
Camp hooked up with freshman Jack Martens 51 seconds into the fourth quarter for a 70-yard score to push South Dakota’s lead to 28-7. Travis Theis added a 19-yard touchdown run.
