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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- Alexander Gray threw for 208 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the first half as Pierre T.F. Riggs defeated Watertown 34-7 Friday in the state 11AA title game.
• Neither team scored in the second half as Pierre (10-1) cruised to its first state title.
• Gray also ran for 44 yards and a score and kicker Garrett Pochop returned an interception 22 yards for a score.
• Austin Christopherson had 111 receiving yards and TD catches of 12 and 49 yards.
• Ethan Case scored on a 2-yard run for Pierre.
• Gray finished the night 15-for-23 for 251 yards passing.
• Shay Bratland had the only score for Watertown (7-4) on a 95-yard kickoff return.
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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- Canton avenged its only loss of the season when it mattered most, beating Parkston 20-14 Friday in the state 11B championship game.
• Canton turned two kicking mistakes into second-half touchdowns to come back from a 7-0 deficit. The C-Hawks (11-1) went 80 yards in 15 plays after Parkston missed a 41-yard field goal. Austin Schruers scored on a 2-yard run to break a 7-7 tie.
• After a 15-yard punt on Parkston's next possession, Canton went 51 yard and scored on Tanner Broughton's 1-yard run on fourth-and-goal.
• Kyler Kniffen scored Canton's other TD on a 15-yard run.
• Brady Reiff had a 32-yard TD pass for Parkston and Austin Bertram scored on a 3-yard run with 1:35 left.
• Gabe Dolen had 97 yards rushing for Canton and Wes Dvorak had 66 yards for the Trojans (10-2).
• Parkston lost two fumbles and had a pass intercepted.
• It's Canton's first state title since winning 11A in 2006.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Rocker Joan Jett says she's stepping off South Dakota's float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade because political agendas are getting in the way of a fun event.

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