• Groton Area rallied from being down 16-7 in the third quarter to spoil Mobridge-Pollock's homecoming with a 35-16 win in a strong second half performance.
• Groton's second possession of the football showed sign of promise for the Tigers. Starting at their own 27 yard line, Groton had three plays before being forced to punt, but the punt was deflected right back into

the hands of Reilly Ell who evaded the defense and got a first down to keep the drive alive. Kasey Kurtz later got a first down on a three and six play. Groton was at the Mobridge 31 yard line and on fourth and five, Groton was going to go for it, but a false start penalty on Groton made it fourth and 10 and Groton ended up punting. The ball landed at the one yard line which brought a round of applause from the small Groton crowd.
• Pinned way back, that didn't stop Mobridge-Pollock from making the big plays. "It was their homecoming," said Coach Shaun Wanner. "They came out with a little bit more fire" Austin Borah went 49 yards and would have gone all the way to the endzone if it wasn't for Alec Oleson who dived at Borah's feet to trip him up. Two plays

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