Clark/Willow Lake

Seahawks

Last Week

After a slow first half, the Seahawks scored 22 unanswered points in the third quarter to defeat Parker 28-8 last Friday in Parker.

BEE's defense forced a 3-and-out to start the game and the Seahawk offense drove all the way down to the Pheasant 17 yard line when the drive stalled. After forcing another punt, BEE fumbled the ball away on the second play of the following drive and Parker took advantage. The Pheasants scored 3 plays later on a 3rd and 8 from 39 yards out on a pass from Landon Wieman to Colin Robertson to take an 8-0 lead in the second quarter. The Seahawks answered right back as Landon Brummett returned the ensuing kickoff 77 yards for a TD to cut the Parker lead to 8-6. The rest of the half saw Parker punt twice and turn the ball over on downs after driving to BEE's 10 yard line late in the half. The Seahawks offense continued to sputter with a 3-and-out and another fumble. The Pheasants led 8-6 at the half.

BEE's offense came alive in the second half, scoring on their first 3 possessions to start the 3rd quarter. The first score took just 5 plays as the Seahawks covered 50 yards and scored on a 5 yard run by Macklen Weber to give BEE their first lead of the game at 14-8. After forcing a punt, BEE needed just three plays to score again on a 55 yard run by Weber to stretch the lead to 20-8. Brummett intercepted a Pheasant pass on the first play of the following drive and the Seahawks scored on a 3 yard run by Holden Wollmann, capping off a 5-play 42 yard drive to take a 28-8 lead midway through the 3rd quarter. Parker's offense struggled the rest of the second half, never crossing their own 30 yard line. BEE's offense, though they didn't score any more points, had success moving the ball. A 4th quarter drive inside Parker's 10 yard line ended up in a turnover on downs and the Seahawks JV offense moved the ball down to the Pheasant 5 yard line at the end of the game.

Macklen Weber led BEE with 132 rushing yards on 14 carries and 2 TDs. Wollmann rushed for 78 yards and a score on 19 carries and KJ Ripley added 40 yards on 11 carries. The Seahawks had 303 yards of offense, of which 284 were rushing yards.

For Parker, Landon Wieman completed 7-of-19 passes for 109 yards and a TD. Colin Robertson had 3 receptions for 78 yards and a score. The leading rusher was Michael Even with 11 carries for 28 yards. Parker had 151 yards of offense, 109 passing and 42 rushing. The Pheasants end their season with a record of 1-7.

This Season

The Seahawks are 5-3 on the season and have outscored opponents 191-154. BEE is averaging 288.4 yards per game offensively (212.4 rushing, 76 passing) and allowing an average of 229.4 yards per game (114.9 rushing, 114.5 passing). The Seahawks are averaging 4.8 yards per carry and giving up an average of 4.6 yards per carry to opposing teams.

Macklen Weber leads the way for BEE with 772 rushing yards, averaging 5.8 yards per carry, and 13 rushing TDs. He also has 11 receptions for 160 yards receiving. Holden Wollmann has completed 39-of-79 passes for 595 yards and 3 TDs and is second in rushing with 405 yards and 6 TDs. KJ Ripley has 181 yards and a score on 48 carries and Jaxx Kurtenbach has 138 yards on 24 carries and 3 TDs. Landen Brummett has 7 receptions for 136 yards and Braden Nebelsick has 100 receiving yards on 7 receptions.

Defensively, Jason Zeeb leads the way with 74 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and 6 sacks as well as an interception return for TD. Kean Stevenson is next with 42 tackles, 5 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery. Third is Wollmann with 39 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, an interception and 9 pass break-ups. Riley Weber has 36 tackles, 2 tackles for loss and 2 fumble recoveries. And rounding out the top 5 is Macklen Weber with 29 tackles, 1 tackles for loss, a sack and an interception. BEE's defense has intercepted 15 passes this season with Nebelsick leading the way with 7 and Jaxx Kurtenbach at 3.

Last Week

In a game that was tied 6-6 at the half, the Cyclones pulled away in the second half to defeat Webster 18-6.

C/WL got on the board first with a 12 yard run by Griffin Muser. Webster answered later in the half on a 37 yard TD pass to make the score 6-6 at the half. The first four drives of the second half were dominated by the defense and thats when the Cycolones forced a strip sack of Webster's QB and returned the fumble down to the 4 yard line. Emmerson Larson scored on a 2 yard run to make the score 12-6. After forcing a 3-and-out, the Cyclones put the game away with a 7-play, 75-yard drive capped off with a Larson 20 yard TD pass to Lincoln Reidburn to seal the win.

The Cyclones had 312 yards of total offense in the win, 178 rushing and 134 passing. Webster struggled offensively with just 50 rushing and 61 passing yards for a total of 111 yards.

This Season

The Cyclones come into tonight's game with a 6-2 record with their losses coming to Sioux Valley and Mobridge-Pollock. Season results:

vs Aberdeen Roncalli | W 2-0

@ Sisseton | W 46-6

vs Sioux Valley | L 36-56

@ Parker | W 36-0

vs Groton | W 43-7

vs Deuel | W 26-7

@ Mobridge-Pollock | L 0-21

@ Webster | W 18-6

Clark/Willow Lake is averaging 25.9 points per game offensive, 8th most in 11B. Defensive the Cyclones give up just 12.9 points per game, which is the 4th fewest. Team stats were not available for their game against Sisseton, but in the Cyclones'' 7 other games they averaged 275 yards of total offense, 164 rushing and 111 passing. They had a season high rushing of 339 yards in their win over Deuel. The Cyclones threw for 230 yards in their loss to Sioux Valley. Defensively they give up an average of 154 yards per game, 103 rushing and 51 passing. They have given up over 100 yards rushing in just three of the seven games; 260 to Sioux Valley, 117 to Deuel, 162 to Mobridge-Pollack. Clark/Willow Lake gave up a season low of just 35 total yards in their win over Parker.

The 6 wins so far this year is the most the Cyclones have had in a season since 2018 and is a big turn-around from last season when they finished 3-5 and missed out on the playoffs. Clark/Willow Lake played in 11B until the 2011 season when they moved down to 9AA. They dropped down to 9A for two seasons (2017 & 2018) before going back to 9AA until the 2021 season when they rejoined the 11-man ranks. Since the move back to 11B in 2021 the Cyclones are 21-21. Their last playoff appearance came in 2021 when they fell to Winner 60-0 in the opening round of the playoffs.

Last Match-Up

The Seahawk defense shined in a 32-7 win over Clark/Willow Lake on September 1st of the 2023 season in Clark. BEE's defense allowed only one C/WL drive to go past midfield in the win.

After a few punts back and forth, BEE was pinned on their own one yard-line. After a C/WL penalty gave the Seahawk offense a little room, BEE fumbled the ball away on their own 15 yard-line. On 3rd and 9, Emmerson Larson found Josh Kannegieter for a 14 yard TD pass to give C/WL a 7-0 lead with 3:27 left in the opening quarter. BEE's offense settled in on the ensuing possession, going 70 yards over 19 plays, and scored on a 1 yard run by Drake Gustafson with 6:33 left in the half to cut the lead to 7-6. The Seahawk defense forced a punt on the Cyclones following drive and BEE's offense went right back to work. Gustafson had two big plays on the next drive; one a 32 yard pass to Holden Wollman to get down to the C/WL 26 yard line with under a minute remaining in the half, and a 19 yard run to get down to the 7 yard line on the next play. Two plays later Gustafson plunged in rom 2 yards out to give BEE a 14-7 lead heading into the half.

After BEE went 3-and-out offensively to start the second half, the Cyclones were heading for one as well however the snap went over the punter's head and was recovered on their own 9 yard-line. Macklen Weber scored on the following play to give the Seahawks a 20-7 lead with 7:46 left in the 3rd. The Cyclone offense managed just 6 more yards of offense the rest of the game as BEE's defense clamped down. The Seahawks capped off an 8-play, 52 yard drive with a Weber 8 yard run to take a 26-7 lead with seconds left in the 3rd quarter. Kean Stevenson scored his first TD of the season on a 5 yard run with 7:28 left in the final quarter, capping off a 7-play, 47 yard drive to give us the final score of 32-7.

Gustafson led BEE with 118 rushing yards on 14 carries & 2 rushing TDs. He also completed 3-of-4 passes for 63 yards and an interception. Weber rushed for 65 yards and 2 TDs on 14 carries. Carson Johnson carried the ball 8 times for 40 yards and Stevenson had 39 yards on 10 carries and a score. Holden Wollman had 2 receptions for 39 yards.

Defensively, Korbyn Kayser had a big game on the defensive line with 8 tackles, a tackle for loss and a forced fumble. Macklen Weber had 8 tackles and Riley Weber & Jason Zeeb added 7 tackles each.

For the Cyclones, Emmerson Larson completed 5-of-8 passes for 51 yards and a TD. Jack Helkenn was the leading rusher with 12 yards on 4 carries.

BEE outgained C/WL 350-57 in total yardage. The Seahawks had 265 rushing yards and 85 passing. The Cyclones had 51 passing yards and 6 rushing yards and were held to -13 total yards in the second half.

This Day in Seahawk History

2000 - The Seahawks faced off against Chad Greenway and Mt. Vernon/Stickney one final time in the first round of the playoffs. After handing Greenway the only loss of his senior year in the season opener, the Iowa commit wasn't going to let it happen again as Emery/Ethan fell 29-0 at home. After a scoreless opening quarter, MV/S scored 22 points in the second to open up the game and the Seahawks couldn't recover. E/E was held to just 93 yards of offense as the Knights racked up 276 yards, 230 of which came on the ground. The Seahawks season came to an end with a record of 9-1.

2002 - Emery/Ethan finished the regular season 8-0 after a 49-0 win over Marion. The Seahawks scored 37 first half points and racked up over 400 yards of offense. Jeremy Huber rushed for 193 yards and 5 TDs and Brian Olinger added 67 yards on 12 carries. Daniel Duba threw for 98 yards and 2 TDs, one to Gerad VanLeur and the other to Russell Fergen. Huber had 16 tackles for the Seahawk defense which gave up 128 total yards to Marion.

2019- BEE defeated Hot Springs in first round playoff action, 36-0 in Bridgewater. Jonah Hofer had 3 first half TDs to lead the Seahawks, who jumped out to a 22-0 halftime lead. Brady Hawkins had a 12 yard rushing TD and threw an 11 yard score to Chase Arend to cap off the scoring in the second half. Hofer rushed for 104 yards and 2 TDs and also returned an interception 52 yards for a score. Grant Andrews had 88 yards rushing and also forced a safety in the first quarter. Rylee Schultz had 15 tackles to lead the Seahawk defense which gave up just 98 yards of offense to the Bison.

Game Bits

The Seahawks are 2-0 all time against Clark/Willow Lake. BEE bested the Cyclones 18-7 in 2022 and 32-7 last season. This will be the first post-season matchup between the two teams.
Since the SDHSAA started seeding the playoffs 1-16 without regions in 2019, #12 seeds have gone 0-5 against #5 seeds.
The winner of tonight's game will take on the winner of #4 Elk Point-Jefferson vs #13 Flandreau next Thursday night.
With the win last week the Seahawks finished 5-3 and made the playoffs for the 18th consecutive season. BEE has won at least 5 games every season since 2015, their first season in 11B.
Record Watch- Here are some Seahawk team records to watch as we head into the postseason:
- As mentioned in last week's game preview, Senior Braeden Nebelsick now holds the record for interceptions in a season with 7. He is currently tied for 3rd for career interceptions with 7.
- Senior Macklen Weber is moving up the record list. Macklen currently has 310 career carries which is 4th all time. Macklen is now 5th in career rushing yards at 1,600 and 5th in career rushing TDs with 24.
- Holden Wollmann has 595 passing yards this season and needs just 53 more yards for the 5th most in a season. Wollman is also tied with Drake Gustafson for the 4th most passing yards in a career at 595.
- Jason Zeeb has 10 career sacks which is 2nd most in a career. Carter Dye holds the team record with 23 sacks from 2015-18. Zeeb has 6 sacks this season which is 4th most in a season. Dye also holds the record for sacks in a season with 13 in 2017.
Tonight's game will be broadcast on the Cyclones LiveTicket. A link for the livestream can be found on our home page.

The forecast at kickoff tonight in Clark calls for partly cloudy skies with a temperature of 51 degrees and winds out of the northwest around 20, gusting up to 35 mph.