Campbell's two TDs help South win All-Star game

ABERDEEN — Thad Campbell scored two rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter to help lead the South past the North 28-17 in the South Dakota High School All-Star football game Thursday at Swisher Field in Aberdeen.

Campbell finished with 10 rushes for 58 yards and Wagner’s Mitch Breen caught a 12-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter for the South.

Sanborn Central’s Lukas Van Laecken ran for 29 yards on four carries, Marion’s Brad Tunge rushed five times for 19 yards, Bon Homme’s Michael Ruppelt rushed four times for eight yards and Alexandria’s Austin Letcher had one rush for five yards.

Wagner’s Tait Johannsen also had two catches for 19 yards for the South.

On the final day of the all-star golf event, Gregory’s Gavin Pochop was on the winning team of a four-person scramble at Moccasin Creek Country Club. Pochop’s team scored a 67 to finish ahead of a team that included McCook Central’s Mark Duxbury and Parkson’s Samantha Kollman. That team scored a 74.

Burke’s Matt Lamp and Davee Johnson were part of the third-place team that carded a 76.

South Dakota All-Star Football Game

Thursday at Swisher Field in Aberdeen

South 7 7 0 14 — 28

North 10 7 0 0 — 17

First Quarter

S — Mitchell Breen 12 pass from Austin Sumner (Dillon Anderson kick), 9:23.

N — Casey Nordine 39 pass from Will Mechling (Jordan Boston kick), 3:00.

N — Boston 32 field goal, :06.

Second Quarter

S — Trevor Gebhart 32 pass from Sumner (Anderson kick), 4:37.

N — Graham Schuetzle 4 run (Boston kick), :44.

Fourth Quarter

S — Thad Campbell 8 run (Anderson kick), 6:49.

S — Campbell 1 run (Anderson kick), 3:39.

South-North

First downs…17-10

Rushes-yards…37-156 31-64

Passing…146-166

Comp-Att-Int…11-20-111-27-3

Punts-Avg.…3-42.03-35.3

Fumbles-Lost…4-0 1- 0

Penalties-Yards…9-85 5-28

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—South, Brad Tunge 5-19, Austin Letcher 1-5, Michael Ruppelt 4-8, Sumner 8-12, Lukas Van Laecken 4-29, Campbell 10-58, Gebhart 1-13, Patrick Curry 2-7, Nate Kirby 2-5; North, Clint Huber 1-2, Austin Manzey 6-6, Mechling 8-14, Ryan Huizenga 7-18, Sam Thorson 4-19, Schuetzle 2-6, Brandon Fox 1-1, Clint Homan 1-3, Wil Carlson 1-(-5).

PASSING—South, Sumner 11-18-1 for 138, Kyle Tibbetts 0-2-0 for 0; North, Mechling 11-26-2 for 166, Derek Jetting 0-0-1 for 0.

RECEIVING—South, Gebhart 5-72, Anderson 1-10, Chris Paclik 1-5, Tait Johannsen 2-19, Breen 1-20; North, Nordine 6-90, Carlson 4-45, Huizenga 1-31.

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