A travel issue precluded us from showing Lyman vs. Herreid/Selby highlights on Monday's KELOLAND SportsZone.  Click on the video player to view these highlights from Lyman's 48-20 victory in Monday's 9AA quarterfinal.

After back-to-back state championships in the South Dakota High School Hockey League, the Sioux Falls Flyers decided to seek out a bigger challenge. So starting this season, the Flyers are taking their game to the next level.
Literally.

The Midwest Hockey League is in the Tier II level of USA Hockey, made up of teams from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and now -- for the first time ever -- South Dakota. 

"We've got a good group of seniors that have won two state championships in a row," coach T.J.

Quarterfinal games will be played Monday, November 2.

The most entertaining game during Tuesday's opening round of the South Dakota High School Football playoffs was also the night's biggest upset. 
Sisseton quarterback Ryan Toelle threw for a state record 595 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Redmen to a stunning 48-47 win over top-ranked West Central.

Click on video player to watch the top plays from Tuesday's opening round of the South Dakota high school football playoffs.

Kelli Heiser, a senior at Watertown High, threw 43 2/3 of her team's 47 innings on a single day to help the Arrows go 6-1 and win the state Class AA softball tournament. She had a 1.44 ERA and 27 strikeouts, and also drove in six runs. During the regular season Kelli, who was named all-tournament and all-state, led the Arrows with 27 RBIs.

Class 5A School Total Points Prv
1. Eden Prairie (4) (8-0) 40 2
2. Stillwater (8-0) 35 3
3. Blaine (7-1) 29 4
4. Cretin-Derham Hall (7-1) 24 5 
(tie) Wayzata (7-1) 24 1
6. Centennial (7-1) 22 6
7. Buffalo (7-1) 16 7
(tie) Rochester Century (7-1) 16 7
9.

Class 4A Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City High (7) 9-0 124 1
2. West Des Moines Dowling (6) 9-0 122 2
3. Clinton 9-0 99 3
4. Marshalltown 9-0 92 4
5. Ankeny 8-1 73 5
6. Bettendorf 8-1 61 6
7. Marion Linn-Mar 8-1 53 7
8. Cedar Rapids Xavier 7-2 32 9
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11AA #16 Huron (1-8) (39.222) at #1 Aberdeen Central (9-0) (58.000) 8:00 pm CT
#9 RC Stevens (4-5) (45.556) at #8 SF Lincoln (4-5) (45.889) 8:00 pm CT
#12 Brookings (2-7) (42.778) at #5 SF Roosevelt (6-3) (50.667) 2:00 pm CT
#13 Watertown (3-6) (42.000) at #4 SF O’Gorman (7-2) (54.222) 6:30 pm CT
#15 Douglas (4-4) (39.375) at #2 SF Washington (9-0) (56.000) 5:00 pm CT
#10 RC Central (4-5) (45.222) at #7 Yankton (5-4) (48.778) 7:30 pm CT
#11 Sturgis (2-7) (44.111) at #6 Pierre (6-3) (50.000) 7:00 pm CT
#14 Mitchell (2-7) (41.778) at #3 Brandon Valley (8-1) (54.444) 6:30 pm CT

11A
Region 1
*Sisseton (4-4) (44.750) at West Central (8-0) (57.250)
Dell Rapids (5-3) (49.500) at Milbank (5-3) (50.250) 6:30 pm CT

Region 2
*Canton (4-4) (43.625) at Harrisburg (5-3) (50.500)
Vermillion (3-5) (44.375) at Dakota Valley (5-3) (46.125)

Region 3
*Chamberlain (1-7) (40.875) at Todd County (6-2) (48.250)
Little Wound (3-5) (42.250) at Pine Ridge (3-5) (42.500) 7:00 pm MT

Region 4
*Lead-Deadwood (3-5) (42.875) at St.

Click on video player to view extended highlights from Platte-Geddes/Dakota Christian at Wagner.

Click the video player to watch Thursday's top plays from the high school gridiron.

 The regular season in South Dakota high school football will wrap up tomorrow night, and Brandon Valley quarterback Austin Sumner has a chance to go out with a bang.
Sumner needs two touchdown passes in his team's finale against Watertown to become South Dakota's new all-time leader.

It's not often that a high school football team in South Dakota can lay claim to two legitimate Division I recruits. And its even less likely to have two from the same family. So in a lot of ways Washington has hit the jackpot.  
Football runs in Tom and Derek Farniok's family. Their dad played at St.

Class 11AA 1. Washington (9) 8-0 45 1
2. Aberdeen Central 8-0 36 2
3. Brandon Valley 7-1 27 3
4. OGorman 7-1 18 4
5. Pierre 6-2 9 5
Others receiving votes: None.

Class 11A
1. West Central (9) 7-0 45 1
2.

Class 5A School Total Points Prv
1. Wayzata (7) (7-0) 79 1
2. Eden Prairie (1) (7-0) 73 2
3. Stillwater (7-0) 64 3
4. Blaine (6-1) 52 4
5. Cretin-Derham Hall (6-1) 42 4
6. Centennial (6-1) 41 9
7. Buffalo (6-1) 19
(tie) Rochester Century (6-1) 19 10
9.

Class AA 1. Aberdeen Central (9) 15-1 45 1
2. Sioux Falls Roosevelt 13-1 36 2
3. Watertown 13-5 24 4
4. Brookings 12-3 21 3
5. Sioux Falls OGorman 9-5 8 5
Also Receiving Votes: Rapid City Stevens 8-8

Class A
1.

You don't have to check a classroom to see the effects of the flu on Sioux Falls schools, the virus is also hitting hard on the football field.
Just about every team has had to deal with illnesses this season, but few have been hit as hard as Washington was last week. The top-ranked Warriors only sent 36 players to their game in Rapid City on Friday, ten less than normal.

 Class 4A Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City High (8) 8-0 134 1
2. West Des Moines Dowling (6) 8-0 132 2
3. Clinton 8-0 106 3
4. Marshalltown 8-0 99 4
5. Ankeny 7-1 84 5
6. Bettendorf 7-1 71 6
7. Marion Linn-Mar 7-1 50 7
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Click on the video player to watch this week's Helmets and Headaches.