At last week’s October 18th Friday night matchup of the Tripp-Delmont/Armour Andes Central/Dakota Christian football team against the Alcester-Hudson Cubs, the Thunderhawks were victorious with a final score of 58-32. Offensively, Hunter Loeffler led the charge with 118 rushing yards, four passing yards, 28 receiving yards, and three two-point conversions. Loeffler was followed by teammate, Isaac Wunder who had 105 passing yards, 111 rushing yards, four receiving yards, one pass touchdown, one rush touchdown, and two two-point conversions. Garth Maas ran 131 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Also putting offensive numbers on the board for the Thunderhawks were Sabas DeHaan, Alex Werkmeister, and Brayden Ziegler. For the Thunderhawk defense, Riley Spaans led the team with 10.5 tackles and one and a half tackles for loss. Dalton Westendorf had seven tackles, two and a half tackles for loss, and one sack. He was followed by Maas who had six and a half tackles, two tackles for loss, and one pass break up. Other members of the team that helped the Thunderhawks on defense included Ty Archambeau, Payton Westendorf, Sabas DeHaan, Traesone Weatherford, AJ Johnson, Wunder, Loeffler and Kashton Garcia.

The Thunderhawks are headed to the playoffs. In their first matchup, TDA-ACDC will go up against Hanson on Thursday, October 24th at 7 p.m. in Lake Andes. Best of luck and excited to see the team’s season continue!