The Prairie Falcons opened with a bang and never let up on the way to their first 3-0 start in more than 20 years.
“We played well in all phases,” Prairie coach Mike Peck said. “We just need to keep getting better. There are lots of things we can still fix.”
Jimmie Barton returned the opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown, and AJ Dixson passed for five touchdowns and ran for two more.
Dixson hit Dustin Shelby on a 45-yard TD pass and Treyce Teague on a 9-yard score as Prairie led 20-7 after one quarter.
Dixson had two touchdown runs of 3 and 11 years before completing TD passes of 37 yards to Teague and 48 yards to Ian Davis to push Prairie’s lead to 50-14 by halftime.
Dixson’s fifth touchdown pass — a 37-yard pass to Barton — put Prairie 56-14 in the third quarter and started the running clock.
PRAIRIE 56, BLACK HILLS 14
Prairie 20 30 6 0–56
Black Hills 7 7 0 0–14
First quarter
P — Jimmie Barton 93 kickoff return (2-PAT failed)
BH — Ronnie Vader 35 pass from Julian Kennedy (kick good)
P — Dustin Shelby 45 pass from AJ Dixson (2-PAT failed)
P — Treyce Teague 9 pass from AJ Dixson (2-PAT good)
Second quarter
P — AJ DIxson 3 run (AJ Dixson run)
P — AJ Dixson 11 run (AJ Dixson run)
P — Teague 37 pass from AJ Dixson (Shelby run)
BH — Payton Hoyt 21 pass from Kennedy (kick good)
P — Ian Davis 48 pass from AJ Dixson (2-PAT failed)
Third quarter
P — Barton 37 pass from AJ Dixson (kick blocked)
