Breaking down the South Dakota Prep Media football poll for the week of Oct. 10: MCM joins in Class 11B

MITCHELL — Seven Class 11B packages have been included in final week’s South Dakota Prep Media soccer ballot — the highest 5, and two groups receiving votes. McCook Central/Montrose was not one among them.

However no crew made a greater case for his or her inclusion on this week’s ballot than the Preventing Cougars.

MCM had dropped 9 straight to close by rival Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan however did its greatest to expel a few of these previous shortcomings in an Oct. 7 assembly with the then-No. 3 Seahawks. Operating again Jackson Remmers made his method into the endzone 5 occasions within the first half because the Cougars romped to a 44-0 win in Salem.

The ramifications for such a drubbing have been felt by each packages on this week’s ballot, as MCM vaulted over BEE and Scorching Springs from no votes one week in the past to fifteen votes and the No. 5 rating in Class 11B. The Cougars are the one program to make such a leap this season, save for Speedy Metropolis Stevens leaping into the Class 11AAA high 5 after the primary week of play.

On the opposite aspect, the Seahawks fell out of the Class 11B high 5 for the primary time because the remaining week of 2021. BEE dropped from No. 3 with 45 factors final week to the receiving votes part and 7 votes this week. Mount Vernon/Plankinton and Aberdeen Roncalli each climbed one spot within the rankings following BEE’s tumble, slotting in at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively.

Although there have been a number of weeks the place solely a handful of votes got to packages that fell outdoors the highest 5 in all the seven lessons, for the primary time this season within the South Dakota Prep Media soccer ballot, a category has zero groups within the receiving votes part — and never only one class, however two in the identical week.

In Class 11AAA and Class 11AA, the highest 5 have solidified their locations. No new groups have cracked the Class 11AAA rankings because the Sept. 19 ballot, with the identical being true of Class 11AA since Sept. 26.

Final week, Class 11AAA’s Sioux Falls Washington and Class 11AA’s Sturgis and Spearfish every obtained one vote of their respective polls, however this week these three stray votes went elsewhere. And with such a small pool of groups to select from — 9 in 11AAA and 11 in 11AA — it could take a serious upset within the remaining two weeks of the common season to catapult a crew into both high 5.

Sioux Falls Lincoln and Brandon Valley traded locations in Class 11AAA after the Patriots edged the Lynx, 34-30. Lincoln is now No. 4 and Brandon Valley is No. 5. An almost equivalent state of affairs offered itself in Class 11AA, as Aberdeen Central defeated Brookings, 20-3, and the Golden Eagles turned the brand new No. 4 because the Bobcats slid to No. 5.

Dell Rapids seized management of the No. 1 rating in Class 11A for the primary time this season, capitalizing on West Central’s 46-12 loss to Class 11B No. 1 Winner. The Quarriers obtained 15 of 20 first-place votes, whereas West Central held on to the remaining 5 and the No. 2 slot within the ballot.

There was no motion among the many high 5 in any of the three nine-man lessons this week. It is the primary time all three had equivalent rankings in consecutive weeks this season. These receiving votes have been almost a match as properly, with no groups dropping all their votes and just one new entrant, as Kadoka Space re-entered the Class 9B image alongside Avon with a 44-6 victory over fellow vote-getter Religion.

The South Dakota Prep Media soccer polls for the week of Oct. 10 are listed under, rating the top-five groups in every class. First-place votes obtained are indicated in parentheses.

Class 11AAA
1. Sioux Falls Jefferson (20), 7-0, 100; 2. Harrisburg, 6-1, 79; 3. O’Gorman, 5-2, 61; 4. Sioux Falls Lincoln, 4-3, 40; 5. Brandon Valley, 3-4, 20.
Additionally receiving votes: None.

Class 11AA
1. Pierre (20), 7-0, 100; 2. Tea Space, 7-0, 80; 3. Yankton, 4-3, 55; 4. Aberdeen Central, 4-3, 45; 5. Brookings, 4-3, 20.
Additionally receiving votes: None.

Class 11A
1. Dell Rapids (15), 7-0, 94; 2. West Central (5), 6-1, 84; 3. Dakota Valley, 6-1, 58; 4. Beresford, 5-2, 43; 5. Sioux Falls Christian, 4-3, 16.
Additionally receiving votes: Canton 5.

Class 11B
1. Winner (20), 7-0, 100; 2. Elk Level-Jefferson, 7-0, 78; 3. Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 7-0, 57; 4. Aberdeen Roncalli, 7-0, 40; 5. McCook Central/Montrose, 6-1, 15.
Additionally receiving votes: Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 7, Scorching Springs 3.

Class 9AA
1. Howard (18), 7-0, 97; 2. Wall (2), 8-0, 82; 3. Hanson, 6-1, 51; 4. Hamlin, 7-1, 31; 5. Elkton-Lake Benton, 7-0, 27.
Additionally receiving votes: Parkston 12.

Class 9A
1. Warner (19), 7-0, 99; 2. Gregory (1), 6-1, 78; 3. Castlewood, 6-1, 58; 4. Lyman, 6-1, 44; 5. Alcester-Hudson, 6-1, 17.
Additionally receiving votes: Canistota 2, Philip 2.

Class 9B
1. Herreid/Selby Space (19), 7-0, 99; 2. Hitchcock-Tulare (1), 7-0, 81; 3. Corsica-Stickney, 6-1, 59; 4. Sully Buttes, 5-2, 31; 5. De Smet, 4-3, 12.
Additionally receiving votes: Avon 8, Kadoka Space 8, Religion 2.