| Week 2: Black Hills State (0-1) vs. Colorado Mesa (1-0) |
Black Hills State football hosts its first home game of the season Saturday, Oct. 17 at noon, taking on Colorado Mesa from Lyle Hare Stadium.
The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 34-17 loss in their season opener at South Dakota Mines last Saturday.
Nolan Susel led the rushing attack with 61 yards on the ground and a touchdown, while quarterback
Chance Eben threw for 103 yards and connected with
Kielar Harpham on a 12-yard touchdown pass.
Colorado Mesa comes off an overtime 10-7 victory in a home meeting against Chadron State last Saturday, ending on a game-winning field goal from Lucas Ruiz-Diaz.
Last Meeting
The last time the Yellow Jackets faced Colorado Mesa was Oct. 26 last season in which the Mavericks defeated BHSU 58-21.
Payten Gilmore found the end zone twice, once on the ground, and again through the air on a 37-yard reception. Andre Rentaria scored the other touchdown for the Yellow Jackets on a big 48-yard run in the fourth quarter. The Mavericks got out to a big lead early, leading 28-0 at the end of the first quarter and played add-on the rest of the way.
Series History
BHSU dropped last year's matchup against the Mavericks 58-21. Overall, Colorado Mesa leads the series between the two teams 6-2. The two wins in the series for the Yellow Jackets have come in 2016 and 2018.
Key Returners
Key returning seniors include WR
Kielar Harpham and WR
Jake Basinger, DL
Cole Miller and DL
Jarrell Ganaway, OL
Joseph Moraga, and K
Jacob Parks who holds the school record for longest field goal (53 yards).
Of returning juniors, RB
Matthew Collier looks to make an impact along with DB
Bailey Rosenstrauch and DB
Brady Morris, OL
Sam Ambrogio and wide receivers
Trig Olson and
Jordan Pace.
Quarterback
Chance Eben leads the returning sophomore class along with WR
Hasaan Williams and WR Mitch McKibbon, OL
Troy Mittelstedter, DL
Morgan Tigner and DL
Nikolas Arnold.
Captains
The Green and Gold Captains as voted on by their teammates are defensive back
Bailey Rosenstrauch, offensive lineman
Joseph Moraga, wide receiver
Kielar Harpham and defensive lineman
Jarrell Ganaway.
Academic Honors
The 2019 season had 14 players earn RMAC All-Academic. Returners for the 2020 squad included
Nolan Susel,
Troy Mittelstedter,
Trig Olson,
Jake Basinger,
Dakota Bill,
Chance Eben,
Morgan Tigner, Jarrett Jenson and
Devyn Vance.
Honor Roll
The 2019 team also had eight named to the RMAC Honor Roll. Of those eight, 2020 returners include
Cole Miller,
Sam Ambrogio,
Bailey Rosenstrauch,
Jacob Parks,
Joseph Moraga and Keilar Harpham.
Player of the Week
Senior kicker and punter
Jacob Parks was named RMAC Special Teams Player of the Week Tuesday, Oct. 13 for the first time in his career. Parks made a key field goal at the end of the third quarter to bring BHSU within one score.
In addition, he averaged 46.71 yards per punt on seven punts, totaling 327 yards, and booted two punts over 50 yards and two within the 20-yard line. He kicked all three of his kickoffs through the end zone for touchbacks.
Coverage
Yellow Jacket fans can catch Steve Ammerman on The Eagle Country at 95.5/96.3 FM, or live online at MyEagleCountry.com. Ammerman is the voice of the Yellow Jacket Athletics and can be heard for every football and women's/men's basketball game throughout the year.
Looking Ahead
Following Saturday's game, the Yellow Jackets hit the road for the final time this fall to take on Chadron State on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m.
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