Black Hills State football dropped its season finale to CSU Pueblo on Saturday, 38-0.
The Yellow Jackets (7-4, 5-4 RMAC) totaled 246 yards of offense to finish of their first winning season since 2016.
Nolan Susel rushed 13 times for 31 yards while Cameron Goods totaled 34 rushing yards on seven carries.
Connor Boyd caught three passes for a team-high 42 receiving yards.
Chance Eben completed 16 passes for 101 passing yards, and rushed eight times for 38 yards.
Defensively, Keenan Eck had two sacks and Cooper Brown had one sack up front.
Deunte Moody broke up two passes while
Lovenski Simon,
Zechariah Rodriguez-Brown,
Doodles Quinones, and
Nicc Quinones each had one.
Aaron Thiele led with eight tackles, and
Ryder Blair and
Doodles Quinones made six each.
Derek Webster tallied seven punts for 269 yards, averaging 38.4 yards per punt, and booting his longest of the day for 61 yards.
Stout defense was present on both sides early in the game, as teams traded possessions until 5:42 in the first when CSU Pueblo got on the board with a touchdown to take a 7-0 lead.
The Thunderwolves found the end zone again early in the second quarter to extend their lead to 14-0.Â
BHSU had the ability to put drives together, but couldn't finish, as the CSU Pueblo defense continued to hold tough. The Thunderwolves kept chipping away on offense and took a 21-0 lead into the break.
Out of the locker room, CSU Pueblo put up a quick score to extend their lead to 28-0. A couple drives later, BHSU strung some first downs together to get deep into CSUP territory. Facing 4th-and-5 at the CSU Pueblo 27-yard line, an incomplete pass turned the ball over on downs.
Later, down 35-0 late in the third, the Yellow Jackets put together another drive, getting to midfield before an unnecessary roughness call on the Thunderwolves put BHSU into CSUP territory. Facing fourth-down at the CSUP 32, BHSU attempted a long 50-yard field goal, although it went wide right.
A CSU Pueblo field goal down the stretch in the fourth quarter would bring the score to 38-0 before time eventually expired.
-BHSUAthletics.com-
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