Harrisburg captures its first South Dakota high school football title since 1999

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher November 14, 2021

Harrisburg shutout defending 11AAA champ Brandon Valley 27-0 Saturday night for the program’s first South Dakota high school football championship since 1999. The game was a rematch of last year’s title game won by the Lynx 35-14.

Madison captured its fourth state title since 2015 last week. Check out PHOTOS from an all Bulldog showdown in the 11A championship #sdpreps – https://t.co/QAl6lps1nq pic.twitter.com/re9tJUs48D
— 605 Sports (@605_sports) November 18, 2021

Leading the way for Harrisburg was quarterback Jacob Knuth, who finished 80-yards passing and one touchdown. He also ran for two scores.

Jacob Knuth with the quarterback keeper, and the Tigers are on the board first. #SDFootball21 pic.twitter.com/XfFLj0KguJ
— SDPB Sports (@SDPBSports) November 14, 2021

Tigers’ running back Gavin Ross rushed for 224yards and a touchdown.

Gavin Ross turned a short gain into a massive one for the Tigers. Harrisburg is in business. #SDFootball21 pic.twitter.com/YQb2UQqu3c
— SDPB Sports (@SDPBSports) November 14, 2021

Harrisburg entered the game ranked No. 1 in the High School Football America South Dakota Top 5 powered by NFL Play Football. Brandon Valley was No. 2 coming into the contest at the DakotaDome.

BOOM BABY! We got it done together! #KilledTheBEAR #WEAREHARRISBURG pic.twitter.com/g2XXBSNk31
— Tiger Football (@HHSTigerFBall) November 14, 2021

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.