Govs again: Pierre outlasts Watertown for ninth 11AA title in last 10 years

VERMILLION — Watertown threw everything they had at the Pierre Governors in Friday night's 11AA state championship game. It wasn't enough to overcome Porter Hunsley. The junior running back ran wild at the DakotaDome, churning up 227 yards and five touchdowns as the top-ranked defending champs won their second straight title and 9th in the last 10 seasons with an entertaining 45-21 win over the Arrows. Hunsley was named Joe Robbie MVP for the second year in a row, and it was a well-earned honor. Because as good as the Governors are across the board, the way Watertown played in this one, Hunsley might have been the difference, as his 66-yard touchdown run immediately following a Watertown score in the fourth quarter was the game's biggest play. "We kept pushing," Hunsley said. "It was close here and there at the beginning, back and forth.

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