No. 1 Parkston pulls away from Platte-Geddes for Class 9AA football championship

VERMILLION — Parkston is perfect once again. Building a three-score halftime lead, the top-seeded Trojans never looked back, finishing off a second undefeated season in four years with a 36-6 victory over rival Platte-Geddes in the Class 9AA championship on Thursday night at the DakotaDome. The win marked Parkston’s second nine-man championship and third overall, as the Trojans handed Platte-Geddes its first-ever title game loss. “This is awesome. We said we wanted our own ring, and we came and got one,” said Parkston senior Mason Jervik, the contest's Most Outstanding Back. “The support that we get from our community, all the fans that we had today, this was for them, too. It was all amazing.” Platte-Geddes planted an early seed of doubt, leaning heavily on workhorse back Landon Keiser to produce a touchdown — his 13th of the 2026 playoffs — on the Black Panthers’ first drive and a 6-0 lead, but it was all Trojans from there. “We just had to take it one play at a time.

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