By Rich Winter

605 Sports

At halftime of last week’s White River at Lower Brule game, neither team was able to score in what looked like a game that was going to be a dogfight. 

As it turned out, Lower Brule kept playing defense and then scored 34 unanswered points while improving to 3-0 on the season. In three games this season the Sioux have scored 152 points and have yet to be scored upon. The Sioux sit on top of the All-Nations Football Conference Class 9B standings with a power point total of (46.000), ahead of 3-0 Omaha Nation (44.000). 

All-Nations Class 9B standings: 

Lower Brule 3-0, 46.000

Omaha Nation 3-0, 44.000

Crazy Horse 2-1, 40.333

Marty 1-1, 40.000

White River, 1-1, 40.000

Flandreau Indian, 1-2, 39.667

Tiospa Zina, 0-3, 37.000

Crow Creek, 0-23 35.000

Last week’s results:

Lower Brule defeated White River, 34-0

Omaha Nation defeated Flandreau Indian 66-14

Crazy Horse def. Tiospa Zina, 42-8

Marty def. Crow Creek, 42-0

This week’s schedule: 

09/19 - Lower Brule at Marty. 

09/20 - Crazy Horse at Omaha Nation.

09/19 - Flandreau Indian at White River.

09/19 - Crow Creek at Tiospa Zina.

Next week Omaha Nation travels to Lower Brule in what could be a preview of the All-Nations Class 9B championship game in November. 

Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Tiospaye Topa at Pine Ridge highlights week 4 of All-Nations Class 9A

No matter how you slice it, Thursday’s Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Tiospaye Topa at Pine Ridge game is a monster matchup between two teams that are 2-1 on the season, both sporting identical power-point numbers of 41.333. 

A year ago, the Braves surprised the Thorpes in Eagle-Butte, 30-22. The loser of this game will be hard pressed to have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Winnebago and Todd County are both 3-0 and so far, look to be the top two teams in the Class 9A division of the All-Nations Football Conference.

Class A All-Nations standings:

Winnebago, 3-0. 45.000

Todd County, 3-0. 42.000

Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Tiospaye Topa, 2-1, 41.333

Pine Ridge, 2-1, 41.333

Little Wound, 1-2, 39.667

Mahpiya Luta, 0-3, 37.000

McLaughlin, 0-3, 37.000

St. Francis Indian 1-2, 36.667

Last week’s results:

Winnebago won by forfeit over McLaughlin, 1-0

Todd County def. Mahpiya Luta, 46-8

Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, Tiospaye Topa def. St. Francis Indian, 30-22

Pine Ridge def. Little Wound, 46-20

This week’s schedule:

09/20 - Winnebago at Mahpiya Luta.

09/19 - St. Francis Indian at Todd County. 

09/19 - Cheyenne-Eagle Butte at Pine Ridge.

09/19 - McLaughlin at Little Wound.