Non-league football: Black Hills 33, Prairie 28

Taylor Simmons rushed for a touchdown, caught two touchdown passes and made the game-saving interception for Black Hills with just over a minute left.

Prairie (2-1) took the lead 28-27 with 3:24 left on a 11-yard touchdown run by Bret McGuire. However Black Hills quarterback Ethan Loveless put the Wolves ahead for good with a 67-yard touchdown scramble with just over two minutes left.

The Falcons picked up a couple of first downs before Simmons’ interception with just over a minute left to play.

A.J. Dixson passed for 244 yards and ran for 37 more for Prairie, who faces arch-rival Battle Ground at District Stadium in Battle Ground.

BLACK HILLS 33, PRAIRIE 28

Black Hills 14 7 6 6–33

Prairie 7 14 0 7–28

First quarter

BH — Taylor Simmons 32 pass from Ethan Loveless (Jake Bender kick).

P — Zeke Dixcon 70 kickoff return (Taylor Lawhead kick)

BH — Simmons 6 run (Bender kick)

Second quarter

P — Bret McGuire 43 pass from A.J. Dixson (Lawhead kick)

P — Nolan Mickenham 36 interception return (Lawhead kick)

BH — Josh Rodgers 7 pass from Ethan Loveless (Bender kick)

Third quarter

BH — Simmons 32 pass from Ethan Loveless (kick failed) 6:33 3rd

Fourth quarter

P — McGuire 11 run (Lawless kick)

BH — Ethan Loveless 67 run (run failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Black Hills, Ethan Loveless 4-113, Taylor Simmons 16-89, Preston Lee 8-47, Zach Loveless 8-29. Prairie, A.J. Dixson 10-37, Bret McGuire 6-36, Nolan Mickenham 1-11, Devante Clayton 1-(-1).

PASSING — Black Hills, Ethan Loveless 13-23-2-181. Prairie, A.J. Dixson 18-28-1-244, Zachery Brown 1-1-0-1.

RECEIVING — Black Hills, Josh Rodgers 4-81, Alex Nagy 4-17, Taylor Simmons 2-64, Jacob Nelson 1-15, Nic Bovenkamp 1-6, Julian Reynolds 1-(-2). Prairie, Zeke Dixson 6-66, Lawhead 4-48, McGuire 3-60, Mickenham 2-36, Ian Davis 2-27, Dustin Shelby 1-10.